Hacker News: archydeb

New comment by archydeb in "We Will Not Be Divided"

archydeb — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:19:34 +0000

Well, some did. I was surprised to see so many anonymous signatories.

Stabilising grid frequency with domestic batteries

archydeb — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:38:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axle.energy/blog/frequency

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46364185

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by archydeb in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025)"

archydeb — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:05:35 +0000

Axle Energy // axle.energy // Onsite London, UK

We build software to run decarbonized electricity grids. Our platform controls vehicle charging, heating systems, and home batteries, adjusting their usage in line with the needs of the grid.

We control hundreds of thousands of energy assets across the UK, monetizing the demand flexibility we create in electricity markets. We're growing rapidly, backed by Accel, and looking for data scientists and engineers looking to make a dent in climate change.

https://www.axle.energy/careers

New comment by archydeb in "Show HN: A daily digest for reMarkable"

archydeb — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:14:25 +0000

Lovely landing page, appreciate the care over the icons!

Our world in data: redesigning our interactive visualizations

archydeb — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:48:13 +0000

Article URL: https://ourworldindata.org/redesigning-our-interactive-data-visualizations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37996390

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by archydeb in "Why are there so many colourful houses in Bristol?"

archydeb — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:00:48 +0000

I've just moved back to Bristol (grew up here) and delighted to see this on HN.

Since this post is likely to be a good honeypot: can anybody recommend any good tech meetups here? I run an energy tech company and looking to meet like-minded folk

New comment by archydeb in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)"

archydeb — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:42:02 +0000

Axle Energy | London, UK (Onsite 2 days/week)| Full Stack Engineers

We're building software to adapt electricity usage to the vagaries of renewable energy: using more energy when we have lots of cheap, green electrons and less when the grid is fossil-fuel heavy and costly.

We're B2B, building tooling for companies to optimize EV charging, heat pumps, and batteries.

Software Engineers (£50-80k + Equity): https://axle-energy.notion.site/Work-at-axle-26aa7e9c1088449...

Related post on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34358795

Contact: co-founder & CTO Archy archy@axle.energy

New comment by archydeb in "Sketch.systems"

archydeb — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:26:53 +0000

Very curious to hear from users - definitely addresses a real pain point, does it do so successfully?

New comment by archydeb in "Ask HN: How to get better at architecture diagrams"

archydeb — Sat, 06 May 2023 17:25:42 +0000

This is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, thanks!

New comment by archydeb in "Ask HN: How to generate PDFs from the back end?"

archydeb — Sat, 06 May 2023 09:21:59 +0000

Workflow I've used previously:

1. Render html (easy with a templating language e.g. Jinja for Python)

2. Turn the html into a pdf (e.g. wkhtmltopdf in Python)

Ask HN: How to get better at architecture diagrams

archydeb — Sat, 06 May 2023 09:20:32 +0000

I haven't spent a lot of time drawing diagrams of the software I'm building, and I'd like to get better at it.

Currently I struggle to find the right level of abstraction, and things like dependencies/data flow/user events all end up jumbled together.

Are there any great resources for how to document code with diagrams?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35839615

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

New comment by archydeb in "A visual book recommender"

archydeb — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:28:47 +0000

Love this. Bought a couple of books similar to "Midnight's Children' - author should definitely think about adding affiliate links!

OpenAI X Bain

archydeb — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 06:07:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bain.com/vector-digital/partnerships-alliance-ecosystem/openai-alliance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34892216

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

HOW we get to Net Zero matters more than WHEN

archydeb — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:00:12 +0000

Article URL: https://archy.deberker.com/net-zero-its-the-journey-not-the-destination/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34881901

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by archydeb in "Visual design rules you can safely follow"

archydeb — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:47:17 +0000

I thought the OP was great, and am also a fan of Refactoring UI.

What's the "next level" from these handy rules of thumb? I'm looking for a UI 201

New comment by archydeb in "The UK is wasting a lot of wind power"

archydeb — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:28:10 +0000

For the brave!

But seriously (author of article here) I think that agile tariffs and more demand flexibility are probably a big part of the solution

New comment by archydeb in "The UK is wasting a lot of wind power"

archydeb — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:56:13 +0000

Sorry about that! I gave up on RSS with the death of Google Reader. A Twitter follow is your best bet :)

New comment by archydeb in "The UK is wasting a lot of wind power"

archydeb — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:56:57 +0000

Author of the article here

Electricity prices in the UK (and most other places) are set by the marginal unit, which is the most expensive unit that needs to be turned on to meet demand. All other generation for that time period gets paid the same price. The marginal unit in the UK is usually gas, hence the sensitivity to gas prices

New comment by archydeb in "Underrated reasons to be thankful"

archydeb — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:57:05 +0000

Are the musical ratios right here? 25/12 is not approximately 4/3... I struggled to wrap my head around that one

Otherwise, excellent!

New comment by archydeb in "Launch HN: Akiflow (YC S20) – Bring your tasks and calendars together"

archydeb — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:10:16 +0000

I've been using this for a week since reading this post and I'm enjoying it.

The quick capture is the killer feature for me, although it'd be even better if there was a shortcut which automatically captures context too (e.g. URL, email)- maybe there is and I'm missing it.

Mobile capture is a bit of a nuisance but sure you're aware of this. I think a WhatsApp bot would be the best way to give reliable offline or online capture without an app but I haven't seen anybody executing on that so perhaps there are issues with the idea.

Agree with the other comments about the calendly-lite features being unecessary for me, and add complexity to a fairly busy UI.