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New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)"

adamhp — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:29:25 +0000

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New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)"

adamhp — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:52:18 +0000

Just wanted to say, this sounds so damn cool. I don't have the C chops, but man, what a cool endeavor. Best of luck!

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)"

adamhp — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:44:48 +0000

Put "Hand painted" in the copy somewhere. That's relevant info that people would mentally discount the price against.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)"

adamhp — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:55:45 +0000

I built a free app, https://multiborder.io, that lets you add borders to multiple images at a time. I simply use it when I post photography to Instagram, because Instagram prefers 4:5 for maximum viewability, but most of my photos are 2:3. This preserves the aspect ratio for vertical and landscape, and also is aesthetically pleasing (imo).

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: Any good books for a layman on history of quantum computing?"

adamhp — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:47:12 +0000

I'd also recommend studying quantum mechanics more generally, and a great intro there is Brian Cox's The Quantum Universe.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: What toolchains are people using for desktop app development in 2025?"

adamhp — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:33:42 +0000

Electron. I think the hate is undeserved (at this point, they've come along way) and there are plenty of billion dollar companies running Electron apps.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: How can I consistently deliver high-quality work with minimal issues?"

adamhp — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:50:04 +0000

It's the right mindset. Because code isn't the end, it's a means to an end. The end is "value". To your users. The quicker you give that to them, the better. Bugs here and there are absolutely part of the process. You are making an assumption that the least amount of bugs is "best" for your company.

It's important to consider the bigger picture here. Consider a scenario where you spend twice the amount of time delivering features, getting things perfect. Let's assume for the sake of it, that our users will "like" half the features we ship, and we'll throw out the rest. In this scenario, it's better to reduce quality to ship faster, because half of your features are going to be "thrown out" anyway.

This happens in the real world, albeit to a less extreme extent. But the point remains. That's why we have product teams that attempt to reduce the likelihood of a feature being tossed out and time being wasted. That's why we have QA teams to ensure development bugs are caught and we deliver both value and have robust systems in place.

As long as these aren't catastrophic, affects-all-users, brings-down-the-servers type of bugs, you're probably writing the optimal amount of bugs to balance the trade-off in value delivery.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: How do you communicate in a remote startup?"

adamhp — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:55:34 +0000

If I could magic-wand my own company, I would 100% aim to hire folks who are extremely comfortable with written communication. Asynchronous, written communication is 1000% more productive than meetings imo, and makes the organization's knowledge indexable and permanent.

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

adamhp — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:04:16 +0000

Looking for full-stack app or web dev, 1099 or W2, ~9.5 YoE, Master's Degree in Data Science. Extremely broad skillset and product-oriented mindset.

  Location: Northern Virginia
  Remote: Required
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Full-stack, React, TypeScript, NextJS, Python, Java, Rust, multiple CSPs, infra, CICD, Spark, ETL pipelines, everything in between
  Résumé/CV: Provided via email
  Email: adamp319 (at) gmail

New comment by adamhp in "ChatGPT Search"

adamhp — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:17:32 +0000

> With a search paradigm this wasn't an issue as much, because the answers were presented as "here's a bunch of websites that appear to deal with the question you asked". It was then up to the reader to decide which of those sites they wanted to visit, and therefore which viewpoints they got to see.

It is very similar. Google decides what to present to you on the front page. I'm sure there are metrics on how few people get past the front page. Heck, isn't this just Google Search's business model? Determining what you see (i.e. what is "true") via ads?

In much the same way that the Councils of Carthage chose to omit the acts of Paul and Thecla in the New Testament, all modern technology providers have some say in what is presented to the global information network, more or less manipulating what we all perceive to be true.

Recently advancements have just made this problem much more apparent to us. But look at history and see how few women priests there are in various Christian churches and you'll notice even a small omission can have broad impacts to society.

New comment by adamhp in "ChatGPT Search"

adamhp — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:13:51 +0000

We have a faulty information network to begin with, and have for millenia. There's no such thing as "reliable" answers in a world full of unreliable humans.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)"

adamhp — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:17:08 +0000

Opal is quite popular in this space, just as a point of reference/competition :)

New comment by adamhp in "Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change"

adamhp — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:32:07 +0000

Yes, we should instead offer Boeing 50+ billion tax-payer dollars like true capitalists.

New comment by adamhp in "Using static websites for tiny archives"

adamhp — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:26:28 +0000

There is a ton of content about Obsidian! Also it's a fairly intuitive interface. I'd just download it and start messing around, then check out the community plugins. If you really want to dig into notes systems, then you can Google PARA or Zettelkasten, but to me, that quickly begins to devolve into homework and needless learning curves. Just bolt on what you need it for. It's very full featured and if you feel like you're missing something, just search for a plugin.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?"

adamhp — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:13:28 +0000

I was in your boat. I revisited later and powered through and it does indeed get better. The narrative forms into something more cohesive and you start being less exhausted by all the lingo because you've learned it. You settle in. You have to sort of try to immerse yourself. I'd recommend trying to read in larger chunks of time and really absorb the aesthetic of the world.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: Let's assume AI does take developer jobs. What's the pivot?"

adamhp — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:20:17 +0000

It may sound a bit pedantic, but this is why I prefer the term "software engineer". I don't write code. I solve problems, typically by writing code. AI just shortens the gap between my intuition and solving the problems. Yes it will obviate the need for me to be in the loop in some cases, but in the same way that automation obviates the need for coal miners and other mundane, dangerous, or otherwise uninspiring jobs, AI will obviate the need for us to write boilerplate, setup the 100000th CRUD app of our careers, write the same login endpoint for the 50000th time, etc... In our lifetimes, I'm doubtful that AI will replace my creativity and ability to synthesize large amounts of multi-domain information into a reasonable solution for end-users. I'm not doubtful that will happen eventually, I just don't see it impacting my job prospects prior to my retirement.

Show HN: Multiborder – an iOS app for adding borders to multiple images

adamhp — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:39:10 +0000

I created a free iOS app for photographers and other creators to add borders to multiple images. The free iOS apps that performed this function were either overloaded with other features or just didn't suit my use case. I use this to preserve my 16:9 camera photos while posting to Instagram at 4:5 or 1:1.

Hopefully this helps the HN photographers out there!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41581171

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New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: New to US, puzzled why tech hasn't simplified health insurance"

adamhp — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:21:50 +0000

"For profit" and "healthcare" are just two things that shouldn't mix, but here we are. Everything in capitalism has a profit motive. Everything in life does not.

New comment by adamhp in "Ask HN: Why do centers of international power often have acute urban poverty?"

adamhp — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:18:32 +0000

Those places didn't become "centers of international power" by being equatable.

New comment by adamhp in "CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops"

adamhp — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:35:49 +0000

Imagine being anywhere near the team that sent this...