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coffeecoders

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About coffeecoders

Full-stack engineer (North America, Pacific time) with deep production experience in RabbitMQ and Kafka at scale.

When not writing code, I'm either breadboarding electronics or hiking in the mountains.

Email: ntemail (at) protonmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49224479

    Just add this to uBlock origin: ``` linkedin.com##main#workspace section:has(div[componentkey*="container-update-list_mainFeed-lazy"]) ```

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    Comment #48713661

    I think the problem is concentration. AI now absorbs almost all of the oxygen from every category. A story about new chips becomes an AI story. Cloud pricing becomes an AI story. E…

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    Comment #48713613

    I need this but for dentists.

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    Comment #48648622

    If I am archiving PBs of data for 10+ years, I don't want to rely on a WASM interpreter being available and performant in the future just to read a file. I want a dead-simple, heav…

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    Comment #48622190

    It's a selection bias issue. The categories you have listed are essentially web services wrapped in an app shell. Of course they need the internet. Consider these examples: - Photo…

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    Comment #48615833

    This is excellent. Seeing this makes me appreciate how much visual awareness tools like this are needed. I built something similar, for the web. https://neberej.github.io/exposedby…

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    Comment #48533700

    We (software engineers) get better outcomes from the same algorithms by improving data flow, constraints, instrumentation etc. (Better) prompting, retrieval, context engineering et…

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    Comment #48532649

    I've been spending my time away from screens, on woodworking, mostly small projects like plant pot holders. One thing I've learned is how hard it is to get things perfectly aligned…

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    Comment #48532556

    I've accumulated a bunch of old website archives over the years. The funny thing is the ugly HTML dumps have been more useful than the "perfect" archive. It's one of the reasons I'…

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    Comment #48415342

    I've shifted to a "slow code" approach with AI, treating it more like a design partner than a code generator. I mostly do TDD with TypeScript. I write the test, write the code myse…

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    Comment #48359725

    Me: Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-traffic web applications and scalable backend systems. I've worked exclusively with US-based companies. My…

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    Comment #48201182

    That pelican looks like it lost 100k on NFTs and now runs a paid stock-trading group.

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    Comment #47284234

    This is the reason. I have just been vibe-coding my way for a few months now, got almost all the tools (except Browser and Mail) that I use daily, designed by me (with the help of …

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    Comment #47169749

    For me, its those Who's hiring or Who wants to get hired posts. I used a throwaway email once and got emails about SEO and AI projects. I don’t engage. I mark as spam, block the se…

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    Comment #47158697

    I built a tiny Notepad clone in ~5 minutes using an LLM: open/save, plain text, no surprises. Lately I've been doing the same for other small utilities. Roughly half the little too…

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    Comment #47053546

    Slightly related, I have been writing all my local tools with the help of AIs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006108

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    Comment #47053511

    Why not install just the Messenger app? I never install Facebook app, but I keep Messenger app to chat with my college peeps.

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    Comment #47015586

    I am a fan of https://blogs.hn/ . It is mostly HN-like content, but I visit it daily. I wish there was a "new" view though.

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    Comment #47007394

    Agree on that. HN is a good example of resisting that pull. It hasn’t optimized for engagement loops. Credit to @dang and the moderation team for keeping it that way.

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    Comment #46642233

    It's been fantastic. The mouse puts my hand in a natural "handshake" position, which has cut down on the wrist strain I used to get after long hours of work or browsing. I'd highly…

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    Comment #46638584

    For work: Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse, Anti fatigue mat For home: Bidet For personal: Kindle

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    Comment #46619715

    I am a big fan of https://blogs.hn/ (I visit it daily), your directory looks similar. You should automate this, maybe drive all of these content from a json file and accept PRs. --…

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    Comment #46514235

    This suggests HN is functioning as designed. Votes signal agreement while comments surface disagreement. Negative posts outperform because they create unfinished cognitive work. A …

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