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Alex-Aachen

Re: on Saturday May 02, 2026 @02:41AM (#47983945)
Thank you for your comment. To answer your question, I don’t currently have a public repository where you can see the use cases in action. I only have private product (confidential) repositories that I actually implement the annotations in, and ones where I can see added value. The idea is still new. I am gaining experience in order to determine where and whether it would be beneficial. Secondly, the specification includes the option to incorporate cross-references (agentref), which would enable you to store references to non-modifiable external repositories. Maybe this could do the trick. With these references, the point is to figure out the detail level at which the ref should point to (repo, folder, file, class) such that it may help the agent.
Re:Ask HN: Can HN ban new accounts? or charge money? on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:04AM (#47972975)
Thanks for your tip. It worked out in the end; I guess it just took a little patience with HN. I can see why.
Re:Zed is 1.0 on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @11:11AM (#47949537)
Congratulations from me too — it quickly became my go-to editor (sorry, VSCode)
Re:Ask HN: Can HN ban new accounts? or charge money? on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @10:56AM (#47949343)
From my own experience, I can confirm that new users currently can’t just post (or at least I couldn’t). So I’d appreciate it if there were some way to prove you’re not a bot and that you have at least a genuine question or perhaps an interesting post.
Re:Ask HN: Can you listen to podcasts while working? on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:06AM (#47920496)
I made the same observation: podcast - no way, music in foreign language - if in background yes. There are some simple mobile-games out there that work well, e.g. clicking some colours for pattern or something, but also nothing with words, written or spoken. Interestingly, driving a car is also not a problem (at least for me), so in the end i blame identical or different mind-regions processing the input for that :-)