Hacker News: blakeashleyjr

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Anton Chekhov played at love most of his life"

blakeashleyjr — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:47:13 +0000

I am the webmaster for WASHU (rebranding from WUSTL). Happy to see one of those sites on the front page of HN without getting as much as an alert!

(Hosting hundreds of WordPress sites at scale has its challenges).

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts"

blakeashleyjr — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:34:29 +0000

A plague on our land. Hopefully the recent Chatrie v. United States decision gives courts the ammo they need to shut these down.

There is a big difference in a cop seeing you go by, checking a list, and coming after you than scanning every license plate, bumper sticker, etc. and putting in a database for every cop in the country.

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?"

blakeashleyjr — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:36:08 +0000

Been on NixOS for 3 years full time. I can never go back.

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "The revenge of the philosophy majors"

blakeashleyjr — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:15:25 +0000

I am a humanities major and never faced any real push back in my software dev/devops career (CTO of a $15M a year company now).

I am considering getting a CS degree now mostly for the knowledge, but I doubt it would advance my career meaningfully.

"We are hiring professional 'vibe coders.'"

blakeashleyjr — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:58:51 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/codie_sanchez/status/2020868822522097811

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959120

Points: 8

# Comments: 3

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)"

blakeashleyjr — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:20:22 +0000

Sells | Full Stack Engineer | Rogers, AR | ONSITE | Full-time

Sells is a middle-market M&A advisory firm. We're building internal software, automation, and integrations to improve how we manage deals, documents, and workflows.

We're hiring a Full Stack Engineer to own internal tools, integrations, and automation. You'll ship useful increments quickly, then improve reliability and maintainability over time.

Stack: Golang (backend/APIs), TypeScript (frontend), n8n (workflow automation), PostgreSQL, GitHub, Linear, Fly.io, Tailscale, Notion

You'll work on:

-Internal web tools supporting deal execution and operations

-API integrations across systems (REST, webhooks, auth)

-n8n automations that move data reliably between tools

-Backend services and background workers in Go

-Front-end features in TypeScript

Requirements:

- Production experience with Golang and TypeScript

- Hands-on API/integration work (REST, webhooks)

- n8n (or comparable workflow automation) experience

- Must be able to work in-person in Rogers, AR (5 days/week)

Benefits: Competitive salary, health/dental/vision, 401(k), PTO, professional development

To apply: https://sleet-jodhpur-9b5.notion.site/4c252ed6125645059aeae1...

Tmux vs. Zellij

blakeashleyjr — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:52:10 +0000

Article URL: https://tmuxai.dev/tmux-vs-zellij/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467392

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The first time I was visited by the FBI [video]

blakeashleyjr — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:19:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2hB2AwHso

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44516032

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable"

blakeashleyjr — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:59:01 +0000

Dreams:

>Framework-like upgradability / repairability / modularity

>Support for GrapheneOS

>Sold in USA

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Changes to the Kubernetes Slack"

blakeashleyjr — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:48:46 +0000

I would hate to see them move to Discord over Matrix. I know Matrix has its issues, but Discord is inviting the same issue a couple years down the road. Besides, Matrix could use the attention of those talented devs using it every day!

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "May 5, Microsoft's Skype will shut down for good"

blakeashleyjr — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:05:44 +0000

I would make the jump to Signal. It's super easy and secure. Has all the features you'd need (minus the online status). It's how I communicate with my whole family.

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience"

blakeashleyjr — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:53:27 +0000

What I don't understand is why you have to protect areas that require login so harshly?

If I can log in, especially with 2-factor, you can safely assume I am not a bot, or you have a larger problem.

If I have entered bad credentials 5+ times, okay, you can start backing me off or challenging me.

What am I missing? Fail2ban has been around a long time.

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience"

blakeashleyjr — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:39:11 +0000

While you hit the nail on the head, I am still surprised that so many tools targeted at people like me (web hosting, developer tools, etc.) are protected that way.

Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience

blakeashleyjr — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:19:48 +0000

I travel often. Sometimes I use a VPN, sometimes I don't. I use a heavily customized Firefox config on Linux.

Cloudflare challenges have made large portions of the web unusable for me.

Some recent examples

  - The "unsubscribe" button in Indeed's job notification emails leads me to an impassable Cloudflare challenge. The "Contact Us" page is also behind an impassable Cloudflare challenge.
  - While migrating a non-profit off of A2 Hosting, their login forces me to re-enter credentials after failing a challenge, looping endlessly.
  - On a particularly ironic note, I tried to complain on the Cloudflare Forums—met with another impassable challenge.

When reachable, customer support always says "try a mobile data connection", "switch to Chrome", or some other variant of "too bad, so sad".

Is anyone else dealing with this mess?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42577076

Points: 523

# Comments: 304

E.ggTimer is a simple countdown timer in the browser

blakeashleyjr — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:59:10 +0000

Article URL: https://e.ggtimer.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41246876

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by blakeashleyjr in "Ask HN: ChatGPT Plus now showing captchas constantly?"

blakeashleyjr — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:45:08 +0000

ChatGPT has been painful, especially at login, for me for months. Had to move to alternatives as a result and cancel my sub. I want to come back though!