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New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:17:46 +0000

I still see only "Lake Ontario" on my end (from Canada).

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "A Server Lost Power at 00:32. We Found Out at 08:18"

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:45:14 +0000

And the way it's written, I certainly wouldn't want to trust that provider with my business. "Nobody saw it." is certainly honest but if you don't have uptime monitors for your servers, what else are you missing?

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network"

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:15:05 +0000

Seems similar to Transit's approach: https://blog.transitapp.com/go-underground/

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "[dead]"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:01:57 +0000

More upvotes on this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915641

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "[dead]"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:59:02 +0000

Also seeing this. Same issue on various machines and Internet providers, so it points to GitHub being the issue.

"git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository."

Edit: works now, as of 10:06am ET.

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Detect Electron apps on Mac that hasn't been updated to fix the system wide lag"

vaillancourtmax — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:51:15 +0000

You probably mean "2024" here, right?

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Tesla introduces new standard electrical connector"

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:03:59 +0000

I think they meant "across manufacturers".

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Anyone seeing issues with containers in GitHub Actions (despite no code change)?"

vaillancourtmax — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:12:16 +0000

Great catch, thank you for pointing this out. Looks like it's resolved now.

Anyone seeing issues with containers in GitHub Actions (despite no code change)?

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:05:33 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34098670

Points: 3

# Comments: 5

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement"

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:47:35 +0000

> I really want to think there is few people left out there leaving their 0’s and 1’s unencrypted in the cloud

This describes most everybody.

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Ask HN: Should I cancel my interview?"

vaillancourtmax — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:12:08 +0000

> If I go through with the interview and do poorly, I have no way of knowing when or if I would be given the chance again.

If the organization you're looking to join is minimally humane, they'll be open to giving you another chance later down the line. In the event of a rejection, ask whoever's communicating with you for feedback, and mention that you'd like to try again later.

Worst case scenario, it doesn't work out and you discover that this organization is not willing to help people grow and give them a second chance, which could be a sign of other cultural problems below the surface, and you dodge a bullet in the process.

Best case scenario, you're in.

The middle ground is that you know you can prepare a bit more and try again later.

I feel like there's little downside to doing right away. I'd say do it.

Technical explanation of the Québec vaccination passport

vaillancourtmax — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:59:48 +0000

Article URL: http://len.falken.ink/misc/smart-health-card.txt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28331013

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Moving away from Google services, 8 years in"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:32:39 +0000

Thank you for mentioning Aegis, a few other folks have recommended it as well. Looks promising!

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Moving away from Google services, 8 years in"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:32:06 +0000

Thanks! I read good things about Organic Maps, I'll try it out.

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Moving away from Google services, 8 years in"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:27:38 +0000

(author here)

Thanks for the feedback!

I realize I wasn't actually using Google Photos, so my recommendation of hard drives likely isn't realistic for most people. TIL about Photoprism, I'll look into it.

For Google Drive, an actual solution for a typical use case would be something like Nextcloud (self-hosted or not, doesn't matter). My own use case was only about sharing a single file between two machines, so Syncthing fit the bill perfectly.

Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts :)

Moving away from Google services, 8 years in

vaillancourtmax — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:54:50 +0000

Article URL: https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/moving-away-from-google-services-8-years-in

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27986001

Points: 33

# Comments: 18

How Shopify dynamically routes storefront traffic at scale

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:58:14 +0000

Article URL: https://shopify.engineering/dynamically-route-storefront-traffic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26780908

Points: 17

# Comments: 0

Simplify, batch, and cache: how Shopify optimized storefront response times

vaillancourtmax — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:20:57 +0000

Article URL: https://shopify.engineering/simplify-batch-cache-optimized-server-side-storefront-rendering

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25380697

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Monitoring a grain dryer remotely

vaillancourtmax — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:12:42 +0000

Article URL: https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/monitoring-a-grain-dryer-via-the-internet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25031661

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by vaillancourtmax in "Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet"

vaillancourtmax — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:04:15 +0000

Pretty cool to see renewed interest in personal wikis, personal websites, and digital gardens after all these years. I remember writing my first bare HTML website in the early 2000s using Microsoft Frontpage. How times have changed!

As people grow curious to create their own digital garden a claim their own space on the Internet, I found that the main blocker was getting started. They have ideas, notes, and thoughts, and they're ready to share them on the Internet, but they don't know where to get started. To reduce the barrier to entry, I created a simple digital garden template [0] along with a step-by-step tutorial to set it up [1]. More than 70 people have forked the repo to try it out.

Once the first step of setting the technical part up is complete, it's easy to start sharing ideas with the rest of the world. :)

[0] https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

[1] https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/setting-up-your-own-digi...