I am also interested in seeing what you have, and I love refactoring older code.
Please reach out if interested and let me know more, let's see if there's a possible deal here. :-)
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Readit Newscode_Whisperer commented on Ask HN: Should I shutdown my 20 year old SaaS sideline? · Posted by u/pohwp
code_Whisperer commented on Ask HN: What code escrow companies do you recommend? · Posted by u/peytons
I had a similar requirement recently and ended up going with CodeKeeper (https://codekeeper.co/), mainly because they had a portal that seemed mostly self-serve. Because they are based in The Hague, and because my client had domestic restrictions, I also had to add the US-only storage option. Their pricing was also a factor in my decision. YMMV.
Looks backup, but that was about a 10-12 minute hiccup. :-)
code_Whisperer commented on Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers? · Posted by u/superconduct123
Snow Crash was written by Neal Stephenson
Excellent catch, thanks!
Clearly this old boy needs a bit o' sleep.
code_Whisperer commented on Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers? · Posted by u/superconduct123
"Galatea 2.2" by (my all-time favorite author) Richard Powers
"Off to Be the Wizard" by Scott Meyer
"Daemon" by Daniel Suarez
"The Adolescence of P1" (vintage) by Thomas Ryan
"Snow Crash" by William Gibson
"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
"We are Legion [We are Bob]" by Dennis Taylor
code_Whisperer commented on Ask HN: Trivial things that you have weirdly strong opinions about · Posted by u/kaycebasques
You mean like: if I am having mayo, not only must it be Hellmann's, but it must be from the glass jar and not the squeeze bottle? (different textures) :-D
Lots of positive points here, especially on things that are commonly overlooked (security headers, SSL configuration, compression, etc.), so congrats!
Some quick comments:
1) Under the tools listing on the home page, I'd make the entire block of each tool (name, icon, description) the clickable link, not just the words "Use Tool"
2) When in dark mode (which was auto-sensed, good job), every time I choose a new page it starts in light mode (flash-bang!) and then fades into dark mode.
Congrats on the new site. Looks pretty good to me!
Since you asked for feedback, here's something I noticed. I initially opened this on my tablet, and some of the H2 headlines had orphan words. Like this:
Understanding HTTP Status Codes When Websites Are
Down
I'd recommend maybe adding "text-wrap: pretty;" to those, or using other tricks (like maybe making the max width for headlines 80% or similar). Note that text-wrap pretty is still somewhat new (caniuse.com reports 72.9% support).
Other minor things (NOT criticisms, just trying to be helpful):
- It looks like your Google analytics and tag manager are not loading due to your content security policy (script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline')
- Your site weight is already impressively small (congrats!) but you may still want to consider compressing the CSS and JS to make it as quick as possible.
- In the bottom area (common sites), I saw that the comma after Zoom (for example) sometimes appeared on the line below (another place where text-wrap: pretty; might help)
- On the "About Us" page I could not read the subtitle ("The story behind...") due to the colors in use (looks like grey on green?). Same thing for Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
- I expected the form at the top to submit when I hit the 'enter' key, but I had to click the button. I'd recommend making it submit on enter, especially since it has only one field.
- I kept trying to check one of my own sites (picnits.com) and was told it was down, even though it's not (to be completely fair, it could be that my server is blocking something in your request, like user-agent or IP/origin, so that might not be an actual issue on your side)
Hope this helps!
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