Hacker News: bsbechtel

New comment by bsbechtel in "Show HN: I scraped 25M Shopify products to build a search engine"

bsbechtel — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:38:15 +0000

I searched for 'pão francês' and my store was the #1 result. I think you're doing it right! :)

Ask HN: What food/diet change has been life changing?

bsbechtel — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:19:20 +0000

There is lots of nutrition advice out there, sometimes contradictory. I'm curious to hear about changes others have made they consider life changing. It can be food, diet in general, supplements, or beverages. Please share the change, how it impacted you, and whether or not the change stuck or you reverted back to old habits after some time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32577375

Points: 8

# Comments: 8

Ask HN: Is front end testing a part of your dev team's workflow?

bsbechtel — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:53:55 +0000

I've read a lot about different front end testing techniques and frameworks, and also written a decent amount of front end tests (unit, integration, e2e). I have yet to see the value, even over time, compared to the cost of writing and maintaining those tests. Tests for the back end is a different story, especially with a RESTful API. However, I'm curious if there are other teams that have had different experiences, and if so, what tools are you using to conduct your tests?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24281945

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bsbechtel in "Ask HN: Have you been laid off?"

bsbechtel — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:12:15 +0000

A few months back, I launched a side project that builds a professional profile from your daily todo list (www.komplish.com). The idea is you can use it to track side projects and even your tasks at work, and build a profile from that to help you find work. You can also find others through the app for smaller jobs that may not be big enough for a full time job posting. I’d love it if anyone wanted to give it a try and let me know your thoughts! Hopefully it can be helpful to some!

New comment by bsbechtel in "Show HN: Komplish – Turn your todo list into your Résumé"

bsbechtel — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:36:25 +0000

It's only available in the US right now. Sorry...hope to expand soon!

Show HN: Komplish – Turn your todo list into your Résumé

bsbechtel — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:06:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.komplish.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21042851

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

New comment by bsbechtel in "WeWork considers IPO valuation of as low as $10B"

bsbechtel — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:41:39 +0000

I don't disagree. You also need medicine when you're sick, but you go to a doctor and not a pharmaceutical salesman to get an independent opinion.

New comment by bsbechtel in "WeWork considers IPO valuation of as low as $10B"

bsbechtel — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:18:59 +0000

It's always a good idea to be skeptical of someone making claims you need lots of capital to rapidly scale your business when that person is selling capital for a living.

New comment by bsbechtel in "The Future of React Router and Reach/Router"

bsbechtel — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:48:30 +0000

This post is several months old. Is the React Router team still planning on this? The road map linked in the post has been deleted.

New comment by bsbechtel in "America’s Highest Minimum Wage Sparks Fight in Small California City"

bsbechtel — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:23:52 +0000

I wish I could be making an extra $1,800 a month. Alternatively, I'd be pretty honked off too if a government regulation cut my pay by that amount.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Too Many Companies Drain Value from the Economy"

bsbechtel — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 02:22:11 +0000

I really wish discussions about how regulations protect the consumer didn’t start with the assumption that there was no better option than government regulation to afford that same protection.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs"

bsbechtel — Wed, 15 May 2019 15:48:16 +0000

It's not easy to see in the moment, and sometimes an individual's options are limited (though this seems rare for senior devs), but why would anyone want to continue to create value for someone who holds biases against them that are hidden as not being a 'cultural fit'?

New comment by bsbechtel in "U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly"

bsbechtel — Mon, 13 May 2019 16:20:44 +0000

At one point, there was talk of the industry moving to a pay per hour of horsepower model or something similar where you are basically paying for guaranteed uptime. I don't know if there is still an effort to move towards that or not, but that would change this discussion quite a bit.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Free Shipping"

bsbechtel — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:29:01 +0000

This already exists today in the digital world. The cost to access anything online is virtually zero.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Trolls Are Real"

bsbechtel — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 20:52:40 +0000

Each additional round only requires additional fees if the examiner’s actions were proper. If the applicant can argue they weren’t, then they don’t pay.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Visa, Mastercard mull increasing fees for processing transactions: WSJ"

bsbechtel — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:57:27 +0000

‘Your margin is my opportunity’ -someone who has a lot of money

New comment by bsbechtel in "Visa, Mastercard mull increasing fees for processing transactions: WSJ"

bsbechtel — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:56:14 +0000

Pretty sure the 20% interest goes to the bank and the 3% fee goes to the processor. They’re not the same entity.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Show HN: Simple way to share state using React Hooks and Context"

bsbechtel — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:10:52 +0000

You’re comparing entire languages to libraries made for a specific task within one language.

New comment by bsbechtel in "The cloud skills shortage and the unemployed army of the certified"

bsbechtel — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:56:19 +0000

That's partially because job postings are an SEO play, so that long list of requirements is more about trying to get as many eyeballs as possible on the page. Job postings used to be as short as possible because you were paying per line in the newspaper. Search engines changed that.

New comment by bsbechtel in "Modern Weather Forecasts Are Stunningly Accurate"

bsbechtel — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:14:51 +0000

I only see forecast errors for hurricanes listed as the cited data. Maybe I missed the other cited sources for data measuring forecast accuracy, but hurricane forecast accuracy, which is a storm that covers hundreds of square kilometers, doesn't seem like enough data to justify making the general claim 'modern weather forecasts' are stunningly accurate.