Hacker News: brtkdotse

New comment by brtkdotse in "Payments crisis of 2025: Not “read only” access anymore"

brtkdotse — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:25:43 +0000

Musk isn't a policitican.

New comment by brtkdotse in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

brtkdotse — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:47:15 +0000

> The actions are entirely unconstitutional.

For all the fetishization of the constitution popular media has led me to believe Americans engage in, when push comes to shove it doesn’t seem to be worth the paper it’s written on.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Keycloak, Angular, and the BFF Pattern"

brtkdotse — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:42:37 +0000

> The BFF pattern is just "mostly microservices dedicated to a particular client type".

If you’re building dedicated APIs for just one client you’ve come full circle and building a monolith with a bunch of extra step. Why not just build a good old web app at that point?

New comment by brtkdotse in "AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint"

brtkdotse — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:17:52 +0000

> more like “ends justify the means at any cost”

Everyone is crystal clear on this, the goal is to replace expensive humans to increase profits.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Ask HN: What's the best way to de-Google photos?"

brtkdotse — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:05:59 +0000

Multicloud looks like something I’ve been looking for but the website gives of incredibly sketch vibes for some reason

New comment by brtkdotse in "Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its schools (2023)"

brtkdotse — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:11:52 +0000

> Now I have my whole library in Calibre and on my Kindle.

Funnily enough I’m contemplating buying a MiniDisc player since my music listening has gone way down since Spotify came along.

Its like the abdunance of selection is overwhelming.

New comment by brtkdotse in "The Future of Htmx"

brtkdotse — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:00:47 +0000

> The only other thing you need to know is few hooks.

...and then draw the rest of the owl.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported"

brtkdotse — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:17:23 +0000

You know you can pay to have the ads go away?

New comment by brtkdotse in "Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?"

brtkdotse — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:00:23 +0000

> Fachkräftemangel

Why is this German word thrown in without any explanation? I’ve noticed this is a common trend whenever a Germany-adjacent topic is discussed.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator with Legal Threats"

brtkdotse — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:46:49 +0000

Or Apples family offering. For ~€40 we get Apple Music, Apple TV+, 2 TB of iCloud and probably something more for the whole family.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Ask HN: Why don't mobile apps use pure black for dark mode?"

brtkdotse — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:49:01 +0000

I’m a backend developer who’s trying to build up some rudimentary design chops and I’ve a consumed quite a few resources about design.

A lot of them say, pretty early on, “don’t use pure black or pure white, period”

Times New Dumbass

brtkdotse — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:48:22 +0000

Article URL: https://timesnewdumbass.co/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42411693

Points: 8

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New comment by brtkdotse in "Ask HN: 2026 Predictions"

brtkdotse — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:07:42 +0000

So… Black Mirror season 3 then?

New comment by brtkdotse in "Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees"

brtkdotse — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:43:50 +0000

It's not great if it's 15 million supporting 35 million children, elderly and sick.

New comment by brtkdotse in "Bitcoin price hits $100K for first time in history"

brtkdotse — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:34:17 +0000

Ah, the main application of Bitcoin - ransomware - is now more lucrative then ever.

New comment by brtkdotse in "PHP 8.4"

brtkdotse — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:45:22 +0000

My experience is that 99% of the work related to geters and seters is handled by the IDE

New comment by brtkdotse in "Show HN: Tips.io – A Tailwind playground with AI, page management, and theming"

brtkdotse — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:39:24 +0000

> What about developers who don't want to use Tailwind?

What's that Steve Jobs quote? "You know, you can please some of the people some of the time"

I have a hunch there's a good reason almost all of these site builders go with Tailwind rather than classic CSS, but as mostly-backend developer I couldn't tell you what that was :)

New comment by brtkdotse in "The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained"

brtkdotse — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:21:59 +0000

Natural gas is terrible, but arguably less terrible than coal which aside from CO2 spews out a plethora of other nasty compounds.

New comment by brtkdotse in "The Hidden Tax Trap for SaaS Founders in Germany"

brtkdotse — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:44:44 +0000

FWIW it’s the same thing if you buy an American stock from a EU country, the dividends are taxed in the US.

That why global index funds are probably the best way to invest for non-professionals

New comment by brtkdotse in "The Hidden Tax Trap for SaaS Founders in Germany"

brtkdotse — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:42:38 +0000

If you ever plan on selling your company you’d do well to have it wholly owned by a holding company (which in turn is owned by you).