Hacker News: ankit84

New comment by ankit84 in "OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor"

ankit84 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:21:17 +0000

A Video editor landing pages with still screenshots doesn't do any justice for new comer. The power can only be shown with smal 10-30s in-inline videos.

New comment by ankit84 in "Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub"

ankit84 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:16:53 +0000

Stacked PRs are not a new GitHub capability. They are an accessibility. Why so hype?

The underlying stacked PR workflow is unchanged:

1. Create branch B from branch A.

2. Open PR A against main.

3. Open PR B against branch A.

4. Repeat for additional layers.

New comment by ankit84 in "The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python"

ankit84 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:42:30 +0000

I learnt a lot today from the interactive demo. You have the best clarity and right skill to educate

New comment by ankit84 in "Clickup Reduced Headcount by 22%"

ankit84 — Sun, 24 May 2026 02:33:59 +0000

- THE 100X ORGANIZATION The common narrative is that AI makes everyone more productive. It doesn't. Many of the workflows of today, if left unchanged, create bottlenecks in AI systems.

- THE BUILDERS: 10X ENGINEERS If your best engineers are spending time reviewing other people's code, then this is inherently an inefficient bottleneck. These engineers can review their agent's code much faster than reviewing human code.

- THE BUILDERS: 10X PRODUCT MANAGERS The bottleneck of user research is gone. It takes us just one mention of an agent to kickoff research and analyze results.

Clickup Reduced Headcount by 22%

ankit84 — Sun, 24 May 2026 02:33:59 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/DJ_CURFEW/status/2057522382315929802

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253786

Points: 15

# Comments: 4

Webhook Architecture – Design Pattern

ankit84 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:17:02 +0000

Article URL: https://beeceptor.com/docs/webhook-feature-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367104

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

MCPs, CLIs, and skills: when to use what?

ankit84 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:50:52 +0000

Article URL: https://jngiam.bearblog.dev/mcps-clis-and-skills-when-to-use-what/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360804

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Is There Any open source company data?

ankit84 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:37:16 +0000

From the user's email domain, i would like to get basic company info, industry, company size, geo, publicly known revenue, etc.

Tried checking, but couldn't find any free to use, open company data. Any suggestions?

(This is for GTM automation.)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577176

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Cursor Is Building the Workflow

ankit84 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:04:11 +0000

Article URL: https://json-server.dev/2026-dev-tools-year/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452494

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ankit84 in "Nginx introduces native support for ACME protocol"

ankit84 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:54:04 +0000

We have been using Caddy for many years now. Picked just because it has automatic cert provisioning. Caddy is really an easier alternative, secure out of the box.

New comment by ankit84 in "Show HN: OpenAPI mocks that don't suck – realistic test data, quick setup"

ankit84 — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:12:39 +0000

Great to see your usage @anitil. These aren't just static dummy mocks. Beeceptor looks at schema, fields, description, format, datatypes, and then generats a realistic mock responses to match real response.

Show HN: OpenAPI mocks that don't suck – realistic test data, quick setup

ankit84 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:30:49 +0000

Hi HN!

I'm Ankit, the founder of Beeceptor, a request mocking and intercepting tool. This time, I built something new to address a pain I’ve personally felt (and heard from dozens of QA, frontend, and platform teams): making OpenAPI specs actually useful during development.

API contracts just sit around as docs often. What if you could 'activate' them, instantly have a realistic, hosted mock server-with contract validation, smart test data, and early usage?

So I made _Mockaroo for OpenAPI_, but with brains. It spins up a hosted mock server from your spec in one click. It:

- Generates sensible context-aware, test data using FakerJS (e.g., age returns realistic numbers, not 10000)

- Validates incoming requests against your contract definition and returns detailed, actionable error messages.

- Supports JSON, binary, CRUD style API responses.

- Gives a HOSTed API server URL, that's ready in a few seconds.

- Helps frontend teams start testing before the backend is ready - Gives QAs a place to play, verify and run performance tests. - Enables the best developer experience, requiring no account setup and a working mock API server for experiments, and API cost savings.

No local setup, no writing custom mock rules, no fuss. Just activate your OpenAPI spec, and your API starts “working” in seconds.

Besides, Beeceptor shows live request logs, where responses can be overridden.

Quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vUD_B3aw5I ---

Would love your thoughts, feedback, or use cases I haven’t thought of yet. Happy to share more technical details if there's interest.

Thanks for reading!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44503221

Points: 13

# Comments: 4

New comment by ankit84 in "A New Alexa"

ankit84 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:30:52 +0000

- Early access to US customers who own or purchase an Echo Show 8, 10, 15 or 21.

- Not available for Echo Dot 1st Gen, Echo 1st Gen, Echo Plus 1st Gen, Echo Tap, Echo Show 1st Gen, Echo Show 2nd Gen, and Echo Spot 1st Gen

- Not available in many markets. E.g. Currently unavailable in India.

A New Alexa

ankit84 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:30:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCCNHWV5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43191385

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Show HN: CORS-Tester – Making CORS errors easier to debug

ankit84 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 05:08:41 +0000

Being a frontend dev, I’ve spent hours staring at the console for CORS errors. It’s great for security, but it’s a real pain to troubleshoot, especially with all the 2nd or 3P APIs we rely on for webapps.

That’s why I built this CORS-Tester => to help pinpoint exactly what's going wrong with CORS for that API!

Your feedback or suggestions are welcome to make it better.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43168394

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Ask HN: Where's the AI Magic in Alexa (Amazon)?

ankit84 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:27:13 +0000

I've been using my Alexa Echo for songs, news and quick questions. But I'm honestly surprised by how limited its responses still are. It doesn't feel like we're in the AI era yet when talking to Alexa.

What do you think?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43047685

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: What's your go to DevTool these days?

ankit84 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:13:44 +0000

We all use ChatGPT, Copilot, Cluade. These are generic. What's your story of using a dev-tool that's integrated at its best and you love to use more and more?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42015793

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

Ask HN: Does AI-Generated Text/Images Affect Search Engine Rankings?

ankit84 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:27:13 +0000

Is it safe to assume that search engines are now mainstream in detecting and ranking AI-generated content lower, especially if it’s repetitive or of lower quality?

- How do search engines handle thousands of auto-generated articles being published daily?

- Does including AI-generated images in a blog post impact SEO positively or negatively?

- With the increasing prevalence of AI-written content, what are the latest techniques being used to filter and rank high-quality content?

Why: I use LLMs for searches, however still end up writing articles spending 30-90 mins to add value. I use LLms only for English/language corrections.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41625860

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ankit84 in "Show HN: Room Magic Design – Your Ultimate Interior Design Platform"

ankit84 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:20:33 +0000

I feel the home page should have input vs output examples. A picture tells 1000 words. I don't want to signup unless I see the value.

New comment by ankit84 in "Show HN: File0 – An easier way to manage files in serverless apps"

ankit84 — Tue, 28 May 2024 10:37:32 +0000

It isn't just developer experience.

- Can I trust you?

- Where are your company credentials?

- What's the business continuity plan?

- What's your support? Sending an email to hi@ may not work, when my application is dead because of some bug at your end.