Hacker News: EspadaV9

IntelliJ Idea 2026.1 Is Out

EspadaV9 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:14:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/03/intellij-idea-2026-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522548

Points: 3

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Krita 5.3/6.0 Released

EspadaV9 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:38:10 +0000

Article URL: https://krita.org/en/release-notes/krita-5-3-release-notes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47502415

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by EspadaV9 in "You Don't Need a Vector Database"

EspadaV9 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:11:59 +0000

I was genuinely surprised just how easy it was to get a fully working RAG set up with Postgres. It was a few hours over a weekend to get something "working" and then probably a bit less time a following weekend to have a nicer database structure and rebuild it learning from the mistakes during the first attempt. The harder part comes next, because that involves multiple tables of user provided data, multi tenancy with a shared core vector schema, and all the actual business logic, so I've put it all on hold for a real breakdown now, but I wouldn't expect it to be much of a problem with what I've found so far with pgvector, and Postgres in general.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "You Don't Need a Vector Database"

EspadaV9 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:43:24 +0000

If you need to store vector, surely the easiest solution is to run `CREATE EXTENSION vector`. When, or if, you need more, then look at alternatives, but I'm sure most people will have a much easier time just adding it to their existing database.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed"

EspadaV9 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:09:32 +0000

There is a fork called PipePipe[0] too, that also implements SponsorBlock

0: https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe

New comment by EspadaV9 in "LocalStack to unify Community and Pro images, require account for use"

EspadaV9 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:29:32 +0000

Well, I was already thinking we need to move away from localstack, I guess this gives me a deadline for when I need to have it done by. Open to recommendations to replace S3 and SQS for local/CI tests.

Postman March:AI-native capabilities,new API Catalog,updated plans and pricing

EspadaV9 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:02:51 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.postman.com/new-capabilities-march-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877962

Points: 1

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New comment by EspadaV9 in "GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client"

EspadaV9 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:12:45 +0000

No. Please don't. Contribute to something like Heroic Launcher instead. Don't create something new just for GOG. Help make the existing tools better. It'll mean GOG has to do less work, and the programs people are already using will get better. Or even just sponsor Heroic so they can send more time we can working on it themselves.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "December in Servo: multiple windows, proxy support, better caching, and more"

EspadaV9 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:08:06 +0000

I too was looking forward to Ladybird, until the main author revealed his political alignment, which is alas, not something I can support (https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and...).

New comment by EspadaV9 in "Ask HN: What tech purchase did you regret even though reviews were great?"

EspadaV9 — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:23:49 +0000

Not sure I'm at the regret stage, but the 3D printer has been sitting mostly unused, and I'm not sure that'll change. There have been a few things that were good to print, but mostly used to print fidget toys for the kids and their mates.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "Core Devices keeps stealing our work"

EspadaV9 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:54:11 +0000

Like many others here, I was excited to hear pebble return, and have a Time 2 on preorder, but will be cancelling it if I don't hear a positive outcome from this.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down"

EspadaV9 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:42:35 +0000

Been using Yaak for 6-9 months now, initially built from source, but now a paying subscriber. Recently saw that you post open metrics[1] on subscriber count and revenue, and love getting a little look behind the curtains.

[1]: https://yaak.app/open

New comment by EspadaV9 in "BCacheFS is being disabled in the openSUSE kernels 6.17+"

EspadaV9 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:53:38 +0000

Might be harder to keep running ZFS on Linux after 6.18

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-write-cache-pages

New comment by EspadaV9 in "I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself"

EspadaV9 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:58:08 +0000

I got the app wrong, it was Uber. I have my phone set to English (UK) and change the measurement system to metric. Uber doesn't respect that though, so it keeps using miles.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself"

EspadaV9 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:56:06 +0000

Ah, thank you, this was it. I had the language set to English (UK), but changed the distance setting to KM. I got the app wrong, it was Uber, and Uber doesn't respect the override, so it always uses miles. Changing it to English (Australia) and Uber switches KM.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself"

EspadaV9 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:06:09 +0000

Wait, there's a setting for this? I've lived in Australia for over 16 years now but everything is still in miles instead of Kms and I have never been able to find a setting to change it (although it sounds like even if I did find itz it would be mostly useless).

New comment by EspadaV9 in "Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas: What We Know Now"

EspadaV9 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:40:40 +0000

With the number of interstellar objects being detected only going up, it would be amazing if we could get some probes to hitch a ride on them. Imagine something lasting as long as Voyager 1 but travelling 3.5x the speed as it leaves the solar system.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "When circumvention is more popular than compliance"

EspadaV9 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 01:24:24 +0000

Or Australia?

New comment by EspadaV9 in "I hacked my washing machine"

EspadaV9 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:37:56 +0000

My dryer doesn't have a delay function accessable via the front panel, it's been "app gated", and the only way the app can talk to it is via WiFi, so if I ever need to set a delay, I have to use the app. All IoT devices are on their own VLAN though, and where possible firewalled off too. I can easily imagine more features being locked behind the app for future models.

New comment by EspadaV9 in "Faking a JPEG"

EspadaV9 — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 04:52:20 +0000

Looks like he didn't get time to finish

https://www.ty-penguin.org.uk/~auj/spigot/pics/2025/03/25/fa...

Terry Pratchett has one I'd like to think he'd approve of. Just a shame I'm unable to see the 8th colour, I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

https://www.ty-penguin.org.uk/~auj/spigot/pics/2025/03/25/fa...