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Ask HN: What is the cost of unit test coverage in complex C++ projects

2 pointsby jgaa4년 전4 comments

Ask HN: What Happened to Boost.org?

9 pointsby jgaa4년 전8 comments

Removed support for macOS in open source project

github.com

13 pointsby jgaa5년 전16 comments

Login button is broken on Linkedin. They suggest that I use another browser

linkedin.com

1 pointsby jgaa8년 전1 comments

Show HN: Restc-cpp – The magic that takes the pain out of JSON API's from C++

github.com

6 pointsby jgaa9년 전0 comments

Ask HN: Am I being identified?

1 pointsby jgaa10년 전0 comments

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9개월 전discuss

  Location: EU / Bulgaria
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C++ and other programming languages, Qt, Docker, Kubernetes, CI pipelines, automation, core Internet protocols, distributed systems, databases, cloud.
  Résumé/CV: http://lastviking.eu/cv/jarle
  Email: [email protected]

I am an experienced freelancer with 38 years in IT. Hands-on experience has gifted me a deep understanding of business processes, IT security, software design and development, and DevOps. I literally wrote the textbook on hardware https://lastviking.eu/maskinvare_og_operativsystemer.html used in Norway to educate IT technicians and other IT professionals.

I work full-time at my own company in the EU. This makes it straightforward to invoice your company, anywhere in the world, for services I provide.

I have state-of-the-art hardware to take on any work with Linux, Android, Windows 11, macOS and iOS and local LLM agents - and experience with all of it - including cross-platform projects. In addition, I have a flexible lab that can simulate cloud workloads.

My primary programming language is C++20. I also use other languages frequently.

Links:

- Freelance website: https://cpp-freelancer.com/

- Professional website and blog: https://lastviking.eu/

- GitHub: https://github.com/jgaa

It's what happens when the people governing is terrified about the people they govern.

SEEKING WORK | Remote / Worldwide | Experienced C++ Freelancer Available

Location: EU

Looking for a principal-level C++ developer?

  - Library Design – Design and implement modern C++ libraries and tools
  - Architecture Review – Conduct architecture and design reviews
  - Security Audit – Perform security and vulnerability assessments
  - Performance Optimization – Tune performance and optimize hotspots
  - CI/CD Engineering – Build CI/CD pipelines and cross-platform workflows
  - Team Augmentation – Seamlessly integrate with your existing development team

More info: https://cpp-freelancer.com/

When I received the first warning email about this, I wrote a simple library and cli to validate all my certs for me.

https://github.com/jgaa/openvalify

That explains a lot.

This is never about protecting the children.

This is always about government overreach.

People are less likely to criticize the government, or even participate in political debate, if their online identities are know by the government. Governments like obedient, scared citizens.

The only ethical response to laws like this, is for websites and apps to terminate operations completely in countries that create them. Citizens who elect politicians without respect for human rights and privacy don't really deserve anything nice anyway.

So much for Elons "Free Speech"!

This may come as a shock to him: Free Speech means to allow people to say something that he disagree with. Something that may hurt his interests or even his ego. Free speech is not to allow people to say things he agree with or don't care about.

With all the BS the new administration is coming up with, I guess the federal government lose anyone competent that is not a very loyal Trump supporter.

I use a dedicated PC with Ubuntu for the kind of AI assisted development where the AI's has access to the disk.

The only secrets it has are the API key to the AI, a temporary ssh key that can be used with git to access the github repository, and whatever the Brave browser stores for ChatGPT's website. Nothing else. No production keys, no CI keys no code signing keys.

Kind of the same restrictions I use on anything running Microsoft Windows.

2년 전discuss

I only use mine occasionally, so I turn it off an put in a drawer. When I power it on a few months later the battery is flat, and the machines date in far in the past.

This have never happened with any other laptop I've had.

2년 전discuss

It's truly sad to see one of few traditional web sites of extraordinary quality go.

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My "issue" with X509 is that it's hard to create certificates in code. I have not seen a single software package I use do it from scratch. They always use a library.

The X509 library functions in openssl is horrific, with plenty of opportunities to mess up.

It's a paradox that something that is designed to improve security is designed in a way that make it extremely hard to implement it in a clean and secure manner.

3년 전discuss

The nice thing with science is that if you cherry-pick your scientists, you will always find some who "prove you right" ;)

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It has no tits.

Things without tits gets little coverage in the UK mainstream media ;)

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Sorry dude. I'm not writing my next book in XML.

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Kermit was how I managed to get online for the first time.

I bought a new 8086 PC clone back in the days. Then I ordered a add-on card with a serial port and an external 300 baud modem from a store in UK (I lived in Norway, and I could not find anyone who sold this bleeding edge technology there).

Then I wrote a simple communication program, implementing parts of the Kermit protocol - probably in Turbo Pascal. This was before I got my hands on a C compiler ;)

Eventually my code started to work, and I was able to connect to a BBS and download the real Kermit application.

The BBS communities, and later Usenet, was great. We were lucky to grow up in a era where the online communities were nice and mostly welcoming places.

3년 전discuss

I will not surrender in this fight.

If my bank prevents me from logging in with a reasonable browser (as opposed to a privacy nightmare designed to facilitate advertisers) - I will do my bank business in person, the bank.

3년 전discuss

One reason may be that they alienate users by copying the look, bad habits and feel of Chrome. They also engage in dark pattern UI behavior that pisses me off each time I get it in my face.

Dear Firefox: If I wanted Chrome, I would use Chrome. Please be an alternative to Chrome.

3년 전discuss

Prisons are not there to rehabilitate people. Prisons are there to make profit for it's share holders.