Data / Databases / Infrastructure
RSSHi HN,<p>I built WARN Firehose because I was frustrated trying to track layoff data across the US. The WARN Act requires companies with 100+ employees to file public notices 60 days before mass layoffs — but the data is scattered across 50 state websites with different formats, broken links, and no ...
AWS has been charging me $1,500/month for near-zero usage. For over a year. That is more than $18,000 for infrastructure I barely use.<p>I tried multiple times to get a human on the phone to discuss it. Every time I requested a callback, AWS would call, a bot would tell me the human wasn't...
Hi HN!<p>Since my cgit instance has been getting hammered by botnets for a while now, I've decided put a little more effort into my blocking strategy.<p>In practice this meant putting a JS proof-of-work challenge on the site as these less unobtrusive than traditional CAPTCHAs and seem difficult...
At work we were using python-rq for background tasks. It does the job for simple things, but we kept bumping into limitations. We needed to schedule tasks hours / days out and trust they'd survive a restart. We wanted periodic tasks with proper overlap control. So we built a scheduling &#x...
npx goto-assistant - that's it. Browser opens, an AI chat assistant walks you through setup (pick provider, paste API key, configure MCP servers), and you're done.<p>I looked at OpenClaw's repo and was overwhelmed by the complexity. I just wanted a simple AI assistant I could understa...
Hi!<p>I want to share the latest important updates for my open source tool for scheduled database backups (with focus on PostgreSQL).<p>A quick recap:<p>- Supported databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB<p>- Many storage destinations: local storage, S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, SFTP, rclone...