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New comment by ivanjermakov in "Splitting a Git Commit"

ivanjermakov — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:27:22 +0000

StackOverflow is really not great at handling questions for which the right answer changes over time. I guess it doesn't matter since SO is dead anyway: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482345

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Buy Your Friends Batteries"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:20:40 +0000

> keep essential devices running when the power goes out

I guess it's very location-specific, but I haven't had a power outage longer than 1 minute in the past 5 years.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Incident with Github.com"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:18:25 +0000

GitHub is a git server as a service.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Incident with Github.com"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:48:04 +0000

PSA: git repo can be hosted without a "provider" and any ssh address is a valid origin url: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuIdBfjL62s

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Incident with Github.com"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:45:50 +0000

I have a habit of reading the source code via github web interface instead of cloning and reading it in a much more comfy text editor.

Today I was forced to clone one because of "the incident". Which is a good thing.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Every Fucking Website (2020)"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:28:55 +0000

Don't get me started on "like and subscribe".

Why Are Scientists So Bad at Naming Things? [video]

ivanjermakov — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:41:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luh0NLhcMrI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280463

Points: 1

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New comment by ivanjermakov in "US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers"

ivanjermakov — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:10:28 +0000

https://www.openscope.co/

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Jolt: Clojure compiler implemented with Chez Scheme"

ivanjermakov — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:34:53 +0000

Jolt Physics: https://github.com/jrouwe/JoltPhysics

New comment by ivanjermakov in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

ivanjermakov — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:30:01 +0000

Twitter/X pioneered the space of "I'd rather close the tab".

New comment by ivanjermakov in "“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers"

ivanjermakov — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:25:20 +0000

Yep, LLMs excel here because most of the time analogous solution is already in the codebase. Most of my initial promtps include "look how it's done in X and do the same".

New comment by ivanjermakov in "“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers"

ivanjermakov — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:16:55 +0000

I'm yet to work on an enterprise project where programming is beyond simple validation, simple SQL, simple sheduling, simple mapping, simple error handling. Might be more about web backend than the whole field, but the challenge always comes from formulating requirements in a rigid form with all edge cases considered.

This might be the reason why many personal projects are so technical and impressive - it's the itch that's not scratched at work.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:29:21 +0000

Pay to change logo??? Just fork Anubis and remove one div... It's not SaaS first software, you're expected to deploy it on your web server.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Devtools must be open source"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:41 +0000

I think it's pretty common in software companies to maintain own custom fork of an open-source tool/library.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "How do you rewrite C/C++ projects to Rust?"

ivanjermakov — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:43:24 +0000

Remembering times when JetBrains was about carefully crafted Java intellisense. And I don't think demand for such tools is gone.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:27:21 +0000

Not exactly what you're asking, but they have a way to test their ACL policies: https://tailscale.com/docs/reference/syntax/policy-file#test...

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:34:18 +0000

I'm surprised installing native software is still commonplace. At least in a world of gaming and professional software it's coming from reputable source, but when it comes to PC enthusiasts we've been walking on thin ice for a long time.

I also believe this is the main reason why web took off: effortless distribution and sandboxing.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Elevators"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:27:46 +0000

I don't think it was mentioned, but the algorithm would be different based on the behavior of the majority. In some buildings most traffic is either up from lobby or down to lobby, e.g. it's very rare for people to go from floor 5 to floor 6. In some it's the other way around, where majority of moves don't involve lobby.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Elevators"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:25:10 +0000

Elevator algorithm I'm used to always goes up from lobby and always goes down from any other floor. Meaning that it goes all the way to the highest order and picks orders top-down until reaching lobby. Only exception is going to underground parking floors which is relatively rare in my housing complex.

New comment by ivanjermakov in "Show HN: Elevators"

ivanjermakov — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:20:30 +0000

You will like https://www.zachtronics.com/