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The API database architecture – Stop writing HTTP-GET endpoints
Original EnglishI use entity framework a lot which does this sort of schema migration based on class definitions.
Launch HN: Outerport (YC S24) – Instant hot-swapping for AI model weights
Original EnglishWe made Outerport, a specialized system to manage and deploy AI models, as a solution to these problems and to help save GPU costs.
Ask HN: 32 and lost
Original EnglishI have worked online for ~8 years as a programmer and most of my clients don't know where I'm from.
Why I Like Java (2014)
Original EnglishI wrote it for many years, and I was constantly working around tiny bugs in open source libraries.
Recognizing the limitations of cloud drives
Original EnglishI'm 100% webapp user, even on the one (two?) systems where the thick client is present.
Programming Language Breakdown for the HealthCare.gov Website
Original Englishbut I obviously had a monthly income the first 5 months of this year.
Mark Zuckerberg's TopCoder profile
Original Englishthe year and a half I've been working, but it was more the experience I found profitable and would encourage anyone to do the same. …
Weekend deployments are for chumps
Original Englishwe noticed--that's why our sysadmin called us in--but those failures started happening 20 hours after the 100% release, and several days after testing and alpha …
Desktop Linux is an Untapped Gold Mine
Original EnglishBeing someone who likes to compile software, and coming from BSD, I am still not into package managers. (Yes, I tried Gentoo.)