Show HN: Web app that lets you send email time capsules
You write something down. It’s wonderful. But you never look at it again. Your notes, ideas, insights, letters will pop up in your email, when you want it back. Get Started Resurf is focused on the mid-term. Not things you need to do today, and not things you need to do years later. So what […]
The f*** off contact page
This post contains swear words. I’ve censored the first one, but read on at your peril! Many years ago, I had a client that sold a service. They weren’t a design agency, but for the sake of anonymity, we’ll just call them a design agency. Let us say that their core offering was a full-service […]
Applets Are Officially Gone, but Java in the Browser Is Better
Summary Applets are officially, completely removed from Java 26, coming in March of 2026. This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern, interactive web pages in Java without needing applets or plugins. TeaVM provides fast, performant, and lightweight tooling […]
GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst
After putting together ecosyste-ms/package-manager-resolvers, I started wondering what dependency resolution algorithm GitHub Actions uses. When you write uses: actions/checkout@v4 in a workflow file, you’re declaring a dependency. GitHub resolves it, downloads it, and executes it. That’s package management. So I went spelunking into the runner codebase to see how it works. What I found was […]
Why Startups Die
Startups have a notorious failure rate – some estimates say 9 out of 10 startups eventually fail. Yet, contrary to what many first-time founders expect, startups rarely fail because a giant competitor swoops in or because of some external “homicide.” Instead, most startups die by “suicide,” meaning their demise is self-inflicted by internal issues. As […]
Show HN: Lockenv – Simple encrypted secrets storage for Git
Simple, CLI-friendly secret storage that lets you safely commit encrypted secrets to version control. For small teams who want something simpler than sops/git-crypt for .env and infra secrets. lockenv provides a secure way to store sensitive files (like .env files, configuration files, certificates) in an encrypted .lockenv file that can be safely committed to your […]
Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring
Join truemetrics – Build technology to navigate the world truemetrics helps organizations to navigate the world more efficiently. We are solving one of the biggest pain points in last mile delivery: how to get parcels, groceries, and food to the right door faster and more efficiently. Our technology sits in the smartphone of the courier […]
Socialist ends by market means: A history
Introduction: Bridging Socialism and Markets What if the egalitarian goals of socialism could be achieved not by state control, but by harnessing the dynamism of free markets? This is the core idea behind the philosophy of seeking “socialist ends through market means.” It envisions a society where workers and communities achieve economic justice and social […]
Show HN: Cdecl-dump – represent C declarations visually
Dump C declarations visually on the command line. ./cdecl-dump “int a” ./cdecl-dump “void f(int a)” ./cdecl-dump “unsigned char *const *arr[20][30]” ./cdecl-dump “int (*const fp[20])(void)” The program uses a hand-written, table-driven lexer and parser.
The era of jobs is ending
Morning again. The alarm pleads. The phone lights up. For a second you’re no one. Then the memories rush in: the commute, the plain desk, the boss’s irritating face hovering in the back of your mind. You do the math you always do, have to do:Eight, nine hours a day.Forty, fifty years.If you’re lucky, you […]