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Ask HN: How long did it take to release your side project in 2016?
Original EnglishBut as the codebase grew, I really wished I had spent more time writing tests from the start.
Show HN: Heat Pumps, Hooray – A heat pump calculator for your home
Original Englishwe then compile and calculate the utility bills monthly (we have support for actual rate plans, TOU plans, etc., but for now we just use …
Ask HN: What's your experience with working M1 and M2 Macs?
Original EnglishI used to think managing servers introduced unnecessary complexity until I tried it, and realized it's really not as difficult as I thought.
DevOps Engineering: Who does your automation?
Original EnglishI use chef because I needed a way to consistently deploy software in exactly the same way every time to multiple servers.
Twitter Removes “via {client}” Attribution in #newTwitter. Buh-Bye Developers
Original EnglishOf course twitter.com would still be the biggest client, but not with 78% of all users, more likely somewhere between 40-50% (based on stats by …
Ask HN: Choosing between Microsoft and everything else
Original EnglishI prefer my experience with Microsoft, but its costs and vendor lock-in are hard to ignore.
Show HN: A collection of useful items for building SteamVR titles in Unity 5
Original EnglishToday, it still probably stands as the best choice, but Lumberyard, though riddled with bugs, is moving quickly in the right direction.
Reasons to Avoid Test Driven Development
Original EnglishMany people try to fix this by writing frameworks that make testing their code easier instead of writing better code that isn't tied to an …
Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024?
Original EnglishWe found our space and grew as the space grew.