Hacker News: barcoder

New comment by barcoder in "Zed 1.0"

barcoder — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:30:18 +0000

If I saw this editor a year ago I would have jumped on it. In today's AI focused development it's not worth the hassle for me to learn new shortcuts and UI layout.

The demo video voice felt super AI generated. Which it many ways felt like it was going against the target audience, people that still code by using an editor and it's shortcuts.

New comment by barcoder in "Godot 4.7 Beta with HDR Output, Ray-Tracing Improvements and Editor Enhancements"

barcoder — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:37:23 +0000

I just love how Godot itself is under 100mb. Even as the project grows I hit play and it instantly loads.

Compared to Unity hitting flow state in Godot and sustaining it is trivial.

Godot is an easy choice for a Hackathon or a fun prototype project. And increasingly becoming my go to choice for larger projects.

New comment by barcoder in "Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language"

barcoder — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:40:53 +0000

I'm a long time Unity developer that in the past year picked up Godot. The speed at which Godot loads compared to Unity is staggering, it's just so much faster. When I returned to Unity I raised that my flow state was constantly being broken in a way that it wasn't when using Godot.

Entering flow is one of the beautiful things I love about programming. And being knocked out of it often feels like a physical jolt.

Lobster seems to take the idea of optimisation and speed to new levels. Entering and remaining in flow must be even easier. First though, I'll need to put the time into learning enough to be able to do it!

New comment by barcoder in "Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI"

barcoder — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 21:49:39 +0000

Today I heard two negative cases from a friend interacting her clients. The first client replied to her emails by sending ChatGPT logs, apparently unable to communicate on his own. The second believed a ChatGPT hallucination that he was entitled to a special Amazon business account. She had to explain to him that ChatGPT will tell him convincing bullshit, which was news to him. One can only wonder what terrible choices and wrong beliefs he had made up until the moment of enlightenment.

New comment by barcoder in "Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)"

barcoder — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:17:29 +0000

MUDs taught about the real world from the confines of my bedroom. As a teenager I was giving responsibility through my guild and had to negotiate with adults from all around the world.

My main MUD was Discworld MUD which was started in 1991. I can't describe the excitement I felt on finding a game where the world continued when I was offline. Where I could go to make friends with the thrill of also making enemies.

It was the perfect place to escape to, which taught me about addiction and many aspects of myself.

My character is still alive after 20 something years and if I feel like logging in I'm sure there will be friendly faces who remember me.

New comment by barcoder in "A text based multiplayer idle game for Telegram"

barcoder — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:30:52 +0000

A Telegram bot is used to communicate with the backend. The developer posted a YouTube video with more details:

https://youtu.be/UlvQ0Ji8YiM

A text based multiplayer idle game for Telegram

barcoder — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:30:52 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/SudoOmbro/pilgram

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718558

Points: 2

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New comment by barcoder in "Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza"

barcoder — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:47:34 +0000

It is eye opening remaining friends with people who's views and actions are completely opposed to ones own. There's no point attempting to educate them (often it makes them go harder against you). But by finding out about their lives and understanding where fear has replaced love one can learn a lot. And hopefully use that knowledge to find ways to speak out and create a society that aligns with ones ethics.

New comment by barcoder in "TripoSG – Text to 3D Model"

barcoder — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:12:35 +0000

I’m interested to know what are they using on the backend to create the 3D models. Is it Blender?

New comment by barcoder in "The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden"

barcoder — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:11:29 +0000

It’s incredible to see what can be achieved with very few lines of code to produce visuals and sound. It’s often pretty easy to know who the demoscene is made by because of the artistic style. Similar to more traditional art forms.

New comment by barcoder in "GIMP 3.0"

barcoder — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:12:49 +0000

For several years I struggled to learn GIMP and other FOSS creative tools. That was until I finally stopped my Adobe subscription and had no choice to learn. AI has made the process much easier too, no need to read documentation or look at a video to find the tool or technique.

New comment by barcoder in "Let's knock down social media's walled gardens – Tim Berners-Lee"

barcoder — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:52:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing that insight. When I read the original comment I felt like I was an outlier for thinking how beneficial I’ve found social media on a personal level. If used with intention then there’s a wealth of learning and knowledge that the algorithms help deliver.

Of course there are many people who use social media purely for distraction. Which if used chronically is going to have an overwhelming negative impact.

In social media’s current for profit model it benefits from negatively impacting people. Which is a shame given if it wanted to, it could focus on the wellbeing of all its users.

An example I can give is the Reddit app that used to give a warning if a user used it for over a certain amount of time. These days it encourages it’s users to stay engaged with badges.

New comment by barcoder in "UK.gov to make adults give credit card details for access to Facebook or TikTok"

barcoder — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:18:38 +0000

In pre-Brexit Britain we were promised less friction on the internet because we wouldn't have to accept cookies [1].

Who would have thought there would be more friction for just about every part of British life? /s

[1] https://preprod.metro.co.uk/2021/08/27/no-more-cookie-pop-up...

New comment by barcoder in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell"

barcoder — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:57:01 +0000

I admire you diligence with cutting down features to hit the self imposed deadline.

I've been ferociously learning game dev and have allowed myself unlimited time to jump down rabbit holes. Now that I'm actually building a game I need to remind myself to just build it with what I know.

It's an interesting switch in mind set. Still learning obviously, only now I'm pulling together knowledge buried deep within rather than from tutorials.

I'll keep in mind scope and remember your inspiring diligence next time I'm tempted to peek in a rabbit hole.

New comment by barcoder in "Ireland to launch basic income program for artists"

barcoder — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:33:29 +0000

It is basic income, so presumably the artist will be able to make additional money their art.

New comment by barcoder in "U.S. FAA clears 45% of commercial plane fleet after 5G deployed"

barcoder — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:23:39 +0000

How easy is it to report those type of issues?

New comment by barcoder in "Game-makers creating new Game Boy games (2021)"

barcoder — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:15:21 +0000

Nostalgia is a powerful motivator

New comment by barcoder in "UK government plans publicity blitz against encrypted communications"

barcoder — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:10:38 +0000

That's not true. The queen does have final say over laws.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/queen-...

New comment by barcoder in "UK government plans publicity blitz against encrypted communications"

barcoder — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:08:29 +0000

Just take a walk down any British town street. If you can't physically do it there's always Google Street View

New comment by barcoder in "BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen"

barcoder — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000

The yearly licence always seems like a hefty amount to pay. Whereas other services offer month to month with special deals.

It's still a crying shame watching the BBC be destroyed by the Conservatives, but hopefully the BBC will rise to the challenge. With some funding from government and a decent worldwide subscription model they could be a real content force.