Hacker News: fraXis

New comment by fraXis in "John C. Dvorak has died"

fraXis — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:05:15 +0000

Sadly, I don't think so. I remember Leo saying some not-so-nice things about John on the pre-show to TWIT a few months ago. I never understood how Leo couldn't forgive John for whatever he did, but Leo has had long-lasting feuds with a lot of people over the years. All that wasted time fighting between those two when we could have had them doing great shows together over the past few years and giving us great content. What a waste of time fighting.

New comment by fraXis in "John C. Dvorak has died"

fraXis — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:59:27 +0000

Too bad him and Leo had a falling out years ago. I really loved watching those two together. I remember John was always borrowing Leo's equipment, such as camera lenses, and he would always forget to bring them back and Leo would always scold him for that.

New comment by fraXis in "Ask HN: What are your favorite blogs not about AI?"

fraXis — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:51:33 +0000

Not a blog, but a podcast, but I love "The AI Daily Brief," and I listen to it daily because it keeps me up to date on almost everything happening in the AI universe.

https://aidailybrief.ai/

New comment by fraXis in "Ask HN: What Are You Building with AI?"

fraXis — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:46:21 +0000

This is interesting and something I have not thought of before. Can you please go into more specifics?

>> "I've also found a "working_with_me" file and a specific "project_handoff" file help maintain state session over session."

Ask HN: What Are You Building with AI?

fraXis — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:05:14 +0000

Are you building with AI for yourself, your employer, customers, or as a startup?

What LLMs, coding agents, or development tools are you using? Are you primarily prompt coding, vibe coding, or using a more structured agentic workflow?

Are you using one agent or coordinating multiple agents? How much of the generated code do you review or rewrite?

Has AI allowed you to build something you could not have built previously?

What have you learned that would help someone starting an AI-assisted coding project today?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48917667

Points: 4

# Comments: 10

New comment by fraXis in "Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?"

fraXis — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:28:54 +0000

Very impressive, especially since you did it solo. The website looks great and explains everything in detail.

Can you elaborate more about its development? How much do 110B tokens equate to in $$$? What LLM did you prefer most during development? Any suggestions for other solo developers trying to launch their LLM-built product?

New comment by fraXis in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

fraXis — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:28:05 +0000

How are you accessing their API? Through OpenRouter, or direct? Are you using DeepSeek v4 Pro? $2 seems a lot cheaper than my own experience accessing them through OpenRouter for over 100 million tokens, but I am using OpenRouter to access v4 pro.

New comment by fraXis in "Show HN: I made a tactical map-based WWII submarine simulator (public beta)"

fraXis — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:36:34 +0000

This is so cool. Awesome job! I grew up playing submarine games: Gato, Silent Service, The Hunt for Red October, Up Periscope!, and Aces of the Deep. I wishlisted it on Steam and will be purchasing it when it is released.

Can you talk about the development process? How long did it take you? Is any of it vibe-coded? As you already stated, the browser version is a Vite/TypeScript app, but what programming language is the actual game in?

Edit: Also, nice website!

New comment by fraXis in "Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes"

fraXis — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:03:59 +0000

I would recommend WindowBlinds to achieve the "grey, boxy UI" look. As for a Windows 2000 theme out of the box, I am not sure, but I know it can make your Windows 10/11 UI look and behave like Windows XP.

There is a custom skin editor as well, so you can tailor the look of Windows to anything you choose, so you can probably get very close to the Windows 2000 look you are seeking.

https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

New comment by fraXis in "Movies Are Too Long"

fraXis — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:27:38 +0000

The Sphere version of WoZ is intentionally shorter. It is 75 minutes, compared to the original's 101 minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_at_Sphere

Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8

fraXis — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:49:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/psa-instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-8/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024160

Points: 104

# Comments: 52

Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI's models to train Grok

fraXis — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:32:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/921546/elon-musk-xai-openai-trial-model-distillation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967847

Points: 13

# Comments: 4

Affected by This LastPass Breach? How to Get a Cut of the $24.5M Settlement

fraXis — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:05:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcmag.com/news/affected-by-this-lastpass-breach-how-to-get-a-cut-of-the-245m-settlement

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47605101

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by fraXis in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

fraXis — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:05:44 +0000

That game sounds interesting. What is it called? I only saw Beavers Be Damned when I searched Steam.

Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking new Windows 11 ISOs resulting in IP bans

fraXis — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:14:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/rufus-developers-blame-microsoft-for-blocking-access-to-the-latest-windows-11-isos-windows-insiders-met-with-an-ip-ban-after-attempting-to-download-latest-builds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47043644

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

CEO Jensen Huang said he wants employees to stop coding

fraXis — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:51:24 +0000

Article URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/after-ceo-jensen-huang-said-he-wants-employees-to-stop-coding-nvidia-give-all-its-30000-engineers-access-to/articleshow/128254883.cms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996405

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT following em dash formatting rules

fraXis — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:20:21 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/forget-agi-sam-altman-celebrates-chatgpt-finally-following-em-dash-formatting-rules/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932845

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by fraXis in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

fraXis — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:49:13 +0000

+1 for TickTick. It gets the job done and I love that I can set reminders for my tasks that I can snooze from my Apple Watch or computer desktops instead of having to rely on Apple Reminders.

The Browser Company's AI browser now has a $20 subscription

fraXis — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:36:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/news/756427/browser-company-dia-pro-ai-pricing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44832111

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by fraXis in "Show HN: HackerNewt – Breadth-first exploring HN client for iOS"

fraXis — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:20:32 +0000

Nice job! Will you be releasing an Android version?