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New comment by drchiu in "Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more"

drchiu — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:44:11 +0000

My prediction is that the semiconductor price increases is going to cause a lot of demand destruction. The semiconductor companies revenues is not based on new products but rather on the fact that there is scarcity. Once that scarcity is removed then I suspect that we're going to have some reckoning happening across the industry.

Just bought a MacBook Air that I didn't need to hedge in case my current laptop breaks down. Won't be buying it at the higher price.

Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring

drchiu — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:54:54 +0000

Article URL: https://algorithmichiring.github.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440549

Points: 154

# Comments: 85

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

drchiu — Sun, 10 May 2026 23:01:00 +0000

I’ve been working on Broadcast since Sept 2024:

https://sendbroadcast.net

It’s a self-hosted email marketing/newsletter app. The basic idea is: own your subscriber database, run the app on your own server, and send through SES/Postmark/Mailgun/SMTP instead of being locked into another SaaS.

Not trying to be “Mailchimp but cheaper”. It’s more for technical founders, agencies, and consultants who want a boring, controllable email tool they can deploy for themselves or clients.

I’ve kept the changelog public because I wanted the work to be visible: https://sendbroadcast.net/changelog

My buyers are typically people who want to own their data and are in regions that have strict data privacy regulation/laws.

Interesting fact: This was my real last project where v1 was built by hand before AI coding became the norm in the software industry.

New comment by drchiu in "I won a championship that doesn't exist"

drchiu — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:39:36 +0000

My wife cited ChatGPT as her primary source the other day when she wanted to debate with me on something.

"AI told me that..."

In the old days, it would have been "I read on Google..."

New comment by drchiu in "The Sideprocalypse"

drchiu — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:09:56 +0000

It was never easy after ~2010.

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

drchiu — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:46:19 +0000

Also working on App Shot Editor [1], a free iOS/Google App store screenshot generator. Basically my kids were getting into mobile app development, and I wanted an easy way for them to create the screenshots needed for the app store listing.

[1] https://appshoteditor.com

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

drchiu — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:56:09 +0000

I'm working on Checkend [1], which is a self hosted error monitoring app. I needed something lightweight and easy to deploy.

[1] https://checkend.com

New comment by drchiu in "Show HN: Free app store screenshot editor"

drchiu — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:08:09 +0000

A lot of folks building iOS apps these days (I wonder why). Heck, my kids decided to build some themselves the past couple of weeks.

When it came time to submitting to the app store, we needed app store screenshots. I didn't want to buy "yet another software".

So, I created this (Disclaimer: with the help of AI).

Enjoy.

Show HN: Free app store screenshot editor

drchiu — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:08:09 +0000

Article URL: https://appshoteditor.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601965

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

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

drchiu — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:37:51 +0000

https://sendbroadcast.net - I've been working on it since October 2024, and it's still going strong.

Currently on v1, but working on v2 release in the next month.

New comment by drchiu in "Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far"

drchiu — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:26:48 +0000

Having used Opus 4.5 for the past 5 weeks, I estimate it codes better than 95% of the people I've ever worked with.

And it writes with more clarity too.

The only people who are complaining about "AI slop" are those whose jobs depend on AI to go away (which it won't).

New comment by drchiu in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

drchiu — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:56:13 +0000

Working on https://stepsies.com

Tagline: Turn your knowledge into interactive guides

Had the domain for 2 years, and finally putting it to use.

New comment by drchiu in "Cloudflare Timeouts in Europe"

drchiu — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:44:33 +0000

All my European servers proxied through Cloudflare's CDN are down.

New comment by drchiu in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

drchiu — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:35 +0000

Just when the eastern cities are waking up too.

New comment by drchiu in "Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?"

drchiu — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:55:58 +0000

Better printers came along, were not "open", but they were easier to use and maintain especially for first-time hobbyists and even for print farms.

New comment by drchiu in "Building better AI tools"

drchiu — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:46:59 +0000

Friends, we might very well be the last generation of developers who learned how to code.

Apple Considers Using Generative AI for Faster Apple Silicon Design

drchiu — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:46:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/19/apple-considers-using-ai-silicon-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44318165

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by drchiu in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)"

drchiu — Mon, 26 May 2025 03:24:52 +0000

I have been working on Broadcast (https://sendbroadcast.net).

It’s an email marketing tool, self-hosted, for use with existing ESPs like Postmark, Mailgun, Amazon SES, etc.

Been working on this since September 2024, and have been consistently hacking away at it weekly: https://sendbroadcast.net/changelog.

New comment by drchiu in "People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a problem for dietary research"

drchiu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:21:43 +0000

Another way to look at it is that tracking what you eat is very difficult. Currently trying to lose a few pounds and doing calorie tracking. Practically carry a scale and a calorie tracking app with me. About once a day there's still some "estimation" involved due to the fact that all the ingredients are mixed together.

New comment by drchiu in "Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku"

drchiu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:33:21 +0000

I enjoy using Kamal as well. It's simple enough for small teams to understand quickly and flexible enough to tinker down at the server level.