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Interested to know the human/AI split in creating this. I think it's clear an LLM had at least a heavy hand in making this game.

Was the entire app generated from prompts?

Re:Android "Password Store" client for pass discontinued on Monday October 21, 2024 @01:59AM (#41901067)
fwiw i've recently moved to sharing my kpdb using taildrive. The KeePass Android app can open databases from WebDAV
[Yoink](https://eternalstorms.at/yoink/mac/) is something I love that I haven't seen mentioned.

Dragging things around between desktops (especially with a track pad) is annoying and Yoink solves it.

I worked on a BLE mesh-based smarthome product.

Bluetooth, as a whole, gets complicated quickly.

It was a bit of a pain to work with, but I think it was more the SDK/implementation than the spec itself. Iirc this company had created its own "mesh" before the official Bluetooth spec so working backwards to conform to the official spec was rough.

There were a few annoying limitations around max hops and leader election that were tricky. This mesh needed to have a single "gateway" node to go between the mesh and a normal BLE connection to the phone.

I still think BLE mesh is a better solution than ZigBee/Z-Wave.

I don't know if there's been good progress on client SDKs to have an easier time interacting with BLE. Getting bluez to do what I wanted was not simple, and a lot of the time it wasn't compatible with hardware.

Re:Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:49AM (#38802609)
USD is backed by the value and legitimacy of the world's largest economy and world's largest military. I don't think Tether has that kind of track record...
Re:Homemade Sriracha on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:54PM (#37488154)
I've found mash fermentation works fantastically in a vacuum bag

https://youtu.be/1IyrvH-Gexk?si=giwGdkPrLzxJc2AL

Re:World's Largest Selection of Tinned Seafood on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:37PM (#36668844)
I've ordered from Dan a number of times. The service, recommendations, and packaging are remarkable. Each tin has a little tidbit about its strengths. Honestly, anyone who enjoys seafood should get a sample box.
Re:CSS Gradients that avoid the “gray dead zone” on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:32PM (#29900014)
Was it Rob Pike's post on (the inaccuracy of the term) color blindness? https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/09/color-blindness-i...
Re:Home Assistant – open-source home automation on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:50PM (#28547370)
I've found openHAB to be quite stable. Setup is pretty heavyweight but I've just had it chugging along happily managing BLE, Z-Wave, a few cameras, etc.
Re:I built my first serverless robot and won $1000 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:20PM (#27908266)
That's very much something that happens in Battlesnake[1]! There's a fun Go Time episode about it all[2].

[1]: https://play.battlesnake.com/

[2]: https://changelog.com/gotime/182

This is really cool, Matt. Even cooler to see you on HN. Enjoy one of my jams.
GoatCounter is a pretty straightforward option.

https://www.goatcounter.com/