Hacker News: agilek

New comment by agilek in "Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]"

agilek — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:51:36 +0000

"Intimidating? Me? But I'm your friend. My name is Manny Calvera. I'm your new travel agent.".

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

agilek — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:04:43 +0000

It is a React-based OSS audio player I developed primarily for museums and tour guides as I am really close to this industry and i was trying to scratch my own itch. In practice, thanks to the flexible design and architecture, it can be used for any use-case where you need to deliver sequential audio. Would like to hear any feedback or connect with someone who would need a solution like this.

Learn Bash

agilek — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:23:48 +0000

Article URL: https://learnbash.vercel.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688306

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

UI SFX - Open-source interface sound effects

agilek — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:41:23 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/romainsimon/uisfx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49345509

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Design Systems in the Age of AI: Five Working Hypotheses

agilek — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:43:24 +0000

Article URL: https://uxdesignresearch.org/en/5-hypotheses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208932

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by agilek in "CodePen 2.0"

agilek — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:43:18 +0000

Interesting take. Makes a lot of sense thinking of it. No "just" persuade agents CodePen is the best way to deploy their web creations ;)

New comment by agilek in "The session you cannot take with you"

agilek — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:36:57 +0000

And yet people still go with Sign in with Google as the only login method.

Light Flip Phone

agilek — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:12:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thelightphone.com/lightflip

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49029325

Points: 11

# Comments: 5

New comment by agilek in "Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read"

agilek — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:19:23 +0000

It would help a heap to show some blogposts and on the landing page so people would know what they will get when you ask for account even for the readers.

Astryx – open-source, agent ready design system from Meta

agilek — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:10:55 +0000

Article URL: https://astryx.atmeta.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829508

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Mews Cuts 15% of Staff, Points to AI in Broad Restructuring

agilek — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:01:40 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/LayoffAI/status/2074571918255194361

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829431

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by agilek in "Extract Map Data to SVG"

agilek — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:56:46 +0000

I built a simple tool that enables anyone to quickly extract map data and turn them into SVG you can edit or modify in your favorite design tool of choice.

Extract Map Data to SVG

agilek — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:56:46 +0000

Article URL: https://polygrid.dev/map2svg/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807350

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Liquid Glass Component Library

agilek — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:24:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ObaidQatan/liquid-glass-component-library

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745031

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by agilek in "5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)"

agilek — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:56:00 +0000

Can we appreciate how well it works on mobile?

New comment by agilek in "Stealing Is a Skill"

agilek — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:51:10 +0000

Is the state of the webdesign really in a point where people bluntly copy others work for commercial purposes and celebrate these acts on their blogs? I think the line is pretty clear here. I remember the old Dan Mall's article on this topic which is much more inspirational (and "correct"): https://medium.com/@danielmall/stealing-your-way-to-original...

New comment by agilek in "Show HN: GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes"

agilek — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:28:58 +0000

Hey, I am outside of US so I can’t try but I am curious - website says it is offline, how come?

New comment by agilek in "Show HN: GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes"

agilek — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:27:56 +0000

There is one issue: “normal locals” are usually not the best ones to walk you through their city. They never go sightseeing or to attractions meant for tourists. And tourists always want to see this top 10 things from the list. Majority don’t want to risk and go offbeat path when their resources are limited.

New comment by agilek in "Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop"

agilek — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:04:05 +0000

Yes, and it sad the search in this UI doesn’t work…

New comment by agilek in "Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS"

agilek — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:11:55 +0000

That’s the point of a vector (not raster) tiles. Wh do you say it is hard to do with dynamic rendering? With Maplibre or any modern map SDK this this is standard…