All the apps i've worked on lately in Rails use GoodJob, which is a Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN based queue system.
Readit Newsloktarogar commented on Ask HN: Do you still run Redis and workers just for background jobs? · Posted by u/sergF
That's an incomplete story though, 'revenue has plummeted due to LLMs', 'revenue is from people sponsoring the project', so... what, people that formerly liked and sponsored Tailwind stopped, figuring they can just ask AI now?
Bit surprised that would have happened in significant volume (I'd have thought the LLM using non-sponsors would have far more overlap with the prior non-sponsors) but maybe.
Their offering was paid-for bundles of components and templates using tailwind, which they primarily drove traffic to via their documentation, which wasn't getting visited as much anymore because people just used AI.
> with the fact that humans are a cooperative species and survive the best when they are cooperating.
I dispute that this is a fact. Maybe within a small group, but startups shouldn't be possible if masses of more cooperating people led to better outcomes. A large company should always win there and that does not happen.
> What is the point of organizing socially if not for the benefit of all society members?
We don't come anywhere close to this on a global scale. Most countries aren't this way on a national scale.
Startups generally _don't_ end up with better outcomes. Large companies stay stable, startups are volatile and often end in failure.
Stability means removal of volatility, which means to stay stable they end up becoming more generalised, rather than the laser focus a small team like a startup can have. That laser focus can work out when applied to the right problem at the right time, but is very much not a guarantee.
No, that's just the reality of the market right now. Software engineers are an extremely hot field, likely because everybody is trying to add AI to their products.
https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...
I'm an software engineer with 17 years experience and I can't even get an interview at most places I put my resume in to.
loktarogar commented on Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite github.com/tursodatabase/... · Posted by u/marklit
I'm confused why I would use this when Sqlite exists?
Being written in Rust it's not even a good libc-less drop in choice for a language like Go?
> Turso Database is a project to build the next evolution of SQLite in Rust, with a strong open contribution focus and features like native async support, vector search, and more
loktarogar commented on During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website sparkbox.com/foundry/hele... · Posted by u/CqtGLRGcukpy
Some things you don't know people need until you're directly affected. For me, it was an injury related light sensitivity that made me realise dark mode isn't just a frivolous addition for looks
loktarogar commented on I'm a developer for a major food delivery app old.reddit.com/r/confessi... · Posted by u/apayan
Or the app shows you a few fake deliveries... If this story is real then there's no reason you can believe what the app shows you.
It shows the guy going to the restaurant, the same guy that eventually shows up at my door. It shows it on the way to a couple of deliveries and takes as long as extra deliveries should roughly take. It shows the immediate previous delivery when it's almost delivered, and the guy spends about as long as i'd expect at that place.
Not saying that it's not deceptive in some way, but it's more than just a surface-level difference.
loktarogar commented on I'm a developer for a major food delivery app old.reddit.com/r/confessi... · Posted by u/apayan
What about the claims though ? I dont see the point of getting hung up on just this and discrediting the rest of the story. Tbf this proves nothing without more confirmations however it might be possible to design client side A/B tests to catch this type of behaviour. Might be something NYT or some group with a well resourced investigative arm could pull off.
When I choose priority delivery in Uber, I can see the driver go to the store, pick up my order and drive directly to my place. I also see the driver usually have 1-2 stops on the way if I don't select that. If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save.
If this is Uber then it's not legitimate.
loktarogar commented on Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next? disassociated.com/persona... · Posted by u/gnabgib
The most depressing thing about AI these days is seeing people cite it as a reason NOT to create useful content!
Feels very nihilistic.
I agree!
There's certainly a difference between making useful content for the love of it and making content because you think there's an opportunity to get something out of that (that could be money, but it could also just be appreciation or someone reading your work).
It's demoralising to not get any views on your hard work, and in this economic environment it sometimes feels more worth your time to do any other activity.
You may be the counter-proof to that and I enjoy your blog! But, also a lot of what makes your content useful is timing with depth and that's something that AI can't beat yet
loktarogar commented on Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next? disassociated.com/persona... · Posted by u/gnabgib
AI scrapes niche blogs, Google deranks or spam drowns them out. It's really not a good time to be starting niche blogs.