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Re:Catch a Bird – I made it for my own sanity
on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:05AM (#50104767)
My cat was not happy about this at all. He sat and watched it for five minutes, tail wagging ominously. While I am happy that thoughts were set free by people, my cat wanted all thoughts to die a horrible death.
Re:Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts
on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:05AM (#49609833)
I thought PICS was a well-designed framework. I was disappointed when it didn't take off.
Re:Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file
on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:39AM (#49420471)
Interesting how noise complaints dwarf any other type of complaint in NYC.
Re:ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
on Friday May 15, 2026 @03:17PM (#48152656)
But why?
Re:Forking the Web
on Saturday May 09, 2026 @09:17AM (#48074750)
This is what you want: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
Re:Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool (just 2 files) to explore the s...
on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @12:36PM (#47427911)
Love this, but I need it to allow me to break the frame. I found some neat sites, but I need a button to open them in a new tab, frame-free, if I want to.
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?
on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:21AM (#46631436)
Related to this, I spent three years looking up 1,000 things and writing about them.
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?
on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @03:47PM (#46623077)
Re:Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?
on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:46PM (#46412867)
Call me simple or provincial, but I really enjoyed "Good Hang" from Amy Poehler. It's a breezy interview with interesting people (doesn't hurt that I'm a long-time SNL fan).
Take a look at these posts --
https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/let-me-know/
https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/notify-one-time/
I'm glad someone finally did something here. I wish you every success.
Ask HN: Is there a name for the study and patterns of software extensibility?
I'm interested in the patterns and practices behind extending software. You know: extensions, plugins, add-ons, etc. -- the systems and features that software (usually enterprise software) provides so that users and extend it to do things it wasn't originally intended to do.Is there a generally accepted name of category for this? I searched Amazon for some books on "software extensibilty" or...
Ask HN: What's the Latest in Home Networking?
My home networking gear is, like, 20 years ago -- some old cable model and wifi router. I've literally done nothing with it.I need to upgrade.Has anything fundamentally changed here? Any tricks and tips to getting longer range on the wifi (the kids complain that it's spotty upstairs).
Ask HN: How does AI understand what I write?
I get generative AI. I understand the concept of an LLM and how it generates text. AI output processing seems relatively clear to me.What I don't understand is how ChatGPT (or whatever) understands what I write. No matter how I phrase it, or how subtle or abstract the point or problem is, AI usually always figures out what I mean. I am mystified and constantly amazed at AI input processing.What...
Re:Ask HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be
on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:16PM (#45867165)
There are two types of "solo":
* No co-workers working on the same thing
* No users using the thing
Both are hard.
Re:Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). ...
on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @02:41PM (#45826958)
I visited a food service company a couple years ago. They had phone reps taking orders from customers (restaurants ordering produce and such). They used a TUI (a "green screen" essentially).
I have never seen people move through a GUI that fast. They were lightning quick with it. They were like an veteran accountant with a ten-key adding machine. It was amazing, and pretty damn sobering when you think how much work we spend on GUIs.
Re:Ask HN: What are some impressive vibe coding projects?
on Monday October 20, 2025 @09:51AM (#45643942)
"Lessons Learned from Vibe-Coding a Configuration Parser"
https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/vibe-lessons/
Here's the spec I discuss in the post:
Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C and not Rust
on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @02:45AM (#45588871)
It's hard to argue with success. SQLite's pervasiveness is kind of a royal flush.
Lessons Learned from Vibe-Coding a Configuration Parser
Re:iPhone Air
on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:27PM (#45186316)
I've been a PC guy my whole live, and was forced onto a MacBook Pro this year for work.
The battery life is insane. The idea of charging my laptop has become this weird ritual now, only known of in lore and legend, that I partake of only when there is a blood moon.
Content Query Languages
Re:Show HN: Blueprint: Fast, Nunjucks-like templating engine for Java ...
on Monday September 01, 2025 @09:25AM (#45092529)
Syntax looks very much like Liquid. I feel like that syntax is becoming a standard.
My Own WTF, or How to Not Handle URL Redirects
Re:Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or...
on Saturday August 23, 2025 @10:35PM (#45000822)
Yeah, when I visited, it was utterly destroyed with racist ranting and (I think) some neo-Nazi. Horrifying, yet impressive.
How Should a CMS Repository Understand the Content Within It?
Re:The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know
on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @01:21PM (#44891192)
I followed up with this:
"The Missing Service: Notify One Time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44890642
The Missing Service: Notify One Time
Re:The Missing Service: Notify One Time
on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @12:36PM (#44890643)
A follow-up to my prior post about the hypothetical "Let Me Know" protocol.
The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know
Re:The Joy of Mixing Custom Elements, Web Components, and Markdown
on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:35AM (#44875442)
This feels like Markdown + Liquid.
I wrote quite a bit about Fluid, which is the C# implementation of Liquid. https://deanebarker.net/tech/fluid/