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Information Systems Engineer & Radical Anarco Hypermedialist. Working for a more simple and affordable technology.

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It is supposedly to have a "safe redirect" but it sends to "google.com/q=https://yourlink.com..." with a bunch of obscure query parameters.

Zero trust.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Super annoying.

We have this `data-saferedirecturl` attribute on each <a> tag. When clicking, instead of the default behaviour it just get this other URL and redirects.
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Which it's double sad, because these are payed accounts that still tracks you 😂
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
pdelboca.me
Oh totally agree! I don't use it for my personal email, but every single place I worked in uses it (when they don't use Microsoft).
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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"...servers tend to be relatively stable. Hardware failures are relatively rare, and once a server is up and running it usually runs flawlessly for years without much intervention.

Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."

rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea
You've been lied to. You don't need the cloud – you can just run servers and save 10x your AWS costs. It's not that difficult.
rameerez.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
pdelboca.me
"...servers tend to be relatively stable. Hardware failures are relatively rare, and once a server is up and running it usually runs flawlessly for years without much intervention.

Managing your own servers is not a full-time job."

rameerez.com/send-this-ar...
Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea
You've been lied to. You don't need the cloud – you can just run servers and save 10x your AWS costs. It's not that difficult.
rameerez.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
pdelboca.me
"The incremental work that existed purely because of bare metal was roughly one week."

oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...
AWS to Bare Metal Two Years Later: Answering Your Toughest Questions About Leaving AWS
Two years after our AWS-to-bare-metal migration, we revisit the numbers, share what changed, and address the biggest questions from Hacker News and Reddit.
oneuptime.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
pdelboca.me
"The biggest benefit wasn't just the savings, it was the change in the team's mindset. Staging environments went from being a scarce, expensive resource to an abundant, disposable commodity."

disco.cloud/blog/how-ide...
How Idealist.org Replaced a $3,000/mo Heroku Bill with a $55/mo Server
At Disco, we help teams escape expensive PaaS pricing while keeping the developer experience they love. This is the story of how Idealist.org, the world's largest nonprofit job board, tackled a common...
disco.cloud
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Entonces no hay que bajarse el precio. Si sos mediocre en algo ESTA BUENISIMO. Hay que aspirar a esa mediocridad en cosas que la pasás bien haciendo.

No hay que aspirar a ser el mejor, hay que aspirar a llegar al nivel que te hace feliz.
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
pdelboca.me
+1

Hay que cambiar el chip: vez de mediocridad pensar en "suficientemente bueno para...".

Mi italiano es suficientemente bueno para una conversación con mi familia.
Mi web app es suficientemente buena para mi cantidad de usuarios.
Mi <deporte> es suficientemente bueno para divertirme.

Para q más?
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM