Hacker News: dllrr

New comment by dllrr in "Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime"

dllrr — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:16:14 +0000

Guess I've been enjoying it for so long, I feel so stupid. Thanks for this.

New comment by dllrr in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

dllrr — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:25:37 +0000

For fun and education purposes, learning and satisfaction are understandable.

For work, companies won't support it. Get it done. Fast. That's the new norm.

New comment by dllrr in "Show HN: SynthForge - data modeler/generator for all databases"

dllrr — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:50:17 +0000

This video provides a much better walk through of the application.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuI8pEgglk4

New comment by dllrr in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

dllrr — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:28:45 +0000

A data generator and visual data modeler for any database. It's been fun, learned a LOT about generating data in a very specific order to maintain referential integrity, even more about how to determine that order! Generates > 100K rows a second for simple generation, or ~10K rows a second for derived / child rows.

https://app.synthforge.io to login (FREE!) or https://synthforge.io to learn more

Show HN: SynthForge - data modeler/generator for all databases

dllrr — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:19:36 +0000

Hi HN,

I built SynthForge IO to create semi-realistic test data across different database formats. I spent months one time using Mimesis and Faker to do what I wanted and grew frustrated.

I've always wanted something with diagramming and could be used for all the DBs I used: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB.

Now I can import my existing schemas, visually adjust the design, or describe with AI, then generate data to any nosql or sql database.

It has the normal data generators, plus some fun custom ones like role-playing names and weapons.

Completely free to use at https://synthforge.io

Quick video intro at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0I1McuBYM

Would love feedback! Especially on what field types or export formats are missing.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958747

Points: 4

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New comment by dllrr in "GPT-5.3-Codex"

dllrr — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:23:48 +0000

Using opus 4.6 in claude code right now. It's taking about 5x longer to think things through, if not more.

New comment by dllrr in "Apple's Unlawful Evil"

dllrr — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:05:49 +0000

Truer words have never gone so hard. Damn this hits.

New comment by dllrr in "Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar"

dllrr — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:48:45 +0000

Same as hombre_fatal - I used to use iStats Menus, but no need any longer. This is great. I'm watching multiple SSDs activity, network activity, cpu, memory, etc.