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New comment by nalekberov in "Show HN: I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries"

nalekberov — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:55:04 +0000

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New comment by nalekberov in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

nalekberov — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:59:29 +0000

At this point, it’s very clear that people nowadays choose Rust mostly to be part of the cult rather than clearly understanding its shortcomings and advantages over languages such as C, C++. It has gotten to the point that some devs after watching a YouTube video criticizing C++ for two hours, announce C++ the worst programming language. Unfortunately, such people become decision makers at giant tech companies too.

New comment by nalekberov in "Show HN: I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries"

nalekberov — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:21:18 +0000

Of course I can’t prove it, but i am guessing some kind of “AI” is doing that. Humans rarely use emdashes.

New comment by nalekberov in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

nalekberov — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:59:19 +0000

> But equally it's really helpful to be able to ask ChatGPT or whatever for a different explanation when you get stuck - but that is probably better done at home when studying the homework. It stops you getting frustrated and helps keep you making progress and in the 'flow state'.

Yeah sure, then get a (sometimes) wrong answer with high confidence and believe it?

New comment by nalekberov in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

nalekberov — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:57:42 +0000

> With a computer, you can get instant feedback, immidiately see whether you did the math correctly or not. With a textbook, you have to wait for your teacher.

Where is this rush for instant feedback coming from?

Identity protection firm Aura suffers data breach exposing 900 000 records

nalekberov — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:33:11 +0000

Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/identity-protection-firm-aura-suffers-data-breach-exposing-900000-records/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435688

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

New comment by nalekberov in "OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation"

nalekberov — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:41:19 +0000

> Bitcoin and 3D printing were craze.

What bitcoin gave us essentially? Huge pump and dump schemes coordinated by big hands? Crypto investments which made 95% of investors poorer? What's left? Maybe 0.01% of it was beneficial.

New comment by nalekberov in "I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over"

nalekberov — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:30:34 +0000

> LinkedIn does not support smaller companies.

Pity, but even then is it worth to hand over your very personal data to multiple companies for the sake of blue tick? Not judging, genuine question.

New comment by nalekberov in "I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over"

nalekberov — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:54:05 +0000

You can verify yourself using company email address - maybe I am being naive to think that it’s much safer, but it’s way better than handing over your ID data.

I never understand why people supply too much info about themselves for small gains.

People at LinkedIn wants you to believe that your career is safe if you play by their games, but ironically they are one of the main reasons why companies nowadays are comfortable with hiring and firing fast.

New comment by nalekberov in "Guitars of the USSR and the Jolana Special in Azerbaijani Music (2012)"

nalekberov — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:48:39 +0000

Remish was truly amazing.Even if you were not into music or guitars you must have known him if you were born in Azerbaijan. He was a guitar hero. R.I.P.

New comment by nalekberov in "The RCE that AMD won't fix"

nalekberov — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:27:50 +0000

> This means that a malicious attacker on your network, or a nation state that has access to your ISP can easily perform a MITM attack and replace the network response with any malicious executable of their choosing.

I am pretty sure, a nation state wanting to hack an individual's system has way more effective tools at their disposal.

New comment by nalekberov in "The tech market is fundamentally fucked up and AI is just a scapegoat"

nalekberov — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:12:10 +0000

Mostly true, but AI accelerated that process:

- Senior Engineers now often is sufficient for most tasks, Junior Engineers seems like a burden rather than a boost during development process

- Companies feel comfortable with hiring fast and firing fast

- Tech Market is now flooded with not-so-good engineers having good experience with good AI coding assistants - which already are capable of solving 80% of the problems - they are ready to work for much less than really experienced engineers

In general, yes, companies overhired many software developers, hoping they will continue hyper growing, but then reality has kicked in - this was not sustainable for most businesses.

New comment by nalekberov in "Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI"

nalekberov — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:27:27 +0000

Seriously, bring Winamp back! It will really whip the Llama’s ass.

New comment by nalekberov in "I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions"

nalekberov — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:25:34 +0000

This is why piracy is gaining more and more traction lately.

New comment by nalekberov in "Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology"

nalekberov — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:51:51 +0000

Yes, you really are brainwashed. Calling someone's view a propaganda without a sensible argument is bullshitting.

New comment by nalekberov in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

nalekberov — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:58:24 +0000

Microsoft is its own worst enemy.

Microsoft had a chance make even better OS than XP and 7 and convince millions of users to use Windows.

Okay maybe with Office products the ocean was already red, but still, instead of disgusting its millions of users, they could make them happy.

I am not a firm believer that GNU/Linux distributions are a drop-in replacement for Windows. One can work around compatibility issues, but for non–tech-savvy people, it's just not feasible.

I switched to MacOS since the release of Windows 10 and never looked back, of course I did miss some apps, though using laggy windows was much more painful.

New comment by nalekberov in "SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned"

nalekberov — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:38:32 +0000

Glad that I removed my SoundCloud account right on time.

I think it’s only a matter of time before a service gets breached.

It's best to use unique random username, email, and password for every online account. Also, providing only the bare minimum of data and faking as much as possible is helpful in cases of data breaches.

New comment by nalekberov in "Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology"

nalekberov — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:20:59 +0000

Yeah, it’s hard to not call anything opposing your view a propaganda after being brainwashed for 24/7.

New comment by nalekberov in "Cloudflare CEO on the Italy fines"

nalekberov — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:52:25 +0000

Since when Cloudflare started to fight for Open Internet? Thanks to them last year we weren’t able to visit many websites. If that’s how they perceive openness, they have to think twice.

New comment by nalekberov in "European Commission issues call for evidence on open source"

nalekberov — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:25:55 +0000

> Harshness of regulations like GDPR is perhaps the primary reason why European tech entrepreneurs choose to emigrate to the US when given choice.

What are those harshnesses?