Hacker News: Cherub0774

New comment by Cherub0774 in "Tokenomics: Quantifying Where Tokens Are Used in Agentic Software Engineering"

Cherub0774 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:09:52 +0000

I came to a similar conclusion. I think the default options in many IDEs (Ask/Plan/Agent) are limited... 'Refine' feels like an improved 'Plan' in that it doesn't just jump right into building a list of tasks based on the initial prompt, because who knows what sort of flaws or deficiencies were present in the initial prompt! Can't always get everything right in the first try. XP

I don't think a specific harness is even necessary to get a boost from 'Refine'. Even a simple custom agent is portable enough... it's easy enough to take the existing 'Plan' agent definition present in VS Code and tweak it to be 'Refine' instead.

New comment by Cherub0774 in "I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs"

Cherub0774 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:05:30 +0000

We all have something similar, it seems! I stole mine from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7726949/remove-tracking-....

I also set mine up to run on `git checkout master` so that I don't really have to think about it too hard -- it just runs automagically. `gcm` has now become muscle memory for me.

  alias gcm=$'git checkout master || git checkout main && git pull && git remote prune origin && git branch -vv | grep \': gone]\'|  grep -v "\*" | awk \'{ print $1; }\' | xargs -r git branch -D'

New comment by Cherub0774 in "Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle"

Cherub0774 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:26:35 +0000

Personally I'm most fond of Calibre + Calibre-Web, which masquerades as the Kobo Store and lets you use the built-in Kobo syncing mechanisms with your Calibre library instead of having to do it all within Koreader.

New comment by Cherub0774 in "E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens"

Cherub0774 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:34:54 +0000

> says Modos cofounder Wenting Zhang

I am absolutely not surprised to see his name behind this startup. I've been following his work for years at this point; his YouTube channel has always deeply impressed me, and he's done wonderful open source work in the realm of E-paper for quite some time now.

Kudos to him, and I wish him all the best.

New comment by Cherub0774 in "Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot"

Cherub0774 — Fri, 23 May 2025 00:04:37 +0000

As someone who self-hosts and who used the Pocket+Kobo integration _and_ who hacks away at their Kobo, hopefully folks like you and I can help keep the integration alive.

I already try to prevent the Kobo from upgrading due to unwanted changes to my Kobo patch configuration, so I'm crossing my fingers here.

New comment by Cherub0774 in "Launch HN: Miyagi (YC W25) turns YouTube videos into online, interactive courses"

Cherub0774 — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:03:12 +0000

> Yep, if anyone didn't want their videos to be on our site, we would take it down.

Do note that this behavior of "opting creators into a program without their consent, justifying it via revenue share, and CYA with a 'they can opt out if they want to!' shield" is still... awful optics.

The whole Brave scandal (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736888) is a good case study on how laypeople will perceive this. It's not popular at all.

New comment by Cherub0774 in "I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't interview due to my disability"

Cherub0774 — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:15:23 +0000

I'm hesitant to ID myself in connection to this blog post. I try to lead a very quiet/private online life. Thank you for the response, though. :)

New comment by Cherub0774 in "I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't interview due to my disability"

Cherub0774 — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:14:18 +0000

Canada! Thank you for responding and sharing this, though. :)

New comment by Cherub0774 in "I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't interview due to my disability"

Cherub0774 — Mon, 23 May 2022 19:13:51 +0000

Thank you for the response! I haven't tried any of these. I very much appreciate the suggestions. (And, thank you for taking the time to email, too.) :)

I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't interview due to my disability