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Show HN: Paramount – Human Evals of AI Customer Support
Original EnglishPreventing poor support experiences is the exact reason we started Fini.
Ask HN: What makes Windows 11 perform much worse than Windows XP?
Original EnglishI remember that every time I use a VM with legacy software that's so speed I can't believe it.
A Jenga tower about to collapse: Software erosion is happening all around us
Original EnglishIn the frontend, the only thing I use a library for is templating content that is dynamically updated on the client.
Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
Original Englishbecause just single instance of nginx with proper caching setup can handle hundred thousands of clients (serving static resources is cheap and fast). …
A decent VS Code and Ruby on Rails setup
Original EnglishBut because our deployment pipelines are in fact fascists, it’s very helpful to have those “global” settings at times.
Building Personal Software with Claude
Original EnglishLastly you will hit usage limits while working on projects because it’s a fixed cost offering.
It’s “GitHub meets Shopify”: Binpress sells your source code
Original EnglishRight now I'm using dozens of OSS modules, most of which I'd be happy to pay some money for because of the time they've saved …
Ask HN: Why are people paying so much for Vercel?
Original EnglishSince we use SQLite and litestream.io for streaming replication to R2 we also avoid any expensive managed DB hosting costs.
Show HN: Shadow IT Scan – Uncover SaaS Apps, Users and Risky OAuth Scopes
Original EnglishBut a standalone scanner would have made our lives so much easier in our previous roles.