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New comment by huherto in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

huherto — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:59:12 +0000

I am working on creating an Even Driven Architecture framework for Kotlin.

I went through the Software Architecture Patterns for Serverless Systems book, which I think it is fantastic. I learned a lot but I still had a lot of doubts to actually use the ideas in real life. So I started dissecting the companion framework, which is in written in Typescript. I have been going piece by piece and converting to Kotlin which I think it is more expressive (and fun) and it is allowing me to understand how everything fits together.

Typescript framework: https://github.com/jgilbert01/aws-lambda-stream

New comment by huherto in "Proximity to coworkers increases long-run development, lowers short-term output (2023)"

huherto — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:22:20 +0000

Paraphrasing. Closed doors (focused work) lets you reach local minimum faster. Open doors (More connections) lets you escape local minimums.

I guess you need focused work to make progress but once in a while you need contact with others to find inspiration or new ideas.

Another one similar phrase(kinda). "If you want to go fast go alone. If want to go far go together". African proverb.

New comment by huherto in "Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving"

huherto — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:02:29 +0000

Eighteen years here. I am not American but I think this is a holiday that we can all celebrate as reminder that we should be grateful for what and specially for who we have, independently what we don't have.

New comment by huherto in "Python is not a great language for data science"

huherto — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:55:24 +0000

Isn't the author saying that Python + Pandas is almost as good as R, but Python without Pandas is less powerful than R.

I can't help to conclude that Python is as good as R because I still have the choice of using Pandas when I need it. What did I get wrong?

New comment by huherto in "Python is not a great language for data science"

huherto — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:45:38 +0000

For what is worth. The Kotlin folks have been adding some cool features and tools for data analysis. https://kotlinlang.org/docs/data-analysis-overview.html

New comment by huherto in "We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed bugs"

huherto — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:33:16 +0000

I do agree that you should be able to fix most bugs in 2 days or less. If you have many bugs taking longer to fix, it may be an indication that you may have systemic issues. (e.g design, architectural, tooling, environment access, test infrastructure, etc)

New comment by huherto in "What Killed Perl?"

huherto — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:36:37 +0000

True. Adding to these. Perl6/Raku suffered from the second system effect. Described in the Mythical Man Month. Larry and company were over confident with their previous success.

New comment by huherto in "The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition (2023)"

huherto — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:45:48 +0000

I know that there are many reasons for people to work after 65. I also know that sometimes life takes surprising turns. But it makes me nervous to see people so capable as Dave that are well known in our industry looking for a job. What is the hope of the rest of us ? I love software engineering but I still hope to be able to retire to work on my own projects.

New comment by huherto in "The kind of company I want to be a part of"

huherto — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:40:46 +0000

"Quality is Free" was repeated over and over by my college professor back in the 80s. I guess he was fan if this guy. https://archive.org/details/qualityisfree00cros.

Similarly in software. When a software product is well crafted/engineered, it has less defects, it is easier to understand and modify, saving a lot of time and effort. I do not see that anymore. I see a lot of smart young engineers but they are managed in a way in which the craft doesn't matter and what matters is how many story points you do.

New comment by huherto in "Show HN: Venturu – Zillow for the market of local businesses"

huherto — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:22:06 +0000

Congrats Joel! This is such a great and useful idea! Godsped!

New comment by huherto in "Modular monolith and microservices: Modularity is what matters"

huherto — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:23:50 +0000

This is my take too. Just because of the name, people try to make them as small as possible and we end up with too many of them.

New comment by huherto in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

huherto — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:20:31 +0000

I don't disagree, but I have seen a few counter examples in my life.

Some of the smartest people that I have known are also the kindest. It is like they are so smart that are able to understand and empathize with other people thoughts and feelings. In any place I go, I look for the kindest people and frequently you also find they are also really smart and interesting.

New comment by huherto in "Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?"

huherto — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:46:10 +0000

TUI were great for many business applications, specially those in warehouses or factories. They were easier to write and modify. Many business applications were migrated to web for little gain. IMHO.

New comment by huherto in "More big companies bet they can still grow without hiring"

huherto — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:12:31 +0000

True. A lot of work done in big companies is waste.

6. A lot of unneeded complexity is added.

Perhaps if we can only use AI to understand the wasted effort.

Also, I rather have the ICs with some slack and time for clear thinking to address the big issues than always be busy on a mountain of work that goes now where.

New comment by huherto in "Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?"

huherto — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:36:19 +0000

Do it know. She may already be sick. Don't wait for the symptoms.

New comment by huherto in "Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?"

huherto — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:34:32 +0000

I believe kids are actually much more resistant to this virus.

New comment by huherto in "Math is an insurance policy"

huherto — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:39:58 +0000

I agree that a lot of software will be done declaratively rather than imperatively. But we will create DSLs for that. I don't think we will use math for that. And somebody needs to create the DSLs.

New comment by huherto in "Team Structure for Software Reliability Within Organizations"

huherto — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:48:26 +0000

I understand this point of view is contrary to popular opinion. The justification of microservices is to allow a team of let's say 10 developers to scale to 100. What you do is create 12 teams of 8. Each team owns their microservice with well defined APIs, and are allowed some flexibility on languages, tools, process, etc. Of course, it is a good idea to leverage common tools and such, but not obligatory.

Commonly we see a team of 20 maintaining 40 microservices, which becomes very difficult to manage and provides little gains. IMHO, this si the wrong approach. Microservices are tiny from the point of view of Netflix, or Amazon.

New comment by huherto in "Investor update on quarterly guidance"

huherto — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:07:50 +0000

I am surprised the stock market is holding up while the virus can have a big impact in world trade. Any guesses ?

New comment by huherto in "Team Structure for Software Reliability Within Organizations"

huherto — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:00:03 +0000

That is the whole purpose of doing microservices. Every team can operate independently. Choose their tools, processes, etc. As long as they respect their API Contracts.