<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: davidjfelix</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=davidjfelix</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:49:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=davidjfelix" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Show HN: Gage – Rust based tool to scan Claude sessions for bugs, other issues"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What are the .rn files in your examples? They look like rust but perhaps I'm missing something?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:32:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567635</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567635</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Minikotlin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Visibly claude produced website.
No link to code.<p>Is the expectation that people write kotlin in their browser? How do people work this into their development workflow? Is this just a neat demo?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:28:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947157</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947157</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Chasing Chicago's movable bridges (2014)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>yes - the lake freezes.<p>I should also clarify. The sailboats in particular need the bridges raised which is why they have a scheduled time to exit. Ordinary boats can be removed closer to the water or navigate the river without the bridge being raised. Those boats are also removed for the winter.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48108695</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48108695</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48108695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>so you're saying its not the evil that's the problem its the hypocrisy?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:33:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066996</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066996</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>yeah but if all you're getting is the manual that's free <a href="https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-215601/NightHawk11991/asml-twinscan-exe5000/#details" rel="nofollow">https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-215601/NightHawk11991/asml-...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:41:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007964</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007964</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48007964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It mostly seems like this was a response to the complex world of SEO. My perception is that SEO was seen as this pay-to-play 3rd party service that was offered by "experts" which allowed you to get the leg up on your competition. Search engines saw this as value being externally captured so they offered ads. Want to buy your way to the top? Quit paying 3rd parties to play the game and pay directly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694825</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694825</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudflare Announces Proposed Private Offering of $1.75B of Options]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250611951281/en/Cloudflare-Inc.-Announces-Proposed-Private-Offering-of-%241.75-Billion-of-Convertible-Senior-Notes-Due-2030">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250611951281/en/Cloudflare-Inc.-Announces-Proposed-Private-Offering-of-%241.75-Billion-of-Convertible-Senior-Notes-Due-2030</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44262110">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44262110</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>It may result in an outsized penalty to bootstrapped companies but being VC funded doesn't make you immune to this. VC funded companies with revenue will not be able to offset their revenue by reinvesting in R&D (software development) expenses, so in some cases they may be seen as having a profit when they previously wouldn't have. In those cases they'd have a tax burden.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:53:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44239464</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44239464</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44239464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Cloudlflare builds OAuth with Claude and publishes all the prompts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Or Cap'n'Proto, Protobuf, Cloudflare workers, Cloudflare Durable Objects. The LAN house is cool too.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163511</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163511</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ClickHouse raises $350M Series C"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is that the case? It's just a product you like?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 19:07:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44129161</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44129161</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44129161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ClickHouse raises $350M Series C"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah -- I see nobody but you mentioning HTAP and I see every comment on your account talking about the same product. That's astroturfing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 18:40:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128911</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128911</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ClickHouse raises $350M Series C"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So what's the goal here? Astroturf SingleStore ads in any post about databases?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 17:26:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128194</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128194</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44128194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Using unwrap() in Rust is Okay (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unwrap is fine if used sparingly and as mentioned, to indicate a bug, but in practice it requires discipline and some wisdom to use properly - and by that I mean not just "oh this function should be a `Result` but I'll add that later (never).<p>I think relying on discipline alone in a team is usually a recipe for disaster or at the very least resentment while the most disciplined must continually educate and correct the least disciplined or perhaps least skilled. We have a clippy `deny` rule preventing panics, excepts, and unwraps, even though it's something we know to sometimes be acceptable. We don't warn because warnings are ignored. We don't allow because that makes it too easy to use. We don't use `forbid`, a `deny` that can't be overridden, because there are still places it could be helpful. What this means is that the least disciplined are pushed to correct a mistake by using `Result` and create meaningful error handling. In cases where that does not work, extra effort can be used to add an inline clippy allow instruction. We strongly question all inline clippy overrides to try to avoid our discipline collapsing into accepting always using `unwrap` & `allow` at review time to ensure nothing slips by mistakenly. I will concede that reviews themselves are potentially a dangerous "discipline trap" as well, but it's the secondary line of defense for this specific mistake.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44051405</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44051405</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44051405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ideal customer profile</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 20:31:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43977370</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43977370</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43977370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "How three years at McKinsey shaped my second startup"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My understanding was that the "enemy" was McKinsey, a firm that has a reputation to me as being an expensive consulting firm filled with MBA types who frequently are hired by companies.<p>My understanding of this reputation is: This often happens at the detriment of either product quality or employee satisfaction. It's debatable if they actually have a reputation of providing value. I think short term? Maybe, albeit expensive. Long term? I'd say no.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43918626</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43918626</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43918626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "TikTok goes dark in the US"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’m glad you’ve limited your number of concerns to allow yourself to focus on what matters. Just curious where did replying on hacker news rank?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42756767</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42756767</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42756767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "Distributed Transactions at Scale in Amazon DynamoDB (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agreed. It's wild to me how many people think they need arbitrary queries on their transactional database and then go write a CRUD app with no transactional consistency between resources and everything is a projection from a user or org resource -- you can easily model that with Dynamo. You can offload arbitrary analytical queries or searches to a different database and stop conflating that need with your app's core data source.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:13:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42710961</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42710961</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42710961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ByteDance's Recommendation System"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My take: it's a mix of brand bundling and lack of data. They're roughly equivalent but shorts is bundled with youtube which has its own brand perception and reels are bundled with IG/FB and have their own brand perception. Additionally fewer users means less algorithmic data to keep viewers.<p>Tiktok was allowed to establish its own brand and develop a community while shorts and reels are intrinsically tied to their past. They may be able to escape that history but I don't think it's helping them be fast movers or win "cool" points.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:51:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42471045</link><dc:creator>davidjfelix</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42471045</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42471045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidjfelix in "ByteDance's Recommendation System"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> They have people putting their fingers on the scales to decide what content gets promoted.<p>Is this just your belief or is there evidence you can point to.<p>How would you differentiate manual intervention from algorithmic intervention?</p>
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<p>Context: ByteDance is the parent company of TikTok. Frequently people talk about "the tiktok algorithm". This is that.</p>
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