Hacker News: jimvdv

New comment by jimvdv in "Show HN: Kappal – CLI to Run Docker Compose YML on Kubernetes for Local Dev"

jimvdv — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:05:34 +0000

Podman supports just the pod spec also used by kubernetes. How much orchestration do you need on a local machine?

New comment by jimvdv in "Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was big tech's "top priority""

jimvdv — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:53:17 +0000

I started using an extension called “social focus”. Allows me to hide all kinds of distractions on social media and YouTube, can highly recommend

New comment by jimvdv in "CSS Grid Lanes"

jimvdv — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:59:47 +0000

Not updating your browser will net you tons of exploitable vulnerabilities.

How do you expect things to ever change if no one ever updates? Certainly even if you decide to lean towards maximum support it’s still a positive these features are being introduced so you can use them in 10 years.

New comment by jimvdv in "Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop"

jimvdv — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:50:10 +0000

Back in the day I believe I just installed the OS on a USB stick and used the SD card only to boot of that.

New comment by jimvdv in "WebTransport is almost here to allow UDP-like exchange in the browser"

jimvdv — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:39:21 +0000

You can get a free cert from letsencrypt using their dns challenge. No need to expose to the internet. Add a DNS record that points to the address of your LAN and it’ll make things even easier for your guests.

New comment by jimvdv in "Qwen3: Think deeper, act faster"

jimvdv — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:51:14 +0000

I like using Vercel v0 for frontend

New comment by jimvdv in "US deploys AI to revoke visas of foreign nationals supporting Hamas: Report"

jimvdv — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:35:51 +0000

Even if it is intended as a hint to human observers, during a big scandal in my country a few years ago turned out all the gov officials where blindly following the computer advise. Many where falsely accused of fraud by tax authorities, almost all where from ethnic minorities.

New comment by jimvdv in "Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)"

jimvdv — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 12:38:49 +0000

I agree with you on the subjects are boring rich people, if we judge it with today standards. For the time it was actually quite unique that (upper) middle class people could get their portrait done, and not just nobles.

I like to think of it as part of a period of history where the merchants start to gain power from the aristocracy and that shows in what gets passed down to us.

New comment by jimvdv in "Gentle Guide to Self-Hosting"

jimvdv — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:49:43 +0000

Additionally you can use Tailscale for added convenience. Tailscale is a payed service, for a simple home server you can get away with the free plan and their mobile apps work rather well.

Not affiliated with Tailscale at all just shouting them out because they do make things very easy and I often recommend them to hobbyist.

New comment by jimvdv in "Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript"

jimvdv — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:34:56 +0000

Fair enough

New comment by jimvdv in "Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript"

jimvdv — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 05:59:30 +0000

Thank you for bringing this up, I almost ignored this project since I assumed it had something to do with TypeScript + JSX.

The JS ecosystem sure struggles with naming things.

New comment by jimvdv in "Button Stealer"

jimvdv — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:14:07 +0000

If chrome permissions made sense a user could choose to activate the extension when they visit a site.

Also the extension could have no network access and have read-only access to the DOM to name a few improvements.

New comment by jimvdv in "Advanced Shell Scripting Techniques: Automating Complex Tasks with Bash"

jimvdv — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:56:14 +0000

If you start to think about optimising the performance of your bash scripts it might be time to rewrite in another language

New comment by jimvdv in "Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3"

jimvdv — Fri, 31 May 2024 11:21:53 +0000

I just mount a case sensitive Apple File System disk image at ~/code, works well

New comment by jimvdv in "Show HN: I'm 17 and wrote a guide on how to build your own programming language"

jimvdv — Thu, 16 May 2024 17:33:42 +0000

HN is so full of negative comments like these. OP I’m very impressed you learned all of this at 17! I started coding when I was a teenager but still haven’t released something like this 10 years later.

New comment by jimvdv in "Portugal's democracy turns 50"

jimvdv — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:06:36 +0000

I would love some reading recommendations on the history of Indonesia after Dutch colonialism

New comment by jimvdv in "FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal"

jimvdv — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:34:44 +0000

I think this is antithetical to most people’s view of privacy on this platform :)

New comment by jimvdv in "Ask HN: What are some communities like HN?"

jimvdv — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:40:28 +0000

I really enjoy reading /r/askHistorians. It’s a strongly moderated community with high quality content. Truly and example for what the internet can be.

New comment by jimvdv in "Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not"

jimvdv — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:27:51 +0000

Ah I was just experimenting with what was possible, essentially I wanted to intercept notifications from an app to use for an automation.

New comment by jimvdv in "Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not"

jimvdv — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:06:50 +0000

From my experimentation with writing my own push notification client for android, this is exactly what Google does with their push messages.