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• Linode / Akamai US-EAST is down

  by mherrmann on 7/27/2025, 10:27 AM with 30 comments

• Show HN: Picture Bee

  by mherrmann on 1/17/2025, 6:35 AM with 1 comments

• Good PRs Are Minimal

  by mherrmann on 12/18/2024, 1:37 PM with 0 comments

• Helium: Lighter Web Automation with Python

  by mherrmann on 12/11/2024, 12:11 PM with 49 comments

• The new Chromium Updater: Omaha 4

  by mherrmann on 3/25/2024, 2:13 PM with 0 comments

• How to fork Chromium

  by mherrmann on 11/30/2023, 4:38 AM with 0 comments

• I got a research grant to formalise Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean

  by mherrmann on 10/13/2023, 7:47 AM with 0 comments

• Selenium-Python but Lighter: Helium

  by mherrmann on 9/27/2023, 1:36 PM with 1 comments

• Show HN: A ChatGPT command-line tool for fixing errors in your source code

  by mherrmann on 4/4/2023, 6:19 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: `fix` any failing command with ChatGPT

  by mherrmann on 4/2/2023, 5:56 PM with 0 comments

• by mherrmann on 2/5/2023, 7:06 PM with comments

• by mherrmann on 3/14/2022, 2:44 PM with comments

• Ask HN: "Newsbombs" as a way to combat authoritarian propaganda?

  by mherrmann on 3/5/2022, 6:03 AM with 6 comments

• A summary of what Russian nationalist accounts think

  by mherrmann on 3/2/2022, 2:47 PM with 0 comments

• Matter and antimatter seem to respond equally to gravity

  by mherrmann on 1/5/2022, 7:13 PM with 1 comments

• New exotic matter particle, a tetraquark, discovered at CERN

  by mherrmann on 7/30/2021, 3:04 PM with 209 comments

• Why is space three-dimensional? (2016)

  by mherrmann on 7/18/2021, 2:29 PM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: Cookie popups – how annoyed are you?

  by mherrmann on 1/25/2021, 4:22 PM with 19 comments

• Good PRs are minimal

  by mherrmann on 10/16/2020, 5:36 AM with 0 comments

• Gravity in Curved Spacetime Yields Quantum Mechanics in Flat Spacetime

  by mherrmann on 9/24/2020, 10:19 AM with 2 comments

• Oxford's Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition

  by mherrmann on 7/15/2020, 8:22 AM with 2 comments

• Update Frameworks for Windows Applications

  by mherrmann on 6/23/2020, 4:13 PM with 0 comments

• Google Omaha Tutorial

  by mherrmann on 6/3/2020, 9:45 AM with 0 comments

• Oxford Covid-19 vaccine programme opens for clinical trial recruitment

  by mherrmann on 3/28/2020, 6:04 AM with 0 comments

• Show HN: Helium – Lighter web automation based on Selenium

  by mherrmann on 2/25/2020, 7:15 PM with 62 comments

• Amazon takes swipe at PayPal's $4bn Honey acquisition

  by mherrmann on 1/11/2020, 12:36 PM with 0 comments

• After a hard diagnosis, one athlete learns to soften up

  by mherrmann on 10/15/2019, 9:23 AM with 0 comments

• How the Greeks knew Earth is round

  by mherrmann on 9/20/2019, 7:06 AM with comments

• Teardown of my $2k MRR SaaS business

  by mherrmann on 9/4/2019, 12:22 PM with comments

• Teardown of my $1k MRR business (10 min video)

  by mherrmann on 8/29/2019, 2:41 PM with comments

• SCA Experiences of a Small Business

  by mherrmann on 8/28/2019, 9:18 AM with 1 comments

• Cracking ancient codes: Egyptian hieroglyphs [video]

  by mherrmann on 8/9/2019, 5:40 PM with comments

• Solving a 32,768x32,768x32,768 Rubik's cube [video]

  by mherrmann on 7/27/2019, 8:02 PM with 0 comments

• Demystifying Consciousness

  by mherrmann on 7/14/2019, 5:19 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: A book about creating desktop apps with Python and Qt

  by mherrmann on 7/14/2019, 4:44 PM with 0 comments

• PyQt examples 2019: Learn to create a desktop app

  by mherrmann on 7/4/2019, 6:17 PM with 0 comments

• by mherrmann on 7/4/2019, 6:11 PM with comments

• Exhalation (2008)

  by mherrmann on 6/1/2019, 7:37 AM with 0 comments

• A Bunch of Rocks

  by mherrmann on 6/1/2019, 7:25 AM with 0 comments

• Facial Action Coding System

  by mherrmann on 4/6/2019, 6:52 PM with 0 comments

• Back to PC after 14 years on a MacBook

  by mherrmann on 3/29/2019, 6:34 AM with 4 comments

• Ask HN: Which online tasks frustrate you?

  by mherrmann on 3/28/2019, 1:12 PM with 0 comments

• PayPal vs. Stripe for small businesses in 2019

  by mherrmann on 3/27/2019, 8:40 AM with 132 comments

• Show HN: Better Django 404 Emails

  by mherrmann on 3/11/2019, 10:14 AM with 0 comments

• Generating License Keys in 2019

  by mherrmann on 3/3/2019, 5:16 PM with 3 comments

• Python Developer Survey 2018 Results

  by mherrmann on 2/7/2019, 11:56 AM with 80 comments

• Self-host Sentry for $5/mo

  by mherrmann on 1/6/2019, 11:21 AM with 0 comments

• A License Key Algorithm for 2019

  by mherrmann on 1/3/2019, 4:20 PM with 0 comments

• fman Year in Review 2018

  by mherrmann on 1/2/2019, 3:23 AM with 0 comments

• Qt for Python 5.12 officially released

  by mherrmann on 12/18/2018, 11:15 AM with 1 comments

• Fbs: Create Linux GUIs with Qt in minutes

  by mherrmann on 12/13/2018, 6:27 PM with 56 comments

• Fundamentalism

  by mherrmann on 11/21/2018, 6:54 AM with 0 comments

• Learnings from 3,000 hours of creating a desktop app with PyQt

  by mherrmann on 11/18/2018, 5:59 PM with 0 comments

• The internet is our prime hope for peace, democracy and freedom

  by mherrmann on 11/18/2018, 10:55 AM with 0 comments

• Python Qt tutorial: Create a (working!) chat client

  by mherrmann on 11/13/2018, 5:41 PM with 2 comments

• fman and antivirus

  by mherrmann on 10/8/2018, 8:51 AM with 0 comments

• PyQt5 Tutorial: Create a Python GUI in 2018

  by mherrmann on 9/25/2018, 4:17 PM with 196 comments

• JavaScript sorts numbers alphabetically

  by mherrmann on 8/30/2018, 2:55 PM with 0 comments

• Zork (text adventure, 1977)

  by mherrmann on 8/25/2018, 5:46 PM with 0 comments

• Understanding Sublime Text's pricing

  by mherrmann on 8/2/2018, 6:04 PM with 1 comments

• PayPal for SaaS

  by mherrmann on 7/11/2018, 2:23 PM with 0 comments

• Dear Comrade

  by mherrmann on 6/10/2018, 12:07 PM with 0 comments

• Dear Comrade

  by mherrmann on 5/21/2018, 4:35 PM with 0 comments

• Dear Comrade

  by mherrmann on 5/14/2018, 12:21 PM with 0 comments

• fman, dual-pane file manager, turns two

  by mherrmann on 4/23/2018, 9:12 AM with 0 comments

• by mherrmann on 4/5/2018, 7:01 AM with comments

• Best login form ever

  by mherrmann on 2/22/2018, 8:01 AM with 0 comments

• Show HN: Cross-platform desktop applications with PyQT

  by mherrmann on 2/6/2018, 7:16 PM with 285 comments

• Back to Basics

  by mherrmann on 1/18/2018, 12:46 PM with 0 comments

• How 2017 Completely Kicked My SaaS

  by mherrmann on 1/6/2018, 8:15 PM with 0 comments

• An inescapable while loop in Python

  by mherrmann on 1/5/2018, 7:44 AM with 0 comments

• An inescapable while loop in Python

  by mherrmann on 1/4/2018, 6:35 PM with 0 comments

• Home and hotel – Switching from macOS to Ubuntu on a Dell XPS 13 laptop

  by mherrmann on 1/3/2018, 6:07 AM with 90 comments

• My PyQt App's Year in Review 2017

  by mherrmann on 12/31/2017, 8:55 PM with 2 comments

• fman Year in Review 2017

  by mherrmann on 12/28/2017, 3:57 PM with 0 comments

• Home and hotel

  by mherrmann on 12/20/2017, 5:42 PM with 0 comments

• Creating a cross-platform desktop app with PyQt (Electron alternative)

  by mherrmann on 12/19/2017, 8:22 PM with 0 comments

• Why is glass transparent? [video]

  by mherrmann on 12/2/2017, 2:18 PM with comments

• This feels like the end

  by mherrmann on 11/19/2017, 3:20 PM with 0 comments

• Depression

  by mherrmann on 11/12/2017, 1:46 PM with 0 comments

• Motivation

  by mherrmann on 11/10/2017, 1:44 PM with 0 comments

• The freakishly strong base

  by mherrmann on 11/2/2017, 5:30 PM with 31 comments

• Show HN: Add missing first names to your MailChimp lists

  by mherrmann on 10/19/2017, 6:10 PM with 2 comments

• by mherrmann on 10/19/2017, 6:05 PM with comments

• Quantum Weirdness Once Again Shows We're Not Living in a Computer Simulation

  by mherrmann on 10/4/2017, 5:34 PM with 0 comments

• In-depth explanation of CSRF (Django example)

  by mherrmann on 9/1/2017, 11:28 AM with 0 comments

• Release process of a PyQt app [video]

  by mherrmann on 8/25/2017, 3:38 PM with 0 comments

• Proposed solution to P vs. NP refuted

  by mherrmann on 8/19/2017, 5:29 AM with 0 comments

• Jeff Bezo's brief stint as world's richest man ends

  by mherrmann on 7/28/2017, 12:59 PM with 0 comments

• History lesson: dual-pane file managers

  by mherrmann on 7/28/2017, 11:58 AM with 0 comments

• The history of dual-pane file managers

  by mherrmann on 7/27/2017, 4:40 PM with 4 comments

• Don't just use Stripe

  by mherrmann on 7/14/2017, 2:21 PM with 1 comments

• Tips and code snippets for PyQt developers

  by mherrmann on 6/8/2017, 6:35 PM with 0 comments

• Don't use PayPal for SaaS

  by mherrmann on 6/7/2017, 8:58 AM with 0 comments

• PayPal for SaaS: 99 problems

  by mherrmann on 6/4/2017, 6:11 PM with 0 comments

• Ask HN: Experiences with Amazon Pay?

  by mherrmann on 5/31/2017, 8:38 AM with 0 comments

• Our understanding of the way the body handles salt may be wrong

  by mherrmann on 5/27/2017, 6:02 PM with 86 comments

• UserOnboard: Teardowns of popular apps

  by mherrmann on 5/22/2017, 11:48 AM with 0 comments

• Funnel optimisation of a desktop app

  by mherrmann on 5/16/2017, 4:46 PM with 0 comments

• /dev/null as a Service

  by mherrmann on 5/15/2017, 11:49 AM with comments

• How Sublime Text can make an extra $X0,000

  by mherrmann on 5/4/2017, 5:04 PM with 1 comments

• Chinese Quantum Computer is 24,000 times faster than international counterparts

  by mherrmann on 5/3/2017, 12:31 PM with 1 comments

• Finally understanding Sublime Text's pricing

  by mherrmann on 5/3/2017, 10:44 AM with 0 comments

• Model/View Programming in Qt

  by mherrmann on 4/21/2017, 5:25 PM with 0 comments

• Why fman isn't open source

  by mherrmann on 4/20/2017, 3:14 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: A REST API for Calculating VAT in the EU

  by mherrmann on 4/10/2017, 9:03 AM with 116 comments

• Where HN users are located

  by mherrmann on 3/8/2017, 1:25 PM with 0 comments

• fman's launch in review

  by mherrmann on 3/6/2017, 3:44 PM with 0 comments

• fman's launch in review

  by mherrmann on 3/5/2017, 7:06 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

  by mherrmann on 3/1/2017, 2:54 PM with 207 comments

• Helium: Simple web automation

  by mherrmann on 2/7/2017, 9:53 AM with 0 comments

• From 0 to 1000 users in a year

  by mherrmann on 1/16/2017, 4:20 PM with 0 comments

• Picking technologies for a desktop app in 2016

  by mherrmann on 11/24/2016, 6:54 PM with 0 comments

• How I cloned patio11's Appointment Reminder for $2k MRR

  by mherrmann on 11/16/2016, 9:29 AM with 1 comments

• New theory of gravity might explain dark matter

  by mherrmann on 11/13/2016, 8:32 PM with 2 comments

• How I cloned patio11's Appointment Reminder for $2,000 MRR

  by mherrmann on 11/13/2016, 7:13 PM with comments

• fman: The addictive file manager

  by mherrmann on 11/13/2016, 11:58 AM with 2 comments

• Bootstrapper.network – A virtual peer-to-peer network for bootstrappers

  by mherrmann on 10/31/2016, 8:15 AM with 0 comments

• GoTo on Steroids

  by mherrmann on 10/22/2016, 11:03 AM with 0 comments

• Linode Manager and API are under attack

  by mherrmann on 9/8/2016, 5:58 AM with 47 comments

• Google Omaha tutorial: How Chrome's auto-updates work

  by mherrmann on 8/24/2016, 10:37 AM with 0 comments

• fman (next-gen file manager) out on OS X

  by mherrmann on 7/19/2016, 10:19 AM with 2 comments

• Austria: The up-and-coming early-stage investment capital of europe

  by mherrmann on 7/9/2016, 10:48 AM with 49 comments

• Picking technologies for a desktop app in 2016

  by mherrmann on 5/17/2016, 9:37 AM with 5 comments

• File manager Zen

  by mherrmann on 4/28/2016, 2:01 PM with 0 comments

• When Bitcoin grows up

  by mherrmann on 4/13/2016, 9:35 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: Get rid of Google Analytics referral spam (weekend project)

  by mherrmann on 2/22/2016, 1:01 PM with 0 comments

• Most popular GitHub repositories

  by mherrmann on 11/7/2015, 7:16 PM with 0 comments

• Popcorn Time is gone

  by mherrmann on 10/24/2015, 7:16 PM with 0 comments

• Deutsche Bank accidentally transfers $6bn

  by mherrmann on 10/20/2015, 9:53 AM with 0 comments

• PHPUnit VW extension

  by mherrmann on 10/6/2015, 6:55 PM with 2 comments

• Oh-My-God particle

  by mherrmann on 5/21/2015, 4:57 PM with 1 comments

• Number26 Grabs $10.6M to Bring the Bank of the Future to Everyone

  by mherrmann on 4/16/2015, 9:23 AM with 1 comments

• Startup Mistakes

  by mherrmann on 2/28/2015, 5:42 PM with 21 comments

• Wave-particle duality is the uncertainty principle in disguise

  by mherrmann on 12/19/2014, 2:54 PM with 57 comments

• Britain's unbalanced property market

  by mherrmann on 8/28/2014, 2:37 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: A Chrome extension to generate LinkedIn leads

  by mherrmann on 8/18/2014, 12:33 PM with 3 comments

• The history and architecture of Selenium WebDriver

  by mherrmann on 7/15/2014, 8:36 AM with 0 comments

• Self-Reliance: An Introduction

  by mherrmann on 5/13/2014, 10:33 PM with 0 comments

• Show HN: My password

  by mherrmann on 2/8/2014, 10:35 AM with 4 comments

• How to Start a Startup (2005)

  by mherrmann on 2/8/2014, 10:03 AM with 0 comments

• Private beta invite: Helium (simple web automation)

  by mherrmann on 1/21/2014, 11:32 AM with 0 comments

• Show HN: Helium - Simple web automation

  by mherrmann on 12/16/2013, 11:27 AM with 65 comments