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New comment by cvince in "A tier list of secrets managers, after using all of them"

cvince — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:22:21 +0000

Full disclosure, I am making a secrets management product myself, but thought this market research might be of interest to y'all.

My question would be where you think this space is moving next? I have my own hypotheses but before sharing I'd love to hear your thoughts!

A tier list of secrets managers, after using all of them

cvince — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:21:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vincentchan.vc/secrets-management-tools-2026-tier-list

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480490

Points: 2

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New comment by cvince in "Why I'm still building a SaaS company in 2026"

cvince — Sun, 31 May 2026 03:10:54 +0000

I think your insight is spot on. We're already starting to see the shift towards "hard/deep tech". My observation is that investors are scrambling away from pure software plays and LLM wrappers, and more towards foundational tech or infrastructure.

IMO that's still "tech moat" thinking. The real moat nowadays is GTM traction, and "creativity/taste". All software can be copied, but the creation of new concepts/solutions and trends, is still uniquely something that requires a deep understanding of the "WHYs" and "HOWs" as I've described in my writing.

New comment by cvince in "On Rendering Diffs"

cvince — Sun, 31 May 2026 00:15:43 +0000

Of course you can. It doesn't replace the dom, just changes how it's calculated. https://chenglou.me/pretext/dynamic-layout/

New comment by cvince in "On Rendering Diffs"

cvince — Sun, 31 May 2026 00:14:40 +0000

I think it's amazing how deep you can go in something as simple as rendering diffs, and I'm really grateful you shared that writeup (in fact I've been following you loosely since the Kiip days as a then aspiring designer+developer type).

I've always been curious how products like ag-grid are able to allow you to lazy-load 10,000,000+ rows in a table without the blanking you described, and I imagine this type of method describes how it can be done.

Why I'm still building a SaaS company in 2026

cvince — Sat, 30 May 2026 23:56:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vincentchan.vc/why-im-building-a-saas-company-during-the-saaspocalypse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341754

Points: 5

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New comment by cvince in "On Rendering Diffs"

cvince — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:36:42 +0000

Whatever happened to all the pretext hype? I feel like that would be perfect for rendering huge diffs.