<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: dzonga</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dzonga</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:18:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dzonga" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Hungary Is a Laboratory for Illiberal Nationalism. The Results Are In"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>constitutional coups.<p>unfortunately being attempted all over from Hungary, Russia(successfully), Zimbabwe (currently in progress) and other nations all over.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:39:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732940</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732940</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>sub-saharan africa a place with more landmass & diversity than most continents<p>reduced to a monolith by a someone who has never lived in africa for more than a year.<p>if that's not patronizing and stupidity - IDK.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:13:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724994</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724994</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Taste in the age of AI and LLMs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>worse is better wins again.<p>there's a reason people prefer aged products - they gain a character of their own, similar to art or works produced under constraints.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:01:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690350</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690350</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>some people got very very rich. like rich - that their great grandkids don't have to work.<p>that's the price of "freedom".<p>both sides get to save face - Trump says they won, his cronies n himself got rich. Iran gets a better deal than before. 
Israel gets rid of US bases in the Middle East via Iran.<p>of course the poor and downtrodden get shifted - that never changes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:46:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47683265</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47683265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47683265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "I Replaced Kafka, Redis, and RabbitMQ with One Tool – A Deep Dive into NATS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>the ecosystem around Kafka is so crazy specially in regards to data engineering.<p>CDC capture Kafka (Redpanda) these days - just works and simplifies a bunch of stuff.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:48:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669339</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669339</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "A brief history of instant coffee"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>you hardly get good instant coffee in the US.<p>however in the UK the premium supermarkets have really good instant coffee i.e M&S and Waitrose.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:24:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659477</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659477</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Ask HN: Analysis of credit card receipts to show one does not buy alcohol"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>be ready to give bloodwork, the rest are people putting hell in your life - so ignore them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638701</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638701</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47638701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>a war end up being a war about information.<p>hence the first department that goes into full throttle mode in any war - is the department of propaganda | press corps (as modernly called).<p>so we gonna see lies on both sides - Iranians | US / Israel. with the truth in between.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633959</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633959</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> America is at near full employment<p>Hope you're not saying this at social gatherings.<p>What the newspapers(economists | politicians) say, is not reality for most people.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:47:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633869</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633869</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>the pale blue dot.<p>if anything in life gives me pleasure is I have experienced life, with its highs and downs on this little speck.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:42:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633823</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633823</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>you have a current US president who has never read the Art of War.<p>likely most company leadership, besides Hedge fund managers, have never read the Art of War either.<p>this results in management that lacks a strategic focus - they want to win the next battle (down in a valley, while giving the enemy an upper hand to be on the hill).<p>your infantry (low-level ICs) are smart and capable - and the org is actively pursing means to deskill them via some shit called (A.I) - your colonels (mid-management) are comfortable in their laurels since anyone who raises a voice is shown the door (hell most of them manage people now & don't fight anymore)<p>then you wonder why the country, the org is losing. but hey at least we posted a massive valuation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:54:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626143</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626143</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47626143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Qwen free plan is still good.<p>you get a generous token limit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:54:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620678</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620678</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Apple Prototypes for iPod, iPhone, Watch [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qPQt_5DdM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qPQt_5DdM</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615356">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615356</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:56:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qPQt_5DdM</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615356</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>some of these things are just an effect of using chromium browsers.<p>use safari or Firefox. and chrome only for incognito web app testing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:56:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615348</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615348</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>look up what you need - print physical pages - use pen | pencil - have a legal pad / notebook at hand - scribble down shit.<p>unfortunately now printing is expensive</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:12:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614030</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Google Cloud: Investing in the Future of PostgreSQL"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>there now seems to be a split - with western companies tryna go all in on PostgreSQL while Eastern (Chinese) companies innovate on MysQL protocol.<p>MySQL for all its warts seems easier to run operationally and has a better scaling story(Vitess) than PostgreSQL. even though I use PostgreSQL.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:10:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607786</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607786</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Apple at 50"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>there's supposed to be a video. I'm on safari - it just shows a static image - which is simple and beautiful.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:08:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607756</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607756</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>this won't go far<p>base platform used - typescript - means for the average Joe out there - deploying is difficult - compared to php.<p>if they really wanted to be revolutionary - they would've made a single PHP script either on FrankenPHP backed by sqlite - single file deploy - with yeah a permission model Ala denojs for the security aspects.<p>end of day this is vibeslop.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:05:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607735</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607735</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "Slop is not necessarily the future"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>  lines of code per developer grew.<p>when you're making (crafting) software if the lines are going up for an equivalent functionality it means you're cooking up bullshit.<p>the whole premise of software arts (engineering) - is you do MORE with LESS.<p>engineering is not science, and neither is art. creativity is needed, rules of thumb are to be followed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47594653</link><dc:creator>dzonga</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47594653</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47594653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dzonga in "OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>does Softbank run of out money i.e announce these deals but never follow up ?</p>
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