Hacker News: seeken

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

seeken — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:44:09 +0000

Selecto, an elixir SQL query library that works with or without Ecto. Also SelectoComponents which gives you a web interface to build queries.

It is based on 20+ years of experience maintaining a similar system in Perl.

It's on Hex.pm already, looking for people to test and comment!

As Codex would say:

Selecto is an open-source SQL query builder for Elixir that helps you generate complex queries from clean, domain-based configs. It supports advanced joins, CTEs, subqueries, and analytics-friendly patterns, with companion packages for LiveView interfaces (selecto_components) and code generation (selecto_mix). If your app is data-heavy, Selecto gives you SQL-level power without brittle hand-written query strings.

New comment by seeken in "I Got a Sleep Study in My 30s. It Probably Saved My Life"

seeken — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:30:41 +0000

When I first got my CPAP it was not helping at all. I complained and got a new sleep study WHILE using the CPAP that showed it was not helping. They gave a prescription for an oxygen concentrator to attach to the CPAP. That cut my events-per-hour to 1/10th what it was. When I travel, I take the CPAP but not the OX, and I can really tell the difference. I live in Colorado, and I sleep better with CPAP+OX than at sea level with just CPAP.

New comment by seeken in "Trying to find some life on the Usenet (2020)"

seeken — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:49:32 +0000

Also around that time that me and my friends learned what 'Extended Area' calling was- we all thought that if it was not long distance then it must be free! I remember us solemnly concluding that we would have to 'hack' the phone company. All of us also very special.

New comment by seeken in "Hexatrek: The long distance thru hike in France"

seeken — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:35:36 +0000

For the times/durations- what does 15 à 30 J mean? 15 days - 30 days?

New comment by seeken in "Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)"

seeken — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:24:40 +0000

So how do you trace the stair cuts?

New comment by seeken in "Things Unexpectedly Named After People"

seeken — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:51:56 +0000

13 year old me was confused by holter monitors, which are wearable heart monitors invented by Norman J. Holter. Everyone seems to pronounce it as halter, and mine was kind of like a halter. 20 years later my Dog got one I and I saw it spelled out on a receipt..

New comment by seeken in "How to play board games online with your friends"

seeken — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:23:25 +0000

Currently building a Splendor clone in Phoenix LiveView to teach myself Elixir... I had a rare moment of geek glee last night when I got the reserve-card functionality working, watching the cards disappear from the other screens. Afterwards I think I will do Azul in Blazor as a way of comparing the two frameworks.

New comment by seeken in "People are planting more vegetable gardens"

seeken — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:27:06 +0000

Ken Forkish's book 'Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast' has led me to making some great breads, and every step is explained and has photos.

There's as many ways to make bread as there are bakers, and they are probably all good.

New comment by seeken in "Raspberry Pi 4"

seeken — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:15:54 +0000

I fell for one of those videos last week... Didn't notice it was April fools until I went back this morning, confused. Guess I need to stop letting Youtube pick the videos I watch.

New comment by seeken in "How to Draw Animals (1930)"

seeken — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 03:20:12 +0000

We play a great party game called 'Six Second Animals.' The caller names an animal and counts down from 6. Other players draw the animal. The caller picks a favorite and that drawer becomes caller.

New comment by seeken in "Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings"

seeken — Wed, 29 May 2019 22:50:45 +0000

I assumed they were already doing that. I've seen several TV shows or movies (recently Booksmart) where "I can't use uber because of my low passenger rating" was used as a plot device.

New comment by seeken in "Free Solo and Economic Growth"

seeken — Thu, 16 May 2019 16:19:36 +0000

I saw Jeff Lowe a couple years ago and someone from the audience asked him what technology he's seen that has most revolutionized climbing- he said headlamps: The small, light, LED headlights that last 50+ hours.

New comment by seeken in "How can an introvert Asian engineer like me make friends?"

seeken — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:02:04 +0000

Any examples where you're saying no is too many. Always go!

I have made it a point to always say yes and it has made a huge difference for me. I am also very shy.

New comment by seeken in "In Escape Rooms, Video Games Meet Real Life"

seeken — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:16:26 +0000

I did this a couple weeks ago. The puzzles are a bit contrived but it is challenging and fun.

New comment by seeken in "Diet Soda Beats Water for Weight Loss, Industry-Funded Study Finds"

seeken — Thu, 29 May 2014 13:00:33 +0000

Not quite on topic, but back in 2004, I switched from sugar soda to diet soda and lost 40 lbs. I didn't make any other changes at the time, and I did and do continue to drink a lot of soda. So the idea that some people have that diet soda cannot aid in weight loss is silly. Next time you see a fat person at the store with 4 12 packs of sugared Mountain Dew, imagine them 40 lbs lighter with 4 12 packs of diet Dr Pepper. That was me.

New comment by seeken in "Search on after Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes"

seeken — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 12:25:28 +0000

I think generally tracking is done with radar transponders which can be disabled from the cockpit.

New comment by seeken in "In Praise of Perl 5"

seeken — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:32:18 +0000

Can't believe I've had that wrong for so long. Must have misinterpreted it right when I learned perl and have always been careful about it.

New comment by seeken in "In Praise of Perl 5"

seeken — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:38:34 +0000

That will not always pass.

if (exists $foo->{bar}){ .. will not run .. }

if ($foo->{bar}) {...}

if (exists $foo->{bar}){ .. will run .. }

New comment by seeken in "Has goto fail been fixed yet?"

seeken — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:17:33 +0000

I wonder if they are finding that a lot of their systems inadvertently relied upon this bug, and they are scrambling to test and fix them all rather than release a fix that causes a lot of other things to break

New comment by seeken in "Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult"

seeken — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 19:50:04 +0000

You have to do the income tax anyway, you might as well run the two programs together.