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Comment · 15 days ago
Comment · 3 months ago
See also the previous ShowHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48223362
At the time of writing the network peers number 888 - it'll be interesting to see this change over time.
Comment · 7 months ago
I've used DO's quite a bit. I'm a big fan... however I find the database latency pretty hard to deal with. In the past 6 months I've seen upwards of 30s for little side projects running tiny (100's of kb) databases. Sometimes it's lightning fast... sometimes it's a disaster.
As a consequence I've had to build quite defensively - adopting a PWA approach - heavy caching and background sync. My hope is that latency improves over time because the platform is nice to work with.
Comment · 7 months ago
It must be fun to think of all the mischief a doggo can get into :)
Comment · 7 months ago
Still working on:
A hobby project I started putting together late last year; a little spot on the internet for prayer and reflection. I've just shipped a small feature where you get a Bible reading (KJ only for now) in response to a prayer.
https://dugnad.stavanger-digital.no/
A pro bono tech consultancy for local (Stavanger, Norway) non profits. The idea is to help them use tech to better deliver on their mission. Last week I built a little bookmarklet for a non-profit to surface some of their data buried in a SaaS tool ... which will make their apple pressing operation easier.
Comment · 8 months ago
Thanks!
Comment · 8 months ago
Still working on:
A hobby project I started putting together late last year; a little spot on the internet for prayer and reflection.
https://dugnad.stavanger-digital.no/
A pro bono tech consultancy for local non profits. The idea is to help them use tech to better deliver on their mission.
Just today I finished off building a little PWA to help a couple of non-profits offload the admin of volunteer scheduling (mostly done through whatsapp, messenger, etc).
I'd recommend others try the same pro bono consulting in their local area, it's quite rewarding!
Comment · 9 months ago
I actually quite like the system. They tend to only install speed cameras at high hazard areas e.g. where fatal accidents have occurred. Also the camera's are mostly super visible - bright high-vis yellow, and there are often warning signs as you approach them.
It's quite a different story in other countries at least in terms of visibility!
Comment · 9 months ago
Thank you! I hope you find it useful in your journey.
Comment · 9 months ago
Thank you!
Comment · 9 months ago
https://www.votivus.org
A hobby project I started putting together late last year; a little spot on the internet for prayer and reflection.
https://dugnad.stavanger-digital.no/
A pro bono tech consultancy for local non profits. The idea is to help them use tech to better deliver on their mission.
Comment · 10 months ago
https://www.votivus.org
It's a hobby project I started putting together a couple of months back; a little spot on the internet for prayer and reflection.
Comment · 10 months ago
Their chat about the limitations of optical memory made me think of Magneto-Optic (MO) memory cells [0] that I read about earlier this year. From what I understood (not an expert - so I'm open to correction) we move away from Von Neumann, to something where memory is a "filter" that light passes through rather than a bucket of data that needs to be moved around.
Overall it’s interesting to me that we can trade a bigger size to get more speed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_GoDa...
Admittedly any company will have it's share of controversies over time. But their history speaks to a value system that doesn't square with some of the foundational values of the internet (openness, decentralisation, user empowerment) imo.