Hacker News: andrewfromx

Anecdotal, but my iOS App got approved much faster with new assets

andrewfromx — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:48:10 +0000

Article URL: https://mainbrella.com/blog/ios-app-review-new-assets/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50095854

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Apple's App Store Connect API Facelift

andrewfromx — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:15:30 +0000

Article URL: https://mainbrella.com/blog/apples-app-store-connect-api-facelift/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50087269

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Benefits of Rain

andrewfromx — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:54:05 +0000

Article URL: https://mainbrella.com/blog/the-benefits-of-rain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000730

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Why does cmux need 200 settings?

andrewfromx — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:40:47 +0000

Just recently discovered how great cmux terminal is but silly question: why does it need 200 settings? I'm trying to find how to turn certain things on and off and I gave up trying to use my human brain to search for the right thing and started asking codex.

Then I found the one settings I want (turn off the bell notification isn't even there) so I forked it and had codex add that only to discover the xcode build process takes hours. So I made a branch called "simple" and I told codex "remove 90% of the code from this branch and just make this a very simple version of cmux." And then I started adding back the few missing things:

https://github.com/andrewarrow/cmux/commits/simple/

Now it builds in 6 seconds and any custom setting I need codex just ads so the silly question is:

For a terminal app used by developers for developers who all use codex, why do we even need 1 giant 2 hour build process app with all that extra stuff? We all have xcode and since I have to use codex anyway to find the right setting, this isn't slower it's faster!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743291

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by andrewfromx in "The Magic Behind Cubacadabra"

andrewfromx — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:21:57 +0000

new commit here: https://github.com/cubacadabra/tools/commit/662c18a43deafb5b...

Thanks this was indeed the wrong design. Now it has:

Game code can now do normal Luau imports like local Round = require("./round")

Cubacadabra SDK modules use aliases like require("@cubacadabra/shared-state")

.luaurc files maps the @cubacadabra alias for editor navigation/type checking

The Magic Behind Cubacadabra

andrewfromx — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:01:47 +0000

Article URL: https://andrewarrow.dev/2026/moon/2/day/19/the-magic-behind-cubacadabra/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647860

Points: 16

# Comments: 7

New comment by andrewfromx in "The Universe as a Minified Bundle"

andrewfromx — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:28:57 +0000

^ this one is perfect! Sounds almost 100% human authored.

New comment by andrewfromx in "The Universe as a Minified Bundle"

andrewfromx — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:18:29 +0000

totally. https://dontpastetheai.com/ all we want is to stop seeing obvious copy paste. Give me plausible deniability that it's human authored even though we all know nothing is human authored any more.

New comment by andrewfromx in "Microduck"

andrewfromx — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:42:44 +0000

it wears off quick.

New comment by andrewfromx in "Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) Microduck"

andrewfromx — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:29:00 +0000

i bought one about a year ago and used it for 20 days or so. Then I realised casio offered a full money back return for 30 days. And sorry little moflin your emotions were not real enough for me to want to keep you vs get $400 back.

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)"

andrewfromx — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:54:10 +0000

the LA transit app is amazing these days. You can even pick an icon and when I see a bus coming I can see if a "friend" is on it. It's not like full on profiles and messages, just a unique icon you can pick from 1000's but I see the same lobster or alien over and over on routes I take. And it means they have the transit app open. So I step on the bus and look everyone in the eyes and try and see if I get lobster or alien vibes.

New comment by andrewfromx in "FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels"

andrewfromx — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:32:51 +0000

just got the https://www.stelo.com/ device. Doesn't hurt at all to install under your arm. The applicator just does this big SNAP! when you press the button and the filament goes under your skin but it's painless and no blood, it's not a needle at all.

The Chevy Nova That Wouldn't Go: This Commonly Told Tale Is Just an Urban Legend

andrewfromx — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:13:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351978

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by andrewfromx in "How does IKEA come up with names for its products?"

andrewfromx — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:11:07 +0000

Chevy "no va" https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090

New comment by andrewfromx in "Tell HN: GitHub Is Experiencing Degraded Performance"

andrewfromx — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:16:43 +0000

from a few months ago but interesting insights:

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-availa...

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-...

New comment by andrewfromx in "Not hiring junior engineers won't solve the problem you think you have"

andrewfromx — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:23:00 +0000

I don't understand when he says "the job has changed to using agents but human judgement is still required" and then goes on with that assumption will remain true for our lifetimes basically. But the elephant in the room is that's going away very soon right?

Think back to 2024 and how your job has changed over the last two years. It went from science fiction to reality. And as engineers surely we understand the concept of expotential growth. It's not just us outsiders using claude to make our code but internal anthropic engineers are using it to make claude itself better. (Probably they also use openai and gemini to double check stuff!) And that's the expotential loop. Does anyone really believe in 2028 human judgement will still be the thing?

New comment by andrewfromx in "Proving a human wrote something"

andrewfromx — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:56:09 +0000

There is https://trulytyped.com/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125186

Building my own embedded WebKit macOS browser with dark reader

andrewfromx — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:51:52 +0000

Article URL: https://wkdomains.com/2026/may/on-the-dark-side/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050891

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Hora, a native Google Calendar app for macOS"

andrewfromx — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:29:26 +0000

Oh i see. funny just read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021417 and it talks about how making the product open source is key.

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Hora, a native Google Calendar app for macOS"

andrewfromx — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:03:06 +0000

huh, github says TypeScript 46.3% JavaScript 19.3%