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New comment by ryoung in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

ryoung — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:54:58 +0000

https://fitcal.app syncs Strava activities to your Google calendar. No fancy features, just does what it says on the tin. Really fun to build out with elixir + phoenix.

When training I like to have every day mapped out with how many miles to run, at what pace, etc as an event in my calendar. My actual workout gets uploaded into Garmin and Strava, but I always wanted it back in the calendar so I could see at a glance the consistency over time. It's been really fun to see other people use and get value out of something I built for myself.

Draft: Velocity Project: Setting the stage on discontent

ryoung — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:02:18 +0000

Article URL: https://laughingmeme.org//2023/01/10/velocity-project.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34368639

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New comment by ryoung in "Why MongoDB Never Worked Out at Etsy"

ryoung — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:30:39 +0000

I'm the developer that helped migrate the data from mongo to mysql (under mcfunley's supervision). Even a straightforward data migration becomes complicated when you have to do it without affecting the production feature or consumers of your public api (parallel writes to both dbs, snapshot and move the historical data, switch reads to the new db, etc). In addition, we took the opportunity to move the feature to a sharded architecture and to rethink the schema. Anyway, you're right in that it wasn't exactly an obvious or easy port.

New comment by ryoung in "The mental gymnastics involved in having a high security clearance."

ryoung — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:59:56 +0000

Looks like it's -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; that's inhibiting the zoom.

New comment by ryoung in "New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what the VCs say"

ryoung — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:50:40 +0000

*raises hand for etsy. There's definitely an interesting art scene in and around the dumbo area, and I get the impression that it's on its way to becoming a viable place for tech as well.