captaincrunch
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I used to love posts like this. I even wrote my own basic runtime environment back in the day. But lately, because of AI, I've completely lost interest in this kind of stuff.
I don't say that lightly. I've been coding since I was 11 and loved every minute of it. I'm 52 now, and once I fully gave in to using AI, I pretty much stopped writing code myself.
Has anyone else felt like they've lost that spark?
You absoloutly were then! <3
So far its been direct referrals, which was surprising. I did an initial post on Reddit, and its grown quite a lot since!!
I struggled with an input box for the first month on my game, Apple and its crazy UI/UX. I think you made the right choice with the keyboard.
Just sitting at 99,736 plays since March!!
Posted by
captaincrunch on Monday June 15, 2026 @12:48PM
from the show-hn dept.
Wrote a game, and played with Google Analytics, and a few others - I have to say how disapointed I was with google = used to be easy to use, now its just so frustrating and the stats make no sense to me.
Anyhow, whipped this up and I am actually benefitting from the stats - game changes, etc.
You could answer this by asking yourself - Why not just let AI code in machine language?
I am capable of coding (25 years+) but just started playing with Claude Code, its actually pretty good. I have all the data in the DB (AI generated data)
Would love feedback, we used AI for the answers so we could enjoy it too! :D
Posted by
captaincrunch on Sunday March 22, 2026 @08:15PM
from the show-hn dept.
Posted by
captaincrunch on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:40PM
from the barrons.com dept.
Posted by
captaincrunch on Saturday December 06, 2025 @08:01PM
from the github.com dept.
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada / London, ON, Canada
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Linux, Unix, LAMP, VirtualBox, AWS, C, C++, PHP, Python, Java, Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, Oracle, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Scikit-learn, Keras, NumPy, Blockchain, Crypto, VMware ESXi, Xen, Hyper-V, Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, ELK Stack, Nessus, OpenVAS, Splunk, Wazuh.
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lkZ9knn-
6ci1MusWeFeArP8k3D-2M1Z7/view?usp=sharing
Email: [email protected]
just a formatting issue on my side, there were \n.
This is fast, READABLE, and accurate:
bool is_leap_year(uint32_t y) {
// Works for Gregorian years in range [0, 65535]
return ((!(y & 3)) && ((y % 25 != 0) || !(y & 15)));
}
Yes, I typed help after two guesses... but go north? Or whats the point in having it tell you information and exits
half the things I am asking........ what? what?
Keep it in the single digits, most people when looking over their Credit cards (when looking to cut things) look for big numbers.
Best way - Click "Click Me" then hold down enter.
don't need it - just click the "click" button and then hold down enter.
Couldn't get through the video, your keyboard sounds are very annoying.
This type of tool got me banned from Pokeman Go... gotta' collect them all!!
Officer Cleo: chuckles Well Sheerluck, since you're stuck at home, I'm happy to whip up a little JavaScript program to help us crack this case wide open! Let's get coding, shall we? ```javascript // Function to display the overview of the case function displayOverview() { console.log("Welcome to the Andae Mountain Cabin mystery!"); console.log("We've got two dead bodies on our hands - one fresh, one old."); console.log("The fresh one is Victim Vince, who was stabbed with a broken antler."); console.log("The old one is Marcel, a famous fashion designer who went missing 15 years ago."); console.log("The suspects are a colorful bunch:"); console.log("- Violent Jerry, the angry cabin owner"); console.log("- Manager Patricia, his young, controlling wife"); console.log("- Solitary Hannah, the intense, silent hunter"); console.log("- Innocent Ken, the smelly anime nerd"); console.log("- Amateur Larry, the bumbling businessman with some shady connections"); console.log("We've got a lot of ground to cover, so let's get investigating!"); } // Function to display the key locations to investigate function displayLocations() { console.log("Here are the key locations we need to check out:"); console.log("- Andae Woods"); console.log("- Area behind the cabin"); console.log("- Cabin lobby"); console.log("- Room 101 (Violent Jerry and Manager Patricia)"); console.log("- Room 102 (Amateur Larry)"); console.log("- Room 103 (Solitary Hannah)"); console.log("- Room 201 (Victim Vince)"); console.log("- Room 202 (Innocent Ken)"); console.log("Remember, each suspect has dirt on the others, so we need to grill them all to get the full picture."); } // Function to display clues found in a specific location function displayCluesFromLocation(location) { switch (location) { case "Room 101":
Thanks, I'll explore this!
Posted by
captaincrunch on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @06:47PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I have a couple ideas I’d like to do for a startup, yet I always want to create a text based socket game that would likely generate -negative revenue. And advice?
How does my grandfather exist in this complicated world? You don't need a smart phone.