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I need a tool that can recursively scan a folder on a Mac and create a relational database (could be SQLite, postgres, mysql, etc) containing the file attributes for all the files and folders found. I haven't seen any…

This lets you impulsively get rid of stuff safely. You summon the driver with the app and pay them a small fee and they haul all your stuff to Goodwill and donate it for you. Someone should build this.

Let's say you didn't have the concept of users in your database. No first name, last name, or email address. For example let's say your business just operated over SMS, so you store phone numbers. Could you avoid GDPR…

If everyone, or a sufficient number of folks, logged their health every day (cough, fever, sniffles) and their location, couldn’t we tease the signal from the noise?

Let’s set a good example and do our part to arrest the spread of the virus

Some time back here on HN, there was a discussion about a square-ish, vertical, rugged sort of shelving unit for printers and or PC's, which was suitable for a home office. I wasn't able to locate the discussion and…

Where do science museums such as the San Francisco Exploratorium buy all those cool metal parts that they build the exhibits out of? All those metal rods and fittings, gears, etc.

If you wanted to develop a visualization-intensive native application for multiple platforms, which would actually be used by Enterprise users, would it make any sense to publish it on Steam?

I wanted to see if there is a Linux distribution or kernel module you can obtain that has some kind of intrusion detection and alerting built in. For example, is there a way I can receive an SMS whenever there is a user…

Which of these would be the best to invest my time in? Is one more highly regarded than the other?

Think back to the last time you received $100k or more in a single lump sum. What was its source? Salary? Stock RSUs? Capital gains from an after-tax investment?

If you are a typical developer, and let say you are in the $150-160k range, what does it take to get to the next level? You've probably already done some professional networking, written some technical articles for your…

Basically just looking for some bodies of JSON documents to do some analysis/testing on.

If you're implementing a REST API in say, Node.js, is there any standardized set of endpoints you can implement for reporting basic server stats, such as uptime, number of transactions processed to date, etc. A very…