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

_leo — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:46:45 +0000

Built this (well, forked and adapted) this morning: https://github.com/leochatain/zsh-claude-code-shell

Couple of utilities for using claude code in my zsh. #? => generates the command for you #?? => explains the command for you

Packaged as an oh-my-zsh plugin so it's easy to use.

New comment by _leo in "Ask HN: I hate gym. How to stay in shape?"

_leo — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:38:52 +0000

If you have the means, consider paying for a personal trainer.

Exercise is all about consistency over a long period of time, and there's a chance you just don't have the capacity (willpower/mental health/...) to do it on your own, and that's ok.

Some people will fall in love with some activity and naturally do it consistently. Others have the discipline to keep grinding. Some have something in between, but many have none of those. That might be you and it was certainly me.

New comment by _leo in "Black coffee can be good for your heart, studies show"

_leo — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:08:25 +0000

> "Caffeine doesn't perk you up, it just keeps you from calming down."

I have a slightly different experience. I stopped having regular coffee (never had much, only a daily capuccino) about 2 years ago (improved sleep, etc). Every few months now I have a coffee, and when I do it's the best day of my life. I feel invincible, I can keep going for hours without feeling tired (I also have trouble falling asleep later :P). Maybe I'm too sensitive to caffeine, but I'm amazed at how strong the effect is (which is why I try to be careful with it).

New comment by _leo in "What If You Could Do It All Over?"

_leo — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:29:19 +0000

I used to wonder about the different life paths I could have taken, or could take in the future, and it would make me very anxious. Anxious that I would "waste" my life, that I wouldn't seize the opportunity to make the absolute best of it, that I would fail the only thing that mattered in my existence.

I changed my perspective. In a way I now compare life to what it would have been to never have been born, and it's wonderful. I feel privileged and gifted to have been "given" (metaphorically for me, but it's up to one's beliefs) the chance to live, to experience the truly insane thing that it is to be a human being! Sure, maybe I could've had more, but in a way it's like being upset because you sold your startup for 1 billion instead of 2 billion...

New comment by _leo in "Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator"

_leo — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:28:10 +0000

Or maybe it shows how out of touch the old design was (the fact that it had been there for half a century and even folks on HN had never seen it...).

New comment by _leo in "Ask HN: How are you holding up?"

_leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:54:22 +0000

I created an account after reading this, and just want to tell you to hang in there. These times will pass, things will get better, or different, or you'll just gain a different perspective on the same shitty things, or fall in love with some(thing|one) else... Best of luck my friend!