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Show HN: Memories – FOSS Google Photos alternative built for high performance
Original EnglishOn my last attempt at serving a photo gallery, I deployed Hetzner's Photoprism image on a Hetzner server... and it failed.
“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
Original EnglishI'm sure it's improved, but as the common theme of this story goes, Google blew their chance.
Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List on How Not to Fail
Original EnglishMaybe I failed to communicate what I wanted, but basically I was trying to say that I've seen most people equate luck to something akin …
I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
Original EnglishI also built my own metabuild tools (this was 2000) to generate makefiles and the like to quickly cross compile to new mobile phones.
The Web We Have to Save
Original EnglishDisclaimer: I'm working on a similar problem, but I'm doing it as an abstraction layer between transport (TCP/IP, bluetooth mesh, anything with a reliable bytestream) …
Organizing complexity is the most important skill in software development
Original EnglishI kept asking to be done, but instead they just wanted me to figure out some way to bill the client for 60 hours a …
VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas
Original EnglishThe VSCode users on this team had their own containers, so however their setup was didn't affect me.
Microsoft breached antitrust rules by bundling Teams and Office, EU says
Original Englishwe failed to raise our next round because of it and had to drastically downsize the company, causing even more churn (about 80% net churn …
Good riddance, PayPal
Original Englishthe outgoing payments as I have paid them myself, but they continue to persist with the idea that I owe them money. …