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supergilbert

47karma·26submissions·September 21, 2018
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First time I see facebook down. Willing to bet it comes from an AI-assisted code change.
2mo ago·view thread
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I find myself coding a lot with Claude Code.. but then it's very hard to quantify the productivity boost. The first 80% seem magical, the last ones are painful. I have to basically get the mental…
6mo ago·view thread
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Yes but none of my friends and family who own an Android device know about it. I'm talking about a mainstream alternative android store. The design of f-droid is not appealing enough.
6y ago·view thread
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When is an alternative Android play store coming? To all the entrepreneurs reading this: please create one. To all the VCs reading this: please fund one. It's badly needed. I heard Huawei is work…
6y ago·view thread
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Depression, anxiety are rising among a large part of the population in Western society. My personal take on this: we need to reconnect with religion because we need something transcendant to help us g…
7y ago·view thread
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Kotlin is easier to work with for large projects. You're less inclined to write messy code than JS.
7y ago·view thread
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I have yet to see a technical subject that polarizes the HN crowd so much. Interesting data point. You know what they say about products that polarizes people..
7y ago·view thread
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That's the right question, how much energy does the current financial system use, solely for our "basic" transactional needs (store/retrieve/send payments). Did anyone come up…
7y ago·view thread
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Exactly. Kotlin for all platforms is the best option for the future.
7y ago·view thread
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Stoicism is gaining popularity now because it's a counter reponse to the constant stimulation we are put under. Non stop food, entertainment, plus the feeling on not being able to have any effect…
7y ago·view thread
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Be careful, it can be demoralizing for engineers working on the product as you can get the feeling that nothing works.
7y ago·view thread
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Amazing idea and clever name.
7y ago·view thread
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Please do the next one: this VC does not exist.
7y ago·view thread
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Kotlin is amazing and I hope it will grow more and more popular. I'm in love with this language, I hope it can take over for web development and backend.
7y ago·view thread
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Never heard of Mesibo but I've been waiting for a solution like this for a long time. My dream of creating a new kind of messenger just got a little closer.
7y ago·view thread
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Kotlin. Amazing.
7y ago·view thread
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Look up Weimar Republic
7y ago·view thread
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Still waiting for Kotlin to be the 1-stop shop for app development.
7y ago·view thread
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Anyone knows how PTS2 will affect these apps, and traditional banks? It's a topic that isn't discussed a lot but I'm sure many startups are already working on awesome projects with the …
8y ago·view thread
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It's an interesting question that's too rarely asked. I find it surprising how many of engineers refuse God completely (as in, the concept of a creator).
8y ago·view thread