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Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by v64 »

> Tell people about things you do that they played a part it- it might just make their day.

Thank you for putting this out there!

I once reverse engineered the protocol for a popular mobile game so I could write my own client for it and posted my library online for others to do the same without any expectation it'd ever get seen. Months later, I received an email from someone reverse engineering the protocol as well for different purposes. They got stuck on a particularly difficult issue I also encountered (and documented), and googling it led them to my library, saving them hours of future work.

It definitely made my day and I'm still very proud of that project because of that.

Edit: There's a second part too! I just remembered that I've posted this story on HN before, and the last time I did a dev for the game emailed me saying he looked over the code and was impressed that I was able to figure out so much despite their deliberate efforts to keep the protocol locked down. Another great day!

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by drengus »

I made a github-codespaces-ish development environment using GCP and terraform mere months before githbu announced codespaces: https://lockwood.dev/development/remote/2020/03/17/experimen...

But also, the idea was kind of obvious given the way VSCode was going with its ssh plugins.

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by limelight »

mstade wrote: post #166
levymetal wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And now we’ve come full-circle as 1Password 8 requires you to save your password prior to submitting the form instead of offering to save it after submission. Which is a huge regression as it results in this exact issue all over again. https://support.1password.com/save-fill-passwords/

Sadly, 1Password seems to just get worse and worse in terms of usability with each release. The latest incarnation has so many little annoyances that makes me seriously consider switching. The one thing it's got going for it that really is kind of a killer feature for me is SSH key handling. It's super nice being able to sign your commits with Touch ID. Everything else is meh at best.

It's truly baffling how they manage to consistently make the software worse every single release. I was a huge fan of 1Password many years ago (and have been happy to pay for it throughout), but each successive release is more confusing and less reliable.

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by dijksterhuis »

bityard wrote: post #81
capableweb wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I used to love Opera as well, it was my first "serious" browser as I became a netizen. But now I wouldn't even dare to try it as it's owned by a consortium of Chinese investors, rather than a Norwegian company.

Vivaldi is pretty good and though it's based on chromium, is the new opera in spirit.

I might try Vivaldi out after your comment and because of their completely sarcastic pricing section on the download page.

Genius.

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by HorizonXP »

This is precisely what I love about the Internet and humanity.

Recently, I got into RC cars. I was watching a YouTube video discussing the long-term issues that can arise with the particular model I own. In the video, the presenter mentions that “maybe you could 3D print something” to help address a deficiency in the vehicle design.

I just purchased a 3D printer, and thought, “Maybe I can design it myself.”

Lo and behold, someone already did, and cited the same YouTube video as their inspiration: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4982263

How amazing and cool is that??!

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by flatiron »

WalterBright wrote: post #150
spiffytech wrote: post #28

Years back, every web browser's built-in password manager locked up the page when submitting a login form, waiting for the user to answer "do you want to save this password?" before proceeding. I thought that was silly: how do I know if I want to save the password before I've seen whether it's correct? Which I can't see until the form is submitted. At the time I was using Opera, so I wrote in to their customer suppor…

If only Roku and Android TV boxes had a way to display pdf's on the TV! Hint hint hint!!! After all, they can display movies, pictures, and music. PDFs, please! I'd even pay for it.

I understand it not working on a Roku but why couldn’t you use an android pdf reader?

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by volkk »

mstade wrote: post #166
levymetal wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And now we’ve come full-circle as 1Password 8 requires you to save your password prior to submitting the form instead of offering to save it after submission. Which is a huge regression as it results in this exact issue all over again. https://support.1password.com/save-fill-passwords/

Sadly, 1Password seems to just get worse and worse in terms of usability with each release. The latest incarnation has so many little annoyances that makes me seriously consider switching. The one thing it's got going for it that really is kind of a killer feature for me is SSH key handling. It's super nice being able to sign your commits with Touch ID. Everything else is meh at best.

everybody seems to be complaining about the latest release, but i find it just fine. what's wrong with it?

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by _HMCB_ »

limelight wrote: post #173
mstade wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly, 1Password seems to just get worse and worse in terms of usability with each release. The latest incarnation has so many little annoyances that makes me seriously consider switching. The one thing it's got going for it that really is kind of a killer feature for me is SSH key handling. It's super nice being able to sign your commits with Touch ID. Everything else is meh at best.

It's truly baffling how they manage to consistently make the software worse every single release. I was a huge fan of 1Password many years ago (and have been happy to pay for it throughout), but each successive release is more confusing and less reliable.

Agreed. Especially on iOS has it become obtrusive. Form inputs being obscured by mini pop-ups. I could go on.

I’m waiting for the release of the new macOS and I’m going to evaluate using the native implementation and ditching 1P.

Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about

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Post by exikyut »

jackpirate wrote: post #151
fimdomeio wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found a bug in firefox where the two letters of the weekdays appeared as 3 letters for portuguese (pt-PT). Eventually found that it was an error in the unicode standard, so submited the proposal for change. Probably there's dozen of people involved in this... but seeing it being changed brought me great joy. I was a tiny part in changing a tiny mostly irrelevant detail that was causing a slight inconvenience to mil…

Do you happen to have a link to the proposal I can see and share with a class? I'm teaching a few lectures about some "weird" stuff this semester, and this would be a great example.

FWIW searching https://rachelbythebay.com/w/ for "magic" finds a bunch of posts that might also fit with that topic.

(The rest of the posts are an interesting rabbithole if you're not aware, apologies in advance)

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