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New comment by flowerlad in "Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us"

flowerlad — Sat, 30 May 2026 09:21:30 +0000

The article discusses algebraic effects but React is mentioned. Don’t make the mistake of saying thinking React is functional. See https://mckoder.medium.com/why-react-is-not-functional-b1ed1...

Meta Is Dying. It's About Time

flowerlad — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:46:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/opinion/meta-facebook-zuckerberg.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066411

Points: 20

# Comments: 8

New comment by flowerlad in "[dead]"

flowerlad — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:35:54 +0000

Orban conceded defeat. This is a model for other countries to follow.

New comment by flowerlad in "Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons"

flowerlad — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:45:37 +0000

Not true. Liz Cheney hasn’t committed any crimes (as far as we know).

New comment by flowerlad in "Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015"

flowerlad — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:12:57 +0000

MVVM was invented by Microsoft for 2-way syncing in WPF. Today we know 2-way syncing is a mistake.

Who uses MVC in 2026? Pretty much every framework out there, including Java frameworks and Python frameworks and .net

New comment by flowerlad in "France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US"

flowerlad — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:52:38 +0000

Right but it is cheaper than open source products if you self-host. Most open source products in this space, including grist, are only partially open source.

New comment by flowerlad in "France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US"

flowerlad — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:22:51 +0000

If you want forms try https://visualdb.com/ it is another tool that aims to be Microsoft Access

New comment by flowerlad in "Eat Real Food"

flowerlad — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:23:19 +0000

Better than the old one in what way?

New comment by flowerlad in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

flowerlad — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:32:09 +0000

This takes the American Oligarchy to the next level. Trump is now enabling his billionaire friends plunder another country, no doubt Trump will get a cut of the profits.

New comment by flowerlad in "The Dangers of SSL Certificates"

flowerlad — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:18:34 +0000

Yes the backup certificate can have validity starting at a future date. You just need to wait till that future date to create it.

New comment by flowerlad in "The Dangers of SSL Certificates"

flowerlad — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:47:03 +0000

Do services such as K8S ingress and Azure web apps allow you to specify multiple certificates?

Update: looks like the answer is yes. So then the issue is people not taking advantage of this technique.

New comment by flowerlad in "The Dangers of SSL Certificates"

flowerlad — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:36:48 +0000

We need a way to set multiple SSL certificates with overlapping duration. So if one certificate expires the backup certificate will become active. If the overlap is a couple of months then you have plenty of time to detect and fix the issue.

Having only one SSL certificate is a single point of failure, we have eliminated single points of failure almost everywhere else.

Trump Administration Cuts Cyberdefense Even as Threats Grow

flowerlad — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:02:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-cyber-threats.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45675720

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:09:29 +0000

Just know that that’s not a universally held opinion!

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:10:25 +0000

Also you may have to maintain code bases that don’t use your preferred subset.

And you may have to work with developers who have a different preferred subset.

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:38:52 +0000

Exactly!

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:37:09 +0000

I use it for my web site where SSR is critical for SEO. For app development I don’t use Nextjs. I think it is designed for web sites (as opposed to web apps) and it is great for this purpose

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:31:43 +0000

Absolutely agree. Leave well enough alone. If they keep adding features it is only going to get worse.

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:29:02 +0000

Zuckerberg doesn’t have a good track record with philanthropy

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/tech/chan-zuckerberg-primary-...

New comment by flowerlad in "The React Foundation"

flowerlad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:26:07 +0000

> They also have a team of full time react devs they are paying for.

For now. My guess is they will be included in the next round of layoffs. Money for $100 Million pay packages for AI researchers has to come from somewhere!