Hacker News: foxfired

Invisible Problems

foxfired — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:38:07 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/invisible-problems

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204131

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Just in Time Nudging (2017)

foxfired — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:42:33 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/just-in-time-nudging

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49077771

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

$550M in Medical Debt Only Cost $5.5M [video]

foxfired — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:38:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cimg-Xg043Y

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49061641

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by foxfired in "We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps"

foxfired — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:21:30 +0000

If we wait for the next models, we will never test anything because there will always be another model. Like the Ai Scotsman:

> "Nay, laddie, that’s no’ the real AI Scotsman! He’s grander still! More powerful! Just wait for the next model!"

New comment by foxfired in "Strata – An app that talks me out of dying outdoors"

foxfired — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:25:32 +0000

Note that there is Strata (strata.com), the 3d software company, which I immediately thought it was about. It was the first 3d software I used some 30 years ago.

Unaccountable Systems

foxfired — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:06:22 +0000

Article URL: https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2025/09/12/unaccountable-systems/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48754312

Points: 12

# Comments: 0

The text/Markdown Media Type

foxfired — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:12:43 +0000

Article URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7763

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48695932

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by foxfired in "Show HN: Are You in the Weights?"

foxfired — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:52:15 +0000

Orally they are interchangeable. Though, I only ever append the “a” when speaking in my native language.

New comment by foxfired in "Show HN: Are You in the Weights?"

foxfired — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:04:13 +0000

6 Football (soccer) players share my name and I still am at the top. Type "SEO" and I'll DM you my one little weird trick. /jk

Fun story about my name [0], the bank couldn't mail me my debit card because the mailman kept crossing my address off the envelop.

[0]: https://idiallo.com/blog/sharing-a-name

New comment by foxfired in "Why I email complete strangers"

foxfired — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:44:48 +0000

Whenever I write something that gets some traction, I get emails. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. One of them is from a guy that tells me "I love your blog, but you got terrible spelling." If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't bother doing a spellcheck before publishing.

Please, Use a Link

foxfired — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:32:45 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/use-a-link-please

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48495314

Points: 18

# Comments: 2

How to Talk to Your Coworkers

foxfired — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:20:53 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/how-to-talk-to-your-coworkers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48362124

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ford Enters Battery Storage Business

foxfired — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:42:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2026/introducing-ford-energy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48242539

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by foxfired in "Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to FreeBSD"

foxfired — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:43:51 +0000

Ha! Mine ran on 18.04 [0] and I migrated it a couple months ago. When I went to take a screenshot for bragging rights, I noticed two other servers 16.10 and 15.04

The applications run just fine, but I don't even know where to start. Apparently I coded them directly into the server, no dev machine!

[0]: https://cdn.idiallo.com/images/assets/daily/98/old_servers.j...

New comment by foxfired in "Click (2016)"

foxfired — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:57:34 +0000

I've always added analytics scripts on websites I worked on. It was second nature for me. Then when I got my own start up, I didn't just add regular analytics but one that tracks mouse movements so you can watch sessions back like a video [0].

I told a friend about my start up and she jumped on it immediately. I opened the tool and watched her interaction. Then I told her "oh so you opened the dev tools" She immediately ended the session. "How did you know? That's creepy". It was the first time I've actually felt like these tools invade privacy.

Yeah, we include it in our terms and condition and privacy page, but I don't think users truly grasp how those tools work. I understand that all analytics tools provide this feature now, but its always creepy to know someone can watch what you are doing.

[0]: https://idiallo.com/blog/spying-on-your-user

New comment by foxfired in "OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens"

foxfired — Sun, 17 May 2026 04:20:29 +0000

We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate.

I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work." The developers in the room asked about codex, the instructor said she wasn't a developer.

We did get a certificate though. There was nothing they could teach that you couldn't learn by using the free version in your own time. Whatever they are doing with the Maltese government is just to increase the monthly active user count.

New comment by foxfired in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

foxfired — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:40:13 +0000

Maybe this is what will turn software engineering into an Engineering field.

Right know, prompters are setting up whole company infrastructure. I personally know one. He migrated the companies database to a newer Postgres version. He was successful in the end, but I was gnawing my teeth when he described every step of the process.

It sounded like "And then, I poured gasoline on the servers while smoking a cigarette. But don't worry, I found a fire extinguisher in the basement. The gauge says it's empty, but I can still hear some liquid when I shake it..."

If he leaves the company, they will need an even more confident prompter to maintain their DB infrastructure.

New comment by foxfired in "Googlebook"

foxfired — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:45:11 +0000

Copilot never gave Windows 11 a chance. Now Gemini will do the same to whatever this device is supposed to do.

We are not going to agree on AI

foxfired — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:03:27 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/we-are-not-going-to-agree-on-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101920

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by foxfired in "AI slop is killing online communities"

foxfired — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:41:39 +0000

For every argument against AI slop, you will get a variation of it's the future, or I'm 10x more productive now, I've shipped 3 applications in 2 days, etc.

They won't stop talking about it and defending it. But I can't get anyone to share their amazing work with me.

There is a reason the Show HN projects that are mostly vibecoded don't get much response. It's because they aren't any good. Comments that are AI generated are hollow. Videos that AI generated a shell of their sources.