đ¸ What does Unsplash cost in 2019?
What does it cost to run a site with tens of millions of users and billions of photos viewed per month? $10,000? $100,000? $500,000?
Hasnain says:
Interesting read into what the various bills and hosting costs are when running your own software company.
"Hopefully getting a behind-the-scenes look at what it costs to run a site like Unsplash will help you with your own business, or at least give you a better understanding of whatâs involved."
Posted on 2019-05-04T21:08:08+0000
Remote Development with Visual Studio Code
VS Code remote support for WSL, Containers, and SSH
Hasnain says:
I've been wanting this for so long. This is really exciting!
"An interesting pattern emerged during these conversations. We saw many developers trying to use VS Code to develop against containers and remote VMs configured with specific development and runtime stacks, simply because it is too hard, too disruptive, and in some cases impossible, to set up these development environments locally."
Posted on 2019-05-04T19:12:36+0000
A Conspiracy To Kill IE6 ⢠Chris Zacharias
The bittersweet consequence of YouTubeâs incredible growth is that so many stories will be lost underneath all of the layers of new paint. This is why I wanted to tell the story of how, ten years ago, a small team of web developers conspired to... | Chris Zacharias | Founder of imgix. YCombinator ...
Hasnain says:
This was one of the most cool tech stories I've read in a while. Hacker mindset at its finest.
"We somehow got away with our plan to kill IE6 without facing any meaningful corrective action. Few people even knew we were involved at all and those that did, did not want to bring attention to it or risk encouraging similar behavior. At a beer garden in San Francisco, our boss, winking his hardest, made us swear to never do anything like this again."
Would be interesting to see someone attempt something similar now at e.g. Google. Seems impossible.
Posted on 2019-05-03T03:07:46+0000
She Was Fired After Raising Questions About a DNA Test. Now Sheâs Getting $1 Million.
Marina Stajic, an official at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City, raised concerns that the test could lead to wrongful convictions. Her bosses were livid.
Hasnain says:
This is just sad / scary.
"Mr. Scheck said: âNot only is it wrong as a matter of science and good public policy to retaliate against someone who is just voting to disclose a validation study, but now it turns out they never did the study.â"
Posted on 2019-04-28T18:23:23+0000
Multiple Injured, One Fatality After San Diego Synagogue Shooting
Authorities have identified the suspect as John Earnest and say he's also being investigated in a fire at a mosque in a nearby city last month.
Gunmen kill polio vaccinator in southwestern Pakistan
Attack on vaccination team raises toll in similar attacks since 2012 to at least 95, according to an Al Jazeera tally.
Hasnain says:
Anti-vax taken to the extreme. 3 killed this week :(
"Polio vaccination campaigns in Pakistan have often been the subject of misinformation, with parents concerned about rumours that the vaccines would either neuter their children or harm them in some other way."
Posted on 2019-04-25T14:48:58+0000
Mueller report: Russia hacked state databases and voting machine companies
Russian officers injected malicious SQL code and extracted information, they also sent spearphishing emails to election officials company executives.
Hasnain says:
Ignoring the politics of this (for the purposes of this post - even though the politics is infuriating)...
Just the other day I gave a talk on security and explained SQL injection, what it was, how it's so easy to protect against it and how sad I am that it's 2019 and this is still so common.
And then this happens :|
Posted on 2019-04-23T06:31:04+0000
Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: âIt Was a River of Bloodâ
Multiple explosions killed more than 200 people at churches and high-end hotels across the country. Seven people were arrested in connection with the wave of bombings.
Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment
Nusrat was set on fire after accusing her headmaster of sexual harassment, but spoke out before dying.
Hasnain says:
This is something I read the other day but mulled sharing because it's so sad.
But we should be aware of what's going on and how lucky we are to not be directly affected by this.
And realize we need to do more to stop stuff like this from happening.
Posted on 2019-04-21T06:06:14+0000
The Cult Japanese Retailer Making Billions Breaking All the Rules
The first target is Asia for Don Quijote, which sells everything from humidifiers to sex toys.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2019-04-19T03:43:03+0000