Hacker News: kramer2718

New comment by kramer2718 in "Ask HN: Went to prison for 18 months, lost access to my GitHub. What can I do?"

kramer2718 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:31:54 +0000

I agree that simply emailing in copies of identity documents after the fact shouldn't be sufficient. However, there should be a verification process that includes verification of identity documents through legal means, including perhaps a processing fee. The fee would preclude many attackers from even trying to break this process.

Maybe this would only work for new accounts as you'd probably need to provide identity information on before losing access.

New comment by kramer2718 in "I only use Google Sheets"

kramer2718 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:42:42 +0000

2015: This meeting could have been an email 2025: This enterprise development project could have been a spreadsheet

New comment by kramer2718 in "Apple Photos app corrupts images"

kramer2718 — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:06:38 +0000

Yeah it really amused me that he went through tons of steps, buying lots of new hardware, etc before simply unchecking the delete images box.

New comment by kramer2718 in "Exposing a web service with Cloudflare Tunnel (2022)"

kramer2718 — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:07:41 +0000

This looks AMAZING! Will be doing this for an upcoming project.

New comment by kramer2718 in "ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC"

kramer2718 — Fri, 09 May 2025 18:32:53 +0000

Finally! Isaac Newton is pleased.

New comment by kramer2718 in "Cannabis pollen dispersal across the United States"

kramer2718 — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:47:14 +0000

This is a largely political problem. Cross pollination does not affect the utility of commercial help-only its legality. You can study wind dispersal, etc, but at the end of the day, the problem is a bunch of clueless old men.

New comment by kramer2718 in "Show HN: Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table"

kramer2718 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:49:23 +0000

(laughs in xzibit)

New comment by kramer2718 in "Launch HN: Regatta Storage (YC F24) – Turn S3 into a local-like, POSIX cloud FS"

kramer2718 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:46:15 +0000

I realize it isn't your target use case, but I'm tempted to move all of my personal stuff stored in Google Drive over to this.

New comment by kramer2718 in "Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?"

kramer2718 — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:46:19 +0000

Look at the code coverage. Not just the line percentage, but look at the more complex pieces. Are they covered or not?

Don't refactor it right away. I'll take your word that the code is shit (frequently the case), but you don't know the idiosyncrasies well enough to know what to do with it.

After you've worked with the code a while, you'll be able to attempt a large refactor. Until then, gather low hanging fruit. Clean up confusing variable names. Add comments where needed. Write your new code as clearly and cleanly as possible. Use a tool like sonar to inspect your new code so that you don't introduce new problems.

Most importantly, ADD UNIT TESTS. That will make sure that your new code works with the old and it will allow you to attempt a larger refactor while being sure that you aren't breaking anything.

If necessary, you may need to add some integration tests as well.

I've been in your shoes. Bad code is no fun, but don't let it get you down. Focus on the happy parts of your job (team, culture, whatever). Good luck!