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Sunday, July 31, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: DevRaven – Monitoring for Developers
Show HN: DevRaven – Monitoring for Developers
9 by kc10 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I am Krishna Thota, founder of DevRaven. DevRaven is a monitoring platform for Developers. DevRaven enables engineering teams or individual developers to setup active monitoring for their services/applications and get alerted when things don't work as expected Today's launch makes available the following features: API Monitoring - Monitor your HTTP end points and perform no-code or scripted assertions. Synthetic Monitoring - Execute browser based end-to-end tests using Playwright framework. No setup required. SSL Monitoring - Monitor SSL certificates for your end points and get alerted before they expire. Web Page Monitoring - Run continuous Lighthouse audits on your web pages to ensure best performance, SEO. Welcome any feedback, questions or suggestions.
9 by kc10 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I am Krishna Thota, founder of DevRaven. DevRaven is a monitoring platform for Developers. DevRaven enables engineering teams or individual developers to setup active monitoring for their services/applications and get alerted when things don't work as expected Today's launch makes available the following features: API Monitoring - Monitor your HTTP end points and perform no-code or scripted assertions. Synthetic Monitoring - Execute browser based end-to-end tests using Playwright framework. No setup required. SSL Monitoring - Monitor SSL certificates for your end points and get alerted before they expire. Web Page Monitoring - Run continuous Lighthouse audits on your web pages to ensure best performance, SEO. Welcome any feedback, questions or suggestions.
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Friday, July 29, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Chunk – Code sandbox for back-end devs
Show HN: Chunk – Code sandbox for back-end devs
13 by theochampion | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Chunk co-founder here. We spent the last 2 weeks building this to scratch our own itch: As developers, we often have problems that could be solved just by running a few lines of code. Sometimes, running this code on your local machine is fine. But other time, the code need to run automatically reacting to external events or to run continuously, which means, it needs to run on a server somewhere. So now, you have to find a cloud provider, to package or build the code and finally to deploy it. All of that for what could be literally be 4 lines of code. We couldn’t find an easier way to do this, so we built it. Chunk is an all in one web editor (think of the codesandbox experience) that allows you to write, deploy and run a piece of code in the cloud from a variety of triggers: HTTP, WebHook, manual or scheduled (cron). No setup, no build, no deploy. Chunk makes you go from idea to code running in the cloud in seconds. Let me know what you guys think!
13 by theochampion | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Chunk co-founder here. We spent the last 2 weeks building this to scratch our own itch: As developers, we often have problems that could be solved just by running a few lines of code. Sometimes, running this code on your local machine is fine. But other time, the code need to run automatically reacting to external events or to run continuously, which means, it needs to run on a server somewhere. So now, you have to find a cloud provider, to package or build the code and finally to deploy it. All of that for what could be literally be 4 lines of code. We couldn’t find an easier way to do this, so we built it. Chunk is an all in one web editor (think of the codesandbox experience) that allows you to write, deploy and run a piece of code in the cloud from a variety of triggers: HTTP, WebHook, manual or scheduled (cron). No setup, no build, no deploy. Chunk makes you go from idea to code running in the cloud in seconds. Let me know what you guys think!
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Discover and discuss one painting a day
Show HN: Discover and discuss one painting a day
11 by afkqs | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Hi everyone, I made Peerdiem (a portmanteau word between Peer and Per Diem, which means Per Day in latin). The idea is very simple, a new painting or artwork to discover and discuss with your peers every day. Content is currently only fetched from Chicago Art Institute Free API [1] but I'm planning to add more sources in the short future. It was built with a couple of technologies I wanted to try for some time. Frontend is made with Preact and styled with Tailwindcss. Backend consists of an FastAPI app deployed in a Docker container. [1] https://ift.tt/yIxc0DH
11 by afkqs | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Hi everyone, I made Peerdiem (a portmanteau word between Peer and Per Diem, which means Per Day in latin). The idea is very simple, a new painting or artwork to discover and discuss with your peers every day. Content is currently only fetched from Chicago Art Institute Free API [1] but I'm planning to add more sources in the short future. It was built with a couple of technologies I wanted to try for some time. Frontend is made with Preact and styled with Tailwindcss. Backend consists of an FastAPI app deployed in a Docker container. [1] https://ift.tt/yIxc0DH
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why do you make class members private?
Ask HN: Why do you make class members private?
16 by robalni | 29 comments on Hacker News.
I know this is something that a lot of people do without thinking about it. So let's think about it. I want to know the main reasons for making variables and functions in a class private. How is it better? What can happen if you don't do it? Here are a few possible reasons that I can think of that someone could have: * You have been taught to do it so you just do it without thinking. * It reduces the number of files you have to search in if you want to find all uses of a member. * The member is hard to understand so you want to discourage people from using it. To clarify, I'm only talking about code in the same project that everyone has access to. I'm not talking about defining an API for other people to use that don't have access to the code, like when you make a library.
16 by robalni | 29 comments on Hacker News.
I know this is something that a lot of people do without thinking about it. So let's think about it. I want to know the main reasons for making variables and functions in a class private. How is it better? What can happen if you don't do it? Here are a few possible reasons that I can think of that someone could have: * You have been taught to do it so you just do it without thinking. * It reduces the number of files you have to search in if you want to find all uses of a member. * The member is hard to understand so you want to discourage people from using it. To clarify, I'm only talking about code in the same project that everyone has access to. I'm not talking about defining an API for other people to use that don't have access to the code, like when you make a library.
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Friday, July 22, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Turn spreadsheets into website designs
Show HN: Turn spreadsheets into website designs
11 by seestraw | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN members, I've been facing this problem recently. As a startup founder, I am managing a lot of Google Sheets. I want to hire a developer to convert it to custom websites but I couldn't find a place I could get it designed. I decided to solve it myself. I tried this out with one company and they were quite happy with the solution. So I'm opening it up to everyone. I'd love to see if anyone else has the same problem.
11 by seestraw | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN members, I've been facing this problem recently. As a startup founder, I am managing a lot of Google Sheets. I want to hire a developer to convert it to custom websites but I couldn't find a place I could get it designed. I decided to solve it myself. I tried this out with one company and they were quite happy with the solution. So I'm opening it up to everyone. I'd love to see if anyone else has the same problem.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
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Saturday, July 16, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said 'No Thanks'
When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said 'No Thanks'
37 by WithinReason | 52 comments on Hacker News.
37 by WithinReason | 52 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Bun gets “bun:FFI” – call native libraries from JavaScript
Bun gets “bun:FFI” – call native libraries from JavaScript
24 by tambourine_man | 1 comments on Hacker News.
24 by tambourine_man | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, July 15, 2022
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is it possible to get an 18-year-old to spend less time on the computer?
Ask HN: Is it possible to get an 18-year-old to spend less time on the computer?
13 by pvillano | 14 comments on Hacker News.
A relative of mine asked for help with their 18-year-old child and computer time. The teen spends 9+ hours a day playing games and watching anime. When I was a kid, I got around a lot of restrictions, so I'm concerned a software-based approach won't work. The parent has tried locking the computer in a different room, which works, but it lacks nuance. It's okay to play video games as long as it is a healthy amount. Parents of HN, what measures or completely different approaches have worked to establish healthy computer time limits for your kids?
13 by pvillano | 14 comments on Hacker News.
A relative of mine asked for help with their 18-year-old child and computer time. The teen spends 9+ hours a day playing games and watching anime. When I was a kid, I got around a lot of restrictions, so I'm concerned a software-based approach won't work. The parent has tried locking the computer in a different room, which works, but it lacks nuance. It's okay to play video games as long as it is a healthy amount. Parents of HN, what measures or completely different approaches have worked to establish healthy computer time limits for your kids?
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Monday, July 11, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?
174 by perfectjob | 122 comments on Hacker News.
I am in my mid-thirties, working four days a week, and making over 100k. I have a house, a good relationship with my wife, and young and healthy kids. I work from home. My job is technically interesting, and I still learn/improve. I do not have meetings. One or sometimes two 30 min calls a week with my boss. Most days, I do not have to interact with anyone from work, not even customer contact. If I knew I could have a job like this ten years ago, I would have thought that's it, the dream. But somehow, it isn't. It's never enough. I dream about doing my own thing or retiring early to do other projects. It is probably human to always want more. So HN, how did you settle and slow down and become happy with the way it is without always wanting more?
174 by perfectjob | 122 comments on Hacker News.
I am in my mid-thirties, working four days a week, and making over 100k. I have a house, a good relationship with my wife, and young and healthy kids. I work from home. My job is technically interesting, and I still learn/improve. I do not have meetings. One or sometimes two 30 min calls a week with my boss. Most days, I do not have to interact with anyone from work, not even customer contact. If I knew I could have a job like this ten years ago, I would have thought that's it, the dream. But somehow, it isn't. It's never enough. I dream about doing my own thing or retiring early to do other projects. It is probably human to always want more. So HN, how did you settle and slow down and become happy with the way it is without always wanting more?
New top story on Hacker News: Postgres Full-Text Search: A Search Engine in a Database
Postgres Full-Text Search: A Search Engine in a Database
21 by craigkerstiens | 2 comments on Hacker News.
21 by craigkerstiens | 2 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: €1.00 = $1.00, The Euro sinks to lowest since 2002
€1.00 = $1.00, The Euro sinks to lowest since 2002
82 by systemvoltage | 53 comments on Hacker News.
82 by systemvoltage | 53 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Moving from Corporate to Solo Dev?
Ask HN: Moving from Corporate to Solo Dev?
46 by disenchanted_ds | 28 comments on Hacker News.
I'm pretty disillusioned with the corporate rat race...I naively took on some additional managerial/strategic responsibilities assuming I'd get a promotion, but I'm finding that even if I did get the promotion, I'm not enjoying my current work as much, as I'm far less hands-on. I know I can provide value--I've got industry-specific domain expertise and I can write high-quality software. One of the projects I've recently been managing is the outsourcing of some programming work--work outsourced to a team of "professional programmers" but with no domain expertise. I think I could have done better myself in terms of code quality, but even if I had, I know I wouldn't have gotten paid as much since I'm an employee. I'd like to capture that value myself instead of dealing with an OK bonus and sub-inflationary raise. I've been considering trying my hand going solo, offering my skills on a contract basis. But I've never done this, and it's a big change for me. Ideally, I could start with my current employer as a client. How often is this done? What steps should I take and what should I consider? Any resources that you'd recommend?
46 by disenchanted_ds | 28 comments on Hacker News.
I'm pretty disillusioned with the corporate rat race...I naively took on some additional managerial/strategic responsibilities assuming I'd get a promotion, but I'm finding that even if I did get the promotion, I'm not enjoying my current work as much, as I'm far less hands-on. I know I can provide value--I've got industry-specific domain expertise and I can write high-quality software. One of the projects I've recently been managing is the outsourcing of some programming work--work outsourced to a team of "professional programmers" but with no domain expertise. I think I could have done better myself in terms of code quality, but even if I had, I know I wouldn't have gotten paid as much since I'm an employee. I'd like to capture that value myself instead of dealing with an OK bonus and sub-inflationary raise. I've been considering trying my hand going solo, offering my skills on a contract basis. But I've never done this, and it's a big change for me. Ideally, I could start with my current employer as a client. How often is this done? What steps should I take and what should I consider? Any resources that you'd recommend?
