Hacker News: Zebfross

New comment by Zebfross in "Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike"

Zebfross — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:18:45 +0000

Fun game! There should be a check mate though, right?

New comment by Zebfross in "Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude"

Zebfross — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:19:14 +0000

I thought the goal was minimal instruction to let Claude determine the best way to solve the problem. Not adding this to my workflow anytime soon.

New comment by Zebfross in "Open models by OpenAI"

Zebfross — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:29:18 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks taking a huge model trained on the entire internet and fine tuning it is a complete waste? How is your small bit of data going to affect it in the least?

New comment by Zebfross in "AI Meets WinDBG"

Zebfross — Mon, 05 May 2025 05:30:53 +0000

Considering AI is trained on the average human experience, I have a hard time believing it would be able to make any significant difference in this area. The best experience I’ve had debugging at this level was using Microsoft’s time travel debugger which allows stepping forward and back.

New comment by Zebfross in "I'd rather read the prompt"

Zebfross — Mon, 05 May 2025 02:45:50 +0000

I am personally proud of my use of AI because for anything non-trivial it is generally a conversation where each recommendation needs to be altered by an imaginative suggestion. So ultimately it’s the entire conversation that needs to be considered, not just the “final” prompt.

New comment by Zebfross in "Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam"

Zebfross — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:57:27 +0000

My understanding is that roguelike means that when you die you start over from the beginning.

New comment by Zebfross in "The year I didn't survive"

Zebfross — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:30:52 +0000

Having a child is hard, so having a child by yourself must be harder. All I know is that our hearts don't fill up and can always fit more love.

New comment by Zebfross in "Notre Dame Cathedral reopens"

Zebfross — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 03:21:07 +0000

We were very lucky to see Notre Dame before it burned. So glad it’s been restored.

New comment by Zebfross in "Toasts are bad UX"

Zebfross — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:43:53 +0000

My only problem with YouTube toasts is when the toast to confirm you've enabled closed captions covers up the closed captions you were trying to see.

New comment by Zebfross in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)"

Zebfross — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:47:00 +0000

Location: Seattle

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Probably not

Technologies: C++, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript

Résumé/CV: https://tradelineworks.com/wp-content/uploads/_pda/2024/07/Z...

Email: outlook.com

Former Microsoft, left to start my own company, and now looking for other opportunities!

New comment by Zebfross in "A useful front-end confetti animation library"

Zebfross — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:33:56 +0000

I added confetti to our salespeople's admin dashboard for when they make a sale. Surprisingly enjoyable and motivating.

New comment by Zebfross in "Show HN: QWANJI"

Zebfross — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 03:06:17 +0000

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New comment by Zebfross in "Cow Magnets"

Zebfross — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:37:58 +0000

I had a pair of these growing up, and they're super fun to play with. They have great interactions and make interesting sounds.

New comment by Zebfross in "Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage"

Zebfross — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:33:22 +0000

PSA: I thought I had tinnitus but it was just ear wax sitting against my eardrum. A doctor cleared it up in 15 minutes.

Rive for Unity Now Available

Zebfross — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:45:29 +0000

Article URL: https://rive.app/blog/rive-for-unity-now-available

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38368988

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Zebfross in "The washing machine in my ear, and an empty boat"

Zebfross — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:47:27 +0000

PSA anytime tinnitus is brought up. I thought I had tinnitus but it turned out to be ear wax resting against my ear drum, and the doctor fixed it in about 5 minutes.

New comment by Zebfross in "Urgent: Sign the petition now"

Zebfross — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 23:50:26 +0000

I would say it's risky to keep such large deposits with a small bank. We use Wells Fargo for a reason; they make conservative investments and are very unlikely to be shutting down.

New comment by Zebfross in "Evidence that Adani Group has engaged in stock manipulation and accounting fraud"

Zebfross — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 04:04:09 +0000

I think it's usually that the company's failure would have too large an impact on the economy or other dependent companies, so it will get bailed out by the dependents or the government.

New comment by Zebfross in "Ask HN: Stripe holding funds for 120 days for no reason"

Zebfross — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 19:08:55 +0000

It all depends on your setup. The technical work was only a week for us. Getting approval and setup with a merchant account takes more time though, and they even came to do a physical inspection of our place.

New comment by Zebfross in "Ask HN: Stripe holding funds for 120 days for no reason"

Zebfross — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 18:25:26 +0000

We switched to Authorize.net because the business risk at Stripe was just too high. The api isn't near as good, but it works, and we don't worry about random account freezes.