Hacker News: evancaine

New comment by evancaine in "Show HN: CSS Studio. Design by hand, code by agent"

evancaine — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:02:07 +0000

Congrats on the launch.

Now put a giant, 30 second video of the product being used, directly below "Design by hand.Code by agent."

No one is clicking Get Started or Buy Now until they know what the product is, and a 30 second video is 100x better than any amount of text.

New comment by evancaine in "Bootstrap 5.2 Is Out"

evancaine — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:12:12 +0000

I know tailwind is the star these days, but as a back-end dev, nothing comes close to bootstrap in terms of productivity and aesthetics. I've used tailwind and I like it - I've even paid for tailwind UI - but for crud apps that don't require a lot of custom styling, bootstrap is still my default.

Anyone else still using and enjoying bootstrap for new projects?

Bootstrap 5.2 Is Out

evancaine — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:09:34 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2022/07/19/bootstrap-5-2-0/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32512980

Points: 12

# Comments: 6

New comment by evancaine in "Happiness and the Art of Being (2012)"

evancaine — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:16:28 +0000

Pleasantly surprised to see this on HN. In the minefield of the spiritual marketplace, where you can never be sure which teachers are authentic and which aren't, Michael James is worth a look. Sometimes a little dry and repetitive, but steadfast in his message and his adoration for his teacher.

Facebook is not worth $33B (2010)

evancaine — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:29:02 +0000

Article URL: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/2585-facebook-is-not-worth-33000000000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27672535

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

App used by emergency services under scrutiny

evancaine — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:48:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56901363

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26983480

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Bootstrap Design Help for a Developer?

evancaine — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:04:26 +0000

Hi HN, what are your goto tools and resources when using bootstrap. Specifically, to make bootstrap look less like bootstrap. I'm working on a side project and as with all my side projects, I really struggle with the design.

I've tried using pre-built templates and themes before but once I've finished modifying them to match my content, they don't look as good anymore. The thing that works great for me is to just use standard, unmodified bootstrap. It stops me worrying about the design and everything looks presentable. But now the project is nearly finished and I want to customize the design a bit.

https://bootswatch.com/ is great. Are there any others people can recommend?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26553103

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning

evancaine — Wed, 27 May 2020 05:19:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52815552

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23319613

Points: 37

# Comments: 36

New comment by evancaine in "Six cars aced new pedestrian detection tests"

evancaine — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:24:28 +0000

people suck or kids will be kids?

New comment by evancaine in "Boards – A tool for collaboratively organizing notes"

evancaine — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 20:25:10 +0000

One of my most successful side projects started as a todo list tutorial that just kept going. It (eventually) led to a new job

New comment by evancaine in "Happy Birthday, Ruby"

evancaine — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:02:37 +0000

> Ruby is the very least favorite of all the programming languages I've had to use regularly over my career. > Its syntax strongly favors cuteness over familiarity

How do you define regular? I use both Ruby and JS almost daily, and have previously used Java and python for several years. I find ruby a joy to use and have no issues with 'familiarity'

Lance Armstrong says Uber investment saved his family

evancaine — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 05:00:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46476497

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18625263

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Scammers abused Facebook phone number search

evancaine — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:19:20 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43656746

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16764595

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Email is not free (2013)

evancaine — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:09:26 +0000

Article URL: https://hbr.org/2013/04/email-is-not-free

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16564802

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by evancaine in "Show HN: Virtual coworking space"

evancaine — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:01:23 +0000

Nice demo. Could you change the background photo when things are toggled?

New comment by evancaine in "VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs"

evancaine — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:39:37 +0000

This site seems to me an imitation of sitebuilderreport which was featured on indiehackers recently [1]. The design and copywriting are similar. OP, was your site inspired by sitebuilderreport or are you connected with that site?

[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/site-builder-report

New comment by evancaine in "Show HN: Anonymous chat for the workplace"

evancaine — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:54:38 +0000

catchy name, and well done on getting .com, but if you search for "specret" in google, it autocorrects to "spectre" and shows results for the Bond movie.

The car mechanic who uncorked a childbirth revolution

evancaine — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:30:31 +0000

Article URL: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25137800

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6838965

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by evancaine in "WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me"

evancaine — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:40:29 +0000

I find it interesting that the comments in this thread still largely support Brian Hamacheck even though the response from Who's Here - if accurate - demonstrates that his original blog post is little more than a one sided publicity piece designed to gain sympathy for him and. to villify. Who's Here

The American who quit money to live in a cave

evancaine — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:48:46 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17762033

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3863544

Points: 1

# Comments: 1