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New comment by ar_turnbull in "Sherry Turkle: "We're losing the raw human part of being with each other" (2013)"

ar_turnbull — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:19:33 +0000

Heh. Same here. I had the same reaction to “everybody likes Facebook.”

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Slop Cop"

ar_turnbull — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:19:50 +0000

Interesting. I made a skill for my Claude agent based on Wikipedia’s list of AI writing tells. /remove-ai-writing

It works reasonably well (better if you run it a few times), but still benefits from a final pass by a human editor IMO.

https://github.com/arturnbull/remove-ai-writing

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Google releases Gemma 4 open models"

ar_turnbull — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:01:17 +0000

Following as I also don’t love the idea of double paying anthropic for my usage plan and API credits to feed my pet lobster.

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Show HN: E is for ENSHITTIFICATION – An illustrated children's book on big tech"

ar_turnbull — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:12:55 +0000

A little more background:

Around this time last year I shared a talk on Enshittification, discussing what it means for design and technology professionals. Somehow it ended up being the #1 talk of the conference... so my team got to talking about how to build on it.

We felt like a children's book was just the right mix of irreverence, cheekiness, and fun to make this complex, systems-level topic more accessible for people.

It's a real children's board book with colourful illustrations printed on thick cardboard pages. The team had a LOT of fun putting it together — debating what each letter should be and how best to illustrate it.

And it's been a surprisingly useful tool for connecting with like-minded individuals in tech!

My fav letter: X (which of course, is for Twitter — RIP sweet bird)

Most difficult letter: K (after many discussions, we landed on K-shaped economy)

Longest word: Verschlimbessern (borrowed from Pavel Samsonov of The Product Picnic... the German's have the best words)

Show HN: E is for ENSHITTIFICATION – An illustrated children's book on big tech

ar_turnbull — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:31:51 +0000

My team wrote and illustrated a satirical toddler board book on the topic of Enshittification — perfect for tech professionals, savvy toddlers, and tired adults alike.

A is for Algorithms. B is for Billionaire. C/D is for Cory Doctorow.

Thought y'all might be interested. There's a free PDF or you can request a copy for future print runs. Would love to hear what you think.

https://www.evanshunt.com/enshittification

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522063

Points: 26

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New comment by ar_turnbull in "RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web"

ar_turnbull — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:09:05 +0000

Oh this is neat. Explains why I’ve seen a few Kagi referrals in my analytics.

Thanks for your work on this. It’s appreciated!

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Show HN: Figma-use – CLI to control Figma for AI agents"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:37:20 +0000

Thanks. Definitely planning on checking this out!

If I’m understanding correctly, you’d likely combine this with Figma MCP for reading? Ie. have Claude Code read the file to understand a request, then use this tooling to make modifications?

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

ar_turnbull — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:05:07 +0000

https://www.andrew-turnbull.com

Portfolio site and writing that explores Product leadership, UX Design, and the overlap between the two.

OKRs Made Easy: Goal-setting without the theatrics

ar_turnbull — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:55:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.andrew-turnbull.com/okrs-made-easy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46517706

Points: 2

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New comment by ar_turnbull in "Resources that helped me bridge the gap between UX and Product thinking"

ar_turnbull — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:46:26 +0000

Over the last year I’ve been exploring the overlap between UX and Product leadership, and the growing tension between the two. I've compiled a list of books, talks, and other resources that helped me make sense of the divide. Sharing in case it's useful for others working across design and product.

Resources that helped me bridge the gap between UX and Product thinking

ar_turnbull — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:46:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.andrew-turnbull.com/10-resources-for-ux-designers-interested-in-product/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503769

Points: 1

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New comment by ar_turnbull in "Pieces of Career Advice I Wish I'd Known Earlier"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:21:51 +0000

> The thing I’ve learned about leveling up in your career, or breaking through different ceilings, is that you really only realize that it happened in retrospect. Just like you don’t notice your hair growing or your face aging, you can’t really feel it as it’s happening. Be patient—evaluate later. Don’t kick yourself now because you think you’re stuck. You might be the opposite of stuck and just not know it.

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This one resonates hard for me right now. Having spent the last year feeling stuck, I’m finally starting to see the path out (I’m a UXer moving towards Product leader roles). I’ve spent a lot of time kicking myself, and now all of a sudden it’s starting to feel like I might be on the other side.

New comment by ar_turnbull in "The Modern Career"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:33:00 +0000

This is a cool explanation, great visualization.

One note — on mobile the sticky section feels a bit tall making reading experience a bit clunky — maybe just screenshots from the simulation would do the trick, rather than live states?

Either way, looks great — nice work! Curious if the data shows anything about successful strategies, or if this could be simulated as well (ie. join an early stage company, get an MBA, etc).

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Web development is fun again"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:38:21 +0000

As someone who always dabbled in code but never was a “real” developer, I’ve found the same thing. I know the concepts, I know good from bad — so all of a sudden I can vibe code things that would have taken me months of studying and debugging and banging my head against the wall.

If you’ll forgive a bit of self promotion, I also wrote some brief thoughts on my Adventures In AI Prototyping:

https://www.andrew-turnbull.com/adventures-in-ai-prototyping...

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Japan's 'Dementia Money' Is a Warning to the World"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:23:15 +0000

Definitely worry about this with my mother-in-law. I cleaned the malware off her computer yesterday because she was complaining that "google was broken" and that "every time it filled the screen with advertisements."

I don't really know what to do about it, but dementia + lack of technical understanding + lack of security best practices + retirement funds are, without doubt, going to be a huge problem in the coming decades.

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Pocket Brain – offline AI chat that runs in the browser (WebGPU)"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:55:49 +0000

Just curious whether it would it make more sense as an app (even if it's just a wrapper)? Is that on the road map? I know technically you can download large files in the browser but do normal people understand that?

On iOS with memory management, I always find that browser pages always feel.. brittle?

Enshittification and the Current State of Everything

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:41:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.andrew-turnbull.com/enshittification-ux-product/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46485846

Points: 2

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New comment by ar_turnbull in "I Study Friendship. Here's How You Make Lasting Friends."

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:35:53 +0000

TLDR; - Look for friendship markets, not just activity groups - People are most open to new friendships when people are redefining themselves (i.e. school transitions, pregnancy, shifting identities). - You're not awkward, you're just searching in the wrong markets where people are open to conversation but not connection.

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Show HN: I built an AI optimized for venting, not working"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:55:56 +0000

Ya ditto — I’m not sure why I’d use this compared to a new chat with some specific instructions in chatGPT.

The idea is novel and has a great hook IMO, but it needs something that lasts beyond the initial hook.

When I tried a rant the response was.. ok but generic, and definitely not sticky.

New comment by ar_turnbull in "Anti-Aging Injection Regrows Knee Cartilage and Prevents Arthritis"

ar_turnbull — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:51:53 +0000

Wow. This is legit very cool. Hopefully it can be made widespread just in time for a cohort of aging millennials like myself.