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by markbao 1y ago
There was an article on HN a few days back on how it’s very hard to convey all the context in your head about a codebase to solve a problem, and that’s partly why it’s actually hard to use AI for non-trivial implementations. That’s not just
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by markbao 1y ago
I’ve experienced this too and it’s not just no-names. I have a wireless gaming keyboard from SteelSeries, certainly a very legit brand. I lost the original USB-C cord. Tried every USB-C cord I could find, and they power the keyboard and cha
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by markbao 1y ago
Edit: nvm, see replies
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by markbao 1y ago
I don’t see how it could be categorically wrong. To me it’s categorically right: Auto Layout specifically is intended to restrict the possible layout options. You trade off adding limitations for how much you can do in a design and move thi
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by markbao 1y ago
Goody | Remote (US & Canada preferred) | Multiple Roles | Full-time — Principal Software Engineer — Lead our platform end-to-end, guide cross-functional decisions, and ship at a startup pace. Ideal candidates have previous startup exper
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by markbao 1y ago
I think it’s user preference. For me it’s easier to get to the punctuation asterisk (basically muscle memory and <0.5s) than to tap the formatting menu, wait for the keyboard sheet to go down and the formatting sheet to go up, tap Bold,
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by markbao 1y ago
Goody | Remote | $170-230K + equity and benefits | Full-time Goody is hiring a full-stack Senior Software Engineer who likes to ship at a startup pace and has an eye for exceptional UI/UX. I'm Mark, the technical co-founder and CT
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by markbao 1y ago
Goody | Engineering Manager | REMOTE (US and Canada) | Full time | $150-200K + equity | https://ongoody.com Goody is a gifting platform that makes personal and professional gifting easy. Founded 5 years ago, our product is the U
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by markbao 2y ago
Goody | Remote within North/South America | $170-220K + equity and benefits | Full-time Goody is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Ruby, Rails, React) who moves at a startup pace, likes to ship fast, and is motivated by building delig
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by markbao 3y ago
Goody | Remote within North/South America | $170-240K + equity and benefits | Full-time Goody is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Ruby, Rails, React) who moves at a startup pace, likes to ship fast, and is motivated by building delig
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by markbao 10y ago
Amazing resource, but is it still being updated? Last update seems to be from back in July last year.
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by markbao 10y ago
I also hate empty speak, but I think the issue here is not that it doesn't communicate anything, but it does so with overly flowery language. What I'm reading is the "material" concept unifies 1) location in space and 2)
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by markbao 10y ago
I really like the native Mac app UI of Dash, but devdocs.io's design is so much better.
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by markbao 10y ago
I'm not sure I entirely agree with you on your first point. Writing isn't like code in that code is like a complete system of logic. I think having ways to show how that logic is organized, using positioning (whitespace) and color
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by markbao 10y ago
> I have never tasted Soylent [...] but God, it took all my energy not to close the tab after reading this opening sentence. > But it [freeze-dried ice cream] wasn’t ice cream, it was a simulation of ice cream, and no one in their
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by markbao 10y ago
> which is fair after his previous posts have outright caused Apple PR issues for something that is his own fault 1. That it's his fault isn't so clear. The developer claims he was not notified that there was a linked account
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by markbao 10y ago
That's a good point, and I should have clarified, I'm referring to the full stars (not half-stars in the new proposal). Not a Unicode issue, but definitely something I've seen at least on macOS machines.
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by markbao 10y ago
I love this – but does it bother anyone else that the outlined and filled stars have different sizes? What's the reason behind that? HN strips the characters out from comments, but they're displayed in the beginning of the article
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by markbao 10y ago
This is a cool concept, but the triangle idea is more effort than it's worth IMO. Having to have a way to communicate between the two triangles plus having separate batteries for both, not to mention the weirdness of losing one of them
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by markbao 10y ago
For another absolutely stunning van build, check out this one: https://imgur.com/a/RijZM If you see only one photo, it should be this one: https://i.imgur.com/kTtWZ3f.jpg
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by markbao 10y ago
> Going from the airport to Coney Island takes an hour and a half by subway (according to Google), rather than half an hour by car. Now what happens if you have what to do in Queens, Far Rockaway, or NJ? Unless if it's during comm
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by markbao 10y ago
It's ridiculous on the face of it, but at what point do you need to have a CLA signed? 10 bytes? Having an arbitrary cutoff for what needs a CLA or doesn't, I think, is probably even worse than having a CLA.
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by markbao 10y ago
> I imagine if you open the Spotify app and it said that it's a subscription service and you must have a Spotify account to login and listen to music, and nothing else, the vast majority of people would figure out to check their we
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by markbao 10y ago
Why does it matter that few people care about news like this? Even if few do, it still affects them.
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by markbao 10y ago
I'm cancelling my Comodo certs today. It's scary that this is the largest CA in the world. Sibling comments have brought up some good points about the baseless claims in this post. The CEO also quotes this Let's Encrypt blog
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by markbao 10y ago
That's pretty good in the twisted world of email newsletters. I've seen quotes of 2 weeks to unsubscribe before, as if they already printed and stamped a physical mailer weeks ago...
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by markbao 10y ago
This is why people hate CAs.
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by markbao 10y ago
Thanks for your thoughtful response. Some things that came to mind: > 1. as far as I know, the jack takes up quite a bit of volume, it's a long and empty space, that could be used for battery, heatsink etc. This is a good idea in
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by markbao 10y ago
Wow, that's super interesting. I learned something today, thanks! Yes, I worry even more about Bluetooth. But I guess 80% of people won't be able to tell the difference (or care), so I don't know.
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by markbao 10y ago
> You might be responding to the Gruber in your head rather than the one who wrote that post. You're probably right – there's likely more mutually shared opinions between my thoughts and Gruber's article than I think, th

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