Hacker News: eshack94

New comment by eshack94 in "Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter"

eshack94 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:35:17 +0000

I've been thinking of doing this — using one of the "pretty good but not Opus 4.6-good, YET very cheap" models for the implementation part of more basic code features, AFTER first using Opus 4.6 high for the planning stage.

Do you think this would be a decent approach?

Also, which client would I use for this? OpenCode? I don't think Claude Code supports using other models. Thoughts?

New comment by eshack94 in "Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows"

eshack94 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:11:17 +0000

Not saying anything about the article at-hand, but assuming we were able to detect it with such certainty, I think it would greatly increase the funding, rigor, and breadth or research devoted to finding a cure or treatment that actually worked.

New comment by eshack94 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

eshack94 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:49:35 +0000

Is this the final straw that kills their platform?

New comment by eshack94 in "iPhone Pocket"

eshack94 — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:00:01 +0000

Is this a joke or are they serious with this?

New comment by eshack94 in "Claude Code weekly rate limits"

eshack94 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:51:01 +0000

Lol enshittification begins [continues].

New comment by eshack94 in "How Excessive Red Meat Consumption Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk"

eshack94 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:14:35 +0000

It took me way too long to find that (I didn't notice your comment til after).

Sigh at the clickbait headlines.

New comment by eshack94 in "How do you choose where to be?"

eshack94 — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:22:45 +0000

I might be off-base here, but I get the sense that OP's dysphoria/ennui/ambivalence/Weltschmerz is less about what they're doing as an occupation and more other things that need to be explored more deeply. 27 can be a difficult age with many conflicting/confusing feelings and thoughts, and sorting some of those out might be the key. Again, could be way off-base here — impossible to know from a single short post like this.

New comment by eshack94 in "Gradient AI Releases 1M Context Llama 3 8B"

eshack94 — Fri, 03 May 2024 19:37:51 +0000

Are there any higher-context 70B finetunes yet with good benchmarks?

New comment by eshack94 in "How ruthless is Amazon, really?"

eshack94 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:49:03 +0000

As well as being a pain to search, it's complete black hole for information.

The trend of more and more projects and companies using Discord as their primary forum for support, docs, and discussion boards is probably not one that will be looked back on as having been a good idea.

I worry that there's so much valuable information stored in prior chats that will simply disappear if Discord ever goes away.

In addition to this, this valuable information is not accessible/searchable via the web without a Discord account. Plus there's the 100 server limit for free accounts, which can become a problem depending on how many projects/communities one is involved with.

That being said, Discord is convenient and cheaper to license/host communities than Slack, which I think is part of the allure.

New comment by eshack94 in "Meta Llama 3"

eshack94 — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:43:01 +0000

Does anyone know (or is it publicly known) when the 400B variant will be released?

New comment by eshack94 in "MyHeritage debuts OldNews.com, offering access to myriad historical newspapers"

eshack94 — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 02:08:23 +0000

It would be awesome if all these newspaper archives were freely available via Archive.org or a similar service. Seems strange to need a subscription to view old newspapers. Perhaps part of the fees pay for hosting costs and the work that goes into compiling so many sources and slapping a easily navigable UI on top of it, etc.

New comment by eshack94 in "Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice"

eshack94 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:58:23 +0000

BetterSnapTool is great for this. Check it out.

New comment by eshack94 in "Infinite Craft"

eshack94 — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:42:51 +0000

Angel + Zeus = God. o_O

This little game is too entertaining. I hope the author open sources it, or writes a technical blog post on how it's implemented.

New comment by eshack94 in "Against Normalcy: Why Being Normal Can Be Dangerous"

eshack94 — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:07:01 +0000

This isn't universally true. Some people truly enjoy experiencing other cultures and parts of the world for its own sake. Not everyone who travels for pleasure and curiosity are doing it "for the gram". That being said, there are also many people who are.

New comment by eshack94 in "Where Have All the Websites Gone?"

eshack94 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:41:05 +0000

> It’s Tuesday morning. The year is 2009. You’re just waking up after a long and boozy New Year’s Eve with friends.

I digress, but I think the first day of the year in 2009 was Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

Well-written post. I share the sentiment and I find myself longing for new ways to find creative/interesting content on the web. Seems like there are too many gatekeepers of content these days and it's hard to keep up with blogs and niche interests. More difficult than it used to be, at least.

New comment by eshack94 in "GPT Store Launch"

eshack94 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:57:33 +0000

This is the most accurate and clear-eyed take I've seen on GPTs so far. They might be useful, but they're not magic and they're intended to enhance OpenAI's moat-building operations to make it harder for people/companies to walk away from the platform amid future competition.

New comment by eshack94 in "Ask HN: How to Explain Tech to Parents?"

eshack94 — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:37:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing this anecdote.

Your mother seems like a very curious and inquisitive person, who actually wants to learn about something before gravitating to strong opinions about it. That's respectable.

Seems like she also challenged you (in a positive way), by asking you to reformulate your explanations until they were approachable but not too ELI5. That takes a lot of patience and solid communication from both participants. Seems like a win-win situation in the end, enabling her to gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals, while allowing you to refresh your own understanding, and strengthen your technical communication skills.

Kudos to both of you, and thanks again for sharing.

New comment by eshack94 in "So I Quit Spotify"

eshack94 — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:17:17 +0000

Same, I thought this was possibly a post from a former employee with some insights into the state of affairs at Spotify.

New comment by eshack94 in "Apple to Stop Selling Some Apple Watch Models on Patent Loss"

eshack94 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:05:48 +0000

https://archive.ph/9Y0pX

Apple to Stop Selling Some Apple Watch Models on Patent Loss

eshack94 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:05:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-18/apple-to-stop-selling-some-apple-watch-models-on-patent-loss

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38684313

Points: 3

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