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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: With Apple going ARM, what will happen with MacBook as a developer tool?

Ask HN: With Apple going ARM, what will happen with MacBook as a developer tool? 3 by cupofjoakim | 1 comments on Hacker News. The Macbook Pro is, in my experience at least, the standard equipment for developers, especially those working on web development. Now that Apple has decided to leave x86 behind in favor of ARM - what can we expect as developers? Will developers leave apple behind due to the shaky transition period? Will Microsoft push harder for Windows RT (the one with ARM-support) or will linux or a windows laptop with WSL 2 become the new standard? Does it even matter with the rise of on-cloud developing tools like VS Code Remote Development?

Celebrating India’s Innovative Spirit Through Design

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Horses and Reporting in the Field

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why is development so expensive?

Ask HN: Why is development so expensive? 2 by tlarkworthy | 2 comments on Hacker News. I feel like anything costs at least a million now. Is it just me or are software development costs increasing? If so, Why?

Seven Colombian Soldiers Charged in Rape of Indigenous Girl

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Australian Politician’s Home Raided in Chinese Influence Inquiry

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Would you pay for a SaaS product to cleanup dead code?

Ask HN: Would you pay for a SaaS product to cleanup dead code? 3 by zizee | 0 comments on Hacker News. Sometimes as your codebase grows it is hard to know when parts of your codebase can be retired. This issue impacts dynamic languages like Ruby/Javascript where it can be difficult to statically analyze code for such problems. I have an idea for a product that would monitor your code as it runs in production with the intent of identifying code that is no longer called. The tool would then open PRs on your codebase to: 1. add tracers to give confidence the code is truly unused, and; 2. remove the code no longer being used. Obviously, security and performance would be paramount. Is unused code something that your team is concerned about? Would this be something people would be willing to pay for on an ongoing basis?