Slow CI is not your main problem. Trust me. A guy on the internet
3 by iamnguele | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Teenagers Emerge as a Force in Climate Protests Across Europe
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New top story on Hacker News: How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people
How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people
3 by ggeorgovassilis | 0 comments on Hacker News.
3 by ggeorgovassilis | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers
U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers
229 by godelmachine | 343 comments on Hacker News.
229 by godelmachine | 343 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)
Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)
300 by rbjorklin | 141 comments on Hacker News.
300 by rbjorklin | 141 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: DevFlight (YC W19) – Helping open-source maintainers make money
Launch HN: DevFlight (YC W19) – Helping open-source maintainers make money
9 by vbordo | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Victor and Tony, founders of DevFlight ( https://devflight.com ). We help open-source maintainers make money. Think of us as agents for open-source maintainers. We met last year through the Indie Hackers community. It’s one of the luckiest things that’s ever happened to us. We clicked immediately. It became clear we share an obsession with building things to make developers’ lives easier. We began working on small developer-centric projects together. We started DevFlight after recognizing maintainers are the most underserved developers. They provide immense value and get little in return. We’ve spoken with many maintainers who’ve told us the current open-source development model is unsustainable for them. Their projects often end up being a second full-time job without pay. Some have to stop supporting their projects altogether due to a lack of resources. It’s time to start paying maintainers well for their work. Making open-source development sustainable will benefit everyone in the long-term. Our vision is to make it possible for maintainers to receive a stable income that accurately reflects the value they bring to companies. We’re accomplishing this by connecting maintainers with companies who will pay them. If you’re a maintainer, apply now on our website to join the waitlist. We’re currently working with a small group of maintainers from popular projects. We’ll gradually expand this group. Shoot us an email to learn more. We’d love to chat with you. We aim to make the process of hiring maintainers dead simple for companies. We communicate when maintainers are available and what types of work they can provide. If your company is interested in learning more, please reach out to us. Companies are paying for things like priority email and on-demand support from maintainers, feature request prioritization, continued development of the project, faster bug fixes, and guaranteed project stability. This is not an exhaustive list. We take 10% from every contract we negotiate. We’re aware the contract model doesn’t work for everyone. We’re exploring other revenue models based on what’s best for our maintainer network. We’d be particularly interested in hearing any ideas about this from the HN community. This is a difficult problem to solve, because it’s fundamentally more of a human problem than a software one. Companies often aren’t aware of all the open-source software they’re dependent on. Many also have complex purchasing requirements and no clear understanding of how their company can directly benefit from paying maintainers. Solving this problem requires better communication, more transparency, and new systems. We know the HN community has a wealth of experience and knowledge on this topic. We’re excited to listen to any thoughts and experiences you’re willing to share with us. We want to continue to learn and evaluate how we’re approaching this problem, so fire away! Victor and Tony
9 by vbordo | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Victor and Tony, founders of DevFlight ( https://devflight.com ). We help open-source maintainers make money. Think of us as agents for open-source maintainers. We met last year through the Indie Hackers community. It’s one of the luckiest things that’s ever happened to us. We clicked immediately. It became clear we share an obsession with building things to make developers’ lives easier. We began working on small developer-centric projects together. We started DevFlight after recognizing maintainers are the most underserved developers. They provide immense value and get little in return. We’ve spoken with many maintainers who’ve told us the current open-source development model is unsustainable for them. Their projects often end up being a second full-time job without pay. Some have to stop supporting their projects altogether due to a lack of resources. It’s time to start paying maintainers well for their work. Making open-source development sustainable will benefit everyone in the long-term. Our vision is to make it possible for maintainers to receive a stable income that accurately reflects the value they bring to companies. We’re accomplishing this by connecting maintainers with companies who will pay them. If you’re a maintainer, apply now on our website to join the waitlist. We’re currently working with a small group of maintainers from popular projects. We’ll gradually expand this group. Shoot us an email to learn more. We’d love to chat with you. We aim to make the process of hiring maintainers dead simple for companies. We communicate when maintainers are available and what types of work they can provide. If your company is interested in learning more, please reach out to us. Companies are paying for things like priority email and on-demand support from maintainers, feature request prioritization, continued development of the project, faster bug fixes, and guaranteed project stability. This is not an exhaustive list. We take 10% from every contract we negotiate. We’re aware the contract model doesn’t work for everyone. We’re exploring other revenue models based on what’s best for our maintainer network. We’d be particularly interested in hearing any ideas about this from the HN community. This is a difficult problem to solve, because it’s fundamentally more of a human problem than a software one. Companies often aren’t aware of all the open-source software they’re dependent on. Many also have complex purchasing requirements and no clear understanding of how their company can directly benefit from paying maintainers. Solving this problem requires better communication, more transparency, and new systems. We know the HN community has a wealth of experience and knowledge on this topic. We’re excited to listen to any thoughts and experiences you’re willing to share with us. We want to continue to learn and evaluate how we’re approaching this problem, so fire away! Victor and Tony
New top story on Hacker News: Mechanics of Building a Carpooling Service (2017)
Mechanics of Building a Carpooling Service (2017)
38 by WestCoastJustin | 5 comments on Hacker News.
38 by WestCoastJustin | 5 comments on Hacker News.
New best story on Hacker News: Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
943 by randomacct3847 | 302 comments on Hacker News.
943 by randomacct3847 | 302 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: How I ended up writing a new real-time kernel (2015)
How I ended up writing a new real-time kernel (2015)
91 by travisgriggs | 8 comments on Hacker News.
91 by travisgriggs | 8 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?
Ask HN: Why can’t I block all incoming calls that aren’t in my contact list?
146 by tones411 | 140 comments on Hacker News.
It’s pointless to block every single spam number that can call in. If we can’t end spam calls, why don’t phones let you at least block all except numbers in your contact list?
146 by tones411 | 140 comments on Hacker News.
It’s pointless to block every single spam number that can call in. If we can’t end spam calls, why don’t phones let you at least block all except numbers in your contact list?
New top story on Hacker News: Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
940 by randomacct3847 | 300 comments on Hacker News.
940 by randomacct3847 | 300 comments on Hacker News.
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Fox News Breaking News Alert
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FBI says it still doesn't know Las Vegas shooter's motive as it closes investigation
01/29/19 10:15 AM
FBI says it still doesn't know Las Vegas shooter's motive as it closes investigation
01/29/19 10:15 AM
New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: Scribe 2.0 (YC W17) – Configurable, Actionable Alerts on Slack
Launch HN: Scribe 2.0 (YC W17) – Configurable, Actionable Alerts on Slack
3 by sachin18590 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Sachin and Rutika, founders of Scribe [ https://www.tryscribe.com](https://www.tryscribe.com) . Scribe 1.0 provided sales call scheduling service managing client’s sales inboxes, scheduling sales calls and updating their CRM based on email and calendar events. We did this through a human in the loop (software+service) approach. In the process of managing external conversations we built an internal SAAS product which helped us stay on top of all the email and CRM updates. We are opening it up today for others to use as a standalone product calling it Scribe 2.0 It’s an extensively customizable workflow builder which allows you to receive events from your email, calendar, salesforce and Stripe accounts either as Slack DMs or notifications in slack channels of your choice. You can configure any number of API actions on top of these events and based on the event contents decide what actions to take with couple of clicks right from slack. We also have a HTTP/webhook option to support custom events or events from other integrations as we explore expanding the workflow builder for more usecases. Some of the sample usecases we have been used for include - Share selective emails in slack and based on the email information, you can reply, send a calendar invite and update CRM with single click buttons without opening any other website. - You can setup custom reply templates for different email categories, and have them personalized based on the incoming email information - Create support tickets, add assignees and deadlines, from email in slack - Trigger ML jobs with updated parameters based on previous job’s success/failure and performance accuracy. - Trigger code deployments and task pipelines from Slack In effect, users can configure workflows to send data from any of their SAAS apps to Slack, update it in real time, and send it back to anywhere else. And all this can be done collaboratively allowing for broad visibility and accountability across teams. We also have a cool gif feature that allows one to attach changing gifs based on incoming event data allowing for some nice surprises Some of the interesting feedback we have received from our customers are - They go without logging into gmail and salesforce for days - We are like a mother who nudges them to do the right thing at the right time Technically, we have built a unified layer for authentication, resource and crud schema inference. We can therefore integrate with any software that is openApi compliant in a matter of few days. Pubsub management however has been quite nasty given the scale, lack of api standardization and the asynchronous nature of the platform. We also have selectively exposed our email AI from the original Scribe 1.0 product, that categorizes sales email into more than 22 different categories allowing users to setup personalized templates and actions based on the intent of the email. We are looking to HN to get feedback on the product as well as explore new usecases on how we can extend the service to cover more integrations and usecases. Given our history, we have mostly built with sales usecase in mind, but we do believe that now, this can be extended perhaps more effectively to other markets and would love to get HN’s thoughts. Apart from more integrations, we can also provide option to schedule time based notifications as well as ability to define slack commands to pull data/trigger workflows if there is a usecase/market need.
3 by sachin18590 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Sachin and Rutika, founders of Scribe [ https://www.tryscribe.com](https://www.tryscribe.com) . Scribe 1.0 provided sales call scheduling service managing client’s sales inboxes, scheduling sales calls and updating their CRM based on email and calendar events. We did this through a human in the loop (software+service) approach. In the process of managing external conversations we built an internal SAAS product which helped us stay on top of all the email and CRM updates. We are opening it up today for others to use as a standalone product calling it Scribe 2.0 It’s an extensively customizable workflow builder which allows you to receive events from your email, calendar, salesforce and Stripe accounts either as Slack DMs or notifications in slack channels of your choice. You can configure any number of API actions on top of these events and based on the event contents decide what actions to take with couple of clicks right from slack. We also have a HTTP/webhook option to support custom events or events from other integrations as we explore expanding the workflow builder for more usecases. Some of the sample usecases we have been used for include - Share selective emails in slack and based on the email information, you can reply, send a calendar invite and update CRM with single click buttons without opening any other website. - You can setup custom reply templates for different email categories, and have them personalized based on the incoming email information - Create support tickets, add assignees and deadlines, from email in slack - Trigger ML jobs with updated parameters based on previous job’s success/failure and performance accuracy. - Trigger code deployments and task pipelines from Slack In effect, users can configure workflows to send data from any of their SAAS apps to Slack, update it in real time, and send it back to anywhere else. And all this can be done collaboratively allowing for broad visibility and accountability across teams. We also have a cool gif feature that allows one to attach changing gifs based on incoming event data allowing for some nice surprises Some of the interesting feedback we have received from our customers are - They go without logging into gmail and salesforce for days - We are like a mother who nudges them to do the right thing at the right time Technically, we have built a unified layer for authentication, resource and crud schema inference. We can therefore integrate with any software that is openApi compliant in a matter of few days. Pubsub management however has been quite nasty given the scale, lack of api standardization and the asynchronous nature of the platform. We also have selectively exposed our email AI from the original Scribe 1.0 product, that categorizes sales email into more than 22 different categories allowing users to setup personalized templates and actions based on the intent of the email. We are looking to HN to get feedback on the product as well as explore new usecases on how we can extend the service to cover more integrations and usecases. Given our history, we have mostly built with sales usecase in mind, but we do believe that now, this can be extended perhaps more effectively to other markets and would love to get HN’s thoughts. Apart from more integrations, we can also provide option to schedule time based notifications as well as ability to define slack commands to pull data/trigger workflows if there is a usecase/market need.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are there any “online” lawyer services?
Ask HN: Are there any “online” lawyer services?
4 by throwaway4353 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Throwaway account for obvious reasons. I will not go into details, but I am personally facing some legal charges in Santa Clara county. I am not staying in the U.S. but I need to find a lawyer to represent me there. Do you have any lawyer firm you could recommend? Extra points if they provide an "online" service where the case can be discussed electronically, as phone calls are a hassle due to the time zone differences. And preferably be able to pay using regular credit card, I guess hourly for initial consultation.
4 by throwaway4353 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Throwaway account for obvious reasons. I will not go into details, but I am personally facing some legal charges in Santa Clara county. I am not staying in the U.S. but I need to find a lawyer to represent me there. Do you have any lawyer firm you could recommend? Extra points if they provide an "online" service where the case can be discussed electronically, as phone calls are a hassle due to the time zone differences. And preferably be able to pay using regular credit card, I guess hourly for initial consultation.
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Pakistan’s top court upholds acquittal of Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy
01/29/19 2:22 AM
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01/29/19 2:22 AM
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PG&E Corp. files for bankruptcy following wildfire claims
01/29/19 2:12 AM
PG&E Corp. files for bankruptcy following wildfire claims
01/29/19 2:12 AM
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Highest paying remote companies?
Ask HN: Highest paying remote companies?
8 by smattiso | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I have 10 years of FAANG experience (Senior SWE). I'm looking to move closer to my family and my current team isn't very remote friendly so I'm looking for a change. What should I be looking for?
8 by smattiso | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I have 10 years of FAANG experience (Senior SWE). I'm looking to move closer to my family and my current team isn't very remote friendly so I'm looking for a change. What should I be looking for?
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5 officers struck in Houston shooting, police say
01/28/19 4:20 PM
5 officers struck in Houston shooting, police say
01/28/19 4:20 PM
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Multiple police officers injured in Houston shooting, officials say
01/28/19 3:37 PM
Multiple police officers injured in Houston shooting, officials say
01/28/19 3:37 PM
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Pelosi invites Trump to give State of the Union address on February 5
01/28/19 1:40 PM
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01/28/19 1:40 PM
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US announces sweeping sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, state-owned oil company
01/28/19 1:10 PM
US announces sweeping sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, state-owned oil company
01/28/19 1:10 PM
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is CSS too damn hard?
Ask HN: Is it just me, or is CSS too damn hard?
236 by napsterbr | 166 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, I'm a seasoned backend developer and systems administrator, with over 10 years of full-time programming experience. I've worked with anything from Assembly, C, Rust all the way to Python, Erlang, Elixir, PHP, Haskell, Lisp, Clojure. When it comes to frontend, I have used React, Vue.js, ReasonML, Clojurescript and Elm extensively, and I know my way around web technologies in general. However, ever since I first started programming, I was NEVER able to get the gist behind CSS. I can't center my divs properly. I can't say "hey, CSS, this is the parent div, and all child divs must obey its size". I can't do anything basic on CSS without turning for help. Incidentally, but very likely related, I always failed to have any glimpse into how design works. I have no idea which colors "go" with which ones, and pretty much all fonts look like the same for me. I'd like to know the experience from fellow programmers. Is CSS an "art" thing? Is it common for other developers to have issues with it, or is it just me? Is there any material out there that made CSS "click" for you?
236 by napsterbr | 166 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, I'm a seasoned backend developer and systems administrator, with over 10 years of full-time programming experience. I've worked with anything from Assembly, C, Rust all the way to Python, Erlang, Elixir, PHP, Haskell, Lisp, Clojure. When it comes to frontend, I have used React, Vue.js, ReasonML, Clojurescript and Elm extensively, and I know my way around web technologies in general. However, ever since I first started programming, I was NEVER able to get the gist behind CSS. I can't center my divs properly. I can't say "hey, CSS, this is the parent div, and all child divs must obey its size". I can't do anything basic on CSS without turning for help. Incidentally, but very likely related, I always failed to have any glimpse into how design works. I have no idea which colors "go" with which ones, and pretty much all fonts look like the same for me. I'd like to know the experience from fellow programmers. Is CSS an "art" thing? Is it common for other developers to have issues with it, or is it just me? Is there any material out there that made CSS "click" for you?
