bvanvugt

bvanvugt on Hacker News

Neon: We're building the boring backend for apps and agents

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday May 29, 2026 @05:24PM
from the neon.com dept.

https://neon.com/blog/were-building-backends

( Read More... | no comments | 4 points | on HN )

Rari – Rust-powered React framework

Posted by bvanvugt on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:15PM
from the rari.build dept.

https://rari.build/

( Read More... | 89 comments | 46 points | on HN )

Why so many projects in the Neon free plan?

Posted by bvanvugt on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @02:51PM
from the neon.com dept.

https://neon.com/blog/why-so-many-projects-in-the-neon-free-plan

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

The Future of Product Management Is AI-Native

Posted by bvanvugt on Saturday August 09, 2025 @09:40AM
from the oreilly.com dept.

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-future-of-product-management-is-ai-native/

( Read More... | 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )

Battlesnake is changing, and we need your help

Posted by bvanvugt on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @10:41PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/orgs/BattlesnakeOfficial/discussions/247

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

The Pull Request Hack (2013)

Posted by bvanvugt on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:10AM
from the felixge.de dept.

https://felixge.de/2013/03/11/the-pull-request-hack/

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Naming Things in Code [video]

Posted by bvanvugt on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:50PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3wNP6u5YU

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Hard Reset

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday November 11, 2022 @10:45AM
from the sarahguo.com dept.

https://sarahguo.com/blog/hardreset

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early stage employ... on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:02AM (#32628926)

At that size, share everything. But also share all realistic outcomes, including what failure cases might look like. It's more about earning trust than "pumping" anyone up.

Deploying Web Servers for Free in 2022

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday August 26, 2022 @03:13PM
from the blog.battlesnake.com dept.

https://blog.battlesnake.com/deploying-web-servers-for-free-in-2022/

( Read More... | no comments | 6 points | on HN )

Re:Removal of Heroku free product plans on Thursday August 25, 2022 @05:33PM (#32600218)

Our community recently pulled together a guide for comparing different free hosting providers.

https://blog.battlesnake.com/deploying-web-servers-for-free-...

It's really a shame, given how much we've relied on Heroku free tiers to lower barriers fr all.

Battlesnake Game Rules and Logic

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday April 15, 2022 @04:47PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/BattlesnakeOfficial/rules

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Re:Show HN: Bomberland – An AI competition to build the best Bomberman... on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:15AM (#28641875)

I'm one of the devs behind Battlesnake (https://play.battlesnake.com), and what Joy and the Coder One team are building looks awesome :)

Anything that gets more folks coding, especially at non-beginner levels, is a huge win imo. Congrats on the launch!

Re:Battlesnake raises $1.5M to turn coding into competition on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:54PM (#28577992)

Bashtle Snake is one of the greatest Battlesnakes ever made.

Re:Battlesnake raises $1.5M to turn coding into competition on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:52PM (#28577980)

Hey, thanks for playing! <3

Battlesnake raises $1.5M to turn coding into competition

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:40PM
from the geekwire.com dept.

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/seattle-investors-back-battlesnake-makers-growing-game-turns-coding-competition/

( Read More... | 12 comments | 48 points | on HN )

AWS Infinidash

Posted by bvanvugt on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @11:24PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/jna_sh/status/1410178986978775040

( Read More... | 4 comments | 45 points | on HN )

Battlesnake Spring League – Competitive Programming Over HTTP

Posted by bvanvugt on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:52PM
from the play.battlesnake.com dept.

https://play.battlesnake.com/league/spring-league-2021/

( Read More... | no comments | 5 points | on HN )

Re:Launch HN: MagicBell (YC W21) – embedded notification system for yo... on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:28PM (#26042016)

Hi Hana & Josue - congrats on the launch! This looks like a wonderful product. As a developer I've built (admittedly terrible) versions of this, over and over... look forward to trying it!

Battlesnake Fall League Challenges

Posted by bvanvugt on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:34PM
from the play.battlesnake.com dept.

https://play.battlesnake.com/competitions/fall-league-winter-classic/

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

StitchCounter Bot

Posted by bvanvugt on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:54PM
from the stitchcounter-bot.com dept.

https://stitchcounter-bot.com/

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

How to Buy a Car Without Interacting with a Human (2014)

Posted by bvanvugt on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:12PM
from the the-toast.net dept.

https://the-toast.net/2014/07/11/how-to-buy-a-car/

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

The Art of Simple Sabotage (2019)

Posted by bvanvugt on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:34AM
from the cia.gov dept.

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2019/the-art-of-simple-sabotage.html

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Using a desktop GPU to top the Global Arena in under a week

Posted by bvanvugt on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:23AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/asymptoticlabs/battlesnake-post-mortem-a5917f9a3428

( Read More... | 1 comment | 7 points | on HN )

Battlesnake Live

Posted by bvanvugt on Saturday June 20, 2020 @12:01PM
from the twitch.tv dept.

https://www.twitch.tv/BattlesnakeOfficial

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Battlesnake: Stay Home and Code

Posted by bvanvugt on Thursday April 09, 2020 @11:13AM
from the play.battlesnake.com dept.

https://play.battlesnake.com/events/stay-home-and-code/

( Read More... | no comments | 7 points | on HN )

Battlesnake Developer Update – December 2019

Posted by bvanvugt on Sunday January 05, 2020 @04:02PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/battlesnake/battlesnake-developer-update-dec-2019-ed6e1ec3ed11

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Battlesnake Winter Classic – Day 3 (Live)

Posted by bvanvugt on Saturday December 21, 2019 @04:21PM
from the twitch.tv dept.

https://www.twitch.tv/BattlesnakeOfficial

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )

Battlesnake Winter Classic – Day 2

Posted by bvanvugt on Saturday November 30, 2019 @06:11PM
from the twitch.tv dept.

https://www.twitch.tv/BattlesnakeOfficial

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Battlesnake Winter Classic 2019

Posted by bvanvugt on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:04AM
from the play.battlesnake.com dept.

https://play.battlesnake.com/events/winter-classic-2019/

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )