Hacker News: benwaffle

New comment by benwaffle in "The 100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working product"

benwaffle — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:04:31 +0000

obsidian isn't open source

New comment by benwaffle in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"

benwaffle — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:09:17 +0000

There's a files app

New comment by benwaffle in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"

benwaffle — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:01:43 +0000

QuickShare already requires Google Play Services, so I don't think that will change

How OpenAI Codex Works Behind-the-Scenes (and How It Compares to Claude Code)

benwaffle — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:04:55 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.promptlayer.com/how-openai-codex-works-behind-the-scenes-and-how-it-compares-to-claude-code/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45286018

Points: 3

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New comment by benwaffle in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

benwaffle — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:01:47 +0000

my US banking apps work on CalyxOS

New comment by benwaffle in "Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry"

benwaffle — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:45:42 +0000

Looks like uncloud has no control plane, just a CLI: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud#-features

New comment by benwaffle in "Containerization is a Swift package for running Linux containers on macOS"

benwaffle — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:02:18 +0000

I wonder how it compares to orbstack

New comment by benwaffle in "How to live an intellectually rich life"

benwaffle — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:28:45 +0000

Here are some suggestions: Writing, music creation, woodworking, drawing, painting, photography, podcasting, gardening, cooking, DIY home projects, chess, sports

New comment by benwaffle in "Sapphire: Rust based package manager for macOS (Homebrew replacement)"

benwaffle — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:39:18 +0000

oh, I guess this is why the nix installer creates 32 macOS users called _nixbld$N

New comment by benwaffle in "A new Sudoku layout with 81 uniquely shaped cells"

benwaffle — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:19:18 +0000

Oh, I never would have guessed

New comment by benwaffle in "A new Sudoku layout with 81 uniquely shaped cells"

benwaffle — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:56:32 +0000

That was a fun puzzle! You should add a confirmation to the reset button - my finger slipped and accidentally hit it.

New comment by benwaffle in "Apple's Software Quality Crisis"

benwaffle — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 +0000

some windows laptops have a haptic touchpad from sensel, which is reportedly good

New comment by benwaffle in "VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas"

benwaffle — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:52:47 +0000

> I distinctly remember seeing some program that was named something duck-related but for the life of me I can't remember any other specifics

cyberduck - https://cyberduck.io/

New comment by benwaffle in "Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15"

benwaffle — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:13:20 +0000

Apple chose to implement things like OHTTP and homomorphic encryption when they could easily have done without it. Doesn't that count for something?

New comment by benwaffle in "Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth"

benwaffle — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:33:35 +0000

That can also be affected by the supported DRM level. Try safari or edge.

New comment by benwaffle in "Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD's strategic move toward broader adoption"

benwaffle — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 03:08:35 +0000

> Quantum Leap plans to run FreeBSD on contemporary laptops as a hypervisor-like solution using Bhyve to virtualize other operating systems, including Linux and Windows.

Are they gonna sell laptops running FreeBSD with a virtualized Windows guest as "more secure" to the US government?

New comment by benwaffle in "No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead"

benwaffle — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 20:00:35 +0000

>To be clear, systemd-boot doesn't replace GRUB, in that systemd-boot can only boot other EFI binaries, so it still requires the kernel to be compiled as a UKI. A GRUB setup with a regular vmlinuz + separate initramfs in root partition (or boot partition that's not the ESP) can't be replaced with systemd-boot directly. You first need to switch to a UKI-in-ESP setup.

That's wrong, my laptop right now uses systemd-boot with a vmlinuz and an initramfs, no UKI. See a configuration example here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-boot#Adding_loaders

New comment by benwaffle in "No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead"

benwaffle — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:57:50 +0000

Install arch with a couple of different bootloaders and disk layouts, and you'll learn it all. The simplest option is potentially systemd-boot + an unencrypted rootfs.

New comment by benwaffle in "Making EC2 boot time faster"

benwaffle — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:16:34 +0000

reminds me of https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-re-moving-continuous-integratio...

New comment by benwaffle in "iTerm2 and AI Hype Overload"

benwaffle — Wed, 22 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000

> The biggest issue for me is that it increases the attack surface

What's your threat model?