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by vbsteven 5y ago
Currently I'm doing JVM only using Retrofit and Jackson instead of Ktor. Mostly because I know the JVM ecosystem best and supports all my target platforms. It's delightful to work in a big monorepo that shares API models all the w
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by vbsteven 5y ago
The backend and client libraries will be fully open source. That's the only way a self-hosted project like this can work. I'm not sure about the android/desktop apps. I might keep them commercial for a bit to experiment with
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I did not succeed yet and iOS was indeed holding me back to use Java (or Kotlin, my preferred JVM language). Since a few weeks I've ditched my iPhone because of to the upcoming CSAM scanning changes and I'm back on Android. By dro
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by vbsteven 5y ago
This is what I concluded as well. The end goal for my desired system is to make it straightforward to hook into events so I can add automation. This turns out to be very hard to do based on CalDAV/WebDAV protocols because many clients
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by vbsteven 5y ago
It looks like I missed the option to set an htpasswd file directly on the radicale server. After a second look at the Radicale documentation it looks like it supports both, htpasswd directly on the server or configured on the reverse proxy.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Author here, let me nuance a little bit what I mean with "cross-platform world". It's 2021 and there are 3 major desktop and 2 major mobile platforms, plus some smaller ones on each side. And then there is the Web, which is b
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Actually my business email is currently setup like this. I have a business o365 account and use Outlook on Windows/MacOS/android/iphone and Thunderbird on Linux. But I want to move away from it because I want to 1) gain contr
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I'm the author of the article, it's always fun to see your own articles pop up on HN unexpectedly. This post was written several months ago and in the meantime I have given up on trying to cobble something together using existing
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by vbsteven 5y ago
The Spring framework (Java) does the same thing for controller methods. If you need an authenticated user, or a model object, or a path variable, just add it to the method signature and the framework will provide it. I don’t know if there i
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I should have know that. Now I understand what you meant in your first comment. As long as the app doesn’t rely on Play Services it shouldn’t be a problem. By “degoogled” phone I mostly mean taking Google out of the critical (privileged) pa
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Thank you, that sounds very promising. Is there a specific device you would recommend for long-term CalyxOS support?
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Is there a specific reason for this? Does the Fitbit app rely on Play Services? I don’t care too much for on wrist calls or anything like that. I just want to use the Fitbit app to sync stats and mostly display notifications from WhatsApp a
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I’m thinking about buying a degoogled Android phone to replace my iPhone. The main things I want are: * Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car * WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications) * I need the Fitbit app to
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I’m not familiar with their product line but from reading just this comment I would guess that old devices that lose connectivity get a full new device and devices with WiFi losing partial connectivity get coupons and credit for their incon
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by vbsteven 5y ago
The Remarkable 2 runs Android and has a USB-C port so it might support a wired keyboard. Although I’m not sure if the screen refresh and cpu are fast enough for comfortable typing. I already get frustrated using the onscreen keyboard for ty
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I enjoyed the article and it was very clear to me. Thank you for writing it. Singling out details and sidetracking the comment thread about this one detail is just a thing that HN tends to do frequently. Usually the first few comments deter
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by vbsteven 5y ago
This is similar to what I do but in my head the escalator goes down instead of up. When editing (mostly C-like languages) I can "see" the execution thread pass through the code like a step-through debugger. At a function call I ca
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by vbsteven 5y ago
It could also be a partial IQ score of 80. IQ tests are divided in 4 key areas each scored separately. If all 4 scores are similar they can be averaged to get the final tested score. If they are not it’s called a “gap” and the average score
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by vbsteven 5y ago
The FFX example stood out for me. It looked much smoother, less jagged edges from what I remember playing it on PS2. Although there was an HD remaster for PS4. I don't know which assets were used.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Also very similar to Metaverse from Snow Crash.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
I wonder how people using a keyboard like this handle numbers and function keys? My daily keyboard is an OCZ Vortex 3 which has a dedicated numbers row and above that a row with ESC/F1-12. I cannot imagine using a keyboard that does no
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Something lightweight like MQTT is also well suited for this. It was originally designed for telemetry messages in IoT situations but it also supports websockets so it can be used in web applications or browser extensions.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
It’s hard to find but contributors are required to sign a CLA which allows the project owner to do what they want with the code. https://www.audacityteam.org/cla/
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by vbsteven 5y ago
In an interview with Sporza he said on day 1 he had knee issues because his cleat slipped. On day 2 he rode through the pain. On day 3 he wore sandals on his trip to a shop and noticed his knee didn’t hurt. So he bought flat pedals and cont
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Mortons Alt Tour was a charity event to raise money to donate to World Bicycle Relief. More info and a donation link can be found on https://alttour.ef.com/ I couldn't find any links to this page in the article. Some Y
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by vbsteven 5y ago
They forked the Apache version. Not GPL.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
Elastic requires contributors to sign a CLA. Their CLA does not reassign copyright but gives Elastic a license to distribute contributed code without restrictions. [1] Elastic changed the license for Elasticsearch >7.10.2 from Apache to
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by vbsteven 5y ago
> Most of this opinion comes from “SQL” being vendor-specific. Is JSON vendor-specific? Is anything else, that we actually use by choice? Two things that come to mind are Markdown with all its flavors and Regex with multiple engines. edi
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by vbsteven 5y ago
That’s the idea, just like coroutines in Kotlin.
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by vbsteven 5y ago
It depends. Many small projects I'm involved in already have a docker-compose.yml with database, backend and other services. Combined with a private docker registry somewhere (Gitlab, ECR). If that is available I will use docker to dep

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