Hacker News: factorialboy

New comment by factorialboy in "Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design"

factorialboy — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:37:05 +0000

736mb on macOS

/facepalm

New comment by factorialboy in "I said no and Apple said yes"

factorialboy — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:24:31 +0000

Apple claims to be the privacy king. They deserve scrutiny.

New comment by factorialboy in "AirPods 5"

factorialboy — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:00:05 +0000

I am outside the US.

Agree on fake enthusiam.

How about genuine emotions?

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:46:09 +0000

I suspect you might be interested in this crowdfunded project - https://smallandroidphone.com/

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:44:21 +0000

Yeah, but I'm not really sure.

There's a perfectly good use case of using this device unfolded with their kickstand powered folio case and a portable keyboard — While getting some zoom calls and productivity / work done.

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:38:02 +0000

That may be right, I was referring to list price, which is identical between Apple and Samsung. (I'm located in EU)

With Samsung, they're going to heavily discount it over the holiday season.

With Apple, the device is actually going to retain its value in the second hand market.

So there's this value argument that can swing both ways.

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:35:28 +0000

Ty, phew!

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:32:01 +0000

I'm okay with the lack of face ID. Fingerprint unlock power button works perfectly well for me.

Did they mention MagSafe?

I'm not sure if they mentioned MagSafe for the iPhone Duo.

That could be a deal breaker.

New comment by factorialboy in "iPhone Duo"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:21:38 +0000

It's priced identical to the Samsung Fold 8.

The dimensions are also close.

From a visual aesthetics perspective, I prefer the square edges of the Samsung Fold 8.

Eager to check out the reviews of the software capabilities of the iPhone Duo.

And I'm not sure about the inner screen's selfie camera. The under-screen camera has failed in previous devices, especially for zoom calls, it was abysmal.

Excited for the nano texture displays though. For far too long, Samsung had beaten Apple with non-reflective displays.

New comment by factorialboy in "AirPods 5"

factorialboy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:50:44 +0000

Why do they all sound robotic and sterile? :-/

Let's feel some excitement in your voices!

New comment by factorialboy in "Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS"

factorialboy — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:35:03 +0000

The largeCorp developer and their PM are many orgs and layers away from where these decisions are mandated.

New comment by factorialboy in "Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America"

factorialboy — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:41:53 +0000

I'd pick major Linux Desktop Environments (KDE or GNOME for instance) over macOS and Windows any day of the week. I feel 3-4x more productive on Linux.

With LLMs, I've been creating little desktop apps to fill the odd gaps. For example, yesterday, I made a little offline dictation app for KDE.

New comment by factorialboy in "Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy"

factorialboy — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:35:53 +0000

Is it true that the person who authored the "Grug-brained developer" essay also created HTMX?

New comment by factorialboy in "Djevops: Self-Host Django Easily"

factorialboy — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:18:29 +0000

Cool project. I've built my own Django "harness" so I can't use it right now, but will consider for future projects.

New comment by factorialboy in "Hacker News, Sans AI"

factorialboy — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:55:31 +0000

For one sec, I got excited for a new font!

New comment by factorialboy in "Magnifica Humanitas"

factorialboy — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:18:03 +0000

Leading be example is not.

Look up Vatican land holdings across Europe, Africa and Asia.

But then, the opposition to my comment is based on religious ideology and not merit.

New comment by factorialboy in "BBEdit 16"

factorialboy — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:41:41 +0000

The pie (market) has also vastly expanded since 1998. Need to factor that, and not just inflation.

Evidence-Graded Timelines

factorialboy — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:30:10 +0000

Article URL: https://zeroagendanews.com/methodology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207428

Points: 1

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New comment by factorialboy in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

factorialboy — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:55:29 +0000

Tusk — an open-source Postgres desktop app for macOS and GNOME — https://shapemachine.xyz/tusk

New comment by factorialboy in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

factorialboy — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:31:12 +0000

Tusk - An open-source Postgres desktop app for macOS and GNOME - https://shapemachine.xyz/tusk