Hacker News: css_apologist

New comment by css_apologist in "Bombadil: Property-based testing for web UIs by Antithesis"

css_apologist — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:47:55 +0000

very cool! does this work? can you describe the kinds of real bugs you've caught with this?

New comment by css_apologist in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

css_apologist — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:48:20 +0000

I got a few ideas which will probably never get done at this point

1 - actual css static analysis -- consume html + css, and provide tooling to preview what properties are inherited given the context you're in -- what you're overwriting, what display mode you're in. If there's inconsistent display modes depending on where in the html you are.

2 - a reactive html scripting language which using html as the source of truth, and synchronizes html elements through their relationships to each other

i only have prototypes, and unfortunately given the climate i feel i am the only person who wants these tools.. but every few weeks i get to sit down and get some progress and that's nice

New comment by css_apologist in "MacBook Air with M5"

css_apologist — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:17:11 +0000

why?

New comment by css_apologist in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

css_apologist — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:02:25 +0000

i've been meaning to checkout pure data, this is cool thanks for sharing

New comment by css_apologist in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

css_apologist — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:29:26 +0000

looks like never

New comment by css_apologist in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

css_apologist — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:20:22 +0000

> no support for VSTs

yup, that kills it for me

New comment by css_apologist in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

css_apologist — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:06:48 +0000

This is an incredible piece of hardware, I just don't know what to do with it

how is music production on it these days?

New comment by css_apologist in "Leaving Google has actively improved my life"

css_apologist — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:45:59 +0000

I felt this way until about a year or 2 ago, google has gotten so bad DDG is not worse for my uses

I don't dig in reddit frequently so that specific issue is not one for me

New comment by css_apologist in "Browse Code by Meaning"

css_apologist — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:49:04 +0000

This seems like a really great use of LLMs

Especially with local models, I would use this!

New comment by css_apologist in "Use protocols, not services"

css_apologist — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:53:51 +0000

cost, and we can create policy (shocker)

also what specifically are you worried about these 100 billion chatgpts doing?

New comment by css_apologist in "Parse, Don't Validate (2019)"

css_apologist — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:43:16 +0000

This is an idea that is not ON or OFF

You can get ever so gradually stricter with your types which means that the operations you perform on on a narrow type is even more solid

It is also 100% possible to do in dynamic languages, it's a cultural thing

New comment by css_apologist in "Testing Ads in ChatGPT"

css_apologist — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:04:51 +0000

Will this make OpenAI profitable?

What's the expected revenue from this?

New comment by css_apologist in "Nobody knows how the whole system works"

css_apologist — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:39:18 +0000

Yes, but the person who understands a lot of the system is invaluable

New comment by css_apologist in "OpenClaw is changing my life"

css_apologist — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:28:44 +0000

Yea, I enjoy being the engineer

New comment by css_apologist in "Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair"

css_apologist — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:30:04 +0000

give me an example of EPA regulation that needs to be eliminated

New comment by css_apologist in "JSON-render: LLM-based JSON-to-UI tool"

css_apologist — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 22:15:11 +0000

those describe server APIs

how would it relate to ui?

New comment by css_apologist in "Show HN: Rails UI"

css_apologist — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:30:35 +0000

i wish :(

New comment by css_apologist in "Show HN: Rails UI"

css_apologist — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:49:21 +0000

ugh this looks dated even by 2016 standards

when will developers learn UI actually matters

bootstrap was a mistake, and lowered the bar for everyone

New comment by css_apologist in "The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button"

css_apologist — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:32:44 +0000

yea blew my mind shadcn is a radix wrapper

New comment by css_apologist in "Vibecoding #2"

css_apologist — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:26:13 +0000

this isn't technically vibe coding right? this is just like using llms here and there for details you don't care to learn more about