grossvogel (u/grossvogel)

grossvogel commented on Fly Kubernetes fly.io/blog/fks/... · Posted by u/ferriswil

verdverm · 2 years ago

If they are reluctant and only do it because they have to, are they really the right vendor for managed k8s?

What about them makes for a good trade-off when considering the many other vendors?

grossvogel · 2 years ago

I'm excited about this as a way to configure my Fly.io apps in a more declarative way. One of my biggest gripes about Fly.io is that there's a lightly documented bespoke config format to learn (fly.toml), and at the same time there's a ton of stuff you can't even do with that config file.

I love Kubernetes because the .yaml gives you have the entire story, but I'd _really_ love to get that experience w/o having to run Kubernetes. (Even in most managed k8s setups, I've found the need to run lots of non-managed things inside the cluster to make it user-friendly.)

grossvogel commented on Design lessons from guitar pedals uxdesign.cc/5-design-less... · Posted by u/williamsmj

mgdlbp · 3 years ago

Don't forget the most common pedal-controlled electric (and now electronic) appliance, the sewing machine! In that case, the speed control pedal was a natural development from earlier machines powered by treadles and bicycle-like pedals. There's a parallel in flexible-shaft rotary tools (basically high-end Dremels), which also require simultaneous continuous speed control while both hands are occupied with the work being done. The lack of this requirement is probably why the other machines that were pedal-powered prior to electrification--grinders, saws, (dental) drills, and lathes--did not retain pedal controls.

Other "edge-case" pedals:

- various vehicles

- foot-operated computer mice, for accessibility (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footmouse)

- elsewhere in music: piano, timpani, kick drum, and harp; organs (and rare pianos) with pedal keyboards (in etymological contrast to manual keyboards)

grossvogel · 3 years ago

Also, motor-driven pottery wheel, and old school transcription machines, where the pedal controls the rate and direction of audio playback

grossvogel commented on Ask HN: Which are your favorite developer docs? · Posted by u/lucasjanon

Maultasche · 3 years ago

I really like the Elixir programming language documentation: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html

It's easy to find things, clearly written, and usually answer any questions I have about how to use a particular standard library function.

I really appreciate the code samples, which are present all over the documentation.

grossvogel · 3 years ago

My favorite feature is the way source code links are added automatically and consistently. Just look for the little </> links to the right of the module / function / macro name!

grossvogel commented on Vim-gh-line: Vim plugin to open the current line on GitHub github.com/ruanyl/vim-gh-... · Posted by u/polm23

mssundaram · 4 years ago

What is the use case for this, I wonder? I am not being snide, genuinely not sure what I'd do with it, which is ok, however I am curious.

grossvogel · 4 years ago

I send links to specific lines or chunks of code pretty much every day (using a similar VS Code plugin), usually to show an example of a pattern or show where / how a particular piece of logic is implemented. Or sometimes to give an idea of a possible home for a new piece of logic

grossvogel commented on Why everyone’s hoarding Mason jars marker.medium.com/why-eve... · Posted by u/oska

mumblemumble · 5 years ago

I'm not convinced. 100 years ago, home preservation was a way to save money, so it made sense that people might shift toward it as a way to economize. Today, though, the food supply chain is such that it's both cheaper and less work to buy canned goods from the supermarket than it is to buy fresh food and preserve it yourself.

There's a much more parsimonious explanation: People are are bored at home and looking for new hobbies. I'm guessing the people who are buying up jars and rings and flats now are mostly the same folks who were buying up flour and yeast back in the spring. I wouldn't be at all surprised if yarn and knitting needles become a scarce commodity this February.

grossvogel · 5 years ago

I thought the article was pretty careful to attribute the rise of canning more to psychological factors than to household budgets:

In times of economic insecurity like the last recession in 2009, when McClellan started her Food in Jars blog, people turned to canning to soothe their fears, and mason jar sales took off.

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“When there are these big downfalls of trust in systems of government or economy or institutions, there’s this desire to retain control wherever we can find it,” she says.

grossvogel commented on Type in the exact number of machines to proceed rachelbythebay.com/w/2020... · Posted by u/vii

morelisp · 5 years ago

A similar tip I picked up long ago: If you're typing a dangerous command, first type a `#` (or `--` if it's SQL, etc.), then the command. Then read it. Then go back to the start of the line and remove the comment and run it.

grossvogel · 5 years ago

I always do destructive SQL commands in two steps: first run a select using the WHERE clause you intend to use and verify which records will be affected, then hit the up arrow and edit the beginning of the query leaving the WHERE intact.

I also like adding redundant conditions to the WHERE so a typo in any single one of them won't sink me.

grossvogel commented on Can we know what animals are thinking? medium.economist.com/can-... · Posted by u/_dps

pier25 · 8 years ago

I find that being a vegetarian for moral reasons is quite delusional.

We, humans, are inflicting much more suffering to flora and fauna by the simple fact of participating in the industrial modern lifestyle. Buying food at the supermarket, using the internet, travelling, AC, and pretty much any activity we can think of.

The underlying problem is that to sustain 7+ billion people we need industrialisation which requires massive amounts of resources (energy, land, minerals, etc). The modern lifestyle doesn't help either.

grossvogel · 8 years ago

Just because it's not enough doesn't mean it's delusional.

I'm a vegetarian partly out of compassion for the animals who might be eaten and partly because of the other harmful effects of industrialized meat production.

In addition, I don't own a car and try to avoid non-human-powered transportation in general, I use air conditioning extremely sparingly despite living in Louisiana, I avoid buying crap I don't need online or in person, and I choose my foods and their sources carefully.

These are all personal choices, and I'm sharing them not to lecture or to be holier than thou. I'm just trying to say this: Maybe the correct reaction to "being a vegetarian alone won't save the world," is "I should be thoughtful about all the ways my choices impact the world" rather than "I'll have the 72oz steak."

grossvogel commented on Be Kind briangilham.com/blog/2016... · Posted by u/bgilham

bambax · 9 years ago

> One Friday afternoon (...) [Kevin:] what did you learn? / [OP:] I talked about the need for proper QA. About thoroughly testing my changes. About taking the time to make sure the job gets done right.

Kevin sure sounds like a great guy. But there was a simpler lesson to be learned: never, ever push changes on a Friday.

grossvogel · 9 years ago

never, ever push changes on a Friday.

I think this goes a little too far.

I personally push code every Friday morning, and keep my Friday schedule relatively open so I have time to deal with any surprises.

Many successful companies brag (justifiably) about their continuous deployment systems and speed of deployment. I can't believe they suspend all of that every Friday.

http://product.hubspot.com/blog/how-we-deploy-300-times-a-da...

https://github.com/blog/1241-deploying-at-github

https://www.wired.com/2013/04/linkedin-software-revolution/

https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/ship-ear...