Hacker News: CharlesW

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Constructive Data Modeling – Alexis King

CharlesW — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:29:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BXuYlNrUmE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999033

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "VECOS – A windows-like operating system for the Vectrex for the UVMC2 [video]"

CharlesW — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:13:28 +0000

As a kid, it was incredibly exciting to see in person! It was pretty small (had a 9" CRT) and $200 (~$650 today). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex

New comment by CharlesW in "Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt"

CharlesW — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:33:42 +0000

Not a dupe! That article is neutral reporting of the merger's approval, where this one is an opinionated take on its likely effects. I don't think most people understand that Oracle is now overboard, its future in doubt because of $82B in giant concrete shoes, and is now in a position to take Paramount and Warner Brothers down with it.

New comment by CharlesW in "The cost of lies: A Mineserver story"

CharlesW — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:15:38 +0000

Robert X. Cringely was his pen name. His real name was Mark Stephens, born January 28, 1953. This notice appears to be the obituary placeholder: https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Mark-Stephens?obId=49...

VECOS – A windows-like operating system for the Vectrex for the UVMC2 [video]

CharlesW — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:23:04 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex

https://www.safas.com/?SAFAS-UVmc2-uno-spettrofotometro-UV-V...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984984

Points: 33

# Comments: 9

Mark: A journey to the heart of history's largest nonterritorial empire

CharlesW — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:12:40 +0000

Article URL: https://colossus.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-profile/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49982030

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

JumpStar is the world's strongest AI engine for Chinese Checkers

CharlesW — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:28:56 +0000

Article URL: https://chinesecheckers.ai/chinese-checkers-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49979078

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Tightening Full Disk Access on macOS, in Response to AI Apps Running Amok

CharlesW — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:15:58 +0000

Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/10/apple_full_disk_access

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939300

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Pi 1.0"

CharlesW — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:41:51 +0000

> Earendil, really now?

Adding insult to injury, Pi apparently considers low Tolkien usage to be beneficial.

New comment by CharlesW in "Pi 1.0"

CharlesW — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:29:14 +0000

> I do iOS apps in Claude…

Out of curiosity, have you come across Axiom (https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/) in your quest for more effective AI-assisted iOS coding?

New comment by CharlesW in "SvelteKit 3"

CharlesW — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:38:04 +0000

Can you say more? I’ve been getting great results with Nuxt and Nuxt UI, and I’m having a hard time thinking of ways SvelteKit would be worth the switch.

New comment by CharlesW in "Pi 1.0"

CharlesW — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:55:02 +0000

As someone similarly invested in Claude Code and initially reluctant to try other harnesses, I recommend the batteries-included Pi distribution oh-my-pi (omp.sh) over Pi and OpenCode. I switch between Claude Code, omp, and Codex regularly, and it feels fine.

New comment by CharlesW in "Pi 1.0"

CharlesW — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:46:23 +0000

That the "batteries included" bit, but it's not "burning tokens" in the sense that using Pi with the same batteries would (of course) use just as many. I can strongly recommend omp.sh if you just want to be up and running without hassle and a far better (for me) developer experience.

New comment by CharlesW in "5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs"

CharlesW — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:13:26 +0000

This is technical content, written for a technical audience, being shared on HN. In that context, it's not particularly esoteric. If "5x faster Edge Functions" means nothing to you, that's a good signal that you can just skip it without FOMO. If you're familiar with the concept but not Firecracker (a popular microVM) specifically, the expectation is that you'll use search engines and/or LLMs to get up to speed.