davidjfelix (u/davidjfelix)

davidjfelix commented on Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results 9to5mac.com/2026/01/16/ip... · Posted by u/ksec

wkjagt · 23 days ago

Does anyone know when it started to be "ok" to disguise ads as search results? And I don't mean making them look more similar, but including them at all, even as the top results. I'm genuinely wondering how this started because it feels like such a bad idea, but everyone is now doing it anyway because we got used to it by adding it to our list of noise to filter out when interacting with anything connected to the internet.

davidjfelix · 23 days ago

It mostly seems like this was a response to the complex world of SEO. My perception is that SEO was seen as this pay-to-play 3rd party service that was offered by "experts" which allowed you to get the leg up on your competition. Search engines saw this as value being externally captured so they offered ads. Want to buy your way to the top? Quit paying 3rd parties to play the game and pay directly.

davidjfelix commented on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) · Posted by u/dang

api · 8 months ago

Doesn’t this also unfairly penalize bootstrapped companies? VC track companies seldom have taxable profits.

davidjfelix · 8 months ago

It may result in an outsized penalty to bootstrapped companies but being VC funded doesn't make you immune to this. VC funded companies with revenue will not be able to offset their revenue by reinvesting in R&D (software development) expenses, so in some cases they may be seen as having a profit when they previously wouldn't have. In those cases they'd have a tax burden.

davidjfelix commented on Cloudlflare builds OAuth with Claude and publishes all the prompts github.com/cloudflare/wor... · Posted by u/gregorywegory

abroadwin · 8 months ago

Oh hey, looks like it's mostly Kenton Varda, who you may recognize from his LAN party house: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42156977

davidjfelix · 8 months ago

Or Cap'n'Proto, Protobuf, Cloudflare workers, Cloudflare Durable Objects. The LAN house is cool too.

davidjfelix commented on ClickHouse raises $350M Series C clickhouse.com/blog/click... · Posted by u/caust1c

bbohan · 8 months ago

Talking about a product I like is astroturfing? There's mention of Postgres, BigQuery, DuckDB, the whole 9. We can only speak of the big players?

davidjfelix · 8 months ago

Is that the case? It's just a product you like?

davidjfelix commented on ClickHouse raises $350M Series C clickhouse.com/blog/click... · Posted by u/caust1c

bbohan · 8 months ago

Not an ad. You reading the replies in this thread?

davidjfelix · 8 months ago

Yeah -- I see nobody but you mentioning HTAP and I see every comment on your account talking about the same product. That's astroturfing.

davidjfelix commented on ClickHouse raises $350M Series C clickhouse.com/blog/click... · Posted by u/caust1c

davidjfelix · 8 months ago

So what's the goal here? Astroturf SingleStore ads in any post about databases?

davidjfelix commented on Using unwrap() in Rust is Okay (2022) burntsushi.net/unwrap/... · Posted by u/pierremenard

davidjfelix · 9 months ago

Unwrap is fine if used sparingly and as mentioned, to indicate a bug, but in practice it requires discipline and some wisdom to use properly - and by that I mean not just "oh this function should be a `Result` but I'll add that later (never).

I think relying on discipline alone in a team is usually a recipe for disaster or at the very least resentment while the most disciplined must continually educate and correct the least disciplined or perhaps least skilled. We have a clippy `deny` rule preventing panics, excepts, and unwraps, even though it's something we know to sometimes be acceptable. We don't warn because warnings are ignored. We don't allow because that makes it too easy to use. We don't use `forbid`, a `deny` that can't be overridden, because there are still places it could be helpful. What this means is that the least disciplined are pushed to correct a mistake by using `Result` and create meaningful error handling. In cases where that does not work, extra effort can be used to add an inline clippy allow instruction. We strongly question all inline clippy overrides to try to avoid our discipline collapsing into accepting always using `unwrap` & `allow` at review time to ensure nothing slips by mistakenly. I will concede that reviews themselves are potentially a dangerous "discipline trap" as well, but it's the secondary line of defense for this specific mistake.

davidjfelix commented on Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users? · Posted by u/amanchanda

criddell · 9 months ago

> target ICP communities

Insane Clown Posse? Now I'm interested!

davidjfelix · 9 months ago

Ideal customer profile

davidjfelix commented on How three years at McKinsey shaped my second startup blog.zactownsend.com/know... · Posted by u/zt

SoftTalker · 9 months ago

I was having trouble connecting the article to the title. Who is the "enemy" getting "known" in this piece?

davidjfelix · 9 months ago

My understanding was that the "enemy" was McKinsey, a firm that has a reputation to me as being an expensive consulting firm filled with MBA types who frequently are hired by companies.

My understanding of this reputation is: This often happens at the detriment of either product quality or employee satisfaction. It's debatable if they actually have a reputation of providing value. I think short term? Maybe, albeit expensive. Long term? I'd say no.