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damnever

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About damnever

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    Comment #45770591

    Really nice move, just speed and simplicity.

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    Comment #45219974

    Those who’ve worked at scale know simplicity is brutally hard — but those who stop pushing for it altogether have failed their responsibility.

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    Comment #45164483

    I disagree with you, as it seems you tend to prioritize graphic design while overlooking other important aspects. Personally, I find this idea alone to be very creative. Isn't a gr…

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    Comment #44657126

    I think we should better differentiate between HACK and NOTE from TODOs.

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    Comment #44644811

    I like it, and I once thought about this as well: > Python doesn't require a requirements.txt file, but if you don't maintain this file, or neglect to provide one, it could result …

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    Comment #44528052

    As far as I can tell, "API" and the webpages often have different authentication methods.

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    Comment #44463105

    It is still "prompting".

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    Comment #43922988

    Now that I know, I’ll never attempt using this fancy app.

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    Comment #43770875

    I can imagine that those who prefer a hands-on approach might spend more time understanding the problem, as they need to read through the code and debug to identify what is wrong.

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    Comment #43502177

    It depends. For small tasks like summarization or self-contained code snippets, it’s really good—like figuring out how to inspect a binary executable on Linux, or designing a ranki…

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    Comment #43298534

    The long screen time is the main cause. The perfect glasses, light, or monitors might make you feel better in the short term, but the same environment and low activity might still …

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    Comment #43011462

    > Distributed locking is still really hard for some reason I think distributed locking is hard because it only offers certain properties and requires that the application work toge…

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    Comment #42861112

    I’m sick of Go modules, and now they want to pile the mess even higher.

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    Comment #42802208

    I don't wear any glasses, but I still suffer from eye strain, especially from when I started my software engineering work years ago. I have also tried a lot of devices and medicine…

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    Comment #42252830

    Go's error handling is not explicit because error is an interface. So, a nil MyError is not the same as a nil error, and error comparison is inconvenient because the interface cons…

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    Show HN: TotalPause – an app to suggest breaks and promote mindfulness

    Hello, I created this macOS app because I often spend long hours at my computer without taking breaks. Although I've tried many similar apps, few really meet my needs. For instance…

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    Comment #41577535

    Swift still lacks some concurrency features, even with Swift 6, but it's nice to see that atomic operations have finally been added. Besides that, I often encounter an error withou…

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    Comment #41388721

    I have to disagree; average is not a good way to measure. I have written approximately 6,000 lines of code (including empty lines but excluding some generated code) over the past f…

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    Comment #41366163

    Verification comes with an additional cost. This makes me wonder: if we can verify, why use a LLM at all? An LLM might even cost more.

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    Show HN: A Minimally Disruptive macOS App for Breaks, Relax Eyes, Drink Water

    I have always struggled to take breaks while working. I've tried many macOS applications from the App Store, but they all use fixed timers, which don't work well for me. I wanted a…

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    Comment #40315036

    Swift doesn't have explicit namespaces, which is a real inconvenience.

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    Comment #40306152

    Awesome, this is similar to the thread conversations on Slack.

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    Comment #34424053

    I am the author of pigar[1], and I am using Go a lot, Go has its problems too, but I am a fan of `import "url"` style import statement, developers can write code first, and sync th…