Hacker News: hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hoppylukeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:24:14 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"]]>My estimate was only $21M (vs ~$0.01 average bill). Wish I had checked status sooner and saved myself the panic!

My process went: verify email is not phishing (it was), login to console and check dashboard (same amount), attempt to understand cost (cost management kept contradicting itself), try to log support ticket and only on that part did I notice the status notification. At least I can breathe again now!

]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:34:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946036hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946036https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946036<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "Ask HN: As a team lead how to handle project going off the rails?"]]>Product Owner

]]>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:43:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515071hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515071https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515071<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "Ask HN: Where do you deploy to in 2018 and how?"]]>Azure App Service, deployed via Visual Studio Team Services. App Service supports Git push deployments, but VSTS plays nicely with it (as you'd hope).

]]>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:57:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16473339hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16473339https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16473339<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights"]]>If drivers can decide how long they are willing to work, even if there aren't many/any passengers around, then Uber has no way to control costs.

Unless they already have something in place to manage how many drivers are on the road in an area at any time? I thought that was just controlled by supply/demand, but that gets skewed by Uber needing to still pay minimum page when there is an over-supply.

]]>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:31:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669714hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669714https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669714<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights"]]>The article says drivers are entitled to minimum wage. I thought Uber drivers choose their own hours so I don't see how this will work?

]]>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:54:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669507hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669507https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669507<![CDATA[New comment by hoppyluke in "Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?"]]>I made some Android games a few years back https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=hoppyluke

There's one I still play every now and again, fairly sure I'm my most active user.

]]>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:17:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14984868hoppylukehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14984868https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14984868