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alexgandy

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About alexgandy

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    I'm working on https://gaffer.sh in my spare-time. It's been a fun way to learn how to (semi?) effectively work with LLMs and AI coding tools.

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    Comment #47755818

    I've been hacking on gaffer ( https://gaffer.sh ) as a way to learn and explore agentic development. It's been fun and I've even picked up a couple customers.

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    Comment #47473262

    You’re right about the speed; but it doesn’t change the outcome. If you don’t want it to be associated with you, you simply can’t put it out there.

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    Comment #47473153

    This just in; posting ridiculous amounts of personal information on the internet can lead to you being profiled correctly. Wild stuff.

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    Comment #47311389

    Building a tool to make test reports useful - https://gaffer.sh

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    Comment #47014808

    As far as the "what to do with flaky tests", I error on the side of just outright killing the tests. Unless it's an absolutely crucial business case, I'd rather have no test than a…

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    Comment #46945323

    Sounds really interesting. What are you using for the tests/reports?

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    Comment #46945240

    I'm a solo dev working on Gaffer ( https://gaffer.sh ) - Centralized Test Reports for Teams and Agents. It's been a fun side-project test out vibe-coding and cloudflare infrastruct…

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    Comment #46626007

    https://alexgandy.com

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    Comment #46482867

    I've been building Gaffer.sh, a tool for hosting, analyzing and sharing test reports. https://gaffer.sh Originally it started as an excuse to test out vibe-coding on a previously o…

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    Comment #21640730

    Most people get LSD (and just about any other hallucinogens/empathogens) from the dark web.

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    Comment #17240695

    Yea, I think that'll be one of the future steps if this thing goes anywhere.

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    Comment #17240687

    Thanks for the detailed response. I think a lot of companies have some portion of their code that's been avoided for a variety of reasons. I think adding unit tests, simple automat…

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    Ask HN: Would you pay for test coverage?

    I've been toying with the idea of starting a consultancy that's sole goal is to improve testing infrastructure, speed and coverage. It's something I've always enjoyed on my own pro…

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    Comment #16201699

    Bad or good, this is an admission of failure. Facebook just flat out said "screw it, you all decide what's real...because we sure as shit can't."

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    Comment #14881814

    Just a note; you SSL cert is either expired or invalid. So when I visit the link you posted, and get redirected to the https version, I'm greated with a big chrome warning page.

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    Comment #14529939

    True Crime - Last Podcast on the Left - Criminal - Crimetown Random Info - Radiolab - 99% Invisible Interviews - WTF w/ Marc Maron - Joe Rogan (depending on the guest) - The Nerdis…

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    Comment #12959480

    https://referhub.co It's dramatically reduced the amount of annoying recruiter spam that I get. I'm proud that it was initially just a test-bed for new technologies, that actually …

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    Comment #11353774

    I'm in the same boat, and I have to use Vagrant + VirtualBox for just about anything docker related.

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    Comment #10314004

    ReferHub ( https://www.referhub.co ), Cleveland, OH, US - Remote Looking for Javascript Developers (Node/Angular) with front-end development experience. We're trying to help develo…

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    Comment #6533007

    Here's a non-paywall version: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101104483

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    Comment #5803629

    I've used theGlutenless.com, a gluten-free business directory, as a testing ground for new technologies for the past few years. I built a custom bot for discovering gluten free bus…