HHalvi

Joined 11 years ago

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150
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76
Member since
Apr 21
Product guy, working at the intersection of tech, marketing and design. Drop me a line {harsha} at {my_hn_username.com}
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Comment · 3 months ago
Game devs testing against the same driver on both platforms would probably surface RADV issues faster than the current Linux-only audience does, and as a linux gamer I couldn't be more happier.
Comment · 11 months ago
I really love to hate Safari (extensions, ad blocking, dev tools amongst many other reasons) but love using a non chromium browser.

I discovered Orion a few years back and it has been my go-to standalone browser but never strong enough to be my primary browser.

So many daily drivers of mine refuse(d) to work from time to time (1P, Netflix, Youtube, Slack, Gmaps, Hey & the list goes on). I eventually started relying on Orion RC instead of Orion to band-aid fix these problems.

I truly hope they succeed but a few hours of driving the 1.0, it doesn't feel like a 1.0 yet.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Lua: Picked it up when I was dabbling in building Games relying on Love2D which uses Lua as the underlying language.

CoffeeScript: Felt in love with CS as I wanted to rapid protypes with (now defunct) Framer Classic.

Smalltalk/Squeak/Vala are something I have wanted to dabble with for a while but haven't gotten around to.

Comment · 1 year ago
The current boat I am on is relying on Firefox for most of my devices: Windows Laptops, Android Phones/Tablets with Ublock Origin and NextDNS set over DNS mode for all of the devices in my family.

For iDevices relying on Orion Browser paired with Ublock Origin and NextDNS set up. As good as Safari but without the annoyances of Plugins. Their compatablity mode seems to work on sites where Safari seems to have issues.

Ungoggled Chromium for sites that seem to break on both Firefox and Orion, unfortunately there are loads out there. It's a shame that Firefox isn't as effecient with Battery Consumption as Orion is.

Brave/Edge just never cut it for me.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I have almost moved on from Gmail (Gmail + Gsuite). I have been using Hey for almost 2 years now and I prefer it over Gmail/Yahoo/Outlook/Protonmail.

And I am in the process of moving my Custom Domains to Fastmail, the only thing that irks me is their mobile app refusing to open without an active internet connection.

Comment · 4 years ago
I have been super impressed by the latency of the images hosted on Imagekit. Used to host images on Cloudinary, found Imagekit to be faster for my visitors + more affordable. I currently have 2 accounts with them, one for my personal website/blog on free tier and a paid tier for landing pages for my employer. Highly recommend them, no affiliations, just a super happy customer!
Comment · 4 years ago
Backup and was working until a few minutes back, looks like it's down again.
Comment · 4 years ago
They started supporting Outlook accounts a few months back, but still a drop in the bucket considering the no of (email) options you have.
Comment · 4 years ago
I discovered HN around 2012, been visiting this site the first thing every morning for a decade now.

Happy birthday HN :)

Comment · 4 years ago
I liked the idea, wanted to give it a go.

At first try the website did not load, a few refreshes later I can now see the home screen but nothing happens when I click anywhere on the page.

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