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New comment by dassh in "Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber"

dassh — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:15:59 +0000

In my experience, Gemini 3.7 is excellent for general non-coding tasks. But for coding, especially backend development, I still find models like Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 more reliable.

New comment by dassh in "Show HN: Turn Any Webpage into a Game"

dassh — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:55:17 +0000

The default mode already does something along those lines — certain elements take two hits to break. But for the hidden B-side mode I went in the completely opposite direction: the ball phases through everything by default. See if you can find it ;)

Show HN: Turn Any Webpage into a Game

dassh — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:17:54 +0000

Hi HN, I built a thing that turns any webpage you're visiting into an interactive arcade: https://playanypage.com/

It's a fun little project built entirely around bookmarklets and DOM manipulation. Inspired by the classic Kick Ass app, I loved the idea of playing on any website, so I decided to take it a step further and build an entire arcade inside a single bookmarklet.

You just drag it to your bookmarks, click it on any site, and it immediately plays on top of the DOM.

Brickout: Turns every text block and element on the page into a brick you can smash.

Also made Snake, Space Invaders, Whack-a-Mole, and a chaotic Page Taxi that drives all over your screen.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47848409

Points: 4

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New comment by dassh in "Laws of Software Engineering"

dassh — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:01:57 +0000

Calling them 'laws' is always a bit of a stretch. They are more like useful heuristics. The real engineering part is knowing exactly when to break them.

Show HN: I built a JSON viewer that decodes Base64 media inline

dassh — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:45:49 +0000

I built this for myself while debugging multimodal AI APIs.

The problem: I kept running into JSON responses stuffed with Base64-encoded images. Every time, I had to copy the string, find an online decoder, paste, preview. Repeat for each image. It got old fast.

So I made ViewJSON. Paste your JSON, and it automatically detects and renders Base64 media inline: images, audio, video, even PDFs. No more copy-paste decode loops.

Other things it does: - Format/minify JSON - Paste an image, get Base64 string (reverse direction) - Build API requests, copy as cURL - Variable substitution for testing - Share JSON via URL

No login, completely free. Would love feedback on edge cases I might have missed!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719868

Points: 3

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Show HN: Blank Image Generator – transparent, solid, grid, gradient images

dassh — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:06:30 +0000

Built a web tool that generates images instantly: Transparent PNGs Solid color images Gradient images (linear/radial/conic) Grid patterns Profile pictures Custom dimensions, real-time preview. Perfect for design placeholders, social media templates, phone wallpapers.

Would love feedback!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44731031

Points: 1

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