Hacker News: DanielVZ

AFS II: Please Stop Invocating KISS and DRY

DanielVZ — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:10:23 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/acronym-fatigue-series-dry-kiss-yagni/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124133

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by DanielVZ in "Spatial languages: Writing code in 2D"

DanielVZ — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:59:56 +0000

I was recently spending the last few days pondering how I would program in pen and paper if there were no technical restrictions other than having to define the program.

I just started note taking by hand and I find it way more enjoyable than typing. So maybe it’s a medium to force myself to code like in the old days.

I was looking for something like spatial computing and all I could find were esolangs, UML, and maybe punchcards? This gives me an idea on how this could be useful.

New comment by DanielVZ in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

DanielVZ — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:11:59 +0000

My grandad had a big library of books, but in his obsession of preservation, he wrapped all of their covers in gift wrap paper. It kind of defeated the purpose of having so many books in a library. You weren't able to browse them easily. I should go dive into them to take some some.

Goodbye Notion, Obsidian, Org, Notes App, and More. Hello Paper

DanielVZ — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:49:39 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/i-started-using-pencil-and-paper/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013936

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Project: Tether

DanielVZ — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:15:50 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/axiom-proper-project-tether/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49009115

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by DanielVZ in "Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise"

DanielVZ — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:21:27 +0000

But also wrote that he didn’t trust the humans behind the AI.

Acronym Fatigue Series part 1: CAP, ACID and friends

DanielVZ — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:20:49 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/acronym-fatigue-series-cap-acid-etl-elt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48847437

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by DanielVZ in "Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms"

DanielVZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:31:29 +0000

Sorry for the confusion. I meant wary as in beware.

New comment by DanielVZ in "Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms"

DanielVZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:26:45 +0000

The parent comment explains it. The acronym makes buries the idea one level deeper. When people learn it means Consistency, Availability, Partition Tolerance, they get an illusion of understanding but in reality they’ve only decoded the acronym.

New comment by DanielVZ in "Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms"

DanielVZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:19:00 +0000

It’s the first heading in the article. The first thing I wanted to convey.

New comment by DanielVZ in "Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms"

DanielVZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:00:37 +0000

Absolutely! I’ll dive into this a bit more in the second section, where even technical acronyms can be considered harmful because they are learned at a surface level and then spread at meme-like speed.

For instance most people don’t know that even though both CAP and ACID contain consistency, they do not refer to the same idea. In CAP it’s about linearizability, while in ACID it’s about preserving invariants.

Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms

DanielVZ — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:30:33 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/acryonym-fatigue-series-why-i-m-wary-of-engineering-acronyms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48811339

Points: 60

# Comments: 68

New comment by DanielVZ in "Has_not_been_viewed_much"

DanielVZ — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:06:29 +0000

ah yes that one. thanks!

New comment by DanielVZ in "Has_not_been_viewed_much"

DanielVZ — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:26:12 +0000

My first art work was a drawing of a bunch of couches flying. I loved it. I came back here to comment about it without noticing I’d lose track of it. I tried searching in the collection but I couldn’t find it, so if anyone finds a sketch of a bunch of couches, I’d appreciate a link.

Somehow this made this experience even more wonderful.

Glaze made me an editor for this site

DanielVZ — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:28:38 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/trying-out-the-glaze-app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786616

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by DanielVZ in "Who am I? I'm an awkward fellow, after all"

DanielVZ — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:30:50 +0000

Yeah maybe…

New comment by DanielVZ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2026)"

DanielVZ — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:21:22 +0000

I'm not into jewelry myself but these pieces are amazing. Maybe someday I'll buy a necklace for my wife here. Hope this takes off!!!

New comment by DanielVZ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2026)"

DanielVZ — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:08:29 +0000

Just started trying to write once a day in my website https://devz.cl

I set it up a few months ago to share gamedev, ideas, stories. So far it has been fun to see the comments here on HN. Not sure where else to share it. And the most rewarding aspect about it is being able to reflect daily/regularly about myself, software, or stuff in general.

I'm trying to get up to speed with my english writing. With spanish as a first language, english is a bit awkward to write, so this is good practice too.

Also I'm trying to implement indie web stuff on it. I'm limited to only stuff supported on static sites, but for example with the help of webmentions.io i was able to set them up on my website without requiring a server.

Who am I? I'm an awkward fellow, after all

DanielVZ — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:59:24 +0000

Article URL: https://devz.cl/posts/who-am-i/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48762683

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by DanielVZ in "Solid and Clean Code never felt solid or clean to me"

DanielVZ — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:49:41 +0000

sorry about that. compressed it into a 237 KB jpeg