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lantern_oil | 4 years ago | on: Understanding UUIDs, ULIDs and string representations

I haven't used SQL Server directly in a while, but IIRC, we can use the identity() function, which does 2 things: 1. tells the system to start counting at a certain number, and 2. tells it to increment the next number by a certain multiple (i.e. x2)

I do agree that serially incrementing numbers may sometime be relegated to the history books, although this is such a baked in function that, lacking any other prebuilt functions, old-time SQL developers simply reach for it.

lawrenceong | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator

tks @mmmateo! I'm also thinking more of allowing them to manage their own "things", whatever they may be. presently i'm leaning towards something like a CMS, with some kind of storage (s3? or something else?) that backs it. I did not look at the source, but this would be something like a gatsby with a front end, so much more new-dev, wannabe-dev, or partime-dev friendly.

lawrenceong | 5 years ago | on: Apple is threatening to terminate my developer account with no clear reason

here's my thought on the "raging" debate -- what if, just what if, we are free to set up "stores" where our computing devices can connect to without liability and with the same level of complexity as with the default one being offered up? walled gardens create opportunities for abuse, which, unfortunately for us hapless developers, impose yet another level of bureaucracy.

lawrenceong | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Material Dashboard – Free Admin for Bootstrap 4, React, Angular, Vue.js

Cannot agree more. one of the default settings I used to set my windows computers on is "adjust for best performance". that used to really remove all sorts of nonsensical animations. I would suggest UI designers include this option in their apps. the first 2 times the menu bar progressively shows its items may look cute, but after 500 times it's really an annoyance.

Another pet peeve I have is when web pages shows very little content because: 1. the fonts are too big 2. there are too many sidebar (top/bottom/etc) items 3. the graphics or icons take too much room

i have some ideas about optimization but will reserve that rant for another time.

lawrenceong | 7 years ago | on: Opa – An open-source, general-purpose policy engine

hi again, just watched the youtube where you presented OPA on KubeCon 2018. i'm interested in it, but it appears most of your use case is around infrastructure. do you have use cases where it is applied in the application itself? for example, you mentioned Netflix used it for their infrastructure -- would Netflix use this to manage all the paying subscriber functions too? I imagine functions such as

1. what movies are available to my region 2. is this profile allowed to watch a certain movie? 3. can i view my account settings?

may be a good fit, but just wanted to be sure. another area may be in gaming, where new functions such as: 1. am i allowed to access this weapon 2. am i allowed to be on this terrain map 3. who my team members are

may pop up.

I have some application use cases that are very similar along these lines, so I'd like to know more about this before going in deeper to evaluate OPA.

that being said, all looks positive and i thank you for the good work you have done, specially open sourcing it to make it available.

lawrenceong | 7 years ago | on: Talos II Lite

newbie to Power 9 here. i'm just wondering what one can do with this type of machine better than an intel. i presently have the dell precision with up to 2 procs (currently have 1), am planning to gain more insight into machine learning.

TIA

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