Hacker News: carlcortright

New comment by carlcortright in "Zed is 1.0"

carlcortright — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:57:30 +0000

Tried it yesterday. HUGE fan of how the agents work and how the editor feels.

New comment by carlcortright in "Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now"

carlcortright — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:02:43 +0000

My first thought seeing the title: "always has been"

https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/Always-Has-Been

New comment by carlcortright in "I built an AI receptionist for a mechanic shop"

carlcortright — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:06:53 +0000

I built something similar and learned a lot about how useful a “receptionist” (advisor) is vs something that just immediately sends the user to the shop asap

The foundational product truth is you win business by saying “oh you’re car is broken, come in right now” then an actual tech or manager does the sale

Worth checking out at: https://wrenchdesk.ai

New comment by carlcortright in "Ghidra by NSA"

carlcortright — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:39:17 +0000

lol

New comment by carlcortright in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

carlcortright — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:10:42 +0000

this is a very pessimistic take

could be, but the universe is odd in so many different ways

it's hard to be sure

The Commoditization of Services

carlcortright — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:21:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.excel.holdings/p/the-commoditization-of-services

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699598

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by carlcortright in "A 26,000-year astronomical monument hidden in plain sight (2019)"

carlcortright — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:41:12 +0000

And to think we're all here building b2b SaaS

The Future of Vertical SaaS Is Personal Software

carlcortright — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:20:47 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.excel.holdings/p/the-future-of-vertical-saas-is-personal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618911

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by carlcortright in "Show HN: AI in SolidWorks"

carlcortright — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:59:52 +0000

The craziest thing I learned clicking on this post is that solidworks has barely changed in the 15 years since I last used it

New comment by carlcortright in "FunctionGemma 270M Model"

carlcortright — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:25:34 +0000

Very cool model! Congrats on the work!

New comment by carlcortright in "Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components"

carlcortright — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:49:48 +0000

dammit

New comment by carlcortright in "Custom AI Emoji Maker for Slack, Discord, and Teams"

carlcortright — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:51:35 +0000

Fun side project I made. Today I'm launching a teams package for HR / People leaders too: https://createmoji.ai/for-teams

Custom AI Emoji Maker for Slack, Discord, and Teams

carlcortright — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:51:35 +0000

Article URL: https://createmoji.ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46218328

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by carlcortright in "NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy"

carlcortright — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:34:55 +0000

strong +1 - developers like him are heros

New comment by carlcortright in "A New Internet Business Model?"

carlcortright — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:02:09 +0000

Immediate negative gut reaction to this - this is a disgusting stance from the CEO of a DDoS protection company trying to gatekeep an open internet.

Founder Physiology and "Trusting Your Gut"

carlcortright — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:14:49 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.excel.holdings/p/your-body-in-founder-mode

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45275456

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by carlcortright in "CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room"

carlcortright — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:30:37 +0000

This should come with a warning on how dizzy it makes you before you read it. Nuked my afternoon of productivity

New comment by carlcortright in "CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room"

carlcortright — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:59:32 +0000

this made me laugh out loud

New comment by carlcortright in "AI Driven Development (ADD)"

carlcortright — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:31:09 +0000

Thought this was funny / insightful

AI Driven Development (ADD)

carlcortright — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:31:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.thriveholding.group/p/ai-driven-development

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44309302

Points: 1

# Comments: 1