Hacker News: ericghildyal

New comment by ericghildyal in "Usenet personality"

ericghildyal — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:33:18 +0000

I can't stop laughing at the first entry and this simple joke:

> he gained international notoriety for his claims that [...] mass and time are equivalent. (With regard to the second claim, it was suggested on the "sci.astro.amateur" newsgroup that his demise be observed with a gram of silence.)

New comment by ericghildyal in "April Fools 2014: The Real Test Driven Development (2014)"

ericghildyal — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:32:43 +0000

Mine still makes me figure out what's in the machine and fold it after, am I due for an upgrade?

New comment by ericghildyal in "Perfume reviews"

ericghildyal — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:43:37 +0000

Those reviews of No 5 reminded me of a fantastic video about the (simplified) history of Coco Chanel [1] that I loved but haven't watched in years.

The simplicity of design and the pace make it timeless, despite the fact that it was produced 11 years ago.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G88zqPxJ00

New comment by ericghildyal in "A Research Preview of Codex"

ericghildyal — Fri, 16 May 2025 21:34:19 +0000

I used Cline to build a tiny testing helper app and this is exactly what it did!

It made changes in TS/Next.js given just the boiletplate from create-next-app, ran `yarn dev` then opened its mini LLM browser and navigated to localhost to verify everything looked correct.

It found 1 mistake and fixed the issue then ran `yarn dev` again, opened a new browser, navigated to localhost (pointing at the original server it brought up, not the new one at another port) and confirmed the change was correct.

I was very impressed but still laughed at how it somehow backed its way into a flow the worked, but only because Next has hot-reloading.

New comment by ericghildyal in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

ericghildyal — Wed, 07 May 2025 20:29:06 +0000

The problem isn't the number of boxes plugged in, its that the TV has its own OS and built-in apps that people want to use that doesn't work with anything outside the TV.

I don't think too many people have, for example, a Samsung TV and a Firestick and use the 2 interchangeably for different apps.

I had this problem until the Samsung interface got too unbearably slow (6 year old tv), so I just bought a Google TV and that goes through my receiver's HDMI in port. Before this update, I was using optical out from the TV into my receiver, but the quality was noticeably degraded. I'm lucky I also don't use the radio function or a record player since that would just add to the chaos.

New comment by ericghildyal in "We raised a bunch of money"

ericghildyal — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:17:21 +0000

I've been going through the sales gauntlet lately for a new company I'm working on, and it's ROUGH!

I hacked together a prototype using free tiers and easy-to-access sandbox environments and guess what, we're gonna transition to the paid tier after getting some feedback on the MVP. At this point, it doesn't matter if a competitor's sales person can give us a better deal "because it's the end of the quarter" merely due to the fact that the code has already been written.

New comment by ericghildyal in "The Sourdough Framework"

ericghildyal — Tue, 16 May 2023 19:53:40 +0000

Don't worry, it looks to be on the rise, there will be more features baked in before you know it!

New comment by ericghildyal in "I surveyed 500 startup founders about their salaries"

ericghildyal — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:28:18 +0000

Agree completely here! When we were getting everything up and running, we were making decisions about which SaaS platforms were worth our money. Having the company pay for something personally never once crossed my mind.

New comment by ericghildyal in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)"

ericghildyal — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:01:07 +0000

Elligo Health Research | Senior Software Engineer & Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full-time | https://www.elligohealthresearch.com/

Elligo Health Research is a healthcare-enabling research organization that uses electronic health records and the trusted patient and physician relationship to ensure all patients have access to clinical research as a care option.

We're looking for a senior software engineer and a software engineer to build out the team from a recent acquisition: The Root Health Patient Engagement Platform. We're working on making the platform even better for participants and reach a larger scale! A strong design-thinking product focus is a huge plus.

Backend: Python, Flask, Kubernetes/Microservices, Conversational AI/ML Frontend: React

Benefits: Macbook Pro, Unlimited PTO, 401k, full healthcare.

Please apply here: https://j.brt.mv/PortalViewRequirement.do?reqGK=27561744

New comment by ericghildyal in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)"

ericghildyal — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:54:01 +0000

Elligo Health Research | Senior Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full-time | https://www.elligohealthresearch.com/

We're looking for a senior software engineer to build out the team from a recent acquisition: The Root Health Patient Engagement Platform (roothealth.co). We're working on making the platform even better for participants and reach a larger scale! A strong design-thinking product focus is a huge plus.