Hacker News: jpb0104

New comment by jpb0104 in "What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes"

jpb0104 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:25:29 +0000

Kamal is somewhere in the middle. Probably a little closer to a bunch of bash scripts. But it’ll get your container going pretty quick. Can take a bit of fiddling with SSH/docker-login. Plus it handles deployments very well.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Retro-Tech Parenting"

jpb0104 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:21:09 +0000

We built https://www.beanstalk.club/ just for this!!! Our kids organize play dates on their own now. They can collaborate on video games with their friends.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

jpb0104 — Wed, 27 May 2026 17:17:31 +0000

Agree. I think that's what "Owner Operated" used to mean. Would be interesting to have a certification for these businesses. I've also started collecting related links:

https://privateequityvet.org/vet-list/ https://whoownsmydentists.com/ https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/

New comment by jpb0104 in "Red Squares – GitHub outages as contributions"

jpb0104 — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:44:17 +0000

Setup my self-hosted Forgejo last night. Very pleased so far.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

jpb0104 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:49:17 +0000

I love that you mention 'extreme care'. I was enthralled with this look inside a plant and the operations involved. Truly a sight to behold. And extreme care is not an overstatement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0afQ6w3Bjw

New comment by jpb0104 in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

jpb0104 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:38:36 +0000

Seems like there are a bunch of alternatives popping up including some DIY solutions. Which is really awesome in this space. Check out https://www.beanstalk.club/ I've done some work with these folks. I love their bring-your-own-phone approach. There are so many cool old-school phones out there, even on ebay. We've also seen lots of success with Beanstalk and a simple $20 cordless phone. Kids love wandering around chit-chatting. There's also a ton of momentum around the https://www.waituntil8th.org/ pledge.

New comment by jpb0104 in "World's largest functioning musical instrument: Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia"

jpb0104 — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:45:46 +0000

If you liked this post... enjoy: Pipe Organ (An instrument the size of a building) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeB3JnKp8To

New comment by jpb0104 in "Fast"

jpb0104 — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:20:36 +0000

Agree. One of my favorite tropes to product and leadership is that “performance is a feature”.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Show HN: SnapQL – Desktop app to query Postgres with AI"

jpb0104 — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:50:30 +0000

I like this a lot. I am looking forward to having something similar built into Metabase.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)"

jpb0104 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:56:27 +0000

I'm working on a small project to bring plain-old-telephones back into our children's lives. Quick, screen-less connections with grandparents, cousins, and friends is as quick as picking up the phone and pressing one button. Imagine that.

https://www.beanstalk.club/

New comment by jpb0104 in "Bambu Labs launches 3D-printable toys with reusable electronics"

jpb0104 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:00:58 +0000

In a similar vein. I have been following a creator doing some very cool things with 3d printed rc construction equipment.

https://professorboots.com/

New comment by jpb0104 in "macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)"

jpb0104 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:45:23 +0000

Firefox has this built in. That’s how I do it.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/take-screenshots-firefo...

New comment by jpb0104 in "Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace"

jpb0104 — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:07:02 +0000

Thanks for digging in.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace"

jpb0104 — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:56:18 +0000

Are these the same developers? https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8006-material-theme-ui

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: Spending Tracking Tools"

jpb0104 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:53:06 +0000

I've been tracking my expenses meticulously and manually for over 10 years now with https://budgetmyway.com/. I've built this to scratch my own itch, and built an expense tracker that meets "my" needs. I have a handful of happy users. This is more of a passion project and not a solo-startup or anything like that. I'd love to hear your feedback and see if it meets your needs. There are not any external data connections via Plaid, no 3rd party data tracking or sharing, your data is your data.

I know manual expense tracking might sound like a bear, but I find it cathartic and reflective to have to enter expenses.

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)"

jpb0104 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:49:01 +0000

Scotch | Fullstack Software Engineer | REMOTE within US | Full-time | https://scotchnetworks.com

Scotch’s mission is to modernize one of the oldest industries on earth: the $1.6T beverage alcohol market. We’re starting by building the next-generation operating system for BevAlc retailers (POS, payments, backoffice, ecommerce). If you love Rails, solving real-world problems, and want to work with a very small team, we’d love to talk.

We are seeking a fullstack engineer with a proclivity for the frontend to join our very early stage engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a high-quality, mission-critical web application using Ruby on Rails + Hotwire and following the best practices in modern web development. If you're amped about Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus + Rails, we might be the right next stop for you!

Our tech stack: Ruby on Rails, Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus, ViewComponents, PostgreSQL

For more details and to apply: https://jobs.gorails.com/jobs/full-stack-engineer-64897677

New comment by jpb0104 in "The largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics"

jpb0104 — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:02:31 +0000

This guy seems to have a good handle on diy aero. Both air and water.

https://youtube.com/@rctestflight

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024)"

jpb0104 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 23:43:41 +0000

Scotch | Fullstack Software Engineer | REMOTE within US | Full-time | https://scotchnetworks.com

Our tech stack: Ruby on Rails, Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus, ViewComponents, PostgreSQL

For more details and to apply: https://jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/1054-fullstack-engineer-fl...

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2024)"

jpb0104 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:33:46 +0000

Scotch | Fullstack Software Engineer | REMOTE within US | Full-time | https://scotchnetworks.com

If you're amped about Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus + Rails, we might be the right next stop for you!

Our tech stack: Ruby on Rails, Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus, ViewComponents, PostgreSQL

For more details and to apply: https://jobs.rubyonrails.org/jobs/1054-fullstack-engineer-fl...

New comment by jpb0104 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)"

jpb0104 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:07:04 +0000

I've been hacking on a super simple on-call rotation manager. Been fun to learn Hotwire/Stimulus. https://majorpager.com