Hacker News: deanebarker

New comment by deanebarker in "Wander – A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web"

deanebarker — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:36:33 +0000

Love this, but I need it to allow me to break the frame. I found some neat sites, but I need a button to open them in a new tab, frame-free, if I want to.

New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?"

deanebarker — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:21:39 +0000

Related to this, I spent three years looking up 1,000 things and writing about them.

https://deanebarker.net/huh/

New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

deanebarker — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:47:45 +0000

https://deanebarker.net/

AI and the Forced Platform-Ization of Enterprise Software

deanebarker — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:11:00 +0000

Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/platformization/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498380

Points: 1

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New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?"

deanebarker — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:46:13 +0000

Call me simple or provincial, but I really enjoyed "Good Hang" from Amy Poehler. It's a breezy interview with interesting people (doesn't hurt that I'm a long-time SNL fan).

New comment by deanebarker in "YesNotice"

deanebarker — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:36:29 +0000

Take a look at these posts --

https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/let-me-know/

https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/notify-one-time/

I'm glad someone finally did something here. I wish you every success.

Ask HN: Is there a name for the study and patterns of software extensibility?

deanebarker — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:10:16 +0000

I'm interested in the patterns and practices behind extending software. You know: extensions, plugins, add-ons, etc. -- the systems and features that software (usually enterprise software) provides so that users and extend it to do things it wasn't originally intended to do.

Is there a generally accepted name of category for this? I searched Amazon for some books on "software extensibilty" or "extending software," but didn't find anything outside of platform-specific books.

Ink and Switch has done a lot of research lately on what they called "malleable software," but that's a new term they invented, and doesn't have much traction.

I wrote this article for my work -- this is type of thing I've talking about: is there a name for the body of work/study around this type of thing?

https://staffbase.com/blog/integration-patterns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004771

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: What's the Latest in Home Networking?

deanebarker — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:21:43 +0000

My home networking gear is, like, 20 years ago -- some old cable model and wifi router. I've literally done nothing with it.

I need to upgrade.

Has anything fundamentally changed here? Any tricks and tips to getting longer range on the wifi (the kids complain that it's spotty upstairs).

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894782

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Ask HN: How does AI understand what I write?

deanebarker — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:28:56 +0000

I get generative AI. I understand the concept of an LLM and how it generates text. AI output processing seems relatively clear to me.

What I don't understand is how ChatGPT (or whatever) understands what I write. No matter how I phrase it, or how subtle or abstract the point or problem is, AI usually always figures out what I mean. I am mystified and constantly amazed at AI input processing.

What mechanism is at work here? If I want to deep dive on how AI understands meaning, what technology or concept do I need to research?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45868381

Points: 2

# Comments: 6

New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be"

deanebarker — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:16:19 +0000

There are two types of "solo":

* No co-workers working on the same thing

* No users using the thing

Both are hard.

New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?"

deanebarker — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:41:59 +0000

I visited a food service company a couple years ago. They had phone reps taking orders from customers (restaurants ordering produce and such). They used a TUI (a "green screen" essentially).

I have never seen people move through a GUI that fast. They were lightning quick with it. They were like an veteran accountant with a ten-key adding machine. It was amazing, and pretty damn sobering when you think how much work we spend on GUIs.

New comment by deanebarker in "Ask HN: What are some impressive vibe coding projects?"

deanebarker — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:51:57 +0000

"Lessons Learned from Vibe-Coding a Configuration Parser"

https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/vibe-lessons/

Here's the spec I discuss in the post:

https://deanebarker.net/tech/code/config-lang/spec/

New comment by deanebarker in "Why Is SQLite Coded In C"

deanebarker — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:45:35 +0000

It's hard to argue with success. SQLite's pervasiveness is kind of a royal flush.

Lessons Learned from Vibe-Coding a Configuration Parser

deanebarker — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:35:08 +0000

Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/vibe-lessons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413591

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by deanebarker in "iPhone Air"

deanebarker — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:27:05 +0000

I've been a PC guy my whole live, and was forced onto a MacBook Pro this year for work.

The battery life is insane. The idea of charging my laptop has become this weird ritual now, only known of in lore and legend, that I partake of only when there is a blood moon.

Content Query Languages

deanebarker — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:57:07 +0000

Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/content-querying/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130918

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by deanebarker in "Show HN: Blueprint: Fast, Nunjucks-like templating engine for Java 8 and beyond"

deanebarker — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:25:18 +0000

Syntax looks very much like Liquid. I feel like that syntax is becoming a standard.

My Own WTF, or How to Not Handle URL Redirects

deanebarker — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:09:50 +0000

Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/404-wtf/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041575

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by deanebarker in "Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or ads"

deanebarker — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 02:35:43 +0000

Yeah, when I visited, it was utterly destroyed with racist ranting and (I think) some neo-Nazi. Horrifying, yet impressive.

How Should a CMS Repository Understand the Content Within It?

deanebarker — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:33:06 +0000

Article URL: https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/cms-vibe-experiment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45000238

Points: 2

# Comments: 0