Hacker News: frostmatthew

New comment by frostmatthew in "Ask HN: Why is restaurant software still so outdated?"

frostmatthew — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:37:35 +0000

Restaurants typically have fairly low profit margins, so there generally isn't a strong desire to spend limited free cash flow to upgrade/replace a point-of-sale system that's functioning satisfactorily.

Especially since it's not something capable of a significant ROI since the PoS system usually has little-to-no impact on either revenue or profit. A slow one could impact productivity - but this is rarely a bottleneck so in most cases there would be little gained by spending money to upgrade to a newer system.

OKRs Are Hard

frostmatthew — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:59:26 +0000

Article URL: https://skamille.medium.com/okrs-are-hard-b4a6a8491af0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33978608

Points: 43

# Comments: 18

New comment by frostmatthew in "A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16 (2020)"

frostmatthew — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:31:51 +0000

> I've essentially stopped getting delivery which is a bad sign since I'm basically the target audience

Same, rarely ordered delivery pre-pandemic but then was ordering two or three times a month but eventually got sick of food taking over an hour to arrive from places only a mile or two away so stopped entirely (until discovering a nearby restaurant that does their own delivery and it's great - arrives within 20 or 30 mins and the food is always piping hot).

How LinkedIn Redesigned Its Flagship for Hybrid Work

frostmatthew — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 23:16:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/video/series/open-office/open-office-how-linkedin-redesigned-its-flagship-for-hybrid-work/94ABF6F4-3094-48F8-876F-9EF33BFE879F

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32008079

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Disney Patents Mobile Robot Locker to Carry Guests' Items at Theme Parks

frostmatthew — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:39:14 +0000

Article URL: https://wdwnt.com/2022/06/disney-patents-mobile-robot-locker-to-carry-guests-items/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31909126

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Disney Hires Apple Games Exec Mark Bozon to Head Metaverse Creative Strategy

frostmatthew — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:37:04 +0000

Article URL: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-apple-mark-bozon-metaverse-1235283860/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31615600

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by frostmatthew in "In defense of coding interviews"

frostmatthew — Sun, 29 May 2022 12:11:26 +0000

> the idea of asking people to write code during an interview what sort of revolutionary

And I think it's a great idea, personally I would never consider working anywhere that hired devs without seeing them write some code. But my problem is with the types of questions asked at many companies, specifically the types that require weeks (or months!) of prepping.

During my last job search one interview that stood out (positively) was a problem around parsing some HTTP headers (it started simple and then had layers of complexity added as I solved each one). It was honestly one of the best questions I've seen in an interview as it requires the candidate to be able to write code and solve a problem but without requiring/expecting the candidate to have prepped beforehand to learn (or brush up on) theoretical stuff far removed from the types of problems we actually solve on a daily bases (evidence of this disconnect is demonstrated by the fact people need to prep).

New comment by frostmatthew in "Dark pattern: how YouTube makes sure you don’t always “skip ad”"

frostmatthew — Mon, 09 May 2022 17:14:33 +0000

> Why would anyone be stupid enough to trust google to keep the "ad free" experience ad free?

One can cancel their YouTube Premium subscription at any time for any reason, including and especially if it is no longer delivering an ad-free experience. In the meantime I'm quite happy paying $10 a month (annual plan) to never see ads.

Disney Invites Applications for 2022 Disney Accelerator Program

frostmatthew — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:45:30 +0000

Article URL: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-invites-applications-from-innovative-growth-stage-companies-for-2022-disney-accelerator-program/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31127090

Points: 29

# Comments: 22

New comment by frostmatthew in "Big Tech Coding Interview Framework – Pt 1. Inspect"

frostmatthew — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 02:57:55 +0000

> if you pass in a negative number then that's your own dumb fault if it does something unexpected

If a negative number isn't valid input that should be gracefully handled by the program (e.g. by responding with an appropriate error indicating what is valid and/or invalid) instead of doing something unexpected.

I'm not much of a fan of the current state of tech interviews but seeking clarity around validity of input and how to react to invalid input is one aspect that does (or at least should) mimic "real life"

New comment by frostmatthew in "What Richard Feynman’s PhD Thesis Looks Like: A Video Introduction (2020)"

frostmatthew — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:40:12 +0000

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Modern Least Privilege and DevSecOps

frostmatthew — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:02:14 +0000

Article URL: https://octo.vmware.com/modern-least-privilege-and-devsecops/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27998671

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

VMware and Dell Technologies Reach Agreement Regarding Spin-Off

frostmatthew — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:26:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed.VMware-and-Dell-Technologies-Reach-Agreement-Regarding-Spin-Off.cbe029b1-818a-440a-accc-92f5d8de43e9.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26812582

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

Coding for Space: Programs That Took Us to the Moon and Beyond

frostmatthew — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:24:12 +0000

Article URL: https://intersog.co.il/blog/coding-for-space-programs-that-took-us-to-the-moon-and-beyond/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26785388

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The fall guys: why big multiplayer games almost always collapse at launch

frostmatthew — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:08:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/aug/27/multiplayer-games-collapse-at-launch-mediatonic-fall-guys-ultimate-knockout

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24298061

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by frostmatthew in "Facebook's employees reckon with the social network they've built"

frostmatthew — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:03:17 +0000

> People working for tabacco companies have always been in the same boat.

That's not a very fair comparison - there aren't exactly any huge positives associated with tobacco use. So it's not like someone could work for a tobacco company and say "sure some people die from consuming our product but on the other hand look at all the good we're doing..."

That's very different than Facebook where yes there may be some negatives but there's also positives (e.g. it's certainly raised countless millions for various charities, helped people keep in touch with others and discover (or rediscover) relationships, and spread the awareness of important social issues).