Hacker News: codazoda

New comment by codazoda in "A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months"

codazoda — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:08 +0000

> The case went to trial, where Klayme was found guilty.

There’s a lot missing in this sentence. What evidence ended up convicting him?

New comment by codazoda in "Shay Locomotives"

codazoda — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:25:42 +0000

I was wondering where the 116 surviving machines are. These are not the type you see in Utah (American made 4-4-0). Instead they were built for rough (sometimes temporary) track and steep inclines. Often used in mining and logging.

Edit: They have a link to their known locations.

New comment by codazoda in "I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated"

codazoda — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:29:58 +0000

I was going to mention an Atomic Clock. I use one in an RV and it sets itself even outside of cell phone range. I know it uses a radio signal of some type but I have no idea how it works. It rights itself within a few minutes of time changes, battery loss, or the like.

New comment by codazoda in "98.css"

codazoda — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:08:23 +0000

You may not have scrolled up. Much of that is included.

New comment by codazoda in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

codazoda — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:49:10 +0000

I did some fade tests with several pens and a pencil on a laser print. The pencil and toner were the only things that hadn’t faded in direct sunlight after two years. Even high end pens faded.

To be fair, your notebook probably won’t get light like that, but pencils are pretty archival.

New comment by codazoda in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

codazoda — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:44:30 +0000

I was filling notebooks too quickly and didn’t know what to do with them so I switched to a Kindle Scribe. It’s more expensive than a bunch of nice paper notebooks but it’s worked well for me. I export my handwritten notes for safe keeping and can have AI conversations with them as material. I also tried Kindle HD tablets, which worked just as well, but I got a lot of eye strain since I also work on a computer all day.

New comment by codazoda in "I Stopped “Creating Content”"

codazoda — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:50:00 +0000

I would argue a large percentage of us are creatives and that might have driven us to software engineering. That’s the case for me, at least. I love many other creative things but selected software for my job.

New comment by codazoda in "Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:19:40 +0000

Not op, but, because I’m not a designer, I’d probably try to use an AI tool and maybe give it specific instructions to make it suck a little. Then again, not being a designer, I’d probably make it suck too, but it would take forever.

New comment by codazoda in "Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:13:06 +0000

I’ll second this. I’d probably follow along even though I don’t own an ally.

New comment by codazoda in "Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:11:01 +0000

I’m curious what sensors you’re using? My first thought was a camera up above the pins pointing down that can detect them. There are probably more reliable methods. If it were me, I’d seek to simplify as much as possible so things keep running smoothly.

New comment by codazoda in "Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:02:22 +0000

I see a lot of young software engineers who don’t realize how much you can do on your own and how simple it is.

New comment by codazoda in "Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:58:17 +0000

What’s your preference?

I also “preach” GitHub pages a lot but I’ve also written about hosting on a Raspberry Pi in my bedroom.

https://joeldare.com/private-analytics-and-my-raspberry-pi-4...

New comment by codazoda in "Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day"

codazoda — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:54:04 +0000

I created Neat CSS for some Hardcore IndieWeb users (though I’ve never used that name before now).

https://neat.joeldare.com

You’ll also find a free email course where I walk you through how I create a site using it. Link on that page.

New comment by codazoda in "LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models"

codazoda — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:16:32 +0000

I’m worried about the switch in business model here, which is part of the reason I just switched to LM Studio from Ollama.

> use the largest frontier open source models through LM Studio Secure Cloud

When Bugs Feel Like Sabotage

codazoda — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:30:55 +0000

Article URL: https://joeldare.com/when-bugs-feel-like-sabotage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927285

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by codazoda in "Make people pay to get into your inbox"

codazoda — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:19:51 +0000

I kinda like the thought but wouldn't a simple action that sends email to the archive list for all senders that aren't on your contact list handle this? That's what I do with my phone, actually, and I might consider it for email too. Then you can manually check your archive when you have free time.

Building a Static Site with Pandoc

codazoda — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:16:22 +0000

Article URL: https://joeldare.com/building-a-static-site-with-pandoc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914181

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by codazoda in "Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode"

codazoda — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:09:44 +0000

One down-side to this is that it does require you to run the agent on your Mac instead of in a Sandbox. I do this too and there are lots of problems I can't solve in a sandbox. I know a lot of you are throwing your hands up at the years of security practices we're throwing out the window when we do that.

The fact that xAI uploaded someone's home directory, including their SSH keys, is giving me serious pause at my choices here.

Generally, I don't worry about my machine being "blown up". I don't have a TON of unreproducible stuff on my machine. Everything is backed up, committed to git, and the like. I can restore most of it in a couple hours.

That said, I really, really don't want my .SSH directory sent to an AI agent and it's silly to prompt your way around that. You need to block it at the system level. I'm considering a separate user and then 700 permissions on my home directory.

I feel like we're back to 1990's security here. The double-edged sword is that it's helping us get things done at a pace like never before.

I'm not throwing shade here, I'm among the guilty.

New comment by codazoda in "Text art tools"

codazoda — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:35:17 +0000

I’d be willing to help with that, pro bono. I like my tech minimal, so I’m a fan of small and fast html/css with a bit of JS when necessary. Today this is probably a quick project with an AI tool and a Notion MCP.

Contact info in my profile.

I’m also the creator of the minimalist framework, Neat CSS.

https://neat.joeldare.com

New comment by codazoda in "Text art tools"

codazoda — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:32:09 +0000

Deleted.

I somehow managed to reply to the wrong thread.