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Ask HN: Why choose a dynamically typed language?
Original EnglishI have used Ocaml "for real" and I am still getting up to speed on Haskell (I love it!), but this time, I can skip …
Ask HN: Prgmr is unreliable. Please advise on VPS hosting.
Original Englishbut they'd communicated the maintenance window long in advance of the maintenance and so I knew to check to make sure it was up and …
Show HN: I unlocked reaching 10.000 real potential customers as low cost as $50
Original EnglishI unlocked reaching 10.000+ real potential customers as low cost as $50 with 90% successful targeting.
Show HN: NCompass Technologies – yet another AI Inference API, but hear us out
Original EnglishWhen using other APIs, we found that they weren’t reliable enough to be able to use open source models in production environments.
Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy?
Original EnglishI use paid GSuite (or whatever it's called now) for the email of my company.
Ask HN: What is your home networking setup?
Original EnglishNowadays, for things that need a link faster than 1Gbps, I just use a direct connection so I don't need power hungry switches.
The cloud backlash has begun: Why big data is pulling compute back on premises
Original EnglishAlternatively do what I do (example of particular product I developed and nor run for a client):
Ask HN: What is your weekend project?
Original Englishbecause I took a couple security shortcuts in the design) but it works and has increased my productivity dramatically. …
Ask HN: What's the best laptop for a programmer that isn't a MacBook Pro?
Original EnglishI once used one during an internship, but its specs weren't that good, but it was robust and reliable.