Hacker News: dbbk

New comment by dbbk in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:08:08 +0000

I don't really see that as a USP considering;

1. SpaceXAI has shown no track record of being able to maintain uptime

2. By nature, any GitHub alternative is going to be a tiny fraction of the scale, so keeping it up should be expected

New comment by dbbk in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:25:33 +0000

If you want to be seen immediately (even when triage determines it not necessary) you can just supplement with private insurance

New comment by dbbk in "Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:53:07 +0000

My point is rather, why couldn't they just simplify and make the developer program fee tiered. So indie devs pay $99, and huge businesses pay more.

New comment by dbbk in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:05:03 +0000

Given Grok was just caught uploading whole codebases and sensitive .envs without permission, how can anyone possibly trust this?

New comment by dbbk in "Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:55:15 +0000

What I've always found strange about this saga is that Apple's argument has been "we need to be reimbursed for our investments in R&D and maintenance of the App Store". I don't disagree, that seems fair. But they already DO charge explicitly for this... it's the developer program fee. Is this not the exact mechanism they should be using? As far as I can tell the court case didn't broach this.

New comment by dbbk in "NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:29:13 +0000

No it doesn't? It opens my normal Chrome with all my cookies.

New comment by dbbk in "NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:28:03 +0000

Doesn't Claude already do this?

New comment by dbbk in "How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:28:08 +0000

I mean, X does the exact same thing

New comment by dbbk in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:05:25 +0000

I mean I think the auto uploading of repos already gives you the answer. This is untrustworthy.

New comment by dbbk in "Incident with Github.com [resolved]"

dbbk — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:02:13 +0000

I think it came right after Microsoft bought them cause they could afford it now

New comment by dbbk in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:05:15 +0000

There seems to be basically nothing new here

New comment by dbbk in "Judge relying wholly on AI in order is covered by judicial immunity, court rules"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:34:26 +0000

Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson though? They can definitely afford to pick better scripts.

New comment by dbbk in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:33:49 +0000

I'm British. You're incorrect.

New comment by dbbk in "Incident with Github.com [resolved]"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:03:35 +0000

Private personal repos used to be paid. Maybe they should bring that back.

New comment by dbbk in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:48:07 +0000

The government provides your police force and fire department. Why not?

New comment by dbbk in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:46:41 +0000

Yes, this is what I find a little odd about the US proposals. I've lived in UK and Spain and in both they have great free public healthcare for everyone, and if you (or your employer) want to layer private insurance on top you can. Wouldn't that be a much more appealing proposal to Americans?

New comment by dbbk in "Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:44:38 +0000

The Republicans have gone through two Trump terms now promising to repeal Obamacare and can't do it

New comment by dbbk in "Judge relying wholly on AI in order is covered by judicial immunity, court rules"

dbbk — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:40:21 +0000

Funny this comes up because I just watched it last night. It has 24% on Rotten Tomatoes which is pretty accurate. Not quite sure why it was made or why the actors involved signed up for it.

New comment by dbbk in "Stripe 2.9% vs. Adyen 0.6% vs. Braintree 2.59%: 2026 Fees"

dbbk — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:07:14 +0000

You can't really directly pass the fee anyway because you don't know upfront if they're gonna use a domestic or international card.

New comment by dbbk in "Stripe 2.9% vs. Adyen 0.6% vs. Braintree 2.59%: 2026 Fees"

dbbk — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:17:32 +0000

The fees are negotiable once you do volume anyway