Launch HN: Infield (YC W20) – Safer, faster dependency upgrades

Hi HN, we’re Steve, Allison, and Andy, founders of Infield ( https://infield.ai ). Infield makes it clear which open source dependencies you should upgrade next, and how to do so safely. We do this by using a LLM to read every changelog. Here’s a short demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diCGmtMUeRU We’re launching today with support for Ruby packages. If you’ve ever run […]

Ask HN: How can a junior dev maximize their income?

Let’s say you are a junior dev that wants to maximize their income over the next 10 years, median outcome for someone capable of getting into a FAANG, not lottery tickets. What should you focus on? ML+Python+Pytorch because it’s hot right now? Java because no one wants to maintain legacy Java code but there are lots of it and the […]

Ask HN: What is the most cost effective way to do backups?

I’m interesting in backing up some large VM images, say about 500 GB. I want to optimize for lowest cost. I would prefer to use a tool like rsync (and not an inflexible closed source GUI). So, things like Box don’t appeal to me. I’m doing this in case of catastrophic failure to my HD. It is a risk, of […]