Hacker News: g_host56

New comment by g_host56 in "The Codex App"

g_host56 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:59:39 +0000

I just downloaded and didn't give it access to my zsh shell. But it already had access. Have a feeling it has the ability to read my contents, any ideas?

It would suck if they got my project data to train, this way.

New comment by g_host56 in "Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out"

g_host56 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:31:17 +0000

this is cool but, so much water, electricity, and resources being wasted on this ...

New comment by g_host56 in "Noclip.website – A digital museum of video game levels"

g_host56 — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:38:47 +0000

this is sick, these games were like my 3rd space, my digital world as a kid. Nice website.

New comment by g_host56 in "Size of Life"

g_host56 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:38:02 +0000

Beautiful website, love that it's using vue.

New comment by g_host56 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

g_host56 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:59:32 +0000

this is very cool, noticed vue and nuxt nice.

New comment by g_host56 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

g_host56 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:01:43 +0000

Working on therapy software, for porn addiction.

https://zenstreak.app/

New comment by g_host56 in "Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)"

g_host56 — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:03:16 +0000

nice, I was hacking common lisp this weekend.

Also this video was interesting, Oral History of John McCarthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuU82i3hi8c&t=1564s

Build to Last – Jeremy Howard and Chris Lattner

g_host56 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:11:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fast.ai/posts/2025-10-30-build-to-last.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45772884

Points: 2

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New comment by g_host56 in "Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year"

g_host56 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 03:02:03 +0000

well said

New comment by g_host56 in "How can newbies make proper use of AI and still be good developers?"

g_host56 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 02:22:14 +0000

good question, my 2cents:

- use it to find information, like APIs & documentation.

- ask the llm a ton of questions.

- and don't be intimidated, if you ask any good programmer LLMs are still not that good and mess up a lot.

- if you are learning just to learn then just have fun.

- but if you are on a deadline or need to make an app to solve a problem and you don't really care about, quality, security, or learning then just use cursor or aider to get the job done.

Show HN: ZenStreak - I built an iOS app to help me quit...

g_host56 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:14:18 +0000

The reason why I got into programming like many other people was because I feel in love with video games. Zelda, and Mario on the N64 were some of my favorite. But I also started watching adult content (pron) at a very early age.

I was able to navigate the web more naturally than other people. And so my brain was hooked.

It's been more than a decade carrying this unwanted habit. After my long term girlfriend almost ended things with me about my use I decided it was time to quit.

I tried other apps to quit. Their attempt was honest and at times good. But they just felt short of what I was actually looking for. What ended up working for me was: having a notecard on my desk and a checkbox for every day, that I look at daily.

It's actually comically simple. But it worked for me. So I decided to build a native iOS app. Partly because I didn't want the notecards to pile up and make a mess. But also to learn Swift, SwiftUI, and SwiftData.

I had fun making the app for myself. I've been using it for about 8 months now on my development Xcode build ... I finally got around to making it available for others.

Check it out if you're interested. thanks for reading.

app store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zenstreak-quit-porn-tracker/id...

website: http://zenstreak.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551881

Points: 3

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New comment by g_host56 in "Show HN: I wrote a "web OS" based on the Apple Lisa's UI, with 1-bit graphics"

g_host56 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 21:05:47 +0000

very cool!

New comment by g_host56 in "The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)"

g_host56 — Sat, 03 May 2025 16:59:26 +0000

I could have told you this for free :)

but really it just depends: - web or app information software: logic and language matters more here - doing what Donald Knuth does: math matters more here