As seen with things like open source software, many developer tools, Hacker News as a website and people’s opinions on CSS and modern web design on places like Reddit? Cause it feels like many people’s tastes come from the 80s/early 90s, with the idea that any sort of visual flourish or attempt at readability is completely irrelevant. And it makes […]
Ask HN: Why Are Programmer Design Tastes So Utilitarian?
Ask HN: Do You Host Your Own Email?
I often see comments about how it’s a bad idea or not practical or whatever in 2022, so I’m curious what others do here. Do you run a mailserver/host email accounts on your domain? Use a free service like Gmail or Hotmail? Go with a paid setup like ProtonMail or FastMail? A sort of combined setup where you host your […]
Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
Not newspapers or media services (though those can be annoying too), but products in general? It feels like it’s getting harder and harder to just buy something in the tech world, especially when it comes to running programs on my home computer. Want a password manager? It’s a SaaS now. Note taking app? SaaS. Image editor or office suite? SaaS […]
Ask HN: Will Google Ever Launch a Successful New Product Again?
Because I’m struggling to think of anything in recent years, and most of the things they do try to launch tend to flop, even if the initial idea is pretty good. Meanwhile, all their successful products and services have been around a while now. Search was 1997, Blogger was 1999 (not initially by Google), Gmail was 2004, YouTube and Maps […]
Ask HN: Do people not have hobbies anymore?
It feels like every time someone gets into a new field now, there’s always the expectation they’ll ‘go pro’ or turn it into a day job. Every open source project or website gets treated as the potential basis for a company, every creative seems to think they’ll become a full time artist or creator, every writer wants a book deal […]
Ask HN: Is Anyone Else Tired of the Self Enforced Limits on AI Tech?
Like the reluctance for the folks working on DALL-E or Stable Diffusion to release their models or technology, or the whole restrictions on what it can be used for on their online services? It makes me wonder when tech folks suddenly decided to become the morality police, and refuse to just release products in case the ‘wrong’ people make use […]