Hacker News: fagnerbrack

A new direction for AI developer tooling featuring creator of Tidewave

fagnerbrack — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://changelog.com/friends/112

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806930

Points: 1

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Tips for Probabilistic Software

fagnerbrack — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:23:41 +0000

Article URL: https://jxnl.co/writing/2024/01/19/tips-probabilistic-software/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806926

Points: 1

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GitHub – Heyitsnoah/Claudesidian

fagnerbrack — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:05:43 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/heyitsnoah/claudesidian

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780144

Points: 1

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Bernt Børnich: Meet NEO, your robot butler in training [video]

fagnerbrack — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:58:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ted.com/talks/bernt_bornich_meet_neo_your_robot_butler_in_training

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775987

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Hazardous States and Accidents

fagnerbrack — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:23:21 +0000

Article URL: https://entropicthoughts.com/hazardous-states-and-accidents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774996

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

The Danger of "Modern" Open Source

fagnerbrack — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:13:55 +0000

Article URL: https://fagnerbrack.com/the-danger-of-modern-open-source-c15dd5206346

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767562

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Gall's Law – Laws of Software

fagnerbrack — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:32:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.laws-of-software.com/laws/gall/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747988

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Taking a Look at Compression Algorithms – Moncef Abboud

fagnerbrack — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:32:33 +0000

Article URL: https://cefboud.com/posts/compression/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747986

Points: 17

# Comments: 6

Book Summary: Learn Python the Hard Way

fagnerbrack — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:09:24 +0000

Article URL: https://fagnerbrack.com/book-summary-learn-python-the-hard-way-c2da8a30bbe9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727306

Points: 1

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Book Summary: Learn Python the Hard Way

fagnerbrack — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:58:59 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/book-summary-learn-python-the-hard-way-c2da8a30bbe9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718273

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Give Your AI Eyes: Introducing Chrome DevTools MCP

fagnerbrack — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:29:23 +0000

Article URL: https://addyosmani.com/blog/devtools-mcp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680197

Points: 1

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The productivity paradox of AI coding assistants

fagnerbrack — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:06:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/productivity-paradox-of-ai-coding-assistants

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616313

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Why Are Event-Driven Systems Hard?

fagnerbrack — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:23:59 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.scalablethread.com/p/why-event-driven-systems-are-hard

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610291

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

RSL: Simple Licensing

fagnerbrack — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:51:07 +0000

Article URL: https://rslstandard.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610112

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fagnerbrack in "Show HN: Hutch – Read the web, not the slop"

fagnerbrack — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:27:35 +0000

Thank you! Feel free to send an email at any time hutch@hutch-app.com if you have any other suggestions/feedback :)

New comment by fagnerbrack in "Show HN: Hutch – Read the web, not the slop"

fagnerbrack — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:23:00 +0000

Hello!

Notes and highlights are on the roadmap — you'll be able to annotate as you read.

The social discovery angle is interesting. Hutch is deliberately private for now but curated recommendations from real readers with genuine notes is a different thing from algorithmic suggestions. Worth thinking about.

On the free tier: the first 100 users get free access, no time limit.

I haven't tried Shiori, I'll take a look.

Welcome to Hutch!

New comment by fagnerbrack in "Show HN: Hutch – Read the web, not the slop"

fagnerbrack — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:01:46 +0000

Hey HN — I'm Fayner, creator of js-cookie (22B+ annual jsdelivr hits).

For 10 years I've been running a personal reading system — saving articles, filtering them with AI summaries, and posting the best ones to r/programming and r/webdev and here. That pipeline is how I accumulated 350k Reddit karma. It was never meant to be a product. It was just how I learned.

Then Pocket shut down. Then Omnivore. And the web kept filling with content nobody asked for.

Hutch is that system rebuilt as an app. The idea is simple: you choose what enters your reading list, not an algorithm. The TL;DR summary helps you decide whether the article you saved deserves an hour or five minutes. You're still the one deciding. That's the whole point.

v1 has Firefox and Chrome extensions (one click, Ctrl/Cmd+D, or right-click), reader view via Readability.js, TL;DR summaries per article, dark mode, and OAuth with PKCE. Hosted in Sydney. Australian Privacy Act compliant. No tracking, no ads.

Free for the first 100 users, A$3.99/month after that.

Open source including the GitHub Actions + Claude CI pipeline I used to build it: github.com/HutchApp/hutch-app

This is a genuine v1 — the advertised features work, everything else is roadmap. What I want to build next: a preference learning layer ("more like this / less like this"), Gmail integration for newsletters, and highlights. I don't know which matters most to the people who need this.

If you try it, tell me. Happy to get feedback.

Show HN: Hutch – Read the web, not the slop

fagnerbrack — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:01:15 +0000

Article URL: https://hutch-app.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47601007

Points: 4

# Comments: 5

The Cost of Slow Feedback Loops

fagnerbrack — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:27:15 +0000

Article URL: https://revontulet.dev/p/2025-hidden-cost-slow-feedback-loops/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578625

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

How to Keep Services Running During Failures?

fagnerbrack — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:46:59 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.scalablethread.com/p/how-to-keep-services-running-during

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47551719

Points: 1

# Comments: 0