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New comment by manuelfcreis in "Do I not like Ruby anymore? (2024)"

manuelfcreis — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:40:01 +0000

I fully agree to the points here, even as a full time ruby lover. Jumping around different languages over the past 10 years really shows staleness in Ruby as a language, even if the ecosystem tries to keep up.

The ergonomics of ruby still have me very much liking the language as it fits how I think, but there are a lot of good developments in the usual neighbors, and I see myself picking up both Python and JS ever more for small projects.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "$70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x Their Money"

manuelfcreis — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 07:40:03 +0000

Neither! Options are derivatives, which are also regulated by the CFTC

Crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects

manuelfcreis — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:54:32 +0000

Article URL: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43553997

Points: 13

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New comment by manuelfcreis in "What I Learned Failing to Finish a Game in 2024"

manuelfcreis — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:32:52 +0000

Really liked the article, I think there is also something to be said about the difference in learning game design and game development. I think people tend to want to do both at the same time, but spending some time just on game design can help you feel less helpless when learning development.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands"

manuelfcreis — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:22:09 +0000

Well, it's possible to increase prices without using these tactics to make it seem like it's not increasing.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "MDN: What can be done about the “ugly” elements?"

manuelfcreis — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:52:48 +0000

Today we were discussing the usual issue of how designers want a select to look and how the web standard applies it.

When searching for some references on why things are as they are I found this page to be quite interesting as it really shows all of the elements that can cause issues with styles in a straightforward way.

MDN: What can be done about the “ugly” elements?

manuelfcreis — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:52:48 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms/Advanced_form_styling

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37089335

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Show HN: Local development with .local domains and HTTPS"

manuelfcreis — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:23:37 +0000

Really like what this does and the look of it! Congrats

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Apollo will close down on June 30th"

manuelfcreis — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 06:53:30 +0000

I believe facebook has a much lower average revenue per user of around $10.

From the calculations I've seen reddit's average revenue per user is much lower at around $2-3. However, the price on the API for Apollo in specific is of $30 per user per year.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Why is remote work seen as a gift?"

manuelfcreis — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:28:40 +0000

Well, in the entire history of civilization most people used to work at home, and not at some other place. Offices aren't part of human nature.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Finishing what you start makes teams more productive and predictable"

manuelfcreis — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:11:25 +0000

The article is actually about this! How manufacturing processes are not a one to one comparison with software work.

> The reason many people fail to acknowledge and act upon transaction costs in the software industry is that they compare software — a design process — to manufacturing processes.

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Code for The Economist's election model for 2020"

manuelfcreis — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:33:24 +0000

There was quite a big argument between Nate Silver, from 538, and G. Elliott Morris, the author of this model, which was quite an entertaining read if you’re into statistical drama.

A piece of it:

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1294263127668924416...

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Ask HN: Are my expectations on code quality and professionalism too high?"

manuelfcreis — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:51:06 +0000

I would say your standards are very reasonable and should be implemented across the board.

In my experience it's very easy for company culture, namely in smaller businesses, to get the impression that code quality is a luxury rather than a necessity. And it's even easier to have good intentions, but due to a lack of cultural enforcement just keep them at intentions and never implement anything.

So I would say that you either try to get your standards across or learn to live with lower standards .

New comment by manuelfcreis in "Unofficial Winamp Web Site"

manuelfcreis — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:42:51 +0000

I would also bandcamp to this list!

Secular Stagnation and the Decline in Real Interest Rates

manuelfcreis — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:06:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nber.org/digest/sep19/w26198.shtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21442264

Points: 1

# Comments: 0