Hacker News: chrisra

New comment by chrisra in "Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app"

chrisra — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:31:18 +0000

I've used something like this on a phone to tell another car something was wrong with their vehicle.

New comment by chrisra in "Developer Survey 2026"

chrisra — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:35:16 +0000

Man, I would love a table.

New comment by chrisra in "Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking""

chrisra — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:01:53 +0000

What type of applications are you working on?

New comment by chrisra in "The UN challenges five centuries of cartography"

chrisra — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:48:12 +0000

I think a "reversed" south-at-the-top is a good idea to at least be aware of. I don't think it makes sense to reverse it since it just flips the problem, but it is (very slightly?) unlucky for the southern hemisphere.

New comment by chrisra in "Check if a file was made with Claude"

chrisra — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:01:44 +0000

Maybe this is silly: what about zero-width spaces or other hidden characters? Add them in post-processing, and the response quality doesn't degrade (though rendering etc. might be wonky).

New comment by chrisra in "Ask HN: What would happen if your company stopped using all AI tomorrow?"

chrisra — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:23:45 +0000

I have the same feeling but don't really know why. Why do I dislike reading LLM text so much? Weird

New comment by chrisra in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

chrisra — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:08:05 +0000

Because they have extra money to do whatever they want with. And data to use it on? Not that that is sufficient, but it helps.

New comment by chrisra in "Show HN: GeoChess – open-source geography strategy game"

chrisra — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:28:33 +0000

Loaded it on a pixel phone, saw a list of countries with no context about what picking one meant, saw a map but didn't understand how to interact with it, and that was about it.

New comment by chrisra in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"

chrisra — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:17:51 +0000

And what would they do if you refuse?

New comment by chrisra in "NoiseLang: Where N = 5 is a Dirac delta"

chrisra — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:24:36 +0000

It might be worth looking into probabilistic programming languages. I'm out of date, but I remember webppl, stan, anglican, pymc (a python library).

Seems worth an investigation and maybe mention on the article.

New comment by chrisra in "The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain"

chrisra — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:16:05 +0000

Decisions by small groups should be the default. Others only need to be involved if the risk/consequences of failure are high.

I started ignoring all PRs from our large team because we had a similar policy. My teammates can handle, they don't need me to check on each PR.

New comment by chrisra in "Iterating Faster with TypeScript 7"

chrisra — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:46:55 +0000

I recommend finding a real project that is likely to have some complex needs. It's easier to learn when there are real problems to solve.

New comment by chrisra in "Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022)"

chrisra — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:39:16 +0000

In general, the harder it is to undo and the broader the consequence, the more you need to check.

New comment by chrisra in "Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of design tropes"

chrisra — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:26:44 +0000

Agreed. I enjoy looking at and using a lot of these components.

New comment by chrisra in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

chrisra — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:43:35 +0000

The first picture is of overcooked pancakes. Hard to trust the rest :)

New comment by chrisra in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

chrisra — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:42:44 +0000

If Imagen generates a digital painting after my prompt, I didn't make the painting.

I don't want them to say "I wrote it." They're still responsible, but it's helpful to know they weren't deeply involved in its creation.

New comment by chrisra in "Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired"

chrisra — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:09 +0000

I have no problem with my credentials being revoked everywhere before I know about a layoff. I don't really care how I learn about it, just please don't make me come in to the office.

New comment by chrisra in "Claude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years"

chrisra — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:13:37 +0000

What models are you using, on what type of codebases, with what tools?

New comment by chrisra in "Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor"

chrisra — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:48:25 +0000

I feel the same way. In general, I prefer working on a couch with my laptop. My eyes aren't great and I end up ruining my posture at a desk, invariably.

New comment by chrisra in "Coding after coders: The end of computer programming as we know it?"

chrisra — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:53:58 +0000

Their decision to... use AI for coding?