Hacker News: abnercoimbre

New comment by abnercoimbre in "If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort"

abnercoimbre — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:54:00 +0000

My last post [0] has proof-of-work: video evidence of my physical notes. How many people are willing to draft a complete essay on pen and paper first?

[0] https://abner.page/post/are-we-harold-bloom/

The Trouble with Font Previews

abnercoimbre — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:29:14 +0000

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-trouble-with-font-previews/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493454

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet

abnercoimbre — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:02:10 +0000

Article URL: https://oldavista.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447111

Points: 159

# Comments: 43

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job"

abnercoimbre — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:41:50 +0000

Dana should’ve repeated the lie before companies started blowing past their annual AI budget and began to panic.

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Kiki – a tiny homepage construction kit with a small footprint"

abnercoimbre — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:53:47 +0000

> And the form is not unlike Paddle's verification. You need a company, EIN, samples of what your texts will look like. Massive pain.

In defense of Paddle (I use them for my own livelihood), they're on the hook for remitting sales taxes to ALL the governments where your customers might reside. They also manage customer disputes, chargebacks, refunds etc. I always redirect support emails to Paddle.net [0] which does the trick 99% of the time.

Stripe or PayPal are nothing like that. They're just payment platforms.

Since Paddle takes on so much liability, it seems reasonable to ask for a lot of initial paperwork from its sellers.

[0] https://paddle.net

50k Spam Emails and 3AM Panic: What Happened When I Forgot About a Side Project

abnercoimbre — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:49:36 +0000

Article URL: https://danielpetrica.com/50-000-spam-emails-and-a-3-am-panic-what-happened-when-i-forgot-about-a-side-project/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358486

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by abnercoimbre in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

abnercoimbre — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:46:17 +0000

I've met people whose lives were almost destroyed due to games. This is true. I've also met those whose lives were transformed positively by it (no, not Pokemon.) They run the whole gamut.

I'll concede an email app doesn't produce that kind of wide-ranging effect on humans.

New comment by abnercoimbre in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

abnercoimbre — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:38:14 +0000

This is a crazy worldview to hold when looking at the annual revenue of just a single IP like Pokemon? Video games surpassed Hollywood years ago! If we want to measure value differently, I already treat certain games with the same reverence as literary classics, and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

New comment by abnercoimbre in "C array types are weird"

abnercoimbre — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:10:29 +0000

Meaning it died at committee?

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Google, I Dump Your Ass"

abnercoimbre — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:42:29 +0000

Thoughts on Kagi? It's a paid product which slows down network effects. However, I'd argue search being "free" is part of the problem.

Google, I Dump Your Ass

abnercoimbre — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:21:01 +0000

Article URL: https://jaredwhite.com/20260522/google-i-dump-your-ass

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281850

Points: 37

# Comments: 27

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Bun support is now limited and deprecated"

abnercoimbre — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:49:39 +0000

It usually takes years for someone's values to be thrown out the window! How long was this one?

The Great Token Wager

abnercoimbre — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:53:05 +0000

Article URL: https://iainschmitt.com/post/tokens-and-taiwan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210614

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Building Software Requires Digestion

abnercoimbre — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:31:38 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/software-requires-digestion/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181966

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by abnercoimbre in "We are retiring our bug bounty program"

abnercoimbre — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:26:54 +0000

Digital human fortresses are totally becoming a thing.

For example, our community [0] asks you to submit an application before you're granted an invite code. If you attend a meetup in person we'll grant a "Verified Human" badge too. This gives you the power to invite others into the fortress: you're responsible for them.

The price to pay is steep because community growth is now glacial. It really does solve the slop problem though. (I'm also no longer convinced maximizing growth is Good.) Maybe there's some in-between solution for those who dislike invite-only spaces.

[0] https://handmadecities.com/chat

New comment by abnercoimbre in "You cannot sell AI written software"

abnercoimbre — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:14:09 +0000

> and now with prompting

The friction is nonexistent compared to the other two. That can be good, but I'm not convinced it's always a win.

Agree with the rest.

You cannot sell AI written software

abnercoimbre — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:05:10 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.habets.se/2026/05/You-cannot-sell-AI-written-software.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109414

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

New comment by abnercoimbre in "GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values"

abnercoimbre — Tue, 12 May 2026 03:15:50 +0000

Can highly recommend it. Gitea issues, PRs and actions all work as expected.

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered"

abnercoimbre — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:15:58 +0000

> the recent Penguin edition attempts to present the original tone in English

Which Penguin edition is this?

New comment by abnercoimbre in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

abnercoimbre — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:18:43 +0000

Financial literacy isn't taught as much as it should, and I know devs who grew up in generational poverty who tragically mismanaged their paychecks. Nobody pointed them in the right direction before it was too late. The younger they are, the more I feel they have reasonable excuse.