Hacker News: binyang_qiu

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Make beautuful DMG files with WYSIWYG editor"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:28:49 +0000

Do you think the DMG installation method will continue to be a long-term part of the macOS ecosystem, or is it more of a continuation of indie Mac culture?

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: I solved my study problems by talking to a goose"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:12:21 +0000

So innovative! I've talked to your goose and I found this is really a great way to test whether I truly understand concept. I don't know how the goose thinks, maybe it would be even better if it allowed me to upload my own data and ask questions based on that context.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Proving – A Career Intelligence App"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:59:55 +0000

I think your concept of this APP is meaningful for most people. I'm curious to know how you handle data calibration, especially when it comes to different regions, remote offers, and issues with uneven sample distribution.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: We sent a humanoid robot to clean a stranger's apartment in SF"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:41:47 +0000

Awesome job! It really frees up my hands. As another reviewer mentioned, I’m so curious to know exactly what this robot can do when cleaning a room, how thoroughly it cleans, and who can monitor its status and how.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Trailmaps.app – Mobile maps that match the trail"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:54:23 +0000

The way you color these trails is so good! It is clearer and easier to read than other existing maps. Also the information is detailed so that users can have an expectation before going there. I'm just wondering if you plan to expand yours beyond the US eventually?

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: GridTravel- A community based travel app for users to share routes"

binyang_qiu — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:38:06 +0000

This idea is super cool! I love traveling and feel that the core of a trip is exploring local/authentic life, so your product perfectly matches my needs! If all people sharing their routes are local and the recommendations are real, not ads, it will be reliable for me to use it to find places. Just one thing, I can't use it in my country:( Hope you can make it globally:)

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL"

binyang_qiu — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:54:20 +0000

Great approach. Honestly the hard part probably isn’t COBOL itself, it’s all the weird operational glue around it.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: PandoCast: open-source Pandora player to solve an annoyance I had"

binyang_qiu — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:47:07 +0000

Love this kind of project, honestly. Feels way more real than most AI wrapper stuff. Just wondering how stable the Pandora API ended up being after reverse-engineering it.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay"

binyang_qiu — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:44:52 +0000

Pretty cool to see someone actually running public ODoH infra instead of just talking about privacy in theory. I'm just wondering what the biggest operational pain has been so far running a public relay.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Nibble"

binyang_qiu — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:16:43 +0000

Doing this in ~3k LOC C without malloc or an AST is honestly pretty impressive. Interested to see how far the IR can scale.

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model"

binyang_qiu — Wed, 13 May 2026 05:36:25 +0000

A lot of agent workflows really are just tool selection + argument extraction + structured output. How does this behave once workflows become multi-step and state starts accumulating across calls?

New comment by binyang_qiu in "Show HN: I built a local-first Web-to-EPUB tool after Omnivore shut down"

binyang_qiu — Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:35 +0000

I really like your local-first idea. Just one question: what do you think is still the biggest weakness of local OCR models compared with cloud APIs? Is it layout parsing, reading order, or messy scans?