Hacker News: dve

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

dve — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:45:24 +0000

Ive been working on Kettle, it is a language for quantum-classical computing

https://kettle-lang.pages.dev

I find quantum mechanics fascinating and wanted a better way to play with it. Linear types prevent copying qubits, effects track what's quantum vs pure. The type system catches mistakes that would otherwise blow up at runtime.

Runs on a local simulator (with various qubit types modelled) or IBM hardware (sort of). Still a research and learning language for me - I break things regularly.

If any real quantum physicists are lurking, Id love to hear what Ive got wrong!

New comment by dve in "Is Anyone Else Just Done?"

dve — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:37:40 +0000

This sounds very interesting to me. I have thinking about, researching similar projects - would love to know more and contribute.

New comment by dve in "Show HN: A simple, free yoga practice app for everyone"

dve — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:27:05 +0000

Yes, thats a fair point, I will add something to help explain each. To be honest I had never heard of Hatha until I started building this, but as I aggregated the data it is a keyword that came up quite a lot. Thanks for the feedback!

New comment by dve in "Show HN: A simple, free yoga practice app for everyone"

dve — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:24:35 +0000

I hear you; it was something that prevented my trying a real class for a long while, and I still struggle with the spiritual and "energy" side of it. But once I got past that and focused on the exercises and breathing I was amazed how much it helped me.

New comment by dve in "Show HN: A simple, free yoga practice app for everyone"

dve — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:47:48 +0000

Great! I hope you find find it useful even in a small way. And, as @stronglikedan commented, if you enjoy it, try a in-person class - you get so much more out of it than watching a video :)

New comment by dve in "Show HN: A simple, free yoga practice app for everyone"

dve — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:44:55 +0000

I have suffered from back problems for many years and the only thing that has really, genuinely helped is Yoga. I built this little app to help remove one more barrier to me practicing everyday.

Show HN: A simple, free yoga practice app for everyone

dve — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:41:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dosome.yoga

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23871710

Points: 106

# Comments: 34

New comment by dve in "Minimum Viable Phoenix"

dve — Wed, 22 May 2019 12:37:12 +0000

But the article is about phoenix from nothing. The reader is encouraged to work through each literate commit. Mix is not used until half way through the article.

New comment by dve in "Minimum Viable Phoenix"

dve — Tue, 21 May 2019 19:54:41 +0000

Ive been waiting for a tutorial like this. I am most likely doing something wrong, but sadly the code samples do not function as listed. Even cloning the repo and executing the commands listed only results in errors after the first step.

New comment by dve in "Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers you've met?"

dve — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:28:25 +0000

Reading this comment just made me realize the same. The two best developers I have worked with no longer write code.

NASA to Unveil Exoplanet Discovery Thursday

dve — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:08:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.space.com/39032-nasa-alien-planet-kepler-discovery-announcement.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15896546

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by dve in "New and improved bike routing, with low stress options"

dve — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 02:56:19 +0000

A friend has been working on a similar project for a while that allowed the rider to tailor, in great detail, the kind of route required. The algorithms involved are pretty interesting!

http://zikes.website

Rural vs. urban route classification in Zikes

dve — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:04:58 +0000

Article URL: https://sites.google.com/view/zikesurbanrural

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13123519

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dve in "Homebrew 1.1.0"

dve — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:16:18 +0000

Using brew bundle, run `brew bundle --help` for info. I then store the Brewfile along with my other dotfiles

New comment by dve in "Homebrew 1.1.0"

dve — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:34:44 +0000

Ditto. I install almost everything via brew and brew cask, and store the list of packages in git. It makes setting up a new machine a breeze. Thanks for all your hard work!