Technologies: Rust, Linux kernel (eBPF, networking), LLVM and compiler engineering (query languages design and implementation, code generators, dev tools)
Résumé/CV: systems engineer with 7+ years of experience in Rust. Solving problems in systems programming, API design & implementation, compilers, networking (including advanced aspects such as P2P + NAT traversal), and software optimisation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbaksalyar/
> I would argue "lifestyle startups" are largely a low-interest rate phenomenon.
Could you elaborate on this?
I'm curious because I thought it's the opposite: VC-fueled startups are "growth at all costs even if it means no profits" whilst "lifestyle startups" is more like "I have a $1K MRR and it's just enough to subsist eating ramen". Maybe we understand the term "lifestyle startups" differently? :)
> "growth at all costs even if it means no profits"
It is kind of virology technique, you grow and generate adequate hype at a short-term loss, so you can gain a long-term market domination(or even a good fractional slice of the large market at least) before you start generating profit/returns.
> "I have a $1K MRR and it's just enough to subsist eating ramen"
How do you return on the investment VC made? Also, lifestyle startups are not innovative(in a certain sense) and very sensitive and go out of business on small market/demand changes. But then again, I have limited sample size and could be in my own limited bubble.
Just visited it yesterday - and here it is on the HN front page. :)
I was surprised to find out how they rely on modded consoles and presumably pirated ROMs. This just shows how much the emulation/modding scene means for video game preservation and how short-sighted corporations like Nintendo are, litigating and trying to shut down these efforts.
> This is an excellent book explaining the wonders of Xerox PARC and what they wrought for us all.
There's another great book which puts Xerox PARC into context, "The Dream Machine" by M. Mitchell Waldrop [0]. It goes into much detail about how Xerox PARC came to be and how the ideas behind it developed. It's the best book on the computer history I've read.
In some cases software quality suffers not because of the inherent complexity but because it's changed for the sake of change.
One example is the Books app that was updated in iOS 16. The update brought some new features but also changed the UI/UX for no reason, making it unpleasant to use. There's no dearth of similar examples with Google's apps too.
I've been using it since Fedora 21 which amounts to almost 8 years. In these 8 years, I've had zero problems with the OS - besides some proprietary Nvidia driver issues which are/were pretty common on Linux; since I've switched to AMD GPUs I haven't had any problems whatsoever. Upgrades go smooth every time, even when upgrading to beta versions.
Fedora is a rock-solid distro and I always recommend it over alternatives.
> I watched an hourlong introduction video and could still barely grasp it
I can relate to that. What helped me to understand it though is looking through some projects using Salsa [1] and reading the document about how the Rust compiler uses queries [2]. You might also want to watch the discussion video with Anders Hejlsberg [3] that gives an overview of the problems that Adapton/Salsa try to solve.
One of the best books on the history of interactive computing, human-computer interaction, and networking, which are all connected in surprising and fascinating ways.
It's eye-opening how many things we take for granted were invented back in the 60s and 70s – and how many visionary ideas from that time still hold their value in this day and age.
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Technologies: Rust, Linux kernel (eBPF, networking), LLVM and compiler engineering (query languages design and implementation, code generators, dev tools)
Résumé/CV: systems engineer with 7+ years of experience in Rust. Solving problems in systems programming, API design & implementation, compilers, networking (including advanced aspects such as P2P + NAT traversal), and software optimisation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbaksalyar/
Email: nikita.baksalyar@gmail.com