nickporter's comments

On: The type system is a programmer's best friend

[nickporter]

I bought a domain that forwards *@example.com to my personal email address. Easy to set up on google domains.

This ensures everything before the @ is opaque, i.e. foo+bar@gmail.com is now bar@foo.com

Services that block my domain are usually the ones that also block foo+bar@gmail.com

On: Tape Deck

[nickporter]

Awesome, I'd love this for VHS covers too

On: Take Advantage of Git Rebase

[nickporter]

Love rebasing, love merging, squash or no squash, it all depends on what I'm trying to communicate with my pushes.

Just discovered the --rebase-merges option, worth exploring if you want to edit a commit under a merge commit, but don't want to mess up the merge commits.

On: Ask HN: Where are all the cool architecture diagra...

[nickporter]

I am on the hunt as well. This seems useful, not the prettiest but not the worst:

https://diagrams.mingrammer.com

On: Exa: An alternative to Ls

[nickporter]

it's all about the flags, e.g. readlink -f

On: If your MacBook Pro shows high % CPU, try charging...

[nickporter]

These things usually fix performance issues for me:

- Open your macbook and clean out the dust. I do it yearly. It always helps.

- Keep macOS and apps (e.g. browser) up-to-date. coreaudiod high cpu was fixed for me in 11.6.

- Review login items, delete what you don't need.

- Reboot, with the occasional nvram, pram reset

- Review activity monitor, find apps that have background processes and delete the ones you don't need.

- Review installed applications, especially ones w/ kernel extensions (e.g. hamachi, vbox). Delete if you don't need them. Easy to re-install.

- Kill docker desktop when not using docker.

- Fine tune spotlight settings.

[s4i → nickporter]

> Open your macbook and clean out the dust. I do it yearly. It always helps.

I thought you couldn't do this without special skills/tools nowadays (models from the past 4 to 5 years).

[windowsrookie → s4i]

No "special skills" are required. My 2018 MacBook Pro has 6 Pentalobe screws and the bottom cover pops off allowing you to access everything. You can purchase Pentalobe screwdrivers easily on the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_screw

[mrweasel → nickporter]

I didn't know that Docker desktop could be an issue.

The "app" I have the most problems with are Google Chat, and that just runs in the browsers.

One other issue I've seen is window server eating 150% CPU when using an external monitor. For some reason it works just unplugging the monitor and plugin it back in.

[pocketarc → mrweasel]

I think it’s because with Docker on macOS you’re actually running a Linux VM where it then runs Docker, so it can be a bit of a drain on some laptops.

[nickporter → mrweasel]

Google Meet was a big problem for me until I cleaned out the dust.

[mixmastamyk → nickporter]

Do you have the special screwdriver set?

[treszkai → mixmastamyk]

iFixit has all the special precision screwdrivers imaginable, along with guides to repair MacBooks and the likes.

I like their Mako Precision Bit Set:

https://eustore.ifixit.com/products/mako-driver-kit-64-preci...

On: Ask HN: What are your favorite command-line applic...

[nickporter]

  fzf
  nmap
  socat
  stow

On: Ask HN: What are you using as an issue tracker in ...

[nickporter]

airtable

On: Launch HN: Dex (YC S19) – personal CRM that remind...

[nickporter]

I need this in my life. Great idea!

On: WebGL Fluid Simulation

[nickporter]

If you guys like this, you'll like Verve (fluid dynamics painting tool):

https://www.taron.de/verve/verve_download.html