Hacker News: callumprentice

New comment by callumprentice in "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"

callumprentice — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:13:10 +0000

Excellent article but I am always torn when I read inspirational articles like this - it makes perfect sense to me and I love the idea of simple, non-nonsense sites that work well, load quickly and don't rely on the latest browsers to function.

Then I start to wonder if that's just because I'm not smart enough to understand React or whatever the fancy technology of the day is.

Feels like I have a hard understanding threshold that cannot be breached - give me a simple editor like Sublime and ask me to make a web page - even with JavaScript - and it's my happy place. Give me VSCode or Zed, Claude/Copilot/ChatGPT plugins everywhere, React tutorials and my brain goes to mush.

New comment by callumprentice in "Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine"

callumprentice — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:49:53 +0000

I figured this was some kind of home-grown prosthetic arm whose wearer could, using AI, draw any artwork online, speak ASL, perform minor surgery on themselves and so much more so long as their supply of tokens lasted.

Perhaps a smidge disappointed when I had a look and discovered it wasn't that :)

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies"

callumprentice — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:39:16 +0000

I made something like this (in the VERY broadest sense) 10 years ago - inspired me to revisit and update both visuals and data (a lot has changed in that time).

https://callumprentice.github.io/apps/global_temperature_cha...

and

https://callumprentice.github.io/apps/climate_temperature_ch...

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip planning with AI"

callumprentice — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:02:50 +0000

As someone who do the whole mileage actual thing for many years (millions of Chase and Amex points) but also a family and a full time job - IE 3 seats vs 1 and can’t leave for a trip at the drop of a hat - I’m always astonished by how worthless my miles seem to be.

I’m not convinced it’s all one big scam but a teensie bit hopeful your solution can help. Looking forward to trying. Thank you.

New comment by callumprentice in "Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026"

callumprentice — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:46:12 +0000

Understood. This was in Manhattan Beach which is expensive for everything but still, that delta is incredible.

Actually, I noticed one near there yesterday on PCH (forget which station) was $6.89999 for the good stuff.

New comment by callumprentice in "Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026"

callumprentice — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:38:58 +0000

$6.84999 at the Shell station near my gym this morning.

New comment by callumprentice in "Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026"

callumprentice — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:44:02 +0000

SoCal gas is at least $6.85 a gallon.

New comment by callumprentice in "The Met releases high-def 3D scans of 140 famous art objects"

callumprentice — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:58:30 +0000

Trivial to see the raw GLB files in a Viewer that gives you a bit more control.

https://github.khronos.org/glTF-Sample-Viewer-Release/?model...

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: Fuzzy Studio – Apply live effects to videos/camera"

callumprentice — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:59:50 +0000

Also beautifully done. Love it!

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: Fuzzy Studio – Apply live effects to videos/camera"

callumprentice — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:38:04 +0000

FWIW, I was able to select a Logitech USB webcam on my Mac mini running Sequoia.

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: Fuzzy Studio – Apply live effects to videos/camera"

callumprentice — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:36:58 +0000

So much fun and beautifully implemented.

I wish there was a way to use the output/preview as a virtual camera in Meet, Zoom etc. I could drive my colleagues potty with some of these :)

Ingenious 'weightless camera' is changing live sports forever

callumprentice — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:40:24 +0000

Article URL: https://stocks.apple.com/A1SaFyt9lSDCft2b-P_ER4Q

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766986

Points: 3

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New comment by callumprentice in "Ask HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?"

callumprentice — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:52:00 +0000

Thank goodness. My Gmail address is my first name so I typically get many hundreds of spam’s a day which are almost all caught. Dozens in my inbox today so I figured something was up. Glad it’s not that the spam pedlars have suddenly gotten clever.

What is product development in 2026?

callumprentice — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:50:24 +0000

Article URL: https://cory.news/posts/2026-01-20-development/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691825

Points: 1

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New comment by callumprentice in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

callumprentice — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:09:11 +0000

I've long admired your work online both for its writing quality and incredible insight.

Thank you for sharing all these years.

New comment by callumprentice in "The Jeff Dean Facts"

callumprentice — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:16:27 +0000

Agreed! I felt the same way but sitting here with my morning coffee chuckling away. A good start to the day.

New comment by callumprentice in "Shipmap.org"

callumprentice — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:37:20 +0000

https://callumprentice.github.io/apps/flight_stream/index.ht...

Something similar but for flights and in 3D.

12 years old now - might be fun to see what new data is out there - real time perhaps - and have another go

New comment by callumprentice in "Show HN: Prism.Tools – Free and privacy-focused developer utilities"

callumprentice — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:04:38 +0000

Phenomenal collection but like the parent of this message, I have many similar sites bookmarked but without a good bookmark manager (Chrome), it's hard to add meta data like "I really like this page's JSON formatter" etc.

I might have a go at a making meta-utility site when you enter names, descriptions, tags etc. of a utility and it lists relevant sites.

To the parent's point about a good DOT COM, I have one that might be perfect since I seem incapable of finishing the project I purchased it for decades ago.

New comment by callumprentice in "I switched from VSCode to Zed"

callumprentice — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:11:22 +0000

Fascinating. Can you share your non-private Zed config? I still have mine from before the switch - I'd like to compare.

New comment by callumprentice in "I switched from VSCode to Zed"

callumprentice — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:03:05 +0000

I'll try that - thank you.