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New comment by figmert in "Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?"

figmert — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:28:35 +0000

I use it through OpenRouter, which has ZDR enforcement.

New comment by figmert in "A 100x faster* alternative to homebrew"

figmert — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:23:54 +0000

I tried zerobrew before the original author archived it. It really was faster. There's even a mise plugin for it, but the plugin for it wasn't great to be honest. Caused some wild slowdowns on my prompt. I think it's cos zb or maybe the plugin loads some huge Homebrew version file every time it's invoked. Didn't look too much into it, but it was killed my prompt on slower connections

New comment by figmert in "System-level ad-blocking in Android"

figmert — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:57:22 +0000

I can't recommend AdGuard enough. It works across devices, and just does all the DNS level blocking everywhere. I've been able to install it on my parents' devices, my siblings' devices, and more places. They have apps for just about any device. On top of that, you can install user scripts and use them on your mobile phones even if your browser doesn't support them (does require a CA cert being trusted).

My biggest issue is I can't use it while I'm connected to Tailscale, but my plan is to install AdGuard Home on my homelab and have that take over instead. It does remove many of the functions, but it's better than the alternative

New comment by figmert in "Pi 1.0"

figmert — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:16:37 +0000

I just tested it out, that's some low memory footprint. Even less than pi. I run multiple opencode sessions and it eats my ram. I will continue to try to use this.

New comment by figmert in "MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta"

figmert — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:01:55 +0000

Here's my source[0], certainly I doubt all of society in the 1300s designed a word to intentionally confuse you 700 years later. But feel free to provide your sources.

Just because you heard it 20 years ago, does not mean that it was not used before.

In addition, "it" is not used for people. Yes, it is a gender neutral pronoun, but would be considered very offensive if you refer to a person by "it". The only example where you can use it usually is a baby whose name and/or sex is not known, often prior to them being born.

The phrase "politically correct" mostly only used by "anti-woke" snowflakes who believe they are better than those who tell others to leave non-binary folks alone, yet at the same time will rage all day just because some said that they're a "they" or some silly little thing. As if they've got nothing else to do in life but get angry at someone for having a preferring on how they want to be referred to.

Also implying that the natural evolution of the English language is some form of propaganda is wild to me. The language is essentially an evolution of German, with heavy influence from Roman/French and Old Norse. Saying that it is propaganda is like saying there's been some psyops by millions of people happening over centuries to mislead millions of other people.

The only correct thing you've said is "communication normally is about clarity". Honestly, to me, it feels like that hasn't really worked on you. You're certainly not clear about the history of the English language.

[0] https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-the...

New comment by figmert in "MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta"

figmert — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:41:32 +0000

Not really, "they" has been used to refer to a singular gender neutral subject for way longer than you've been alive. Whether it refers to plural or singular subject, and often who it refers to, is all pulled from the context of the story.

New comment by figmert in "Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests"

figmert — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:26:43 +0000

AWS is still way ahead in cloud usage, that's probably why AWS is the primary target. Anyway, floci has GCP and Azure versions, how mature they are, I'm unsure. But it does exist.

SwiftCrossUI – A cross-platform declarative UI framework, inspired by SwiftUI

figmert — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:12:03 +0000

Article URL: https://swiftcrossui.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49702344

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

OpenSwiftUI – open-source implementation of Apple's SwiftUI

figmert — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:42:10 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/OpenSwiftUIProject/OpenSwiftUI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701863

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by figmert in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

figmert — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:56:40 +0000

I don't know why but to me the worse bit of it is the giant emoji finger that keeps trying to click the sign up button.

New comment by figmert in "Neki – Sharded Postgres"

figmert — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:38:50 +0000

Google, Azure, and AWS already have their highly available PostgreSQL alternatives.

New comment by figmert in "Proof of Capture: Apple Reference Image, but open source and using steganography"

figmert — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:54:51 +0000

Or, as the author said, you can just photograph an AI generated picture, and that will work too.

New comment by figmert in "UAE-based Falcon AI NSFW classifier among top global open-source models (2025)"

figmert — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:54:56 +0000

Great rebuttal. /s

New comment by figmert in "UAE-based Falcon AI NSFW classifier among top global open-source models (2025)"

figmert — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:02:45 +0000

What a strange Islamophobic comment to make. You should probably go out a little more.

New comment by figmert in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

figmert — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:17:38 +0000

Great entrepreneur is a bit of a far fetch. His own friends(?) didn't want him to be CEO of paypal back in the day.

New comment by figmert in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)"

figmert — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:16:18 +0000

I don't quite know what it was, but the submit button on that page did not work. Had to call the submit() function on the form's DOM.

New comment by figmert in "Hang on to Your Firefox"

figmert — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:18:01 +0000

I just wish Ladybird can do what Electron currently does, but with much better resources. Especially in today's age where memory is so expensive.

New comment by figmert in "Fastpotify"

figmert — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:46:39 +0000

Have you seen Spicetify[0]? It allows for this kind of stuff and seems to be a lot more stable than doing it all manually.

[0] https://spicetify.app/

New comment by figmert in "Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer"

figmert — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:30:37 +0000

More actually. Generally those rewards happen by using your credit (there are exceptions). Meaning you are more likely to pay for something that you'd probably otherwise not have spent money on.

New comment by figmert in "Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage"

figmert — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:35:06 +0000

I had a look at BookOrbit not long ago. Love the fact that it is able to manage all book types (manga, comics, ebooks). Perfect for me and have been struggling to find a good tool that does all of them without being stupid heavy in resources. Once I looked at the repo, source, PRs etc. I noticed how heavy AI use is. This feels purely vibecoded without much for understanding what is actually being delivered. So ended up not using.