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Ask HN: Is it possible to transition from corporate job to self contractor?
Original Englishthe things he didn't really care for, but I paid attention to. …
RIP Andre Hedrick: The engineer who kept the PC open
Original Englishwe were constantly on the edge of low-cost disk technology (we also built big SCSI boxes, but the low-end ATA boxes were much more popular), …
Show HN: Comprehensive inter-process communication (IPC) toolkit in modern C++
Original EnglishI quote: "To implement zero-copy data transfer we use a shared memory approach.
Ask HN: In 2024 what's the best way to manage contacts?
Original EnglishIn the end, I use a completely self-made setup.
Show HN: Offline sketch to image geneartor in a whiteboard
Original EnglishWe need a more lightweight solution, so I used xmlrpc for memory efficiency, although there might be better alternatives that I'm unaware of.
A Journey from Linux to FreeBSD
Original EnglishThere are many situations where I often need to use Linux instead of FreeBSD due to either software compatibility reasons or lack of drivers.
Ransomware-resistant backups with duplicity and AWS S3
Original EnglishI can get a sort of support, but I have found issues with many of them. …
Launch HN: Fiix (YC W17) – Same-Day Auto Repair at Your Home
Original English- Because we do a high volume of repairs, we can get better parts costs than mechanics could on their own
Ask HN: Is Clojure Dead?
Original EnglishWe migrated to Boot in 2015 because we needed easier customization of our dev/test/build pipeline and Boot's "tasks" were a more natural fit.