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Build offline-first apps to earn trust in AI SaaS slop era

Random09 — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:27:53 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.geckocode.pl/2026/10/16/privacy-first-apps.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119623

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New comment by Random09 in "The curious case of the disappearing Polish S (2015)"

Random09 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:20:47 +0000

Every little thing like that creates a new Linux user. After switching I've never looked back.

Posted from SteamOS.

New comment by Random09 in "Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide"

Random09 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:10:26 +0000

That is not even true. Most JS apps are smaller than photos on the page. High resolution media is the main culprit of web page sizes.

Anyway, what's 20mb for 2gb ram pc? Nothing. That is not an issue.

New comment by Random09 in "Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide"

Random09 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:21:17 +0000

> They are slow because Windows got heavier while the hardware stayed the same.

That is not true. They are slow, because ALL software got better and more advanced and that is not only the operating system. It always makes me mad when people say that macOS is so optimized you can do more than on windows.

No. Old hardware not having a hardware decoder for modern youtube videos won't play them.

Modern webpages full of interactive realtime features won't fit in the RAM or will be bottlecked by a cpu. Yes, the modern linux will run, but are you going to do anything more than opening a notepad or old software? No. You are not going to use modern web apps or software on it.

Is it okay? Yes. Optimizing for old hardware is EXPENSIVE. Just move on.

New comment by Random09 in "AI coding at home without going broke"

Random09 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:02:12 +0000

It seems you could use a human instead then? If you have so many apps, you could hire a junior to help you. There is additional satisfaction of bringing new person to the IT too.

New comment by Random09 in "AI coding at home without going broke"

Random09 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:32:46 +0000

What I mean is a script that can look through the logs. They are known and deterministic (if you properly handle errors) and you can analyze them statistically. If you don't know what logs your app is outputting, then you have a bigger problem in your hands tbh.

New comment by Random09 in "AI coding at home without going broke"

Random09 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:10:47 +0000

> What are people doing to burn through $3k in tokens?

The short answer is: they are doing slop. Most of the coding can be done quickly with a keyboard, intelisense and maybe some code generation templates.

But people became dependent on AI doing everything for them and tech bros now started to squeeze. Like a drug dealers.

New comment by Random09 in "AI coding at home without going broke"

Random09 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:07:57 +0000

Most of it doesn't require AI. You could generate automation scripts that do that, except of customer support. People became dependent on AI in places where it never was required and now tech bros are doing the squeeze.

New comment by Random09 in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

Random09 — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:45:10 +0000

The main difference is that on Linux you can do it on gui. It's much easier to explain and convice the user to click "allow executing file as program" checkbox than a xatttr obscure cli command.

New comment by Random09 in "Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) in PHP"

Random09 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:31:34 +0000

The only small thing you forgot to mention - it requires use of AI. Open Ai to be specific. I've got baited.

New comment by Random09 in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

Random09 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:09:14 +0000

That's the most delusional thing I've read all month. Sometimes you must deal with problematic people. Ever heard of Daryl Davis? Be like him 1% and world will be a better place. Don't be like a reddit moderator.

New comment by Random09 in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

Random09 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:16:27 +0000

Do you research everybody you engage with? Are you a fed? He went there to refute some claims about himself, like a man, instead of crying behind organization brand on social media.

And stop moving the goal post. Now it's guilt by association, what's next?

New comment by Random09 in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

Random09 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:49:21 +0000

He didn't say anything about Gos devs in there, yet they say he did. It's just not true. Do you have a Facebook account? Facebook is full of scams, are you also a scammer? Probably.

New comment by Random09 in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

Random09 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:31:27 +0000

Rossman only ever commented on kiwi farms on a thread about himself. You are lying again, confirming the words of the parent comment.

And deserved criticism is not harassment.

New comment by Random09 in "Arduino published updated terms and conditions: no longer an open commons"

Random09 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:03:05 +0000

Looks it's time to move on. New platform and tools will emerge, I'm sure of it. The only way we can fight corpos is not giving them money and not talking about them.

New comment by Random09 in "Experiment: Making TypeScript immutable-by-default"

Random09 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:52:15 +0000

Making web pages even more slow. Normal people complain about it all the time, arguing that modern programmers are lazy.

New comment by Random09 in "Experiment: Making TypeScript immutable-by-default"

Random09 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:49:02 +0000

It's redundant in single thread environment. Everyone moved to mobile while pages are getting slower and slower, using more and more memory. This is not the way. Immutability has its uses, but it's not good for most web pages.

New comment by Random09 in "A theoretical way to circumvent Android developer verification"

Random09 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:48:50 +0000

Good luck with unsecure phone This is clearly a bad idea.

New comment by Random09 in "uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store"

Random09 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:37:53 +0000

No sideloading, forced safari, locked os apis to cripple 3rd party accessories and apps (like watches or cloud software), updates crippling performance, massive number of bugs, especially if you don't use iCloud (i lost data multiple times after the update), to mention a few.

New comment by Random09 in "uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store"

Random09 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:56:06 +0000

Why not use a phone that allows you to use the full version ublock? Ios is everything that is wrong with software today in one package.