Hacker News: raman162

New comment by raman162 in "Banks find AML "ineffective", propose access to social media"

raman162 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:18:54 +0000

I think the adoption of 3d secure will be better in preventing fraud than giving banks more access to my personal information.

I suspect access to this information won't be limited to fraud detection but loans, mortgages, etc.

What happens to people like me who don't really use social media as well?

New comment by raman162 in "Ask HN: Are height adjustable desks worth it?"

raman162 — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:29:46 +0000

I started off with a regular desk and instead of throwing out my old desk, I just bought a standing desk converter and I really like it. I alternate between sitting and standing throughout the day and it has helped significantly with my back pain. Here's the standing desk converter that I bought[0]. In hindsight I wish I started off with a high quality adjustable desk but I don't regret my path at all.

[0]: https://www.vari.com/varidesk-converters/for-desktops/

New comment by raman162 in "Fairphone 5"

raman162 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:38:50 +0000

The fairphone now looks like the next phone I'll purchase when I need to. I'm still surviving off a pixel 2. The battery is crap but I always keep a portable on me to account for that.

New comment by raman162 in "How I test site speed changes using Chrome's local overrides (2021)"

raman162 — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:10:51 +0000

I love using chrome overrides to test if a front-end bug is fixed on production data! The feedback is immediate and I feel more confident with a PR.

It works well for me since I'm not allowed to export the production data onto my machine or testing environments for HIPPA reasons.

This is way better than reviewing an exception from obfuscated javascript (without sourcemaps) and trying to figure out where it occurred.

New comment by raman162 in "List one task, do it, cross it out"

raman162 — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:17:40 +0000

I would say it's less about listing one task, but focusing on doing the most important task at one point in time.

I loved the book four thousand weeks, refreshing reminder that we have limited time and attention and prioritization is the most important thing.

New comment by raman162 in "Sketch of a Post-ORM"

raman162 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:50:29 +0000

I think making schema changes via migrations would be explicit and should lead to it being predictable. Maybe the best of both worlds is the ORM spitting out what it thinks the migration file should be based on the database schema and the new model changes?

The migration process then runs the actions in the migration file. If it fails in new environments this is telling that something is different in that environment and needs to be investigated.

New comment by raman162 in "Sketch of a Post-ORM"

raman162 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:43:31 +0000

Yes I thought ActiveRecord's ORM addressed a lot of the pain the OP mentioned with traditional ORM's.

ActiveRecord is also the first and only ORM I've used extensively and I've been a fan of it. Prior to that, I used to stick to raw sql, most apps were smaller but even then it felt like a drain to write repetitive sql to find, insert and update records.

New comment by raman162 in "StackOverflow petition to allow removing AI generated content"

raman162 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:20:11 +0000

Agreed. I have found myself sometimes asking Chat-GPT for guidance related to obscure error messages and occasionally its more useful than google or stack overflow.

New comment by raman162 in "Nyxt: The Hacker's Browser"

raman162 — Fri, 19 May 2023 22:29:26 +0000

This looks like my type of browser. I currently rely heavily on the vimium chrome extension.

Does this support profiles by any chance? I currently use chrome profiles to separate work and personal

Looking forward to giving it a spin

New comment by raman162 in "Why 'Atomic Habits' may not be working for you"

raman162 — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:38:22 +0000

Just wanted to thank you for writing this. I recently had a child and I thought with discipline I would be able to maintain my pre-parent lifestyle but reality is quite distant from the ideal goal. I am making small improvements each week so I'm grateful for that.

New comment by raman162 in "Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text"

raman162 — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 23:03:27 +0000

I'm a big fan of RSS but RSS limits you to what you already have subscribed to. I think mining user data has become the unfortunate norm but there trying to provide more relevant content here so that's understandable.

I'm curious to see how well this type of recommendation works in comparison to community based sites like hacker news and reddit.

New comment by raman162 in "Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text"

raman162 — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:53:28 +0000

I would say that this can help with discovery of content that you're interested in. Similar to hacker news, just an alternative approach.

I'm interested to try it and have joined the wait-list. I'm looking forward to how it differentiates itself from other article curation apps (Feedly, Google news, etc.).

New comment by raman162 in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

raman162 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:45:19 +0000

I hope this becomes true and sets a trend. This is not just an economic advantage but also an environmental advantage as well too as we have too many devices being thrown away into landfills.

I hope this trend continues with software, if a manufacturer decides to no longer support a version of software that was released, the consumers have the right to repair it as well. I know some believe Software Freedom and Open Source are supposed to solve this but that's not always a viable option.

New comment by raman162 in "No-code is the future of programming. That's great news for engineers"

raman162 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:53:54 +0000

> no deployments other than to production

Yah unfortunately where I work has 4 different deployments.

1. Sandbox for the devs to do whatever they please 2. Environment for the acceptance testing of features 3. Stable environment that mirrors production for sales and training 4. Production environment

New comment by raman162 in "Ask HN: Do you pull and run code as part of code review?"

raman162 — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 15:13:05 +0000

Most of the time I don't because I can understand the code. If I can't, then I usually pull it down and interact with it.

New comment by raman162 in "Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4"

raman162 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:37:13 +0000

Remote works has it's pros and cons. I love being able to be with family, no commute, a fully stocked kitchen with things I prefer to eat and the ability to take a nap when needed. The con for me is that I feel lonely throughout the day sometimes. The loneliness is great when I need to hit a flow state but other times it can be a bit sad.

New comment by raman162 in "Don't write just in plain text (longevity vs. authenticity)"

raman162 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:26:57 +0000

I got the same feeling as well. Open formats and avoiding proprietary lock-in is what the spirit of "write in plain text" is about.

New comment by raman162 in "Bringing the Framework Laptop to more of the world"

raman162 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:39:15 +0000

That's good to hear!

However there also seems to be a problem with battery drain when the laptop is sleeping which kinda defeats the purpose of a laptop for me.

It would be great if that was supported out of the box as well.

New comment by raman162 in "Bringing the Framework Laptop to more of the world"

raman162 — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:49:28 +0000

I personally do. A "just works" configuration will be ideal for me. Anytime I install linux on a new computer, I find myself spending too much time tinkering with configuration settings to make basic things like adjusting keyboard brightness and volume control work with the respective keys.

New comment by raman162 in "Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid"

raman162 — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:53:38 +0000

This is cool, didn't know about that, will try that out next time.