Hacker News: HHalvi

New comment by HHalvi in "Orion 1.0"

HHalvi — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:18:04 +0000

I really love to hate Safari (extensions, ad blocking, dev tools amongst many other reasons) but love using a non chromium browser.

I discovered Orion a few years back and it has been my go-to standalone browser but never strong enough to be my primary browser.

So many daily drivers of mine refuse(d) to work from time to time (1P, Netflix, Youtube, Slack, Gmaps, Hey & the list goes on). I eventually started relying on Orion RC instead of Orion to band-aid fix these problems.

I truly hope they succeed but a few hours of driving the 1.0, it doesn't feel like a 1.0 yet.

New comment by HHalvi in "Bayleaf · Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard"

HHalvi — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:09:32 +0000

Ever since I saw this video[1] by Dave2D I have felt the need to move away from my regular mechanical keyboards to Ortholinear keyboards. Non split keyboards seemed too much of a hassle and Bayleaf looks like something I can totally switch to. If only someone built a DIY kit that I could buy off shelves.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVfB_0s470I

New comment by HHalvi in "Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using?"

HHalvi — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:02:57 +0000

Lua: Picked it up when I was dabbling in building Games relying on Love2D which uses Lua as the underlying language.

CoffeeScript: Felt in love with CS as I wanted to rapid protypes with (now defunct) Framer Classic.

Smalltalk/Squeak/Vala are something I have wanted to dabble with for a while but haven't gotten around to.

New comment by HHalvi in "Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge"

HHalvi — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:44:11 +0000

The current boat I am on is relying on Firefox for most of my devices: Windows Laptops, Android Phones/Tablets with Ublock Origin and NextDNS set over DNS mode for all of the devices in my family.

For iDevices relying on Orion Browser paired with Ublock Origin and NextDNS set up. As good as Safari but without the annoyances of Plugins. Their compatablity mode seems to work on sites where Safari seems to have issues.

Ungoggled Chromium for sites that seem to break on both Firefox and Orion, unfortunately there are loads out there. It's a shame that Firefox isn't as effecient with Battery Consumption as Orion is.

Brave/Edge just never cut it for me.

New comment by HHalvi in "Tiny, cheap smart speakers unlocked the rise of digital payments in India"

HHalvi — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:53:12 +0000

Credit Card linking with UPI is live for sometime now [0], currently limited to Rupay cards. I have been using my HDFC Rupay CC to pay for Merchant Payments that accept UPI for last month or so.

[0]: https://www.rupay.co.in/rupay-credit-card-on-upi

New comment by HHalvi in "Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail"

HHalvi — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:42:42 +0000

I have almost moved on from Gmail (Gmail + Gsuite). I have been using Hey for almost 2 years now and I prefer it over Gmail/Yahoo/Outlook/Protonmail.

And I am in the process of moving my Custom Domains to Fastmail, the only thing that irks me is their mobile app refusing to open without an active internet connection.

New comment by HHalvi in "Ask HN: Where do you host images for your blog or landing pages?"

HHalvi — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:41:26 +0000

I have been super impressed by the latency of the images hosted on Imagekit. Used to host images on Cloudinary, found Imagekit to be faster for my visitors + more affordable. I currently have 2 accounts with them, one for my personal website/blog on free tier and a paid tier for landing pages for my employer. Highly recommend them, no affiliations, just a super happy customer!

Miro Acquires Around

HHalvi — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:48:00 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/around_hq/status/1580631478643265537

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33195656

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by HHalvi in "Fastmail Down?"

HHalvi — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 19:54:51 +0000

Backup and was working until a few minutes back, looks like it's down again.

New comment by HHalvi in "Spark email client goes subscription path"

HHalvi — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:29:49 +0000

They started supporting Outlook accounts a few months back, but still a drop in the bucket considering the no of (email) options you have.

New comment by HHalvi in "Happy 15th birthday Hacker News"

HHalvi — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:31:33 +0000

I discovered HN around 2012, been visiting this site the first thing every morning for a decade now.

Happy birthday HN :)

New comment by HHalvi in "Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users"

HHalvi — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:09:40 +0000

I liked the idea, wanted to give it a go.

At first try the website did not load, a few refreshes later I can now see the home screen but nothing happens when I click anywhere on the page.

New comment by HHalvi in "Ask HN: Have you made a B2B deal with the customer for country's exclusive user?"

HHalvi — Thu, 27 May 2021 12:43:07 +0000

If you are strapped for cash and this is a make or break deal, think about taking this (No, this is not the first or only option).

If you are hell bent on taking this deal, ask them to pay for the Product on top of giving you distribution (reselling or licensing) this to other businesses in that Country. Get minimum guarantees and make it a timed deal with the option of walking out at any time. If you want to sell the Startup tomorrow this can be one of your biggest headache.

Disclaimer: INAL

The Story of Atrium

HHalvi — Thu, 27 May 2021 12:20:32 +0000

Article URL: https://thequestpod.substack.com/p/the-story-of-atrium

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27302116

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by HHalvi in "Challenge HN: I will redesign any web page within 2 hours, for free"

HHalvi — Tue, 25 May 2021 05:26:33 +0000

https://hhalvi.com

Would love to see someone give a facelift to my personal blog.

New comment by HHalvi in "Midair Collision over Denver"

HHalvi — Thu, 13 May 2021 13:31:35 +0000

I felt erilly familiar with the details of this accident after reading the details. I dug up my browsing history and realized I watched the ATC exchange of this very collision yesterday not realizing that this had happened the very same day the video was uploaded[0]. Also props to the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), hope this gets implemented in more smaller (or homemade) aircrafts.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tb2dVWJqc

New comment by HHalvi in "Launch HN: Superpowered (YC W21) – Calendar in your menu bar"

HHalvi — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:17:39 +0000

I use Fantastical 3 which not just puts a calendar in your menu bar but also solves for most (if not all) of your calendaring needs. All of it for ~40$ a year which allows you to use it also on your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.

P.S: Not affiliated with Fantastical in any way, just a happy and paying user for a few years now.

New comment by HHalvi in "New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar and more ports: analyst"

HHalvi — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:18:02 +0000

Add bringing back SD Card Reader, HDMI and changing the Webcam it seems like the best MBP wishlist ever.

Lessons learnt building SaaS Startups

HHalvi — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:08:16 +0000

Article URL: https://hhalvi.com/second-innings-saas/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24091005

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by HHalvi in "Hyperapp – A tiny framework for building web interfaces"

HHalvi — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:51:40 +0000

Their guide (https://hyperapp.dev/guides) page is also filled with Lorem Ipsum.