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jasoncabot

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About jasoncabot

Software Engineer

Recent public activity

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    Show HN: Generate Version 7 UUID's for a Timestamp

    I use UUIDv7's in multiple places as an efficient index in Postgres. When querying this data I usually need to be able to query between a time range so wanted to have a quick way t…

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    Show HN: Find All the Words

    I made this game a while ago and have still been playing it daily against my wife (who can finish it quicker and with fewer hints) I figured some other people might enjoy it too. I…

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    Show HN: Linkagram a Daily Word Game

    I made this game years ago (originally for PocketPC) but have recently updated it for the web. The goal is to find all the words on a 4x4 grid of letters. Shamelessly ripping off w…

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    Comment #29921985

    This reminds me of a great post about the typical software evolution going from hard coded values, through configuration and rules engines to a DSL, only to be back where you start…

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    Comment #28615847

    https://lowimpact.organicbasics.com/eur Is an example website that I enjoyed that shows you how much carbon you’re effectively saving by viewing their low impact version for each r…

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    Comment #22701875

    (disclaimer MS employee but nothing to do with this product) You could check out the Azure Forms Recognizer. It's designed to do exactly this and make even training a custom model …

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    Comment #22665491

    What are LEST metrics? I couldn't seem to find anything from Google and now it feels like I'm missing some major concept

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    Comment #17870743

    That sounds like an awesome game - do you have any interesting links for how to structure TBS games? It's something I've always played around with but never feel I managed to get a…

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    Comment #10620203

    This is really great, got it all set up with Alamofire in a few minutes and already it's been helpful in identifying some slow network requests!

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    Comment #10512101

    http://imgur.com/a/VqNuw I've tried to keep a simple and clean design and just use subtle animations for events

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    Show HN: Apple TV Quiz App (+ Promo Codes)

    Anyone who has a new Apple TV - I've built a simple trivia/quiz app and am looking to get some feedback so I can figure out what needs improving. I built it in my spare time and tr…

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    Comment #10498382

    It's really interesting to see the kinds of numbers you need to get to the top of the paid lists. I really wasn't sure what to expect from the Apple TV and despite being initially …

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    Comment #10490783

    So that seems unethical (and against Apple's terms and conditions!) I was wondering more about how you get people to know your app exists on the store. Does advertising actually wo…

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    Ask HN: How do you promote your apps?

    So I've made a pretty simple app for the new Apple TV and as I'm sure most people who've built apps know - the discoverability is awful on the App Store, with the Apple TV being ev…

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    Comment #6222497

    Amazon has a set of leadership principles that apply to everyone at the company, whether you are technical or not. http://www.amazon.com/Values-Careers-Homepage/b?ie=UTF8&node... I…