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Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by foobar16372883 »

TimJRobinson wrote: post #86

A peer to peer encrypted datastore that everyone can use to store their own metadata. Facebook knows what movies I like and interests I have, Spotify knows what songs I listen to, Amazon knows what books I like to read. All of these pieces of data are currently silo'd and controlled by private corporations many of which can do whatever they like with that data. I want a private encrypted datastore that does this inst…

I like this but how do you make sure that Facebook gives all the data that they collect directly from the user back into the system?

Perhaps an audit system which compares data shown to the user on Facebook to what the system knows Facebook contributed?

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by foobar16372883 »

Rails but for JavaScript. Today you have to pick and validate a crypto framework to do token based auth. Or maybe not JavaScript.

A distributed application framework. You run software on your OWN machine, offloading computation and storage needs to other trusted nodes. Framework should have the trust system, a data store that automatically replicates, system to explicitly show what data is being shared with whom. Effectively, you can still log into your account from anywhere. The software and data will sync. Won't work for problems that need large scale data and also lowers its collective value. For instance, a social network but no advertising.

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by foobar16372883 »

foobar16372883 wrote: post #162

Rails but for JavaScript. Today you have to pick and validate a crypto framework to do token based auth. Or maybe not JavaScript. A distributed application framework. You run software on your OWN machine, offloading computation and storage needs to other trusted nodes. Framework should have the trust system, a data store that automatically replicates, system to explicitly show what data is being shared with whom. Eff…

In other words, a properly decentralised web.

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by ukoki »

- Realtime DBaaS/BaaS using GraphQL - ie, like Parse or Firebase but where you don't have to use a vendor-specific client, just GraphQL. Sane configuration of permissions/access rules.

- Functions-as-a-service with a better UX than AWS Lambda

- Server-side-rendering-as-a-service for React-based SPAs. When a request comes in it renders the page, sends it up to the client, and automatically 'solves' hydration of data.

- A better scripting language than Bash.. maybe Ruby but with a simpler way of running shell commands / getting stdout+stderr. Should be really easy to test.

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by herbst »

jmkni wrote: post #7

I want to slot my phone into a dock connected to three high resolution monitors and a keyboard/mouse and be able to do development work. Essentially, when it's in my hand it's in Phone Mode, when it's in the dock it's in Desktop PC mode. We are getting there with tablets. You can do this with the Surface for example thanks to Display Link technology. I just want the device to be phone sized , around 5.5" or so with a…

Ubuntu phone

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by herbst »

ohstopitu wrote: post #118

I'd love to bring banking to the 21th century. (Ability to create virtual cards, scale bank accounts based on needs/usage, easy access to loans etc.). And all this would have to work internationally (go anywhere in the world...2 people have a smartphone? Great, this system works). Give people the ability to save, invest and help them along that way and give them more power about their money. Also the ability to get t…

Currently a digital nomad in the need of a bic/swift able bank account with a debit card attached and at best a proper online interface.

I really dont understand how this shit is so hard.

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by herbst »

wink wrote: post #49

A browser on Linux that just works and doesn't use up all my RAM. Basically like Chromium a year ago? before they removed support for Hangouts and I had to switch to Chrome. Which crashes all the time, usually when using Hangouts.

Whats the problem with chrome? With a adblock (so not loading masses of ads) i dont have any issue with it. RAM is cheap these days as well.

Re: Ask HN: What “missing” technical solution(s) do you wish existed?

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Post by herbst »

marktangotango wrote: post #78
jwcrux wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

disqus + google analytics?

I don't want disqus ads, nor google analytics referrer spam. Plus uBlock blocks ga, so it doesn't track the 'ghosts' ie technical users that are my target audience who use uBlock at a much larger percentage that the norm. I'd like to just implement what I need.

Use goaccess on the server? Or cname ganalytics? I usually use g analytics for things that the server does not see and cross reference with goaccess. You cant make a new analytics without ending up in adblock lists anyway.

Also disqus works without ads. There ad system sucks badly anyway i was making 30 cents a day on a website that makes at least 30$ with adsense. Even thought disqus used up even more space.

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