Hacker News: dsmmcken

New comment by dsmmcken in "How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week"

dsmmcken — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:04:28 +0000

fwiw, I just tried running the agent-skill they provide for fun to migrate an app-router based next 15 site and the end result is it entirely failed to start.

Vite just hangs when running vinext dev, with no output in logs whatsoever beyond printing`vinext dev (Vite 7.3.1)`.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC"

dsmmcken — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:29:36 +0000

Just curious, about how long did this project take you? I don't see that mentioned in the article.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Fizz Buzz in CSS"

dsmmcken — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:42:08 +0000

144, using css variables, with fallback and p instead of li

https://codepen.io/dsmmcken/pen/WbwYOEQ?editors=0100

p{counter-increment:n;--n:counter(n)}p:nth-child(3n){--f:"Fizz"}p:nth-child(5n){--b:"Buzz";--n:''}p::after{content:var(--f,var(--n))var(--b,'')}

New comment by dsmmcken in "I’m Not a Robot"

dsmmcken — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 03:31:17 +0000

Level 48 is the last level, and you get a pdf certificate proving you are human.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Aspects of modern HTML/CSS you may not be familiar with"

dsmmcken — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:29:11 +0000

Two of those wishlists css features already exist as specs:

> n-th child variable

See sibiling-index() and sibling-count() https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/sibling-ind...

> Reusable blocks

See @function and @mixin draft spec, https://drafts.csswg.org/css-mixins-1/ and https://css-tricks.com/functions-in-css/

Both are available in chrome already.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Is the doc bot docs, or not?"

dsmmcken — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:47:15 +0000

The tool we use for our docs AI answers lets you mine that data for feature requests. It generates a report of what it didn't have answers for and summarizes them as potential feature gaps. (Or at least what it is aware it didn't have answers for).

People seem more willing to ask an AI about certain things then be judged by asking the same question of a human, so in that regard it does seem to surface slightly different feature requests then we hear when talking to customers directly.

We use inkeep.com (not affiliated, just a customer).

New comment by dsmmcken in "Show HN: CodeVideo – Two years in the making to build an event-sourced IDE"

dsmmcken — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:13:28 +0000

FYI the "watch video" button in the hero of https://codevideo.io/ doesn't work, missing the video ID.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Mark Carney is the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada"

dsmmcken — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:17:58 +0000

And Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/bloomberg-announces-...

New comment by dsmmcken in "A couple CSS tricks for HTML Dialog elements"

dsmmcken — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:27:08 +0000

scrollbar-gutter: stable; to those unfamiliar. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-g...

New comment by dsmmcken in "Diátaxis – A systematic approach to technical documentation authoring"

dsmmcken — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:09:10 +0000

I feel like I should be writing with the goal that the end reader is actually an LLM. The LLM will be the one spitting out the answers to the actual users via things like co-pilot, but I am not sure how that should change my approach to structure or level of detail in docs. Heavier on the number of code examples?

New comment by dsmmcken in "Meta Quest 3S"

dsmmcken — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:35:41 +0000

Link is gated behind a facebook/meta account.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Printing Music with CSS Grid"

dsmmcken — Wed, 01 May 2024 02:01:26 +0000

> align parts across different grids

Maybe a CSS `subgrid` would help? Subgrid is newly available. (I know nothing about music notation, and basing this entirely off that statement).

New comment by dsmmcken in "Tailwind color palette generator"

dsmmcken — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:59:58 +0000

New comment by dsmmcken in "Apple Maps wrongly lists restaurant permanently closed, costing owner thousands"

dsmmcken — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:20:55 +0000

I have the reverse problem with a bank atm in my city on google maps. I've marked it permanently closed several times. It will get marked permanently closed, then months later appear open again. The first time that happened, I actually went back thinking maybe they re-opened it, but nope still just a vacant wall with a bunch of 1 star reviews.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Ask HN: Can the black border atop the HN mourning header link to who died?"

dsmmcken — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 03:26:46 +0000

It's oddly similar to seeing a flag at half-mast in real life. Sometimes you know who it's for, sometimes you don't.

New comment by dsmmcken in "What Bed Linen Can Teach Us About Usability"

dsmmcken — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:25:04 +0000

I only buy fitted sheets with length-wise oriented vertical patterns, such as stripes. Much easier than trying to find the worlds smallest tag.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone"

dsmmcken — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:10:31 +0000

Typo's keyboard was very much a copy and probably infringed on even more then was listed.

I can't think of any of their design patents this would interfere with. There's a small chance of some internal mechanical or light guide related patents, but that would be pretty unlikely. Even more unlikely would be BlackBerry having anyone around still that would even know what to look for.

New comment by dsmmcken in "Pixelating Live with SVG"

dsmmcken — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:23:22 +0000

Here's the closest I could come up with: https://codepen.io/dsmmcken/pen/rNRaOJE

It does a subtle blur, then a subtle sharpen, then repeats the middle pixel of a 3x3 grid. Happy holidays!

Doesn't work on mobile, probably needs some pixel scaling math.

New comment by dsmmcken in "My cat water fountain comes with a spicy USB power adapter"

dsmmcken — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:24:57 +0000

You can find many fake "UL certified" products on Amazon, with a counterfeit UL logo and all. I think the problem is companies like Amazon not being held liable for what they sell.

New comment by dsmmcken in "FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease"

dsmmcken — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 03:05:35 +0000

Cricket protein can trigger shellfish allergies, fyi.