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rushi_agrawal

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About rushi_agrawal

Software engineer and consultant. Expert in Python. Good knowledge in databases and distributed systems. rushiagr.com

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    If they really cared about their image among their user base and wanted to undo a little bit of damage they've already done via various policies and decisions, keeping the limits a…

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    Where do we stand with Claude 20x Max vs. Codex Pro after Opus 1M context window

    Has anyone tried the latest and greatest models of both camps, with the highest thinking level and maximum possible context window setting, and compared performances and observed p…

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    Comment #45367507

    It is interesting that even after falling prices of HDDs, S3 costs have remained the same for at least 8 years. There's just not enough competition to push them to reduce costs. Bu…

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    Comment #33684419

    Relevant paragraph: The species was discovered when a Malaysian amateur photographer, Hock Ping Guek, posted a picture of it to the online photo-sharing site Flickr. A California s…

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    Comment #21989871

    Didn't see a mention of a very fast way of exiting Vim, so sharing: 'The iTerm way': map cmd-l to send a hex code '0x6A 0x6B 0x3A 0x71 0x0D' (translates to jk:q , where jk is my Vi…

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    Comment #21033085

    Similar concept: cheat.sh

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    Comment #20478796

    Thanks! Yes, this is what I was looking for.

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    Comment #20412787

    I remember there was a link on HN which had a list of sites similar to this which are greener in general (i.e. which plant trees, or which use only green energy like solar, etc). I…

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    Comment #16605822

    I've had an instance where the author was reading his book himself, and his accent was so difficult that only then I started to realize the effort professional readers must have pu…

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    Comment #16605788

    I'm continuously listening to audiobooks while commuting since last couple of years or so. To increase retention, I've done a few things which have helped (I don't have enough time…

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    Comment #14728892

    If DynamoDB guys can come up with a mechanism similar to their CPU credits concept, that'd be a really nice feature to have. Of course it can't be as straightforward as CPU credits…

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    Comment #13480683

    I realize that after reading the article, most people (including me, unfortunately) read the article as 'Problems WE have with Python'. Maybe a line by author at the top or bottom …

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    Comment #12683161

    CLIs are designed for automation and are not as human friendly as they can be. I think we can make a CLI which rates very high on ease-of-use. Taking AWS CLI as an example, I built…

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    Comment #12132752

    > you mean like a package manager? what's wrong with apt, brew etc Yes, like a universal package manager, but only for quick and dirty dev environment setup. The problem with apt, …

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    Ask HN: Would a platform-indep devtool installer be useful? I'm building one

    I had this idea where there is just one command to install something (e.g. docker) on any machine, be it Ubuntu or Fedora or Mac, for development purposes. More information in the …

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    Comment #10239476

    Below are the tweets by Aphyr for the same thing (with language slightly toned down). I never thought I won't find their mention here on HN. :) Nevertheless, precise, to the point:…

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    Comment #9767035

    Actually, he is talking about hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is worse.

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    Comment #8056920

    I've very recently started adding all of it to a github repo. Very early version, but can be found at https://github.com/rushiagr/myutils/blob/master/aliasrc

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    Comment #8056900

    As someone who use git quite a lot, I have created a TON of aliases for it, so that I have to type very less. Sometimes, I have created bash functions as it needs to handle some lo…