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Show HN: Rethinking Tabs in Firefox
Original EnglishAlso, in my defense, since automating things and deploying an ITAM tool is kinda my job, I started here less than a year ago.
Ask HN: What's your backup setup?
Original EnglishWe tried backuppc for a while and liked it, but it still had the problem with append only files growing, and lots of our backups …
How Ubuntu startup script deletes everything
Original EnglishI'm glad microsoft employees are waving this around in our faces because look how many lives this bug report will save.
Show HN: A journaling service that runs over WhatsApp
Original EnglishMaybe someday I’ll have hardware powerful enough to run a local LLM, but for now, this setup is more than good enough.
Super-star programmers
Original Englishbut the few years I spent working in companies whose software product was a cost centre for its customers was particularly enlightening. …
The burden of an Open Source maintainer
Original EnglishI used to become very angry when something doesn't work right out of the box after quickly skimming a setup tutorial.
Five Most Productive Years: What Happened and What's Next
Original EnglishWith software, it's a lot easier, especially over long periods of time. I still use a backup script I wrote 20 years ago, for example.
Source code is not enough
Original EnglishWe were a small team from different departments who kept it going as both a labor of love and because we used it for customer …
Why Haskell Is Worth Learning
Original Englishour startup and I've learned more than I learned in the last 5 years. …