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Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think
Original EnglishI liked it so much I started doing a similar setup for small side projects.
Seer: A GUI front end to GDB for Linux
Original EnglishBut I find most of my bugs are simple enough that that doesn't happen, because I write modular code and TDD.
I don't understand Python's Asyncio
Original EnglishIt makes my code more testable and easier to reason about.
How Postgres Makes Transactions Atomic
Original EnglishThere were however some known replication bugs in the 9.x versions that were quite nasty.
Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?
Original EnglishBut I haven't gotten over the deployment hump... the cost and complexity is a challenge.
Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible
Original EnglishWe paid $397 for a two-year code signing cert with DigiCert.
We will never have enough software developers (2020)
Original EnglishI tried to use AppAuth OIDC client, has a few questions, asked, the response was "We assume some prior Java and Android knowledge".
Step-by-step tutorial to build a modern JavaScript stack from scratch
Original EnglishBut in the JS world, I can't help but think they would never be able produce anything that reliable because 6 years later they would …
Databases and why their complexity is now unnecessary
Original Englishwe accidentally once did it due to a bug in our platform code when we started replaying ALL events for the last 3 years) but …