Hacker News: chrisvalleybay

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Ask HN: I've quit six systems for tracking my illness. What works?"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:30:54 +0000

The most important thing is to make this as simple as possible to track.

The more data you have to collect, the more tiresome it becomes. The more tiresome it becomes, the harder it is to build a habit.

Start with one. Then go to two. Then go to three. If you notice you start dropping off again go back to two.

A Script for Mark Zuckerberg

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:45:36 +0000

Article URL: https://stratechery.com/2026/a-script-for-mark-zuckerberg/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48815992

Points: 24

# Comments: 4

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party"

chrisvalleybay — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:08:47 +0000

If you know that he will spend his money in support of that party, and you still buy services from him, you are helping him promote whatever views he holds. As simple as that. There is no cop out.

The end of startups as we knew it and the dawn of fractional co-ownership

chrisvalleybay — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:31:47 +0000

Article URL: https://kevinmonserrat.substack.com/p/the-end-of-startups-as-we-knew-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751716

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

chrisvalleybay — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:56:15 +0000

+1 for FlashSpace. I used to be an i3 user and MacOS workspace management drove me mad. For years we had TotalSpaces, but that is no longer being maintained. With FlashSpace I finally have a great setup.

My solution has been binding a key Hyper+[a-z] for my applications. When used in conjuction with FlashSpace I get a usable setup. I also heavily rely on native MacOS binding Cmd+` (backtick) to cycle the currently focused application, and mission control for the current workspace.

Let me know if this is interesting; I've been considering creating a YouTube-video about this setup.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Grief and the AI split"

chrisvalleybay — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:59:38 +0000

I think in part because we have a black hole in our chest, and we are searching for ways to fill it. We attempt to fill it through worship at the altar of materialism, celebrity, etc. We are doing this to quiet the roar from the black hole. Actually stepping away would require us to sit with stillness, and then to forge a new path, a new life. It's frightening.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Grief and the AI split"

chrisvalleybay — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:18:24 +0000

I think there's a piece missing here. Capital owners are humans too, and what humans want (perhaps especially the ones who accumulate capital), is to be at the top of a hierarchy. But a hierarchy needs participants. If nobody else is playing the game, there's no top to be on top of. Strip away the people willing to compete, admire, envy, or just show up, and the whole structure collapses. It's not clear that a world of pure capital-on-AI-labor actually gives them what they're after. It sounds lonely and meaningless to me. I don't think that it would feed the black hole in their chests.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: cmux - Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notifications"

chrisvalleybay — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:33:57 +0000

I tried this, but found it annoying that it will add a slight delay. Totally makes sense if you've been running on caps lock -> escape for a long time. I've bound caps lock -> ctrl and left ctrl -> escape.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it"

chrisvalleybay — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:15:23 +0000

I think this could help in the future. This becomes documentation that other AI agents can take into account.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Communities are not fungible"

chrisvalleybay — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:52:20 +0000

Campfire by 37Signals [0] might be interesting to you. This can also serve as a foundation to add your own features on top of.

[0] https://once.com/campfire

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice"

chrisvalleybay — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:11:47 +0000

Just fantastic. Hadn't seen it. Thanks for sharing that!

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice"

chrisvalleybay — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:53:05 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDNyFN_eMec

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Code is cheap. Show me the talk"

chrisvalleybay — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:06:52 +0000

The best definition of art I've read is the one from "What is Art?" by Tolstoy. I haven't read it myself, but came across it in a Van Neistat video recently.

Tolstoy argued that art is essentially the transmission of feeling from the artist to the audience. He claimed that when an artist experiences an emotion and then, through their work, evokes that same emotion in others, that is art.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: An iOS budget app I've been maintaining since 2011"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:56:34 +0000

Thank you! I agree, it's so motivating to read stories like this. Thank you for sharing :)

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: OpenCode and Claude Code session manager"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:05:00 +0000

Cheers! This happened in ghostty. Also posted a comment on GH.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: An iOS budget app I've been maintaining since 2011"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:08:46 +0000

Thank you! Yes, it definitely could. I haven't thought about holiday apartments.. Thank you for the good idea!

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: Agent-of-empires: OpenCode and Claude Code session manager"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:06:36 +0000

WARNING! I tried this and it corrupted my entire tmux session, leaving me to have to recreate the entire thing....

Steps to reproduce the bug that broke my tmux:

1. `aoe add .`

2. `aoe`

3. Attach to the session that was added

4. Close that pane with ` x` then `y`

5. Tmux closes down

6. Attempt to reattach to any session within tmux: `open terminal failed: not a terminal`

7. `tmux kill-server` is the only viable option, losing all my sessions

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Show HN: An iOS budget app I've been maintaining since 2011"

chrisvalleybay — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:37:58 +0000

I love this. I also built a business like that[0]. It's super niche. I have maintained this small business for soon to be 13 years now. Most of what has worked has been maintaining great relationships with the few customers I have. I think the most important thing for me have been offering amazing support. I always reply to all e-mails right away and make it my top priority giving them my best help.

Congratulations on your success, and best of luck going forward!

[0] https://www.mino.no.

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions"

chrisvalleybay — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:46:41 +0000

Very interesting! What do you mean by personal tools? Do you have any examples of something you've built with this?

New comment by chrisvalleybay in "Tell HN: Happy New Year"

chrisvalleybay — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:14:44 +0000

Happy New Year from Oslo!