Hacker News: ddgflorida

New comment by ddgflorida in "Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser"

ddgflorida — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:02:20 +0000

Nice. QBASIC FOR i = 1 to 5: PRINT i: NEXT hung up after 4. The shift key didn't work in the Qbasic Editor.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: What will you pick as your database of 2026 Yugabyte, TiDB or SurrealDB?"

ddgflorida — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:57:21 +0000

DuckDB for integration tasks.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft?"

ddgflorida — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:55:47 +0000

This post is bringing out the MS haters and most don't know what they're talking about. MS took the initial lead in AI and it shows in their products. It was Google that was left in the starting blocks but they have thankfully recovered. Competition is good for all.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Show HN: Dbxlite – Query 100M+ rows in a browser tab, no install"

ddgflorida — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:59:17 +0000

Nice. I successfully tried the SQL script here too: https://convertcsv.com/duckdbonline.html

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Tech people who are self employed. How do you do it?"

ddgflorida — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:19:46 +0000

Switch to contract work or find a job with flexible at home hours.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Why Pascal is not my favorite programming language (1981) [pdf]"

ddgflorida — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:26:37 +0000

For me Pascal was an awesome language in the 1980s. Oracle PL/SQL reminds me of it.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: If you had 100 hours to learn something new, what would you learn?"

ddgflorida — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:39:49 +0000

AI prompt engineering, machine learning, etc.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?"

ddgflorida — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:49:36 +0000

It is loaded with propaganda right now.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?"

ddgflorida — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:22:39 +0000

No one is wasting money. These audits must be done. I do think however that the chances of anyone over 115, or deceased, collecting money is extremely low.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Show HN: I analyzed 1500+ job ads to find the most wanted skills by recruiters"

ddgflorida — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:24:02 +0000

Keep in mind that 50 contracting companies post the same position. You can tell from the wording.

New comment by ddgflorida in "How A Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian [Larry Sanger]"

ddgflorida — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:16:58 +0000

Thanks for posting! I too was going to post because he cofounded Wikipedia.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Work at the Mill: The story of Digital Equipment Corporation"

ddgflorida — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:16:12 +0000

It's a shame this company didn't survive.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Is there a quick way to validate a research idea?"

ddgflorida — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:33:22 +0000

Ask an AI chatbox.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Are there any CLI only tools that are monetised"

ddgflorida — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:32:08 +0000

I occasionally sell CLI tools for file conversion at convertcsv.com. This is driven by customer concerns about security and privacy.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Solo developer building a product? Show us your work and get feedback"

ddgflorida — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:48:46 +0000

For fun, I made a Javascript library that implements most of the Date and String functions found in various SQL dialects. We have the home page https://www.ddginc-usa.com//dbFunctions.htm and a Playground for play and Documentation. I posted this on Show HN about a week ago and received minimal response.

New comment by ddgflorida in "'The Licensing Racket’ Review: There's a Board for That"

ddgflorida — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:29:02 +0000

We also have the "Continuing Education" racket.

New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Are AI dev tools lowering the barrier to entry for creating software?"

ddgflorida — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:04:40 +0000

Definitely has lowered the entry cost.

New comment by ddgflorida in "How I use LLMs as a staff engineer"

ddgflorida — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:01:26 +0000

You summed it up well and your experience matches mine.

Show HN: Dbfunctions.js – SQL Functions in JavaScript

ddgflorida — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:29:24 +0000

I've always liked SQL date and string functions so I made a library for Javascript with most of your favorite databases' Date and String functions. There is also a Playground to try each function and see the documentation.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42864673

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New comment by ddgflorida in "Ask HN: Do You Use Foreign Keys?"

ddgflorida — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:29:15 +0000

I've never seen a database with FKs that I regretted were there but plenty without FKs that caused issues. Also - generally make sure you index your FKs.