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semanser

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About semanser

email: semanser@gmail.com

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    Comment #46630824

    they're posting almost every day here just to collect emails and advertise their "talent network" later on

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    Comment #42911351

    I do use GitHub releases already https://github.com/DepsHubHQ/depshub/releases You can subscribe by clicking on Watch -> Custom -> Releases.

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    Comment #42813410

    I'm actually working on a linter for dependencies that checks all your dependencies on 15+ rules. https://github.com/DepshubHQ/depshub It's true that dependency-free software is ve…

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    Show HN: DepsHub – linter for dependencies best practices

    Hey there. I've been working on a dependencies-related product for the last year. A lot of engineering teams that I've seen are building their own internal tooling to check on depe…

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    Comment #41867960

    I had a similar idea for a while. Happy to see someone is actually doing it. One of the main problems of PH is the amount of bots and fake accounts. Any plans of fighting that? PH …

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    Comment #41074362

    thank you for support!

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    Comment #41074357

    Thanks for your comment! I remember seeing that HN allows resubmitting a link if it has 0 comments. > HN allows resubmission of links if they haven't had any discussion. Source: ht…

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    Comment #41074308

    Thanks! Yeah, this is a recurrent problem that can't be solved once and for all (at least right now). So we definitely need better tools to deal with it.

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    Comment #41074278

    thank you!

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    Comment #41074267

    thank you!

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    Show HN: DepsHub – Dependency updates made easy

    Hi HN! I'm Andriy, a software engineer and the founder of DepsHub. Every single team that I worked with always used tens (if not hundreds) of dependencies. There are usually two po…

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    Show HN: DepsHub – Dependency updates made easy

    Hi HN! I'm Andriy, a software engineer and the founder of DepsHub. Every single team that I worked with always used tens (if not hundreds) of dependencies. There are usually two po…

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    Show HN: DepsHub – Update dependencies using AI

    Hi everyone! I'm Andriy, a software engineer and the founder of DepsHub. Every single team that I worked with always used tens (if not hundreds) of dependencies. There are usually …

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    Comment #40726906

    I’m working on a similar project (DepsHub) where LLMs are used to make major library updates as smooth as possible. While it doesn’t work in 100% cases, it really helps to minimize…

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    Comment #40318451

    > I was thinking, would it be helpful to keep track of how far behind each dependency is in terms of minor, patch, and major updates? This is exactly what I've added for depshub.co…

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    Comment #40318348

    I'm the developer of depshub.com (for automated dependency updates using AI) and even though a single metric isn't valuable, having any sort of indicators and metrics is very usefu…

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    Comment #40318326

    > If I am using library X of version 1.2.3 and it ticks all the boxes, has no performance impact, has 0 problems, 0 vulnerabilities (including the results from public, third party …

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    Comment #40318291

    Without those pesky new features and breaking changes that come with using bleeding-edge releases. This is usually a popular counterargument when people are talking about keeping e…

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    Comment #40318254

    The features that you described are somewhat close to what I'm trying to build with depshub.com. Dependency visibility is still a major problem in any engineering team that cares a…

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    Comment #40306904

    As a person who works on automated dependency updates (depshub.com), the libyear indicator is often not very useful. There are several other indicators to consider, such as release…

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    Comment #40306860

    > I've been using that alongside some other metrics for providing insights into how behind teams are on updates What are some other metrics that you are using? I am working on a pr…

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    Comment #40053035

    There is also a video on Lenny's podcast (feat First Round Capital) about the exact same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1Uwhfxacs