Hacker News with Generative AI: Retrospectives

True Romance (1993) – A 30th Anniversary Retrospective (cinemascholars.com)
In the Summer of 1993, most of the cinema-viewing world was fixated on dinosaurs, of the Jurassic kind. However, just a year earlier, another powerful force began to exert its dominance in the film industry.
Movies, Film, Retrospectives, Anniversaries
33 points by walterbell 21 days ago | 8 comments
I Recreated Photoshop in C++ (f055.net)
As I’m getting older I look back on all the things I’ve done as a creative developer, and I see so many cool projects! But I never wrote down any development stories, and most of these projects, even as successful when released, got lost in time as years go by. That’s why I’m starting my new posts series „That time I” where I look back on my most interesting projects.
Programming, Software, C++, Personal Projects, Retrospectives
5 points by todsacerdoti 43 days ago | 1 comments
The Longest Journey – A Retrospective (2007) (rockpapershotgun.com)
A game that almost vanished.
Video Games, Retrospectives, Game Development, Reviews
5 points by debo_ 100 days ago | 0 comments
A Retrospective on the Source Code Control System [pdf] (mrochkind.com)
Software, Retrospectives
19 points by vitplister 109 days ago | 2 comments
Matrix-Libera IRC Bridge Temporary Shutdown, a Retrospective (2023) (libera.chat)
Some people have requested transparency into how Libera came to the conclusion that we needed to take the drastic action of requesting that Element Matrix Services (EMS) deactivate the portalling bouncer-like feature of the Matrix bridge and limit it to explicitly opted-in plumbed rooms, and then escalate to more serious action in requesting the bridge be disabled fully.
IRC, Matrix, Open Source, Communication, Retrospectives
85 points by walterbell 207 days ago | 79 comments