Hacker News: digitallogic

The Ask

digitallogic — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:51:20 +0000

Article URL: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-ask/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267558

Points: 132

# Comments: 90

GitLab Act 2

digitallogic — Tue, 12 May 2026 00:45:27 +0000

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/11/gitlab-act-2/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48102767

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by digitallogic in "I Spent My Sabbatical Building a Power Meter for Sledgehammers"

digitallogic — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:42:43 +0000

Very much on the same page as far as the holy grail! Would love if I had all that data (and it was actionable).

As for the Stryd... take this all with a grain of salt because I only have a consumer level understanding but: You can establish your FTP, but then the issue is setting zones from there. My understanding is that the big thing with establishing them is having an accurate estimation of LT1 and LT2 lactate thresholds. Most zone calculators are approximating that, but those calculators are based on a large body of data comparing lactate levels to cycling power in a controlled environment (a lab). That large body of data doesn’t exist for running power, and I recall reading that the little bit that does indicates that formulas for cycling power’s impact on L1/L2 thresholds don’t line up with running power. It’s also been maybe 4 or 5 years since I was engaged with this so the science may have improved!

Watch wise, when I used it, I have a Garmin Fenix, and it had options to show watts/zones/etc. You can even plug in zone based workouts just like you can with cycling power. I did find it a bit of a pain to monitor on a watch vs a bike computer, but not too big of a deal.

New comment by digitallogic in "I Spent My Sabbatical Building a Power Meter for Sledgehammers"

digitallogic — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:33:32 +0000

This is pretty cool! Your note about cycling power meters changing the way you perceive effort matches my experience as well. One other bit from my experience: I'm a runner and a cyclist, and I've always lusted after having cycling style data and prescribed workouts for my running. When Stryd launched I was all in, but... all it gave me was power numbers. It didn't have the tribal knowledge that came with my cycling power meter. Eg - lots of online content about zones, free and paid workouts / plans to target different goals (eg sprinting vs long endurance). It almost seems like any discussion of serious training on a bike comes back to watts.

But with the Stryd, all I got was power numbers, and the option to signup for a monthly paid subscription with some training plans that were pretty bare bones. It seems like running power meters just haven't been adopted widely enough for that critical mass of information to emerge. My realization from this is the data is useless without the tribal knowledge of how to use it. So my Stryd sits in a drawer somewhere, and I'm back to running by heart rate.

A good AGENTS.md is a model upgrade. A bad one is worse than no docs at all

digitallogic — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:17:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/how-to-write-good-agents-dot-md-files

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877588

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by digitallogic in "Launch HN: Palus Finance (YC W26): Better yields on idle cash for startups, SMBs"

digitallogic — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:02:14 +0000

> 1-2% on millions of dollars is significant but it's not nearly as impactful as finding Product-Market-Fit in your actual business.

You've got really significant, broader lesson here for startups at this stage.

Why can't you tune your guitar? (2019)

digitallogic — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:30:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2019/why-cant-you-tune-your-guitar/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254896

Points: 247

# Comments: 183

New comment by digitallogic in "Assigning Open Problems in Class"

digitallogic — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:24:11 +0000

I had an advanced algorithms professor who was brilliant but not always put together. Eg - he didn't always dress himself correctly. Think, two different shoes or a button shirt mis-buttoned so there was an extra hole at the top.

He came in one day and wrote this problem on the board, and asked if anyone could solve it in O(n log n). No one did, he seemed really disappointed. The TA came in afterwards, and someone asked why we were going over this specific problem. Would it be on the final? The TA said "You professor gave you this problem because he went to a conference recently, and this was announced to great fanfare as a new unsolved problem. For the last two weeks, he's been asking anyone who will listen if they can solve this problem."

I Hate Fish

digitallogic — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:32:22 +0000

Article URL: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/i-hate-fish/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871431

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

MIT researchers propose a new model for legible, modular software

digitallogic — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:15:57 +0000

Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-researchers-propose-new-model-for-legible-modular-software-1106

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45896324

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Notes on Service Level Objectives

digitallogic — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:03:27 +0000

Article URL: https://ericmustin.substack.com/p/notes-on-service-level-objectives

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43471462

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Tabular Is Joining Databricks

digitallogic — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:43:12 +0000

Article URL: https://tabular.io/blog/tabular-is-joining-databricks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40577067

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I've Moved Onchain

digitallogic — Fri, 03 May 2024 14:25:55 +0000

Article URL: https://avc.xyz/ive-moved-onchain

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40248042

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by digitallogic in "Launch HN: Warrant (YC S21) – Authorization and access control as a service"

digitallogic — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 03:04:43 +0000

> Teams typically implement their earliest version of an access control system with a home-grown solution or an open source library. Many implement role-based access control, often with roles, attributes, and authorization logic hard coded and/or tightly coupled with their business logic.

Here's the thing, teams do this for a reason. Each one of these checks takes all of 2 minutes to add. And the next one takes 2 mins to add, and so forth. Until it's a total mess. But, as someone who been through this cycle multiple times, that's exactly what I would do again in the future. Because, on day zero, if my options are "the 2 minute solution" or "spend hours/days/weeks? evaluating a vendor for a problem I won't have for years"... well, the choice seems pretty clear there.

> As a product grows in usage and complexity, this is no longer enough. But the thing is... while it's not enough... I can add to it. Far more easily than I can to refactor everything to support a vendor provided system. And I know it'll be a big ball of mud, but at just about every decision point along the way I'm better off not switching. And every time I add something to my system, it's that much harder to adopt yours.

It feels like there's a circular dependency here. The easiest time to adopt your product (day zero) is also when I'm least likely to get value out of it. Solve that for me, and I'm very interested in your product.