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Ask HN: Name of software that auto-decodes strings?
2 points by vedantroy 5y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Jsmv – Manipulate your filesystem with JavaScript(github.com)
2 points by vedantroy 5y ago|1 comments
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by vedantroy 5y ago
Does anyone know why Bash has low usability? It seems like Bash has tons of footguns and unintuitive syntax. Is this just because the language grew organically?
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by vedantroy 5y ago
This reminds me of my `jsmv` tool, which I use for manipulating the file-system in place of Bash / find: https://github.com/vedantroy/jsmv
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Typecheck.macro – Call for Maintainers(hackmd.io)
1 points by vedantroy 5y ago|0 comments
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Typecheck.macro – Call for Maintainers(hackmd.io)
1 points by vedantroy 5y ago|0 comments
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by vedantroy 7y ago
That last statement was very bold. Do you think there is a direct link between open-sourcing this library and increased telemetry? What about VSCode and increased telemetry?
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by vedantroy 7y ago
"It's common among people who think Javascript is a serious language". I can't tell if you think JS is not a serious programming language.
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I don't understand the desire for terse code, it makes things harder to read. I also think Typescript makes the right tradeoffs, yes it may not have a Haskell-level type system, but in return, it has amazing integration with JS code an
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I think the larger issue is that shell scripts are intrinsically bad for writing readable code. Consider the "cut" line in the shell script vs the "map" line in the JS script. The map line is easy to understand because i
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I am not a rust expert, but I assume the recent many programming languages have a keyword for function declaration is so that functions can be first class objects.
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by vedantroy 7y ago
Sometimes I feel like I'm forced to take verbatim notes on my computer, even though I know that's bad for my learning. Specifically, I'm reading a very detailed textbook on databases. I feel that if I don't take notes I
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by vedantroy 7y ago
Most of the time, I don't see an issue with non-native looking UIs. Oftentimes, non-native UIs look better. VSCode and Atom both look great and they're non-native. I also think Slack looks pretty good too. Except for MacOS, native
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by vedantroy 7y ago
Out of curiosity, why doesn't the stack layout use flexbox? It seems like flexbox is the perfect fit for such a layout.
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by vedantroy 7y ago
https://github.com/Co-dfns/Co-dfns
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by vedantroy 7y ago
This is definitely an overly ambitious project idea, but now that Google has Jetpack Compose and Apple has SwiftUI, and the web has React, I wonder if it would be possible to make a "meta-framework" that uses a single code-base to
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I feel like unusual language syntax isn't an issue, as long as the syntax is understandable/readable once the programmer learns the syntax. It doesn't take too long to pick up and become comfortable with a new syntax in a pro
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I feel like JSON is a decent format for storing human-readable configuration data. The use of brackets means if something is broken, you'll know explicitly because your IDE will throw a fit. Formats that are white-space dependent can h
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I noticed Rust was not your list of languages. Is Rust fundamentally different then these languages? If so, why?
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by vedantroy 7y ago
I don't know whether Article 11/13 are good or bad (although at first glance they seem to be bad), but I don't think this attitude of "forcing freedom" onto others is good. The entire attitude that I should "re
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by vedantroy 8y ago
That just isn't possible. Javascript is necessary for many features in today's web.
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by vedantroy 8y ago
My point is that people keep on saying Facebook is harming me through its data collection, but no one has provided an example. Same with you, you assert that Facebook is harming me without giving evidence or examples of how the data is bein
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by vedantroy 8y ago
>It surprises me that the majority of my family can still tolerate Facebook (and instagram/whatsapp etc.) despite what is known. I'm not sure why it's super surprising. Facebook's data collection has never personally
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by vedantroy 8y ago
The point is that developers don't want to be testing against multiple browser/rendering engines--hence why Electron was built. Maybe having multiple engines is good (although maybe the benefits are overstated since nowadays most
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by vedantroy 8y ago
I'm not sure why people (were) downvoting the parent comment. Typescript (and normal Javascript) both support async/await very well as long as you use Babel to compile your code. Infact, you don't even need to use Babel to co
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by vedantroy 8y ago
Something I've wondered about with Web Assembly applications is, how do I actually view the web assembly/compiled blob? E.g--with normal Javascript, I can go to "sources" tab in developer tools and download all the JS, b
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by vedantroy 8y ago
I always viewed it as a transaction--go to the news site and read the news, in exchange they will sell data on what articles you're reading, etc. I was fine with that transaction. In fact, I would rather have them sell my data instead
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by vedantroy 8y ago
I'm not too worried about the constant "framework hype". Although there are many frameworks, React is a solid option that remains relatively dominant. Yes, others exist like Vue and Angular--but I can be pretty confident that
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by vedantroy 8y ago
You shouldn't make broad statements like that. In my personal experience, I have found Javascript much easier than C++. If I want to install a package, I can just do "npm install <package_name". Also, 0-configuration bundl
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by vedantroy 8y ago
I don't think FB has that many unseen costs. I don't really care if FB sells my information to advertisers, so they can market products to me more effectively. I don't care if FB co-operates with other companies in order to s

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