Patrick Socha
@psocha.co.uk
Previously cyber security, now private equity intelligence.
Follow my Hacker News bot: @hnfeed.bsky.social
Follow my Hacker News bot: @hnfeed.bsky.social
I did a course at uni on machine learning, but couldn’t really wrap my head around parts of it.
Since ChatGPT I’ve been using it and actually _understanding_ things properly. Building dumb examples to learn & play.
This is the biggest “unlock” from AI. Not productivity, but new ways of thinking.
Since ChatGPT I’ve been using it and actually _understanding_ things properly. Building dumb examples to learn & play.
This is the biggest “unlock” from AI. Not productivity, but new ways of thinking.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I did a course at uni on machine learning, but couldn’t really wrap my head around parts of it.
Since ChatGPT I’ve been using it and actually _understanding_ things properly. Building dumb examples to learn & play.
This is the biggest “unlock” from AI. Not productivity, but new ways of thinking.
Since ChatGPT I’ve been using it and actually _understanding_ things properly. Building dumb examples to learn & play.
This is the biggest “unlock” from AI. Not productivity, but new ways of thinking.
If you rent bare metal servers, look at your providers. You might find beefier boxes for the same price.
In my case, for €4 more per month, I can go from 2GB ram to 24gb ram, then drop from 9 VPS to maybe 3?
In my case, for €4 more per month, I can go from 2GB ram to 24gb ram, then drop from 9 VPS to maybe 3?
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you rent bare metal servers, look at your providers. You might find beefier boxes for the same price.
In my case, for €4 more per month, I can go from 2GB ram to 24gb ram, then drop from 9 VPS to maybe 3?
In my case, for €4 more per month, I can go from 2GB ram to 24gb ram, then drop from 9 VPS to maybe 3?
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When stick figures fought
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
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https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
[comments] [182 points]
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
When stick figures fought
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
[comments] [182 points]
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought
[comments] [182 points]
AI: I will not provide code to bypass CORS protections on third‑party sites. That is a security evasion.
Also AI: Below is a lawful alternative: a Cloudflare Worker that acts as a controlled CORS proxy.
Also AI: Below is a lawful alternative: a Cloudflare Worker that acts as a controlled CORS proxy.
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
AI: I will not provide code to bypass CORS protections on third‑party sites. That is a security evasion.
Also AI: Below is a lawful alternative: a Cloudflare Worker that acts as a controlled CORS proxy.
Also AI: Below is a lawful alternative: a Cloudflare Worker that acts as a controlled CORS proxy.
🫶 the Dutch are awesome.
The Dutch election is a teachable moment for European centrist parties threatened by populism
Europe's MAGA Takeover Gets a Dutch Reality Check
If populism is an overused term, so is the idea that it can be defeated. The victory of mainstream parties in Wednesday’s Dutch election is no more fatal for the far right — which lost seats and was tied in first place with the centrist Democrats 66 — than Emmanuel Macron’s re-election in France in 2022 or Friedrich Merz’s win last year in Germany. Throw in the UK, where Nigel Farage is tipped to be the next prime minister, and there’s still a risk that Europe’s biggest economies will be piloted
bloom.bg
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🫶 the Dutch are awesome.
Reposted by Patrick Socha
how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
Reposted by Patrick Socha
A deep dive on our approach to detecting large-scale IP sharing globally. https://cfl.re/4oM315W
One IP address, many users: Detecting CGNAT to reduce collateral effects
IPv4 scarcity drives widespread use of Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, a practice in ISPs and mobile networks that places many users behind each IP address, along with their collected activ...
blog.cloudflare.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A deep dive on our approach to detecting large-scale IP sharing globally. https://cfl.re/4oM315W
I created a New Tab Chrome extension a year or two ago which is used by maybe ~30 people. A new image every 4 hours, with a new business / finance headline on every new tab load. I don't read the news as a result, and yet stay on top of it all.
Sometimes it's nice to make something for yourself.
Sometimes it's nice to make something for yourself.
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I created a New Tab Chrome extension a year or two ago which is used by maybe ~30 people. A new image every 4 hours, with a new business / finance headline on every new tab load. I don't read the news as a result, and yet stay on top of it all.
Sometimes it's nice to make something for yourself.
Sometimes it's nice to make something for yourself.
Meta needs to stop on new products and fix WhatsApp. *So* many bugs. It’s a shit tier app.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Meta needs to stop on new products and fix WhatsApp. *So* many bugs. It’s a shit tier app.
Oof just got working a huge project for work that takes a process from 13 hours down to two hours. Happy, relieved, now need to get this experimental project production ready.
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oof just got working a huge project for work that takes a process from 13 hours down to two hours. Happy, relieved, now need to get this experimental project production ready.
If it’s not DNS problems, it’s sql Search Path problems.
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If it’s not DNS problems, it’s sql Search Path problems.
Reposted by Patrick Socha
Major AWS Outage Happening
om/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://old.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/
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om/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://old.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/
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October 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Major AWS Outage Happening
om/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://old.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/
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om/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://old.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1obd3lx/dynamodb_down_useast1/
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AI will revolutionise programming.
The AI:
The AI:
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
AI will revolutionise programming.
The AI:
The AI:
Recovery is possible from the sandbox, but it’s slow, and very painful.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Recovery is possible from the sandbox, but it’s slow, and very painful.
echo "alias ls='ls -lah'" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
Shows hidden dot files and sizes in k, kb, mb when you run `ls`. You're welcome.
Shows hidden dot files and sizes in k, kb, mb when you run `ls`. You're welcome.
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
echo "alias ls='ls -lah'" >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc
Shows hidden dot files and sizes in k, kb, mb when you run `ls`. You're welcome.
Shows hidden dot files and sizes in k, kb, mb when you run `ls`. You're welcome.
Air fryer Sunday roast, all under an hour. 8.5/10.
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Air fryer Sunday roast, all under an hour. 8.5/10.
Congratulations HM Government on forcing people to share their IDs to do anything online. Expect a lot more stories like this.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Congratulations HM Government on forcing people to share their IDs to do anything online. Expect a lot more stories like this.
When you know it, and the AI knows it.
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When you know it, and the AI knows it.
Reposted by Patrick Socha
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Threw together a little @cloudflare.social worker with @pushover.net to alert me when ticket resales became available.
That’s tickets for my parter and I sorted ✌️
That’s tickets for my parter and I sorted ✌️
September 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Threw together a little @cloudflare.social worker with @pushover.net to alert me when ticket resales became available.
That’s tickets for my parter and I sorted ✌️
That’s tickets for my parter and I sorted ✌️
My Dutch energy contract is expiring this month, so I took a dive into comparison sites. A few things I noted:
· Prices in for gas/elec are up 🤷♂️
· Renewal price is same as new offers; prices are ~consistent
· Welcome discounts go up to €500
· Discounts are a clear loss leader; embrace the VC money
· Prices in for gas/elec are up 🤷♂️
· Renewal price is same as new offers; prices are ~consistent
· Welcome discounts go up to €500
· Discounts are a clear loss leader; embrace the VC money
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My Dutch energy contract is expiring this month, so I took a dive into comparison sites. A few things I noted:
· Prices in for gas/elec are up 🤷♂️
· Renewal price is same as new offers; prices are ~consistent
· Welcome discounts go up to €500
· Discounts are a clear loss leader; embrace the VC money
· Prices in for gas/elec are up 🤷♂️
· Renewal price is same as new offers; prices are ~consistent
· Welcome discounts go up to €500
· Discounts are a clear loss leader; embrace the VC money
Reposted by Patrick Socha
Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/ctrl-tinycolor-and-40-npm-packages-compromised
[comments] [260 points]
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/ctrl-tinycolor-and-40-npm-packages-compromised
[comments] [260 points]
September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Self Propagating NPM Malware Compromises over 40 Packages
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/ctrl-tinycolor-and-40-npm-packages-compromised
[comments] [260 points]
https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/ctrl-tinycolor-and-40-npm-packages-compromised
[comments] [260 points]
Is it me or has the internet kind of gone shit since Reddit and Facebook killed off small communities and forums?
August 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is it me or has the internet kind of gone shit since Reddit and Facebook killed off small communities and forums?
I now run 8 servers... 🙈
Thanks to a pretty substantial price increase for Wordpress hosting by @namecheap.com I finally spent an hour or so setting up Docker with Wordpress on a VPS.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I now run 8 servers... 🙈
Thanks to a pretty substantial price increase for Wordpress hosting by @namecheap.com I finally spent an hour or so setting up Docker with Wordpress on a VPS.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.
August 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanks to a pretty substantial price increase for Wordpress hosting by @namecheap.com I finally spent an hour or so setting up Docker with Wordpress on a VPS.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.
1 month of the new EasyWP pricing is now 1 year of hosting on the VPS. Wild.