Hacker News: codingrightnow

New comment by codingrightnow in "Claude Design"

codingrightnow — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:02:54 +0000

I think that's where everything is headed.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Michael Rabin has died"

codingrightnow — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:01:09 +0000

It's been fixed.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Launch HN: Voltair (YC W26) – Drone and charging network for power utilities"

codingrightnow — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:39:48 +0000

Follow up question, why aerial drones? Couldn't crawler drones work and avoid FAA regulations? Though obviously would be limited in speed and where lines have been damaged, though perhaps they could be managed to go around the damage via remote control.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Launch HN: Voltair (YC W26) – Drone and charging network for power utilities"

codingrightnow — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:36:33 +0000

How does this get around the problem you mentioned with FAA line of sight regulations?

New comment by codingrightnow in "Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?"

codingrightnow — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:49:57 +0000

I quit software, though I never made it very far in it it was my profession for 16 years. I'm a corrections officer now. My new career is drastically less stressful.

New comment by codingrightnow in "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"

codingrightnow — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:25:35 +0000

I am curious about how you are improving the Linux experience with claude code. Can you dive into that a little?

New comment by codingrightnow in "How I Left YouTube"

codingrightnow — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:49:13 +0000

When I read about the culture at Google, and similarly YouTube, I am constantly reminded of how (and probably why) their products have stagnated/gotten worse over time despite having top engineers. I believe Google has the talent to build anything in their wildest dreams. So why do their products suck? YouTube sucks from the user POV, Google classroom sucks, the user experience in their office suite leaves a tremendous amount to be desired for even a basic user like me, Android never improves, their voice recognition and assistant are trash. There's so much room for competition, I wonder where it is? What are they spending their money and talent on (besides AI)? I feel like it must primarily be on reliability, speed, and delivering more ads.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices"

codingrightnow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:35:10 +0000

The storm is likely within the administration and across governmental departments. Trump will try to drive out whoever doesn't toe his line, even if he legally doesn't have the authority to do so.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices"

codingrightnow — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:32:39 +0000

Just stop buying Pepsi products. Stop going to Walmart. You don't need either. You don't need potato chips or soda or Gatorade or any of the other poison they produce.

New comment by codingrightnow in "WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS"

codingrightnow — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:58:21 +0000

Try git cola.

New comment by codingrightnow in "WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS"

codingrightnow — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:52:44 +0000

What windows apps do you need? I switched full time to Ubuntu about a month ago and haven't missed a thing. I thought it would be harder, but after some usability configuration changes like how the mouse scrolls, some browser keyboard settings, system font sizes, and logging into a few accounts it has been snag free. Oh and I did install Microsoft fonts. I hate most Linux fonts. The biggest change really is just getting used to new icons. There are several features in Ubuntu I vastly prefer over windows, like window tabs in the file explorer for instance.

New comment by codingrightnow in "1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18"

codingrightnow — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:44:52 +0000

Ubuntu with Gnome.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Maybe you’re not trying"

codingrightnow — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:32:23 +0000

Isn't there a website that picks your clothes out for you and you send back what you don't like? If you're not actively paying attention to fashion maybe outsource this one.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark"

codingrightnow — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:03:14 +0000

The Vivaldi web browser tab groups are a killer feature. It's my main browser because of this.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark"

codingrightnow — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:59:50 +0000

I just installed windows on a new laptop and somehow my user directory was setup in a OneDrive subfolder and backed up to their cloud. Between that, Microsoft basically demanding I use their online account to log in, Windows harassing me to finish setting up my computer every time I turn it on because they want me to change my default browser and buy subscriptions, and the random forced update restarts I can't seem to fully disable, I've had it. So I finally made the full time switch to kubuntu. Also, it's a brand new $1k laptop with 16gb of RAM and Windows uses half of it. I'm closing apps to save the RAM. Kubuntu uses 2gb.

New comment by codingrightnow in "US hits $38T in debt. Fastest accumulation of $1T outside pandemic"

codingrightnow — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:05:03 +0000

True or not that the wealthy pay a greater share of their money in taxes, it doesn't matter. The money has to come from somewhere and the middle and lower classes can't afford it. Also the middle class can't pay more and continue buying the super wealthy's goods. We need to spend less and tax more. 1 trillion in interest per year is insane.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Americans Need to Be Richer Than Ever to Buy Their First Home (2023)"

codingrightnow — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:11:23 +0000

The American dream is dead and none of our politicians on the right and not enough on the left are talking about it. The American dream isn't to get filthy rich by providing an innovative product or solution and gobbling up an astronomical percentage of monetary resources. The dream is to come out of college with easy to repay debt or work a trade with a good union, be able to buy a home after a few years of saving, start a family, not go deep into credit card debt just to survive, and retire on time. None of that is feasible anymore and will not without major changes. Trump may think he's bringing that back with his tariffs but it's not a one fix problem. Many things need to be addressed that we are not willing to talk about.

New comment by codingrightnow in "No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive"

codingrightnow — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:13:45 +0000

I just bought my first windows 11 computer. Why are my personal folders like pictures and documents under a OneDrive folder? This is insane. Going to see how Ubuntu runs on it and hopefully never look back.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network"

codingrightnow — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:11:09 +0000

In some dystopian future we may have to consent to the DMV to be tracked. They can make whatever rules they want to before they give us permission to use their roads.

New comment by codingrightnow in "Does the stock market know something we don't?"

codingrightnow — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:04:46 +0000

All of our retirement accounts are investing in the stock market. That is why it's untouchable. Where else would our retirement accounts put their money?