Hacker News: connordoner

New comment by connordoner in "UniSuper members go a week with no account access after Google Cloud misconfig"

connordoner — Sat, 11 May 2024 19:07:18 +0000

No — it was from whichever messaging app they’ve sunsetted this week.

New comment by connordoner in "StyleX – Meta's styling library"

connordoner — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:22:09 +0000

https://stylexjs.com/docs/learn/styling-ui/defining-styles/#...

New comment by connordoner in "Google no longer offers new domain registrations"

connordoner — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:40:07 +0000

The personal and family service doesn’t, but the business service does.

New comment by connordoner in "File Attachments: Databases can now store files and images"

connordoner — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:00:12 +0000

I can't speak for everyone but, in my case, it comes down to the ease of setup and having someone else manage it.

New comment by connordoner in "Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on"

connordoner — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:19:27 +0000

Why?

New comment by connordoner in "Deploying software that’s no longer maintained afresh"

connordoner — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:09:06 +0000

Come to think of it, I think there is a community fork. It’s also used by the Wikimedia Foundation, so I might look at whether they are/could push changes to their own fork upstream.

Deploying software that’s no longer maintained afresh

connordoner — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:04:18 +0000

There’s a tool that I’ve used at other companies that I absolutely love. It has features that few other products have and I’m a lot more productive with it than with those other products.

Wile there are efforts by open-source contributors, it’s no longer maintained by its original developers and hasn’t been for approximately two years.

I’m thinking of using it at my startup, but I worry that it’ll end up with me focusing more on managing the risk that comes with legacy software more than on my core product.

Does anybody please have advice either way?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36869529

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by connordoner in "FedNow Is Live"

connordoner — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:13:50 +0000

For someone entirely outside of the payments space, what are those obvious reasons please?

New comment by connordoner in "Tiffin Tom: Fish, chips and a side of identity theft"

connordoner — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:09:49 +0000

I’d argue that it’s ethically the right decision — particularly when the SaaS provider seem to be burying their head in the sand. Legally on the other hand?

New comment by connordoner in "Passwords Are Fine"

connordoner — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:12:56 +0000

> ComeAsAService

I’m sure there’s a joke in here to be made about dating apps.

New comment by connordoner in "Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?"

connordoner — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:14:04 +0000

This doesn’t actually answer the question.

New comment by connordoner in "Handling lack of motivation and communication in early-stage startup"

connordoner — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:13:44 +0000

Thanks! I think the paper trail is something we can improve upon, so this is really helpful feedback.

New comment by connordoner in "Handling lack of motivation and communication in early-stage startup"

connordoner — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:13:10 +0000

Thanks! I think the whole sick leave thing is probably going to be our best choice.

Handling lack of motivation and communication in early-stage startup

connordoner — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:08:15 +0000

I have an employee who I’ll call B. B joined us and got off to a good start but has recently faltered - having missed an all-hands and two weekly 1:1s with me - and is now producing no output at all.

I’ve asked B repeatedly - both as their boss and their friend (”never hire friends” feels true here!) - what’s wrong and if I can help, and I’ve had another employee who leads on admin, including HR, do the same.

We’ve received little in the way of responses. Examples include:

* “there’s not much to talk about”

* “i’m not sure i’m in the mood to talk about it right now” (which didn’t change days later)

* “it’s just so much i can’t even be arsed to explain tbh”

* “i just don’t even think there’s much to talk about”

* “I don’t really feel like going into it, it just feels quite foggy to me at the moment”

I’m erring on the side of just firing them, because I’ve made a concerted effort to get to the bottom of it and it’s an immense distraction from building our MVP, but I feel like I’m missing something. Any thoughts?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36368269

Points: 3

# Comments: 4

New comment by connordoner in "Show HN: Weekle – a web app to learn how to calculate the day of the week"

connordoner — Fri, 19 May 2023 23:01:25 +0000

I love the bit that sticks out on desktop with the QR code. Stellar work, Ben!

Building a replacement for BlackBerry Internet Service

connordoner — Sun, 14 May 2023 17:32:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.connorgurney.me.uk/blackberry/internet-service-replacement

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35939641

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Unanswered support request at GitHub

connordoner — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:37:25 +0000

I can't believe that I'm having to resort to this, but does anybody have a support contact at GitHub?

I've had a Sev 2 support request relating to the accidental deletion of an organisation unanswered for a week now.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35900272

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by connordoner in "Business Idea: Destroying the Email Scammer Industry"

connordoner — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:34:33 +0000

https://tenor.com/view/two-spiderman-pointing-meme-gif-11796...

New comment by connordoner in "See this page fetch itself, byte by byte, over TLS"

connordoner — Wed, 10 May 2023 12:03:21 +0000

Incredible, really, isn't it?

New comment by connordoner in "Ask HN: Suing Facebook in small claims?"

connordoner — Mon, 08 May 2023 23:14:25 +0000

180%? Nice.