I built a re-imagined version of Hacker News: https://hn.boxpiper.com/ on top of create react app and added some webpack configurations for performance boost. Because of SSR, app used to take a considerable amount of time for the processing and rendering. Used redis for caching but performance was still a question. The intent was to never wait for data. It should be readily available. So, I migrated the app to... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

Is this enough: Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://hn-boxpiper.vercel.app/api/fire?path=top' from origin 'https://www.hn.boxpiper.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: The 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header has a value 'https://hn.boxpiper.com' that is not equal to the supplied origin. fire.js:10 Error: Network Error. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

Tesler’s Law, also known as "The Law of Conservation of Complexity", states that for any system there is a certain amount of complexity which cannot be reduced. No matter which side you choose, complexity just doesn’t go away. All processes have a core of complexity that cannot be designed away. The only question is what handles it: "the system", or "the user". By creating a control, the designer is making a... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

Some HN threads on "glass ceiling" * "A Truth About the Glass Ceiling No One Wants to Talk About" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5130335 * more: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=glass+ceiling It looks like the most commented-on posts are from 10+ years ago. - Source: Hacker News / 1 day ago

Over the years there has been a lot of discussion on the CA topic, way too much to list here in "Related" format, so here is an Algolia link if you need a refresher: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Cambridge%20Analytica&sort=byPopularity&type=story. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

I first heard of Solarpunk from the Imaginary Worlds podcast: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/solarpunk-the-future Which I prompted me to post the Wikipedia link 4 years ago, several others posted similar links prior to that, and others have posted interesting links hear too: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=3&prefix=false&query=solarpunk&sort=byDate&type=story. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

I will deeply deeply having someone so well connected to such incredibly complex contemporary digital rights issues in a place of power. Patrick Breyer's work in advocating & sharing what's going on has been such an incredibly high form of service, has illuminated such a dark & scary part of governance, and it's hard to imagine who else in the world is going to step up & be the light in Patrick's absence. Patrick,... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

> Do you have any evidence that this is the case for everyone at every company no matter what? Of course not, you are asking for the impossible. But we have evidences that 4 day week boosts productivity at least in some settings. If you are interested in the topic, look up "4 day week productivity" on a web search engine, or "4 day week" / "4 day workweek" on HN [1] if you want previous discussions about... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago