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anontrot commented on Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage   maalvika.substack.com/p/b... · Posted by u/alihm
czhu12 · 6 months ago
I think this is why it helps a lot to build something you actually use. Because then, the barometer for what is good becomes a lot more defined: "Did I solve the problem I had", and then slowly build up from there.

Instead of trying to imagine a thing that someone else might or might not need.

I've been slowly chipping away at a heroku alternative called Canine [1] for the better part of a year now on the side, and for once, I don't feel tons of pressure or self loathing for not working on it quickly enough.

I use it every day now, and whenever I come across something that I wish was a little better (at the moment, understanding how much memory is used by the cluster is a pet peeve), I ruminate on it for a few days before hopping in and making some changes. No more, no less. It helps me get away from "what is the perfect solution", to "can i fix this thing that annoys me right now"

[1] https://canine.sh

anontrot · 6 months ago
so if i am content with my life, i can't create anything...
anontrot commented on CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract [updated]   csoonline.com/article/396... · Posted by u/healsdata
cookiengineer · 8 months ago
If there are any Europeans here, I'd love to make my vulnerability database that's accumulated from all linux security trackers and the CVE/NVD open source if I can manage to find some folks who'd help with maintenance.

Currently hosting costs are unclear, but it should be doable if we offer API access for like 5 bucks / month for private and 100 / month for corporate or similar.

Already did a backup of the NVD in the last couple hours, currently backing up the security trackers and OVAL feeds.

Gonna need some sleep now, it's morning again.

My project criteria:

- hosting within the EU

- must have a copyleft license (AGPL)

- must have open source backend and frontend

- dataset size is around 90-148 GB (compressed vs uncompressed)

- ideally an e.V. for managing funds and costs, so it can survive me

- already built my vulnerability scraper in Go, would contribute it under AGPL

- already built all schema parsers, would contribute them also under AGPL

- backend and frontend needs to be built

- would make it prerendered, so that cves can be static HTML files that can be hosted on a CDN

- needs submission/PoC/advisory web forms and database/workflow for it

- data is accumulated into a JSON format (sources are mixed non standard formats for each security tracker. Enterprise distros use odata or oval for the most parts)

If you are interested, write me on linkedin.com/in/cookiengineer or here.

anontrot · 8 months ago
Try if you can find some help here https://openssf.org/
anontrot commented on Zerodha Tech – Hello, World   zerodha.tech/blog/hello-w... · Posted by u/vishnumohandas
navigate8310 · 2 years ago
PR in full swing
anontrot · 2 years ago
what exactly is the PR covering here? :-/
anontrot commented on Lasers deflected using air   desy.de/news/news_search/... · Posted by u/geox
anontrot · 2 years ago
are we now a step closer to light saber? all we need is a 180 degree deflection
anontrot commented on The reality of being a Principal Engineer   leaddev.com/career-paths-... · Posted by u/bitfield
tibbon · 3 years ago
I'm a Principal engineer at a ~300 person organization and I feel a bit stuck/ineffective.

In theory, we aligned the ladders in a manner that Principal sits parallel to Directors in the management track. I'm expected to impact org-wide culture, policy, technology direction, strategy, etc... but so rarely am I allowed into the rooms where decisions are being made, let alone discussed. I don't know (at all) what is being discussed, and by the time I find out about it things are set in stone.

I do what I can with mentoring and team culture, and lead by example for code-related things, but that is all very zoomed in and tactical. We've been told explicitly that we're holding off on having people write technical strategy/vision until we have organization-wide direction from those in upper Leadership. That has been the promise for a long time, but for one reason or another keeps failing to materialize.

At this point, upper Leadership won't even meet with someone of my rank/position, as they only respect others with VP to C-level titles to work with.

This is the type of reality I fear encountering at other organizations. I worry that despite the allure of Principal title, the reality is that too often such things happen and that when it comes down to it, VPs and C-levels only respect similar, and want Principals or Distinguished Engineers simply as "advanced fixers" for problems in a short time.

anontrot · 3 years ago
As a Staff Engineer, at least for now I'd be happy with the money that comes with the Principal title
anontrot commented on Go 1.21 may have a clear(x) builtin   utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/aviramha
anontrot · 3 years ago
Hold on a sec, the whole clearing map scenario. Is it for reusing within your fn or is it trying to free memory? If latter, I’ve just been hoping GC does its job
anontrot commented on 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near San Jose, CA   earthquake.usgs.gov/earth... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
mayli · 3 years ago
Got that too, but almost at the same time when I feed it.
anontrot · 3 years ago
Stop feeding the Earth quake god damnit!
anontrot commented on Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?    · Posted by u/puttycat
anontrot · 3 years ago
I haven’t used a better keyboard than the one on Windows Phones. Currently am on iPhone
anontrot commented on Interview questions to ask your interviewer   daveceddia.com/interview-... · Posted by u/skellertor
hlbjhblbljib · 4 years ago
Share the portal?

I suggest doing it anyway. I think I've learned more from failed interviews than I have from some jobs. Useful lessons anyway.

anontrot · 4 years ago
https://www.facebookrecruiting.com

Yes of course, I'm not going to stop trying. Though my hopes of clearing the interview just hit 0%. I'll keep doing all preparations I can nevertheless

u/anontrot

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