Ask HN: How is your backend instrumented?
7 by parthi | 2 comments on Hacker News. Backend and data engineers, what analytics tools do you use to instrument your backend? What is your stack and DB? What are you tracking?
Ask HN: How do I find legit, quality products on Amazon?
4 by vz8 | 3 comments on Hacker News. My household avidly uses Amazon.com, but we're finding it harder and harder to find goods that are genuinely good, rather than scam-popular. We've tried Fakespot and Review Meta: the former frequently detects an outsized proportion of fake reviews, while the latter will be in opposition (bias promoting affiliate link purchases?). It's getting discouraging when on a quest to buy light bulbs, every vendor is approaching a score of 60% review reliability. Very often, the Amazon Top Pick has the worst reputation on review analysis sites. Frequently, to short-circuit paralysis by analysis, we just buy the least worst item. Or a meaningless name brand at thrice the price (I'm looking at you, Philips) with equally dismal results. We're finding that garden variety consumer electronics are a landmine of knockoffs with poor quality and short lifespans. Just looking for a decent outdoor timer ended up an epic rabbit hole (and we're on a third try). Is it really that bad? What has your experience looked like, and have you found tools to help? Thanks.
Ask HN: Is your employer paying for your new office space, your home?
11 by throwaway1654 | 3 comments on Hacker News. Since the beginning of the pandemic some of us have seen some of our economic perks disappear, in some cases these were a significant part of our income. The main reasoning in many companies is that we are not using the company office so we don't get the company perks. But we are in fact using a new office, that many of us have had to isolate from the rest of the family and house, effectively removing this useful space from our homes. Is your company paying part of your rent to compensate for it?