Hacker News: bpev

New comment by bpev in "GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash"

bpev — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:56:08 +0000

It's just the natural evolution of "They're not advertisements. They're recommendations."

New comment by bpev in "Axios compromised on NPM – Malicious versions drop remote access trojan"

bpev — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:20:39 +0000

Assuming axios didn't have a postinstall script before, it wouldn't have been approved for a previous version. If you ignore it, you ignore it, but postinstall scripts are relatively rare in npm deps, so it would seem a bit out of place when the warning pops up.

New comment by bpev in "JCal – Jeffrey Epstein's Activities Recreated in Google Calendar"

bpev — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:05:24 +0000

so we just recreating the whole suite now? xD

New comment by bpev in "Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML"

bpev — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:18:44 +0000

I'm never seen the `::: header` or `![Logo](https://...logo.png){width="200"}` kind of syntax before. Is this custom or Frankenstein solution? Or is there some kind of md-extended pattern for defining components that has been gaining steam or smthn? Markdown tooling is always confusing, since everyone has their own standard.

New comment by bpev in "Show HN: Crust – A CLI framework for TypeScript and Bun"

bpev — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:53:22 +0000

yup yup same. That one's worked well for me. Between that and the deno std, it's nice to have it feel like mostly everything you need is available with very little searching.

New comment by bpev in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

bpev — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:01:37 +0000

At this point, I'm mostly just praying that the motorola + grapheneos collab will have a headphone jack. I probably won't purchase anything until I at least see what's cooking over there.

Right now, since I buy audio files anyways, I've mostly been relying on a tiny audio player that can also act as a Bluetooth receiver for my phone.

New comment by bpev in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

bpev — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:58:37 +0000

I'm talking about this specific context, rather than in general. I find that for usb-c earphones and small dongles/dacs, they disconnect more when I'm walking around with phone in pocket. They also tend to wear down with use much faster than normal aux cables. Usually, they last a few months for me before I start having issues.

And when usb-c phones disconnect just a little, usually the phone will pause the music completely and disconnect, whereas the aux headphones will just keep playing. So if the connection isn't perfect, the usb-c cable becomes unlistenable because I can't walk 20 steps without it pausing.

edit: I've tried many cables and dongles, so if you don't have this problem, it might be just that I move around more? Biggest problem for me is commutes and walking around.

New comment by bpev in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

bpev — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:35:46 +0000

Please let this mean that they'll start bringing back the headphone jacks to phones. usb-c is too unstable, and I prefer not having to deal with charging more devices and with pairing shenanigans when switching devices.

New comment by bpev in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

bpev — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:27:24 +0000

It was kinda funny to see the Lego Movie, which puts a bunch of emphasis on breaking the rules and mixing and matching everything, and then seeing them release the sets for the movie. I mean, it makes perfect sense. But it was still kinda lowkey humorous. But imo they're still a great toy; very fun to go to conventions and the like, where people just have giant piles of loose pieces you can buy by weight.

New comment by bpev in "Zed new terms required to be 18 years old"

bpev — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:46:27 +0000

I haven't had this experience (on macOS, it is quite fast), but I have read this exact same complaint about rendering/slowness from other Linux users a handful of times. So I think those might be more platform-specific issues. I do see high memory usage, though. So I enjoy using Zed when I want to use AI, and prefer Sublime when I want to fly solo.

New comment by bpev in "Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library"

bpev — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:57 +0000

Amazing! I recently started building something similar for the same reasons, but more out of frustration rather than out of desire. I'll have to give this one a try and see if it fills the need.

New comment by bpev in "Fairphone 6: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting"

bpev — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:05:06 +0000

I’ve used many brands of these at various price points (and also usb-c headphones). They work fine for like a month, but the connection degrades over time (maybe it wears out or gets dirty?), and I haven’t found a way to recover stability once it starts to randomly disconnect. It’s super annoying because when it disconnects, the software doesn’t handle it well, and I usually have to unplug it, plug it back in, unpause the music, and hope it doesn’t do it again as I gingerly place it back in my pocket. Basically, I think that USB-c is just not as consistent or sturdy of a port when you’ve got the playback device moving around in your pocket.

New comment by bpev in "Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)"

bpev — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:48:04 +0000

I think it's more prevalent on thin laptops? because the screen clearance is lower, and they're laptops that tend to be in transit more; pressure pushing the two sides together in backpack or when picking it up in one hand.

New comment by bpev in "Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)"

bpev — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:22:10 +0000

Re the screen rubbing on the keyboard, I've really enjoyed using the Ghostblanket from UPPERCASE, which is just a small microfibery-kinda liner meant to fit on top of the keyboard when it's closed. Also good for keeping finger oils off the screen.

Dunno how that interacts with the nano texture, but I feel like it's made my MacBook screens last a decent bit longer. There's other brands that also make these kinds of cloths, but Apple lowered the clearance between the keyboard and screen after around the 2016 MacBook? So the old brand I was using stopped fitting.

New comment by bpev in "Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back"

bpev — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:40:24 +0000

I've also noticed a kind of grouping like this. I've described them as the "Builders" and the "Solvers". Where the former enjoys the construction aspect of the code more, and the latter enjoys the problem/puzzle-solving aspect of code more. I guess it's more of a scale than a binary, since everyone's got a bit of both, but I think I agree that AI is more fun for the builders.

New comment by bpev in "STFU"

bpev — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:27:07 +0000

I've seen a fistfight on the muni that started from this.

New comment by bpev in "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"

bpev — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:54:29 +0000

Those demo photos are fantastic

New comment by bpev in "50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player"

bpev — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:12:12 +0000

Saying that vinyl doesn't have a distinct sound is a pretty wild take. It's pretty obvious if you've ever listened to vinyl and switched to a lossless version on the same setup. But here's some reading, nonetheless:

https://now.tufts.edu/2016/07/11/does-music-sound-better-vin... https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-why-vinyl-not-be...

IMO, use a lossless digital file if you want to a more accurate sound, and use a vinyl if you prefer the sound/mastering of that release.

New comment by bpev in "50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player"

bpev — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:30:24 +0000

And some do. But music listening is a personal experience, and sometimes the preference of the artists doesn't match that of the listener. Should an artist also prescribe the correct speakers/headphones to listen to their album?

New comment by bpev in "50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player"

bpev — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:20:03 +0000

My point was more that vinyl has a distinct sound, whereas CDs are just the digital files in a physical package. So if someone decides that distortion suits a particular album better, it's not going to "sound worse" to them.