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dnsbty commented on Launch HN: Gecko Security (YC F24) – AI That Finds Vulnerabilities in Code · Posted by u/jjjutla

dnsbty · 7 months ago

This is one area I expect LLMs to really shine. I've tried a few static analysis tools for security, but it feels like the cookie cutter checks aren't that effective for catching anything but the most basic vulnerabilities. Having context on the actual purpose of the code seems like a great way to provide better scans without needing to a researcher for a deeper pentest.

I just started a scan on an open source project I was looking at, but I would love to see you add Elixir to the list of supported languages so that I can use this for my team's codebase!

dnsbty commented on Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas fiber.googleblog.com/2025... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

kelnos · a year ago

What kind of speeds? When I last contacted them (maybe 3 years ago?) they said they could only guarantee 35Mbps symmetrical, but that most people see more like 80Mbps. That's... not good at all.

dnsbty · a year ago

I think it depends where you’re at. I got 1gb through them and it was pretty dependable.

dnsbty commented on The Anti-Social Century theatlantic.com/magazine/... · Posted by u/moonraker

dnsbty · a year ago

The author shared this gift link on Twitter/X: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/america...

dnsbty commented on Launch HN: Codebuff (YC F24) – CLI tool that writes code for you · Posted by u/jahooma

dnsbty · a year ago

I've been using Codebuff for the last few weeks, and it's been really nice for working in my Elixir repo. And as someone who uses Neovim in the terminal instead of VS Code, it's nice to actually be able to have it live in the tmux split beside Neovim instead of having to switch to a different editor.

I have noticed some small oddities, like every now and then it will remove the existing contents of a module when adding a new function, but between a quick glance over the changes using the diff command and our standard CI suite, it's always pretty easy to catch and fix.

dnsbty commented on How we made GitHub Actions 2x-10x faster for $3K and one afternoon words.strongcompute.com/p... · Posted by u/bensandcastle

bensandcastle · a year ago

self built runner box how to including overclocked tuned high spec CPUs, and how to deploy self hosted runners.

dnsbty · a year ago

This is an awesome guide, but with mix dialyzer taking that long I'm curious: are you caching your PLTs? And if so, why not?

I've worked on some pretty huge Elixir apps, and I've seen the dialyzer take that long on the first run, but once the PLTs are cached it usually takes only a minute or two even in GH Actions

dnsbty commented on Show HN: Winamp and other media players, rebuilt for the web with Web Components player.style... · Posted by u/Heff

dnsbty · a year ago

Player.style is excellent!

In my last startup I started to build my own video.js theme, and after a few hours realized it probably wasn't worth my time and stuck with the defaults. Going forward these themes would give me a much better starting point to do something more custom.

Thanks for sharing!

dnsbty commented on ULID: Like UUID but Sortable (2019) github.com/ulid/spec... · Posted by u/fagnerbrack

carderne · 2 years ago

Oh thanks for sharing, never found that somehow. It seems that's mostly formalising the general idea of adding a prefix to a UUID, but you still end up storing them as variable length strings.

I left 4 bits out in UPID as a version specifier, so could theoretically add a version with longer prefixes or more/less timestamp precision if that seemed useful to anyone.

dnsbty · 2 years ago

I’m a little late to the conversation, but I’m using the Elixir version of TypeID[0] in my project. While the repo linked to above doesn’t provide any guidance on storing the TypeIDs, the Elixir version does this really well. You store the prefix in the your schema (model) code, but the underlying database column is simply a UUIDv7.

So when you call the new function, it will generate a UUIDv7, base32 encode it, and then prepend the prefix. Then at the database layer it will translate that to a UUIDv7 for storing and translate back to the string version when loading.

[0] https://github.com/sloanelybutsurely/typeid-elixir

dnsbty commented on Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups? · Posted by u/anandasai

soared · 2 years ago

> Place your recordings on a 3D device like a phone or laptop

What does this mean?

dnsbty · 2 years ago

I'm guessing they mean overlaying the screen recording on top of a 3D render of a phone or laptop to show them being used "on device" instead of just as a flat screen recording.

dnsbty commented on Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026 cnn.com/2024/03/25/travel... · Posted by u/mooreds

dannyphantom · 2 years ago

I hope you have a great trip! If you find yourself with a window of free time, there is a bakery called Pastisseria Hofmann that makes a sweet cream filled croissant that is dangerously good. We got one in ~2018 and have wanted another one since haha

dnsbty · 2 years ago

Spent two months in Barcelona over the last year, and I second the recommendation. The mascarpone croissant is excellent, but I would actually recommend the raspberry jam croissant even more highly. I haven’t had a thing from Pastisseria Hofmann that I didn’t like.