Hacker News: epaga

New comment by epaga in "Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different"

epaga — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:07:05 +0000

I really love this (and miss the days when Prezi was simple and straightforward).

I've written an app myself along sort-of similar lines, but it's less a presentation app and more a thought organizer (works on all Apple platforms). https://mindscopeapp.com

I think what proved key for my own "zoomable" UI was cross-linking, search, and speed/snappiness. Make the animations too heavy and it just slows you down. Zumly seems really great in this regard. Well done!

New comment by epaga in "Enabling Codex to Analyze Two Decades of Hacker News Data"

epaga — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:27:21 +0000

Well now it's 5.00001%.

Codex Plugins

epaga — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:22:41 +0000

Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/codex/plugins

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542998

Points: 26

# Comments: 0

AI Stupid Level

epaga — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:57:50 +0000

Article URL: https://aistupidlevel.info

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488858

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by epaga in "Ask ChatGPT to pick a number from 1-10000, it generally selects from 7200-7500"

epaga — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:08:59 +0000

in Thinking extended it picked 4814 but in instant, yep: 7423

Bernie Sanders: I spoke to AI agent Claude [video]

epaga — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:20:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWdeu_G0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47452669

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

Getting Started with OpenClaw: A Safety-First Approach

epaga — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:01:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/cecat/OpenClaw-Tutorial/blob/main/OpenClaw-Tutorial-Outline.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47439633

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by epaga in "Nvidia NemoClaw"

epaga — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:26:04 +0000

> It used a mix of dom-to-image sending pixels through the context window, then writing scripts in various sandboxes to piece together a full jailbreak.

That would be one interesting write-up if you ever find the time to gather all the details!

New comment by epaga in "100 Jumps"

epaga — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:29:51 +0000

This is really fun - love the eyes and the wobble on close jumps! Got 70 jumps on my first try, not sure whether that's good or not, but I do think that platformer gaming experience doesn't hurt...

Edit: pompomsheep (who seems to be shadowbanned btw???) tells me that's top 5% for a first-time player... woohoo!

New comment by epaga in "I Have 30 Years of Career Left. AI Made Me Rethink All of Them"

epaga — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:06:21 +0000

> AI can write the code. It can’t architect the system. It can’t decide which tradeoffs to make, or know that the elegant solution it just generated will fall apart at scale, or understand why the team chose a boring technology stack on purpose.

I would add: "Yet."

Just as I've been completely astonished at the advancements AI has made in writing code, I can detect a trajectory at AI becoming an expert architect as well, likely within a shorter period of time than we'd all expect.

New comment by epaga in "Lose Myself"

epaga — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:05:05 +0000

This is the most poignant essay I've ever read on the current situation. It feels extremely disorienting to have the very reason you got into your career dissolve in value seemingly in a matter of months. I'm one of the ones he describes as being "enthusiastic about the new steam engine" but I really do sense the bittersweetness of it all.

Code is cheap now. "Good" code now means "code that does what it's supposed to and that AI can read and modify easily if it needs to."

What will society end up looking like as a result? How do software companies need to react to this?

New comment by epaga in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

epaga — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:51:26 +0000

I gave up after the third “It’s not X, it’s Y” in like two paragraphs. Is nobody else allergic to that AI voice? Isn’t the author?

So depressing this is the current state of blogging. Can’t wait for this phase to be over.

New comment by epaga in "OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been"

epaga — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:11:54 +0000

"Not Final Cut. Not Logic. An AI agent that clicks buttons." (and writes blog posts)

New comment by epaga in "OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been"

epaga — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:10:47 +0000

"Not Final Cut. Not Logic. An AI agent that clicks buttons."

...and that writes blog posts for you. So tired of this voice.

New comment by epaga in "Make.ts"

epaga — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:01:45 +0000

It's almost depressing to me how much this post feels like a breath of fresh air if for nothing else than because it's clearly hand-written, not ghost-written by LLM.

No repetitive short sentences, no "Not X, just Y." patterns, and lots of opinionated statements, written confidently in the first person.

Please more of this.

New comment by epaga in "AI Usage Policy"

epaga — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:46:40 +0000

I really like the phrase "bad AI drivers"...AI is a tool, and the stupid drive-by pull requests just mean you're being inconsiderate and unhelpful in your usage of the tool, similar to how "bad drivers" are a nightmare to encounter on a highway...so stop it or you'll end up on the dashcam subreddit of programming.

New comment by epaga in "Bugs Apple loves"

epaga — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:31:39 +0000

I do it by double-tapping a word and then dragging the handles… does that work for you?

Putting Rocks on the Moon

epaga — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ahwoo.com/posts/019bd882-d104-7347-be7b-8e0a5ce13cb5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692473

Points: 20

# Comments: 1

"The era of humans writing code is over." – Ryan Dahl

epaga — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:23:47 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/rough__sea/status/2013280952370573666

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688903

Points: 7

# Comments: 5

New comment by epaga in "System: Control your Mac from anywhere using natural language"

epaga — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:02:59 +0000

(Not the OP, but...) have...have you tried Siri before? It is completely and totally ridiculous. Completely and utterly useless for anything other than setting a timer and turning HomeKit devices on or off (and even there it's entirely hit or miss).

Siri continues to be the most embarrassing Apple product on the market by a long shot.