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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why reinvent front-end frameworks and static site builders?

Ask HN: Why reinvent front-end frameworks and static site builders? 2 by keepamovin | 0 comments on Hacker News. I've done this. So I understand the compelling nature of it - but I don't get why we do it. Why do people consistently recreate a "new way to build a static site" or "a new way to build a front-end UI"? From my point of view, I thought it was about ergonomics - I want developer tooling that matches the way I'm wired, so I made it myself. But I don't think that's the whole picture - not even for myself. This is a general pattern with people. Why do we do this? Any insights? Could it be a form of procastination? It's not that difficult, but nor is it that meaningful. I think about it like a DIY workshop, homelab or shed. Do people consistently make their own tools? Like, you don't make a new hammer, or screw driver, or drill, do you? Why do we recreate basics like this in software? Because we can? Are we procrastinating? I...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: GEtting a Remote Job in the US

Ask HN: GEtting a Remote Job in the US 2 by gsablewskinunes | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hi guys, I am from Brazil and got the entry level cybersecurity certifications, Google Cybersecurity, SOC lvl 1 TryHackme and last week CompTIA Security+, i just started applying for jobs in the US this weeek, any tips? Having a good english and these certs, do you think is possible getting a job. I am changing carrer to IT, 0 exp in cybersecurity so far but the hands-on pratice labs from the certs. Thx!!

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: eBay doesn't allow changing country

Tell HN: eBay doesn't allow changing country 3 by peterburkimsher | 0 comments on Hacker News. On 2025-05-30, I received an email from eBay saying "Peter, are you still using your account?" I got a security code by email, and successfully spoke to a nice man from Florida on the phone. I noticed that my address has changed, because my parents sold their house in France and moved to New Zealand. So I updated my address as well. On 2025-05-31, I received another email from suspension@ebay.com saying "MC092 FPA NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - User Agreement - Abusing eBay - peterburk" The first thing I did when I turned 18 years old was to open accounts on eBay and PayPal using my old iBook G3 (before even going downstairs to open birthday presents). And now all my 88 positive reviews are for nought, because eBay blocked me. If anybody reads this, please let me know an email address in eBay so I can contact a real human to verify that my account is real. T...

New ask Hacker News story: Twitter Down?

Twitter Down? 6 by nokcha | 2 comments on Hacker News. Site seems broken for me now; no tweets are loading.

New ask Hacker News story: Why is the Microsoft Store delivering downloads with different hashes?

Why is the Microsoft Store delivering downloads with different hashes? 2 by nilslindemann | 2 comments on Hacker News. I just noticed that the Microsoft Store delivers an EXE with a different hash sum, every time I download an installer from its Store. For example, try downloading the Windows Calculator twice, you will see that the files have different hashes (It may be necessary to close the browser and delete all browsing data in-between): https://ift.tt/goY1b5H For example, I get these two hashes for the "same" installer downloaded there: 73D31DE1B708204FC97D77EFEC7C82EA9FEDF03F 6F3BC3056F30566D0E1A1F4E268976C64C847B5A And here two different scans for the "same" installer. https://ift.tt/N4QWqvk https://ift.tt/wiYmzs1 Why is MS doing this? It seems this creates unnecessary work for Virus Checkers. It also seems to be a data protection issue.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: New Economics of Software Development Lifecycle

Ask HN: New Economics of Software Development Lifecycle 2 by breckenedge | 0 comments on Hacker News. Been thinking lately: developing software is arguably faster now with LLMs and agents. (Yes I’m aware of the caveats in making this statement, it’s a premise I ask you to accept for this discussion.) For years, we’ve been managing projects as if development is the slowest part of the process. Simplified: PMs handoff to Design handoff to Development. Been that way for years in my career basically since Figma took over. But now the Development could be much faster than the Design step. And as often as I’ve been bottlenecked waiting on Design to finalize their work, why not just let the AI+dev come up with the first version of the UI and then replace it when/if an “official” design arrives?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Management wants to talk to my Datalake. What's the best way to do this?

Ask HN: Management wants to talk to my Datalake. What's the best way to do this? 2 by GaiusCoffee | 0 comments on Hacker News. We’ve inherited a lot of data, now neatly organized in a Dremio Data Lake. Most team members use Excel or Power BI to access it. With all the excitement around AI, management (especially non-technical business units) are now asking for a chat-based interface to interact with this data and generate charts on demand—similar to the AI demos you see everywhere. I’ve pointed out that Excel Copilot offers some of this, but they’re looking for a more conversational, dedicated chat experience. Requirements/constraints: - Needs access control and auditability - Preferably integrates with OpenAI-like API - We’re an Azure shop with existing Microsoft contracts Has anyone dealt with similar requests? What kind of approaches, tools, or architectures did you consider? Any pros/cons you’d highlight, especially in an enterprise context? PS. English is not my first langu...