Hacker News: Hendrikto

New comment by Hendrikto in "Should you stop cracking your knuckles?"

Hendrikto — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:38:34 +0000

There is definitely a cool down between being able to crack joints. But it is very subjective, and also dependent on your posture, etc.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026"

Hendrikto — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:36:00 +0000

Yeah, it is incredible: https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solar...

For those not speaking German: Base price (incl. tax) for the bundle is 210€, plus 60€ shipping, minus 30€ sale, so 240€ for a complete set, including tax and delivery.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026"

Hendrikto — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:14:38 +0000

Even way less than that. 1000W solar panels + 800W micro inverter can be bought for roughly 250€ right now.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Go 1.27 Interactive Tour"

Hendrikto — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:23:12 +0000

Methods on generic types were already a thing. What is new is that methods can now define their own generic parameters, independent of the type they are defined on.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Go 1.27 Interactive Tour"

Hendrikto — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:18:02 +0000

Go Generics work differently than those in Java. They are specialized, meaning that they are not generic at runtime anymore. Instead, the compiler creates a different implementation for each type.

At runtime, there are only List[int], List[string], etc. List[T] is not a thing anymore.

New comment by Hendrikto in "RamenHaus"

Hendrikto — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:42:23 +0000

> it takes me literally 20 seconds sometimes to finish a $20+ burger, and then I'm just sitting there waiting for people to delicately nibble their way through

Honestly, that sounds like a you problem. Maybe try eating instead of guzzling. You may even find time to enjoy the food.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Golang proposal: container/: generic collection types"

Hendrikto — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:26:33 +0000

> the fact you cannot define custom methods for external types in Go

Just wrap them. The external type is theirs. Make your own wrapper and do whatever you like with it.

People want every language to adapt to them, instead of adapting themselves to the language.

New comment by Hendrikto in "I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals"

Hendrikto — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:15:05 +0000

We should oust and shun anybody being caught producing or spreading fake science. This is some of the most egotistical, anti-social behavior imaginable.

New comment by Hendrikto in "SQLite in Production: Optimizing WAL Mode, Concurrency, and VFS Layers"

Hendrikto — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:45:34 +0000

> To change a column definition you have to manually update the underlying schema using the `writable_schema` pragma. If you mess this up you can be left with a corrupt database.

No you don’t [0]. It is less convenient than being able to directly alter columns, but you do not need to mess around with writable schemas or risk corruption.

[0]: https://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html#otheralter

New comment by Hendrikto in "Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise"

Hendrikto — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:05:51 +0000

Is it really a vacation if you have to spend it with your work colleagues?

New comment by Hendrikto in "VLC for Unity now supported on Linux"

Hendrikto — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:50:06 +0000

To everybody else being confused: This is about Unity the game engine, not Unity the desktop environment.

New comment by Hendrikto in "US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search"

Hendrikto — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:51:47 +0000

Brazil maybe?

New comment by Hendrikto in "Ask HN: What are the most promising RL fields for a new master student?"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:42:15 +0000

My advice, as somebody who has a master’s degree, is to pick a topic that you are really interested in, and that captures your imagination. You will have to dedicate yourself to this work for a considerable amount of time.

Doing a CV-driven master thesis will be miserable and more likely to fail. It should be something that is fun and captivating.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Systemd Linger"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:09:01 +0000

In my experience, systemd is much better documented, way more consistent, and way more reliable than what came before.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Ruff v0.16.0 – Significant new updates – 413 default rules up from 59"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:48:13 +0000

> We can replace the endless and useless discussion on how to format code with an endless and useless discussion on what linting tool to use.

That is why gofmt is so great. As the saying goes: gofmt’s style is nobody’s favorite, yet gofmt is everybody’s favorite.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Harddrive Is Probably Full"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:25:53 +0000

> 20+ years of software engineering experience across full-stack, backend, infrastructure, Site Reliability Enigneering, and AI engineering. Past work includes Uber, Airbnb, Canva, and a wide variety of startups - several of which I co-founded.

> I'd never have never found these myself.

You are either the most experienced most incompetent software engineer in the world, or you are lying.

New comment by Hendrikto in "Git rebase -I is not that scary"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:54:18 +0000

Give it an hour or two. It is really not that complicated. A little bit of investment will pay huge dividends. Do yourself the favor.

New comment by Hendrikto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:46:30 +0000

Read the comment again. I address this directly.

New comment by Hendrikto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

Hendrikto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:43:33 +0000

And I never claimed that it was. Stop attacking that strawman.

My point is: Codeberg is not a neutral and free git forge. I wish that it was.

What they are doing is completely within their legal and moral rights. I just disagree with it.

New comment by Hendrikto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

Hendrikto — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:25:39 +0000

I do not think you get the point.

Yes, human rights should apply to anybody, including war criminals. That is what makes them HUMAN rights.

Universal freedoms and neutrality should apply universally, including to waste-of-time-and-resources AI slop. That is what makes them UNIVERSAL and NEUTRAL.

> It is like saying Gmail shouldn't delete spam, but instead, should apply a limit of 1 message per day per destination per source address to all messages.

I said a REASONABLE limit should be applied. 1 message is not reasonable and you know yourself that this is a bad faith argument if you are honest.

1k messages on the other hand would be a reasonable limit. There is pretty much no legitimate use case for sending more than that to any specific address from any specific destination in a single day.

It is also bad faith because Gmail never claimed to be free or neutral.