Hacker News: frouge

New comment by frouge in "Apparently Google hates us now"

frouge — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:56:52 +0000

I can even tell you that Google hates us all

New comment by frouge in "Skip is now free and open source"

frouge — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:20:27 +0000

I'm interested in the subject but I've never heard about someone actually using Skip. Can someone share his experience, like how long it takes to get an Android app from a working iOS project. What kind of work is needed here?

New comment by frouge in "Roc Camera"

frouge — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:17:52 +0000

To me it sounds like someone is trying to create a problem and sell it to me. Who needs to create images with proof of reality?

New comment by frouge in "I've been advocating for RSS support, and you should too"

frouge — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:41:02 +0000

I agree that to succeed RSS must be properly managed right in the browser. The problem is that it was not properly implemented inside Firefox, so I personaly didn't want to use that system.

What I want is a simple counter that show how many new posts there are of the RSS, and that's it. I only click for new content.

New comment by frouge in "Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Announced for 2025"

frouge — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:34:54 +0000

Check out the Factory in horn of the abyss : https://heroes.thelazy.net/index.php/Factory

New comment by frouge in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

frouge — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:24:20 +0000

I've created an app to quickly launch timers on my iPhone. I frequently use timers during my day: for tea, naps and for my morning routine, so constantly changing the duration on the default app became a pain. I created Enchant to be able to launch timers using iOS widgets or Siri, and it's really fast and fun to use :)

I've published the app a couple of month ago: https://apps.apple.com/app/enchant-amazing-timers/id64460937...

New comment by frouge in "[dead]"

frouge — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:13:03 +0000

The hacker news title is also the opposite of everything we want: nothing to do with the article's title.

Which is: The first Android is 15 years old, and it is the opposite of everything we want in a smartphone today

New comment by frouge in "Google was founded 25 years ago today"

frouge — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:32:10 +0000

It was dead the moment they let investors in

New comment by frouge in "Google no longer automatically indexes websites?"

frouge — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:41:00 +0000

Yes, Google is an ad-engine

New comment by frouge in "Cloudguy says we should log out of Amazon"

frouge — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:35:06 +0000

Put all your amazon devices into the garbage, trust me...one day you'll thank me :)

New comment by frouge in "Coworking from Home"

frouge — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:27:10 +0000

In France a small startup named Cohome has tested the concept several years ago. It unfortunately didn't last long but the idea is great. I've had the chance to use it and it was very nice. The issue is that freelancers can't pay much on these kind of services as they often have limited means. The other issue I believe is that there are more people willing to go to someone's place than people willing to share their place.

New comment by frouge in "SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage Than Anyone Thinks"

frouge — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:50:54 +0000

In case you missed it, there is a global climate emergency on planet Earth. Governments and agencies are letting it happen. So you can argue that they are doing their jobs and solving the problem as it's their job, but it's also possible that they're not doing it. And do you think Elon Musk will throw away millions in investments because of birds?

New comment by frouge in "This is the year of the RSS reader?"

frouge — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:27:55 +0000

What we need to revive RSS is have a true integration into browsers. Your bookmarks would display the numbers of unread posts and there is probably more great stuff to do.

New comment by frouge in "Hi, hello, I’m back at it"

frouge — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:12:56 +0000

Would you explain how was it transformative for you?

New comment by frouge in "Stadia died because no one trusts Google"

frouge — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:54:28 +0000

This: "To be honest I would be relieved if they screwed up Gmail so badly that I had no choice but to switch"

New comment by frouge in "EU moving closer to Facebook ban"

frouge — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:33:55 +0000

Fingers crossed!

New comment by frouge in "Entropy Is Fatal"

frouge — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:22:37 +0000

And more complexity in laws and many more things increases inequalities in our society. The more stuff (i.e. laws) the more you need people (lawyers) to understand them, the more intelligent people you also need (i.e. cryptos). All this creating a larger gap between social classes.

New comment by frouge in "UST “Stablecoin” at $.43"

frouge — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:11:57 +0000

ELI5 Why stable coin are a thing when I can trade bitcoins to USD?

New comment by frouge in "Things we did not do while reaching $2M ARR"

frouge — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:04:53 +0000

We did not get humble

New comment by frouge in "The web starts on page four"

frouge — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:43:05 +0000

Lucky you!