Hacker News: cpach

New comment by cpach in "Ask HN: Should we collectively stop spell checking and fixing grammar"

cpach — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:39:08 +0000

If you happen to use Vim, I think it has a built-in spellchecker.

New comment by cpach in "Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives?"

cpach — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:57:05 +0000

“Has anyone else had a similar experience?”

Yes. Same here. The owner has never replied to my emails. I have also had contact with vendors who received the same treatment.

To be honest I’m disappointed. I have seen multiple persons linking to that site, but if it’s not updated and the owner doesn’t answer e-mail then it’s not really a reasonable reference, IMO.

New comment by cpach in "Tailscale's new macOS home"

cpach — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:20:34 +0000

I vastly prefer Mac over Windows, but I think you have a good point. This is definitely one area where Microsoft found a more reasonable solution.

New comment by cpach in "What young workers are doing to AI-proof themselves"

cpach — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:33:40 +0000

https://archive.ph/NtVHd

New comment by cpach in "Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack"

cpach — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:02:02 +0000

Main thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449498

New comment by cpach in "Trivy Under Attack Again: Widespread GitHub Actions Tag Compromise Exposes"

cpach — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:01:52 +0000

Main thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449498

New comment by cpach in "Honda is killing its EVs"

cpach — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:39:34 +0000

Software. Music.

New comment by cpach in "WolfIP: Lightweight TCP/IP stack with no dynamic memory allocations"

cpach — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:42:51 +0000

“GPL is toxic for embedded commercial software”

Why is that?

IBM looks beyond short-term AI gains, tripling entry-level hiring

cpach — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:49:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cio.com/article/4134276/ibm-looks-beyond-short-term-ai-gains-tripling-entry-level-hiring.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299312

Points: 3

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New comment by cpach in "What does " 2>&1 " mean?"

cpach — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:20:10 +0000

If you see an account that you suspect is a spambot, please send an email to hn@ycombinator.com, then the mods can take action.

New comment by cpach in "What does " 2>&1 " mean?"

cpach — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:16:56 +0000

Are you sure you understood the comment you replied to?

I agree that 2>&1 is not complex. But I think I speak for many Bash users when I say that this idiom looks bad, is hard to Google, hard to read and hard to memorize.

New comment by cpach in "Ask HN: Who Is Using XMPP?"

cpach — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:35:37 +0000

I was I heavy XMPP user back in the 00s. But on the whole it never really took off, and when Google killed XMPP support in their chat it was a severe blow. As for why it didn’t reach a larger userbase, I think the reasons that Moxie described in The ecosystem is moving[0] are spot on.

[0] https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/

New comment by cpach in "macOS's Little-Known Command-Line Sandboxing Tool (2025)"

cpach — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:31:36 +0000

No, I don’t think so?

The .git folder will likely contain the URL to the repo, but not any credentials.

New comment by cpach in "Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026"

cpach — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:29:00 +0000

Guess I’ll stop using Messenger…

New comment by cpach in "macOS's Little-Known Command-Line Sandboxing Tool (2025)"

cpach — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:38:26 +0000

Does anyone have any details regarding the deprecation? I wonder why Apple made this decision.

New comment by cpach in "Upcoming changes to Let's Encrypt and how they affect XMPP server operators"

cpach — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:36:42 +0000

The ones who monitor their domains in the CT log.

(Mom-and-pop-stores probably won’t. Other orgs might.)

New comment by cpach in "Ask HN: Any Successful Co-Ops of Software Engineers"

cpach — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:10:46 +0000

The one I’ve heard of is Igalia

https://www.igalia.com/

New comment by cpach in "Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking"

cpach — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:13:46 +0000

Are you on the Netbird dev team? :)

New comment by cpach in "Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking"

cpach — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:06:48 +0000

AFAICT you and 'ysleepy are in agreement.

New comment by cpach in "Debian Taco – Towards a GitSecDevOps Debian"

cpach — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:07:02 +0000

Very cool project!