Hacker News: waspight

What video hosting is best for embedding videos in app, with access control?

waspight — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:41:20 +0000

I know about Vimeo but is the privacy settings enough so that only members of the app can see the video?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41327558

Points: 1

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How to keep up with AI/ML as a full stack dev?

waspight — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:06:21 +0000

I am working with full stack solutions consisting of node.js and React among other things. Different app solutions both for mobile and web. I most often can’t see any use case for AI/ML in our products but I suspect that it is easier to see opportunities when you have some experience with the tools. Any ideas on how I can keep up my learning in these areas so that I stay relevant as a software engineer in the long run? I know that it is a general topic but I think that it is important to stay up to date on the subject.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41226035

Points: 79

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New comment by waspight in "EU Council to Vote on Chat Scanning Proposal on Thursday"

waspight — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:57:04 +0000

How will this affect companies in a technical aspect? Just no more e2e encryption available in the clients? Or will it be some kind of weird e2e with a backdoor (which is not how encryption works)…

Which cloud compliance tool is the best and most affordable?

waspight — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:50:21 +0000

None of them seems to have pricing on their websites and it is time consuming to be in sales meetings with all of them just to find out. Do you have any experience with such tools and where does the pricing start for the lowest tier?

Companies like Drata and Sprinto among others offer the kind of service that I am interested in.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39441193

Points: 2

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New comment by waspight in "Where do I find real GPS data to test with?"

waspight — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:37:54 +0000

That openstreetmap data was just what I needed, thanks!

Where do I find real GPS data to test with?

waspight — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:34:28 +0000

I am developing tools that works with gps data on mobile devices. I would like more data to test with and I wonder if there is any good resource out there to fetch such data. It could be gpx-files, geojson or any other format.

In my experience the gps data from mobile phones are much more varying in quality than what I get from an iOS or android simulator and I would like to have more realistic data to work with. Real recordings would be the best.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39278430

Points: 1

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New comment by waspight in "Show HN: RevenueCat Paywalls"

waspight — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 21:44:38 +0000

Alright, I might try it out. When the user cancel iOS the subscription is still payed and valid until the month ends probably. I guess one could delay the Stripe period the same amount of days or something.

New comment by waspight in "Show HN: RevenueCat Paywalls"

waspight — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:57:28 +0000

I might be migrating to using Revenuecat and I am curious about one thing. I have in app subscriptions in iOS and Android. I plan to add Stripe into this mix as well at some point and I wonder if you handle the case when users jump from subscriptions in one platform to another.

I would like to move certain users (for instance by recommending that in a newsletter, or handing out coupons for the Stripe subscription) from their current iOS subscription to Stripe, and it is hard to make the overlap smooth. Does Revenuecat have some solution to this?

New comment by waspight in "Goodreads was the future of book reviews, then Amazon bought it"

waspight — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:23:05 +0000

I have thought about this relative rating as well. Would it be possible to use? I mean, does it scale? I also have seen some ratings where you can only rate between 5 - 10, I guess since no one ever rates below 5 anyway. I think it kind of works.

How do 1Password store private keys locally when using Okta?

waspight — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:39:28 +0000

I understand that when using 1password with a regular password, the password (and your generated token) is used to encrypt your public/private key and store them locally, perhaps in localstorage?

But you have the option to use SSO with Okta on 1password as well. When using that I don't think that the client is able to use the password for encryption of your public/private key anymore. How does it work in that case? And do you still have an emergency kit?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34934466

Points: 3

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New comment by waspight in "Ask HN: Friendly ways of adding ads to app?"

waspight — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:49:04 +0000

This is how I intend of doing it. I am more curious of how I could place the ads in the app to make them blend in as much as possible.

Ask HN: Friendly ways of adding ads to app?

waspight — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:49:35 +0000

I am searching for ways of adding ads to a mobile app in a more user friendly way. I wonder if anyone here has seen any good examples of how to integrate ads in a way that does not disturbe the user.

I am thinking more in ways like how a lot of podcasts are doing it, where the host is reading the ad. It feels more like a personal recommendation that way, which I think is better.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34560992

Points: 4

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Ask HN: How do I get into pen test as a developer?

waspight — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 17:28:02 +0000

Earlier this week someone asked why devs seems to not care too much about secure development. I figured that it must be because there is no positive feedback if a system is secure. Only negative feedback when it isn’t.

So as a developer I would like to gain more knowledge about how pentesters usually work, so that I can continuously test my own implementations. And because I am curious ofc. Is there any good sources out there?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34479779

Points: 1

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New comment by waspight in "Choosing a Postgres primary key"

waspight — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:49:24 +0000

I only use uuid as PK in Postgres. So many benefits, it is easy to migrate data between environments, client can generate its own ids etc.

I don’t know about performance but I think in most cases that is not a big concern anyway.

New comment by waspight in "Netflix has created a self-fulfilling cancelation loop with its new shows"

waspight — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 07:48:33 +0000

Why don’t they just stick to mini series? Best invention since the movies imo.

New comment by waspight in "Ask HN: How do you choose your usernames?"

waspight — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:27:31 +0000

I am a 1Password user as well. As mentioned in another comment, the last pass username generator is possible to use without an account on their website.

So no, I am not concerned :)

New comment by waspight in "Ask HN: How do you choose your usernames?"

waspight — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 17:55:06 +0000

I use last pass username generator

New comment by waspight in "Ask HN: Why arent developers interested in secure coding?"

waspight — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:20:35 +0000

Because you never reach any goals that get verified if you develop for security. It is like you only getting punished if the security is weak (you get exploited), but you never know if the security you implemented actually prevented a threat. So there is no real rewards.

Would be interesting to know if there is some kind of reward model out there that solves this.

New comment by waspight in "Ask HN: Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins?"

waspight — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:30:49 +0000

Said every customer

New comment by waspight in "Why is the JavaScript ecosystem like this?"

waspight — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:32:31 +0000

It is not always aspects of stability that are most important. I prefer js because it might be the fastest language to get an MVP out the door, among other things.