armonraphiel | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's your sleeping setup(bed/pillows/sheets)?
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armonraphiel | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Desperately need “sales for nerds” advice
This is worth consideration. Many lifters who use chalk have spent money on building a home gym or attend gyms are open despite COVID restrictions.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Squarespace S1
If Webflow added native i18n support, I wouldn't be surprised if they ate up considerable marketshare from most headless CMS providers.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: TailwindCSS JIT with arbitrary values
Tailwind is quite convenient for standard web projects. The advantages are less apparent in React projects, especially if you use styled-components or robusts frameworks like ChakraUI.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: I can only think that modern front end development has failed
https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/
Looks like the core site is Rails but it seems they use a bit of everything. Preact, Go, Node, etc
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
They have a managed service for folks with docker instances.
You also get a few free static sites as well https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you create Architecture Diagrams? If so, which tool do you use?
Mostly working with https://miro.com/
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: GitHub, fuck your name change
I'm African American & had the same reaction.
At the time, the master->main switch felt completely pointless.
But I came to appreciate the courage needed to actually commit. It's a signal that people do care.
Issue is, most folk have no idea on how to meaningfully contribute towards a lack of representation.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What rapid development framework do you use for your MVPs?
Firebase + ChakraUI + React.js has been pretty solid for me lately.
That said, I used Rails for the first time for a small client last week and it was fairly easy process.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending time on HN?
I grew up believing SWE was something I couldn’t do after a very abrasive C++ course I took in my youth. It took a few years but the content posted here directly contributed to me pushing past those fears.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to Become an Expert at AWS?
AWS has free training labs that are fairly simple to get up to speed with - https://aws.amazon.com/training/self-paced-labs/
I’d also recommend ACloudGuru as well
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you stay fit?
Garage gym. I was able to furnish it for around $800 with a squat stand, bench and weights. Do it first thing in the morning
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: WordPress's Matt in debate with Netlify's Matt
I simply can’t recommend a self-hosted Wordpress install for most users.
The vast majority of users that WP caters to are better served by Facebook Pages, Wix, Squarespace and Webflow.
Large and high traffic sites aren’t a great fit for WP either as the codebase was never meant for scalability and still maintains a painful developer expierence.
There are plenty of options, “JAMStack” included, that are still a much better fit.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: WordPress's Matt in debate with Netlify's Matt
They host static web pages. I’m not exactly seeing the angle on how this is a bad thing.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Pelican static site generator 4.5
Nothing comes close to Hugo in speed.
However, before migrating I suggest:
- using Jekyll's --incremental flag
- move your asset pipeline into a separate process (webpack --watch)
- reduce any Jekyll gems (each one adds considerable overhead)
If you want to leave Jekyll, I also recommend Eleventy. It's fast, require very little work to migrate from Jekyll, and can create pages from data.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: I need a low-code back end for my app. What should I use?
Another vouch for Sanity here.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: Discount chains are thriving, but what do they do to poor communities?
From personal experience, there are plenty of communities with options that still see dollar stores moving in.
Each one I’ve seen built was an attempt to drastically raise the value of zoned lots before selling it off as part of a package deal.
armonraphiel | 5 years ago | on: For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business
Growing up, my grandmother would often tell me I needed to be "twice as good as the next best white person" to be taken seriously. I resented the premise behind that statement but she was not wrong.
It's a feeling that doesn't go away & often compounds on imposter syndrome.
armonraphiel | 6 years ago | on: Introduction to D3
Incredible resource
armonraphiel | 6 years ago | on: Building a static serverless website using S3 and CloudFront
I recommend using AWS Amplify if you need to stay within AWS.
The full product can be compared to Google Firebase but the Amplify Console specifically offers features similar to Netlify on top of standard AWS services (S3/CF/Codebuild).
I find it a much better experience than manually setting up S3/CF websites because of the out-of-the-box features that simply wouldn't happen otherwise for a static site like:
- instant cache invalidation
- branch deployments (with password protection & rollbacks)
- deployment process only deploys modified files
- simple custom headers
- simple redirects (redirecting individual assets in Cloudfront is not easy)
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- Bed reviews are either very anecdotal or company sponsored.
- Do not buy a bed without testing it. Bring a pillow and spend at least 15 minutes relaxing on each candidate.
- If you can afford it, avoid “beds in a box”. They retain serious heat, provide little support for any sleeping position, and are not easy to return. Casper beds specifically caused me and my spouse a month of back pain.
- Test the softest version of the bed before making a decision, even if you prefer firm beds. There is a often a significant positive difference between “medium” and “extra plush”.
- Beware “free” add-ons. Mattress stores use them to hedge against returns and refunds by applying the value of the items to the mattress. This means if you return the mattress, you won’t get the full refund back.
- Shop at local mattress outlets, if possible. I was able to save $1,200 on the same exact model quoted (also at discount) at the major mattress chain with no haggling.