If you are getting blocked by CloudFlare, you are most likely not our demographic.

And there's always email address given in form submission, so a couple of users (like less than 5), emailed about the block and I added rules for each of them.

Better than taking down the whole thing because of bots scraping the site 5x more rate than humans.

I know some actual users get blocked. But the amount of spam we get without it, the amount of bot traffic simply overwhelming the server... It is just too much.

Recently I also hard blocked all IPs from china Singapore India Pakistan Russia and whole of africa. Do I want to do it? No. But the amount of bot traffic and corresponding spam is a bigger problem :(

Take a look how long it took to be able to customize .

A hamburger menu or an accordion with proper viewport scrolling should be a couple of lines of html css...

]]>Mon, 25 May 2026 04:17:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263351CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263351https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263351Others said a lot already. But yes, go full on English for all official and business needs. Endure a few years of hardship and everyone will come out stronger. Europe can attract so much top talents over night just by this one single step and also save an insane amount of money/resources that can be directed elsewhere.

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:02:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159900CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159900https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159900No. You want it because you are shortsighted. Others don't want that. If it is illegal, go and sue.

]]>Mon, 11 May 2026 21:04:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100667CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100667https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100667Europe always has a thing for their languages. They think many languages make them stronger while spending billions in system loss due to communication barriers. It is obvious they will try to do the same with LLMs and call it the next best thing since bread and butter.

I went to JCON EUROPE this year. The amount of "Europe this" "Europe that" "sovereign this, sovereign that" is mind boggling and just a waste of time and money. The regular people know this and thus left the conferences mid way. But somehow the people "in charge" really need to push this. Same thing here.

]]>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:43:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099002CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099002https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48099002Using iphones without a case since 2017. Thinness definitely matters and there's nothing awkward about holding it.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:52:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014058CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014058https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014058Yeah, they are not so good with that either or just cheats.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:52:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010289CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010289https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010289Why do you need to change climate control at all let alone when driving? Is it because the car can't maintain proper temperature? Response time is lagging? Or what?

Also, you can just use voice control. Works better than physical buttons.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 07:58:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005891CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005891https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005891You are absolutely right. See my other post before where I saw essentially the same thing. It is absurd how bad the German companies are; the only thing they know how to do great is the engine.

I never understand these people with their ac knobs... What are they doing that they need to change AC all the time during driving?

I set it to 21.5 with auto, and it is perfect for the whole car. Why do people need to constantly change ac?!!

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 07:55:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005875CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005875https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005875That's why the steering wheel has enough buttons for things you really need during driving.

They are doing it for both, cost cutting WHILE improving UX. Only Rivian and some Chinese companies understand that.

Others did it JUST for cost cutting and result was obvious.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:00:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005140CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005140https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005140Yes, that's why, unless it is a parent-child duo, almost every cyclists duo I see everyday keeps riding side by side and now I can't even legally overtake even when I go (as I should) fully to other lane as I am supposed to keep 2M distance from them.

Look, I have a bicycle that I love riding. I have nothing against bicycles. But (primary transport) bicyclists are, in general, AHs.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:35:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003616CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003616https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003616You are just being an ...

By your logic, when med-science will provide ways to fix legs, instead of fixing people's legs, we should be building wheelchair ramp all over the world...

I clearly said accessibility is good but what can be fixed on/around the source, should not be burdened on the site. Wheelchair is a perfect example of that.

You don't provide a wheelchair per site per person.

Imagine Chrome having accessibility toggle that sets this text contrast to whatever you prefer with one click/pre-settings. Now suddenly every site is compliant to your need.

More of the design accessibility should be option in the browser instead of the sites. That helps everyone better.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:27:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003566CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003566https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003566They are doing neither. All German car companies are idiots. Years of lead compared to all other car manufacturers, threw away all of it with sheer incompetence and bureaucracy.

They saw less buttons on Tesla and tried to adopt it as a cost cutting measure instead of thinking of designing a better UX. Result is, laggy/buggy/buttonless bad ux that customers hated. So they are going back with a bad excuse. The mistake is thinking software+UX as second class in a modern car. But now they are correcting "touch screen bad" mistake. lmao.

I mean, it is no surprise. Germans in general don't know how to develop good software because to them everything is a design by committee (see CARAID).

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:16:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003505CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003505https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003505the 2025/2026 Model Y.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:08:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003452CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003452https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003452Press the wiper button on Steering wheel to wipe, use left scroll button on steering wheel to make it fast/slow/off. No touch screen needed. Can also use voice command.

Press headlight button on s.wheel, tap the fog light icon on screen.

There's one thing I actually dislike. You can use voice to control all these stuff except foglight. It even understands foglight command, but doesn't do anything. Most likely a bug. I don't know how to report it.

]]>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:07:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003438CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003438https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003438What needs to be changed during driving that needs 2-3 layers deep stuff? Examples.

]]>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:31:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001731CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001731https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001731Some people just want a faster horse :)

]]>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:24:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001666CrimsonRainhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001666https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001666