Hacker News with Generative AI: Case Studies

Five years of React Native at Shopify (shopify.engineering)
Five years ago, we announced that React Native (RN) is the future of mobile at Shopify. Today, we are excited to share the progress we've made, lessons learned, and what the future holds.

React Native, Mobile Development, Shopify, Software Engineering, Case Studies

314 points by onnnon 4 days ago | 206 comments

If I Could Wave a Magic Wand (wilsoniumite.com)
We often talk about rewriting code and almost as often talk about whether big rewrites are even a good idea. Joel Spolsky writes a particularly harrowing story of how netscape rewrote their entire codebase and in so doing perhaps doomed their chances of recovery. In summary, here are some key things you need to keep in mind when considering to rewrite something.

Software Development, Code Rewrites, Case Studies

80 points by Wilsoniumite 19 days ago | 27 comments

Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified as Phishing Site (techdirt.com)
Here on Techdirt, we write a lot about content moderation and even did a whole big series of content moderation case studies. However, here’s an interesting one that involves Techdirt itself from a couple weeks ago. It’s also a perfect example of Masnick’s Impossibility Theorem in action and a reminder of how the never-ending flood of spam and scams provides cover for bad actors to sneak through abusive reports.

Content Moderation, Online Security, Phishing, Case Studies, Spam

19 points by hn_acker 37 days ago | 3 comments

Treating wounds in pediatrics with medical grade honey: A case series (nlm.nih.gov)
Medical grade honey (MGH) has antimicrobial and pro-healing properties. We here demonstrate that MGH is an easily applicable, safe, and cost-effective approach for severe wounds. The use of MGH should more often be considered to treat all kinds of pediatric wounds.

Pediatrics, Medicine, Wounds, Case Studies

7 points by atmosx 46 days ago | 2 comments

'Headspin hole': an overuse injury among breakdancers (casereports.bmj.com)
This case report focuses on ‘headspin hole’, a unique overuse injury in breakdancers caused by repetitive headspins.

Dance, Injuries, Breakdancing, Case Studies, Sports Medicine

12 points by bookofjoe 88 days ago | 2 comments

Effective Fuzzing: A Dav1d Case Study (blogspot.com)
Late in 2023, while working on a 20% project with Project Zero, I found an integer overflow in the dav1d AV1 video decoder.

Security, Software, Video Encoding, Case Studies

14 points by belter 93 days ago | 0 comments

Why Gumroad Didn't Choose Htmx (htmx.org)
At Gumroad, we recently embarked on a new project called Helper. As the CEO, I was initially quite optimistic about using htmx for this project, even though some team members were less enthusiastic.

Web Development, Technology, Case Studies, Web Frameworks, Business

27 points by ksbrooksjr 107 days ago | 3 comments

A Local-First Case Study (jakelazaroff.com)
I just got back from a travel sabbatical. While the trip turned out great, the planning process was decidedly… less so. Figuring out six months of travel is a daunting task, and I quickly became dissatisfied with existing tools.

Travel Planning, Case Studies, Software

201 points by paulgb 108 days ago | 82 comments

One Year of Rust in Production (yieldcode.blog)
For the past months, I spent (almost) all of my free time working on my side business — JustFax.

Rust, Programming Languages, Software Development, Side Projects, Case Studies

68 points by thunderbong 117 days ago | 1 comments

UI Design and Implementation Principles from Four Successful Products (hexmos.com)
In this article, I will explain several design principles adopted from successful products, how these products strictly adhere to these principles, and how to implement these designs efficiently.

UI Design, Implementation Principles, Product Design, Case Studies

12 points by im_lince 118 days ago | 0 comments

How one ED mobilized his department during a mass casualty incident (2017) (epmonthly.com)

Emergency Medicine, Healthcare, Case Studies

298 points by CrispyKerosene 157 days ago | 111 comments

Show HN: Failure Hunt – failure stories from entrepreneurs, makers, and experts (failurehunt.com)

Entrepreneurship, Failure, Business, Case Studies

10 points by skaplich 170 days ago | 2 comments

Reversal of autism symptoms among dizygotic twins: A case report (telegraph.co.uk)

Autism, Medical Research, Case Studies, Twins

58 points by doener 180 days ago | 66 comments

Migrating Coinbase's 56M Users to React Native: Key Lessons and Takeaways (stepchange.work)