Hacker News: andremendes

New comment by andremendes in "2D Vehicles"

andremendes — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:59:00 +0000

If you accelerate the Car, then switch the configuration from Car to Brick, the brick won't slow down. Not sure whether is it intended but it feels wrong.

New comment by andremendes in "Claude, change the “Add to Cart” button to blue"

andremendes — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:20:08 +0000

I lost it when it finally did the right thing, but then it added a never-requested gradient to the button. Very good!

New comment by andremendes in "Web Security is Too Hard"

andremendes — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:17:48 +0000

What a ride of a read. I was 100% it was phishing and I got really surprised to find out it wasn't.

New comment by andremendes in "Medieval Icelanders were likely hunting blue whales before industrial technology"

andremendes — Fri, 10 May 2024 08:54:06 +0000

What's up with this title? At the time of writing this, it's worded as:

"Medieval Icelanders were likely hunting blue whales long industrial technology"

Seems they were trying to hunt industrial tech from whales. I guess a "before" went missing before "industrial"?

New comment by andremendes in "Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?"

andremendes — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:35:03 +0000

>Just like there are small farming collectives out there, I'd love for there to be micro-magazines and short stories on paper, made cheaply and distributed to small mailing lists with a single stamp (not an email newsletter!). PDF versions available for long-distance readers.

You seem to be describing what I've known (since forever) by "Zine"[¹]

[¹]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine

New comment by andremendes in "Ask HN: What tech newsletters are you currently subscribing to?"

andremendes — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:45:45 +0000

I like Hillel Wayne newsletter: https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/

New comment by andremendes in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)"

andremendes — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:49:06 +0000

Location: São Paulo / Brazil Remote: yes.

Willing to relocate: yes if sponsorhip is available.

Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, Jest, GraphQL, AWS, Nestjs, Redis, MongoDB, C#, SQL

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andremendesc/

Email: andre@mendesc.com

Backend engineer with over 8 years of professional software development experience. I am a generalist with a client-focused view who love to build things, troubleshoot problems and grow / scale products.

New comment by andremendes in "Alameda took 1B hit in mobileCoin trade to prop up FTX"

andremendes — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:23:57 +0000

Not sure if you are being sarcastic but I will post my guesses:

ct => crypto traders

left and right => each person political leaning tendency

New comment by andremendes in "Financial innovations brought by technology"

andremendes — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:07:28 +0000

Same-day settlement is cool but how about instant transfer between different banks? Brazilian Pix has it for almost a year.

New comment by andremendes in "Show HN: Stormah, cloud notes stored in your own Git repo"

andremendes — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:56:36 +0000

Seems like a simpler version of TiddlyWiki¹, which is free.

It might worth a try for those who prefer less features

[1]: https://tiddlywiki.com/

New comment by andremendes in "Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0"

andremendes — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:23:45 +0000

Anyone else puzzled by the shaking migration animation? The original file has a 1920x1080 resolution. I wonder if it is related to the shaking. Good article nevertheless.

New comment by andremendes in "Haiti’s President Is Assassinated"

andremendes — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:13:34 +0000

Not saying assassination by revenge was correct but one could argue that an even greater start would be the avoidance of transatlantic slave trade.

New comment by andremendes in "Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?"

andremendes — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:20:47 +0000

I'm making a politically charged game based on Brazil's scenario. It's been fun and rewarding. https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/750869

New comment by andremendes in "Ask HN: How can I pick a side project and stick with it?"

andremendes — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:49:02 +0000

You must pick something that is really meaningful for you in a way that will make you feel good seeing the progress of the project you are working on. What would a Roguelike have to be to take your full attention? How a strategy game you really love has to look like?

What you like beyond games? If you like gardening, make a game about it. Are you a sports fan? Make a sport game. You get the idea.

I'm saying this because it's working for me. Like you, I want to make games on my own. I am also into politics, so I chose a language and a framework[¹] and started from the tutorial with the goal of making a politically-charged infinite-runner[²].

After getting the basics I told my idea to a couple of friends that kindly drew sprites for me to use in the game. It's been a really cool experience. I'm doing it everyday and learning a lot in the way. I strongly believe that the subject choice for the project is what is getting me hooked to it.

¹: https://haxe.org and https://haxeflixel.com/

²: https://github.com/fullynotanalien/bozorun (edit: formatting)

New comment by andremendes in "Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux"

andremendes — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:36:58 +0000

There is solid debugging support for most Haxe targets on VSCode[1].

[1]: https://github.com/vshaxe/vshaxe/wiki/Debugging

New comment by andremendes in "Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux"

andremendes — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:00:28 +0000

Yes. It basically outputs the executable binary for the target you choose when compiling your Haxe code. It means you write Haxe source and the 'compiler' (transpiler, actually) generates code for the choosen target. It will then compile the generated code using the target compiler installed in your system, if necessary (when you target C++, for example).

New comment by andremendes in "Gambas: Visual Basic on Linux"

andremendes — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:11:25 +0000

Just to add 2 cents: HaxeUI[1] does this job, is stable and it's being actively developed.

[1]: http://haxeui.org/

New comment by andremendes in "Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet"

andremendes — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 16:02:31 +0000

I've been exclusively using Firefox for browsing and developing for a few years now and I've never thought of looking back. The customization and privacy features plus the possibility of having multiple profiles / accounts side by side in the same window are now a must-have for me.

New comment by andremendes in "Tiny meteorites are everywhere. Here's how to find them [video]"

andremendes — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:26:34 +0000

I agree the title can mislead someone to think it's easy but after watching the video I think it's fair to say the title is accurate. Micro meteorites are in fact everywhere and they indeed describe a way to find them. The fact they didn't succeed in finding one is shadowed by the quality of the overall content.

New comment by andremendes in "How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jackfruit"

andremendes — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:17:11 +0000

All those fruits you mentioned are sorta common here in Brazil under the names jaca, goiaba and graviola. You can find them int he supermarket but they're present in many backyards too. They're even used to make flavored beverages like licors and beers and that's before any vegan food trend I can think of.