Hacker News: acombandrew

How do payments work in the US, China, and Brazil?

acombandrew — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:50:34 +0000

Article URL: https://andrewacomb.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-three-refunds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274336

Points: 41

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How Claude can do your shopping

acombandrew — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:21:04 +0000

Article URL: https://andrewacomb.substack.com/p/buying-screws-with-http-402

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48972618

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by acombandrew in "Trying to buy a sandwich with HTTP 402"

acombandrew — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:42:35 +0000

For agents to complete long-horizon tasks, they will need to be able to make purchases entirely on their own. In this article, I explore the feasibility of this today.

Trying to buy a sandwich with HTTP 402

acombandrew — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:42:35 +0000

Article URL: https://andrewacomb.substack.com/p/trying-to-buy-a-sandwich-with-http

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48790323

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by acombandrew in "DeployTarot.com – Tarot card reading for deployments"

acombandrew — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:31:44 +0000

Excellent

New comment by acombandrew in "Launch HN: Voygr (YC W26) – A better maps API for agents and AI apps"

acombandrew — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:55:37 +0000

This is a great idea, albeit one that will be really hard to pull off well but really valuable for developers if you're able to execute.

Definitely kind of a boil-the-ocean high-schlep startup but I would love to see this succeed.

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acombandrew — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:19:14 +0000

Literally posted by the Lago CEO

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acombandrew — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:46:19 +0000

AI slop SEO article

New comment by acombandrew in "Oh Shit, Git?"

acombandrew — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:05:35 +0000

this is good but is extremely reddit