Hacker News: dnlzro

New comment by dnlzro in "Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS"

dnlzro — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:00:18 +0000

Another one to add (1.5k stars on GitHub): https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex

New comment by dnlzro in "Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)"

dnlzro — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:54:09 +0000

The use case for this app (Dull):

1. Uninstall Instagram

2. Install Dull

3. Use Instagram via Dull

The use case for a Safari extension:

1. Uninstall Instagram

2. Install the Safari extension

3. Use Instagram via Safari

Am I missing something that is obviously better about Dull (which couldn't be replicated by a Safari extension)?

(P.S. this is not meant to discourage the developer of Dull; I like the idea and your implementation seems really good.)

New comment by dnlzro in "Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout"

dnlzro — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:11:52 +0000

> Regarding the text bubbles problem [...], you can use `text-wrap: balance | pretty` to achieve the same result.

No, neither solves the problem. And even if `balance` did work, it's not a good substitute because you don't usually want your line lengths to all be the same length.

See also, related CSS Working Group issue: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/191

New comment by dnlzro in "Lifetime subscriptions don't mean what you think they mean"

dnlzro — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:00:03 +0000

What is stated in the article about Pocket Casts (a podcast app) is false. The timeline of events was basically:

1. Pocket Casts exists as a paid app for years (the cost is paid upfront).

2. Pocket Casts goes freemium. All current features are made entirely free. A new cloud file feature is introduced, requiring a monthly/yearly subscription called Pocket Casts Plus.

3. In response to backlash, users who paid upfront are given a lifetime of Plus access.

I get that this could be considered part of a broader trend, but in this case, paid users never lost access to the features they paid for.

New comment by dnlzro in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

dnlzro — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:26:26 +0000

> how many segregation categories to you create before it becomes all meaningless

Considering the fact that most women's leagues barely get any mainstream attention as is, I think any further fragmentation of sports isn't going to be sustainable.

Also, ignoring the commercial and entertainment aspect of sports, it's just really hard to organize local leagues if they only serve a small portion of the population. Like, even in a large metropolitan area, how many transgender people are there? Of those, how many are interested in a particular sport? Of those, how many are interested enough to form a club?

New comment by dnlzro in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

dnlzro — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:15:27 +0000

I think both of these points are two sides of the same coin. There's an athletic advantage that most transgender women will have over most cisgender women, but there's also an athletic disadvantage that most trans women will have compared to cis men.

i.e., unless something fundamentally changes about how leagues are divided, there's going to be perceived unfairness in sports.

As long as things are unchanged, I think the real conversation boils down to who we prioritize: cis women or trans women.

New comment by dnlzro in "Digs: Offline-first iOS app to browse your Discogs vinyl collection"

dnlzro — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:11:50 +0000

How'd you design the icon/logo for it?

New comment by dnlzro in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

dnlzro — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:51:49 +0000

It depends on the laws of your country, but here in Canada, you can't slaughter cows on your farm. They have to be transported, often long distances, to a slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouses, and the metal box that brings them there, aren't very nice places for a cow.

New comment by dnlzro in "Show HN: Crust – A CLI framework for TypeScript and Bun"

dnlzro — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:11:27 +0000

Psst, the GitHub link in your post is broken (it should be https://github.com/chenxin-yan/crust).

New comment by dnlzro in "Simplenote is no longer in active development"

dnlzro — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:57:04 +0000

It’s built with SwiftUI, which is not really cross-platform.

New comment by dnlzro in "I Don't Like Magic"

dnlzro — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:03:06 +0000

The only reason why you regard JavaScript as “fundamental” is that it’s built into the browser. Sure, you can draw that line, but at least acknowledge that there’s many places to draw the line.

I’d rather make comparative statements, like “JavaScript is more fundamental than React,” which is obviously true. And then we can all just find the level of abstraction that works for us, instead of fighting over what technology is “fundamental.”

New comment by dnlzro in "Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance"

dnlzro — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:38:55 +0000

I didn’t know about the `name` attribute on `

`, thanks for pointing that out!

Stylable form controls are definitely a step in the right direction. It really should not be taking this long though. In the meantime, developers have been building broken, half-assed, inaccessible inputs just to satisfy aesthetic requirements.

New comment by dnlzro in "Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance"

dnlzro — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:21:11 +0000

Web Components are a great way to implement things that the browser should have already implemented, like accordions, combo boxes, and date pickers that don’t suck. It’s been a pleasure to use them in a mostly static, content-heavy Astro site.

But beyond that, they’re not really usable without a framework that can deal with state and reactivity across a whole application. And that’s fine! They fill a good niche. But just because the browser provides an API doesn’t mean it should be used whenever possible.

New comment by dnlzro in "Pebble Production: February Update"

dnlzro — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:34:31 +0000

That’s not true. There’s an API to read from and write to Apple Health: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit

I’m not sure if that’s something the Pebble app uses right now, but it’s certainly possible, and a third-party app could make it happen as well.

New comment by dnlzro in "Pixel 10a"

dnlzro — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:43 +0000

> Upgrading today should save more money vs. upgrading down the road.

Ehh, I’m not sure about that. It depends what trend the resale value follows. Generally, if you’re upgrading every 3 years instead of every 6 years, you’re going to be spending twice as much on new phones, but it’s not always the case that you’re getting twice as much resale value.

New comment by dnlzro in "Pixel 10a"

dnlzro — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:51:51 +0000

I think you can take Google at their word for software support though. They promised 3 years for their phones at the time, and they delivered no less.

Also, Pixel devices are very well supported by third-party ROMs after EOL: https://xdaforums.com/f/google-pixel-3a-roms-kernels-recover...

New comment by dnlzro in "Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system"

dnlzro — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:01:34 +0000

Even acknowledging this flaw, there's a valid reason (simplicity) to design it this way.

"Be kind. Don't be snarky."

New comment by dnlzro in "Sending DMARC reports is somewhat hazardous"

dnlzro — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:10:47 +0000

To add to jeroenhd's comment, if you're only sending mail from a single server (e.g., you are using a custom domain with Proton Mail, Zoho, etc.), then you probably don't need DMARC reports at all.

To avoid them, you can remove the `rua` or `ruf` tags from your DMARC DNS record.

New comment by dnlzro in "Sending DMARC reports is somewhat hazardous"

dnlzro — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:04:47 +0000

> that don't implement both SPF and DKIM

I don't see how that's related at all to specifying report addresses in the DMARC record.

New comment by dnlzro in "My dad could still be alive, but he's not"

dnlzro — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:15:56 +0000

What makes you draw that connection between climate policy and a lack of new hospital/healthcare construction projects?