Hacker News: _spl

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

_spl — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:48:26 +0000

I’m working on WatchCat — uptime and cron monitoring.

I’ve always enjoyed solving observability and reliability problems, so eventually I decided to build my own take on the boring-but-important "is it actually working?" part of the stack.

It does uptime checks, cron/heartbeat monitoring, incidents, status pages and notifications. Nothing revolutionary — the goal is to make the familiar stuff simple, reliable, and pleasant to use.

It’s built with Rails and hosted in the EU.

https://watchcat.io

New comment by _spl in "As an Employee, You Are Disposable (2023)"

_spl — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:52:06 +0000

In my early career, I used to believe in doing whatever it took to stay with a company, becoming emotionally invested in every line of code and system I developed. However, after a few negative experiences with bosses who didn't treat me well, I came to realize a few things:

- My code is disposable, and I should not become overly attached to it

- Loyalty should be mutual and based on a healthy relationship where both parties are willing to invest

New comment by _spl in "ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from NT architecture"

_spl — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:39:44 +0000

I love reading the source code of operating systems because I have no idea what is happening there, but I find it fascinating.

New comment by _spl in "MSI Teases Z790 Project Zero Plus Motherboard with CAMM2 Memory Support"

_spl — Mon, 27 May 2024 09:05:57 +0000

Nice! No more CPU cooler and RAM clearance issues.

New comment by _spl in "Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene"

_spl — Fri, 17 May 2024 09:37:46 +0000

HN feels like email groups. Lots of useful discussions but isn't very accessible to a younger audience.

New comment by _spl in "GPUs Go Brrr"

_spl — Mon, 13 May 2024 09:28:39 +0000

It reminds me of when I first read about superscalar CPU architecture and was amazed. GPUs are really next level.

New comment by _spl in "HonoJS: Small, simple, and ultrafast web framework for the Edges"

_spl — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:37:12 +0000

I've been using Hono + Bun + SQLite for all my personal projects, and I really like it. Essentially, I've replaced Express and Node with it. What I appreciate the most is how quickly I can set up a project with Bun, have native SQLite connector, and how minimal the Hono base app is. Additionally, I can use JSX without any setup hassle.