Hacker News: CharlesW

Ultimate Online "Phreak Box" (Enhanced Blue Box)

CharlesW — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:54:22 +0000

Article URL: https://phreaknet.org/bluebox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768899

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Amazon acquires Apple's satellite partner

CharlesW — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:41:00 +0000

Article URL: https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/amazon-acquires-apples-satellite-partner/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768723

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends

CharlesW — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:37:57 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-impact-of-ai-on-software-engineers-2026

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768679

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

I Restored the 35mm Negative to the Greatest Music Video of All Time

CharlesW — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:03:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0CdkbIFz90

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768264

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Interview: John Calhoun on the Origins of Glider (2010)

CharlesW — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:39:19 +0000

Article URL: https://macscene.net/d/4678-interview-john-calhoun-on-the-origins-of-glider-part-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767915

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Apple Reportedly Testing AI Glasses in Several Frame Styles

CharlesW — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:12:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-reportedly-testing-ai-glasses-in-several-frame-styles/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755081

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I Built an Autonomous Flying Umbrella [video]

CharlesW — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:34:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRrUiM_A6g

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754561

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Oilfield Units: a Measurement System so Cursed it made me Change Career [video]

CharlesW — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:47:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWEGzWFcCc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47744904

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of 1980s-era Mac OS"

CharlesW — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:43:39 +0000

Out of curiosity, what app are you thinking of? Of all of types of software used with classic Mac OS (INITs, CDEVs, FKEYs, Desk Accessories, Drivers, etc.), apps would be the least likely to rely on implemention quirks.

New comment by CharlesW in "Show HN: Keeper – embedded secret store for Go (help me break it)"

CharlesW — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:34:24 +0000

From a project perspective, is this for fun or is it meant to be a production solution? If the latter, what problem(s) are you trying to solve that established solutions like fnox don't? https://github.com/jdx/fnox (I'm an fnox user who's unfamiliar with this space, and am curious what your critiques would be.)

John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

CharlesW — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:46:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696035

Points: 395

# Comments: 129

DHH's new way of writing code: Agent-first

CharlesW — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:38:43 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/dhhs-new-way-of-writing-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695948

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Boneyard: Generate pixel-perfect skeleton screens from your real DOM"

CharlesW — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:50:08 +0000

I do this often, and they do! Yours is the same question I had.

SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet

CharlesW — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:31:06 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/scotus-overturns-5th-circuit-ruling-that-told-isp-to-kick-pirates-off-internet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680215

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

NMS Ceefax: Remember teletext? This is the same

CharlesW — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:53:24 +0000

Article URL: https://nmsceefax.co.uk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654753

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Show HN: Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac"

CharlesW — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:02:17 +0000

This isn't a good test for any model since LLMs can't math (even though frontier models can sometimes correctly simulate mathing), which is why one would always use a tool for this.

QuickTime: The mad dash to build the future of multimedia

CharlesW — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:25:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/902721/quicktime-history-apple

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620994

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

First lab-grown T-Rex leather handbag unveiled in Amsterdam could fetch €575,000

CharlesW — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:23:30 +0000

Article URL: https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/02/worlds-first-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-handbag-unveiled-amsterdam-fetch-eu575000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620961

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

New comment by CharlesW in "Tailscale's new macOS home"

CharlesW — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:57 +0000

Oh! Thanks for that, I hadn't realized Ice's maintainer had stopped working on it: https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

New comment by CharlesW in "Tailscale's new macOS home"

CharlesW — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:54:08 +0000

I personally found it confusing and un-Mac-like that quitting the configuration app also now stops the Tailscale service. It was unfortunate to discover this while I was AFK.

My recommendation is to rethink it to work like apps like 1Password, Default Folder, Keyboard Maestro, Ice, etc., where I can always easily open a configuration app, but the service must be intentionally/knowingly quit via either the configuration app or the menu bar utility.

TLDR: Please separate the service from the new configuration app.