Hacker News: hexsprite

New comment by hexsprite in "Codex logging bug may write TBs to local SSDs"

hexsprite — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:39:27 +0000

I created a Claude Code plugin to load AGENTS.md. Uses symlinks but it’s better than no support.

https://github.com/hexsprite/claude-agents-md

New comment by hexsprite in "Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant"

hexsprite — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:17:52 +0000

Clawdbot finally clicked for me this week. I was renting out an apartment and I had it connect to FB messenger, do the initial screening messages and then schedule times for viewings in my calendar. I was approving it's draft messages but starting giving it some automatic responses as well. Overall it did 9/10 on this task with a couple cases where it got confused. This is just scratching the surface but this was something that was very valuable for me and saved me several hours of time.

New comment by hexsprite in "Claude Code gets native LSP support"

hexsprite — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:54:57 +0000

The typescript-lsp (and others?) is missing a critical part of LSPs whcih is the diagnostics for real-time errors and warnings. So you still need to run a linter, tsc, etc. to generate those sadly.

New comment by hexsprite in "ht: Headless Terminal"

hexsprite — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:20:15 +0000

Seems like it could be useful for e2e testing of command line applications

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2024)"

hexsprite — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:20:28 +0000

  Location: Boise / Toronto
  Remote: Only
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies:
    - TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, C, PHP 
    - Node.js, MeteorJS, Django
    - HTML/CSS, React, Vue
    - MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL
  Résumé/CV: Request via Mail
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker
  Email: jbb+hn@scryent.com
  GitHub: https://github.com/hexsprite

Hello! I'm Jordan, a senior engineer/software consultant/fCTO with over 20 years of experience in full-stack web and hybrid mobile app development. I take pride in writing clean code, refactoring, writing tests, and ensuring that everything runs smoothly in the CI environment. Throughout my career, I have established and enforced coding standards across projects, and I've provided valuable feedback and mentoring to the developers I've managed.

As a trained Agile Scrum Master, I can seamlessly integrate into Agile team environments and contribute effectively from day one. Whether it's launching green field projects or revamping large codebases with minimal understanding, I am adaptable and driven to succeed.

Being a US/Canadian Dual Citizen, I am currently living in Boise, ID, but I am open to remote opportunities. My expertise makes me an ideal candidate for a Software Developer or Team Lead role. If you would like to know more about my qualifications, feel free to reach out to me. I look forward to connecting with you!

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)"

hexsprite — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:20:02 +0000

  Location: Boise / Toronto
  Remote: Only
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies:
    - TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, C, PHP 
    - Node.js, MeteorJS, Django
    - HTML/CSS, React, Vue
    - MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL
  Résumé/CV: Request via Mail
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker
  Email: jbb+hn@scryent.com
  GitHub: https://github.com/hexsprite

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024)"

hexsprite — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:32:31 +0000

  Location: Boise / Toronto
  Remote: Only
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies:
    - TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, C, PHP 
    - Node.js, MeteorJS, Django
    - HTML/CSS, React, Vue
    - MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL
  Résumé/CV: Request via Mail
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker
  Email: jbb+hn@scryent.com
  GitHub: https://github.com/hexsprite

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)"

hexsprite — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:52:55 +0000

  Location: Boise, ID
  Remote: Only
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies:
    - TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, C, PHP 
    - Node.js, MeteorJS, Django
    - HTML/CSS, React, Vue
    - MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL
  Résumé/CV: Request via Mail
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker
  Email: jbb+hn@scryent.com
  GitHub: https://github.com/hexsprite

Throughout my career, I have established and enforced coding standards across projects, and I've provided valuable feedback and mentoring to the developers I've managed.

New comment by hexsprite in "Using Goatse to Stop App Theft"

hexsprite — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:29:22 +0000

Just keep in mind some kids might be playing these games. So while it might be satisfying to stick it to the sites that are stealing your code, you might traumatize a child.

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2023)"

hexsprite — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:27:58 +0000

Seeking Work:

Location: Boise, Idaho / Toronto Remote: Yes, remote only Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

React NodeJS MeteorJS Devops (AWS, K8s, Docker, GCloud) Postgres/Mongo TypeScript Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Résumé/CV: [Available upon request]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker/

Website: https://scryent.com

Email: jb+hn@jordanbaker.me

Hello! I'm Jordan, a software consultant/fCTO/engineer with over 20 years of experience in full-stack web and hybrid mobile app development. I take pride in writing clean code, refactoring, writing tests, and ensuring that everything runs smoothly in the CI environment. Throughout my career, I have established and enforced coding standards across projects, and I've provided valuable feedback and mentoring to the developers I've managed.

New comment by hexsprite in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2023)"

hexsprite — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:53:10 +0000

SEEKING WORK

Location: Boise, Idaho / Toronto | Remote: Yes, remote only | Willing to relocate: No

Hello! I'm Jordan! I've been doing software development for over 20 years and I'm a consultant/fCTO/engineer specializing in full-stack web and hybrid mobile app development.

Technologies: React, NodeJS, MeteorJS, Devops (AWS, K8s, Docker, GCloud), Postgres/Mongo, TypeScript, DDD

* I love to write clean code, refactor, write tests, prettify and ensure that everything is green in the CI environment. Typically I have been the one setting up and enforcing all of these standards across projects.

* I've reviewed 1000s of PRs across projects and given valuable feedback and mentoring to the developers I've managed

* Trained as an Agile Scrum Master, I can jump into pretty much any Agile team environment and be productive right away

* I've launched green field projects and also renovated large codebases where there were no longer any team members that understood what was going on. Throw me at a project, and I will figure it out.

* I'm a US/Canadian Dual Citizen living in Boise, ID

* Role: Software Developer / Team Lead

* Rates start at $150/hr.

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanbaker/

* Website: https://scryent.com

* Email: jb+hn@jordanbaker.me

New comment by hexsprite in "U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline"

hexsprite — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 01:09:10 +0000

Good point, one could measure (est.) years lost rather than lives lost as a way to quantify that.

New comment by hexsprite in "I Accidentally Deleted 7TB of Videos Before Going to Production"

hexsprite — Thu, 05 May 2022 20:08:01 +0000

when doing migrations/conversions I always write a script in dry-run mode first. I exhaustively check the results to make sure they are expected. Then try to do a real conversion/transfer of only the 1st file and make sure that worked. Then do a couple more. Etc. Only then do I feel confident to do the whole thing.

New comment by hexsprite in "Detecting Node Event Loop Blockers"

hexsprite — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:40:18 +0000

how come it was deleted?

New comment by hexsprite in "Genius Checklist"

hexsprite — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:33:23 +0000

One way to hack stress is to consider that there's some things that happen that are inherently stressful, and then there's the way we perceive or respond to it that can also add to that stress. I have found meditation and reframing the situation to be powerful tools for that.

With sleep, one might not be able to get more hours or sleep, but it's possible to improve the quality of sleep. For example I recently was not sleeping well, was diagnosed with a sleep apnea, and now using a CPAP machine allows the sleep I do get to be better quality. Other things: journal and meditate before bed to calm the mind, stretch/yoga/qigong to relax the body

New comment by hexsprite in "High-resolution holographic interface [video]"

hexsprite — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:57:06 +0000

I'm sure it's awesome, but watching their marketing video it's not obvious that it's worth $15k.

New comment by hexsprite in "Big Mail: Your inbox, upgraded"

hexsprite — Fri, 28 May 2021 18:49:31 +0000

I believe they used Apple's standard terms for 3rd party developers on the App Store.

New comment by hexsprite in "Node.js race conditions"

hexsprite — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:15:44 +0000

It’s just a function that returns a promise object. The await keyword triggers the wait and unwrap functionality, but in cases where you don’t care you can just call it as a regular function

New comment by hexsprite in "Little Things That Made Amiga Great"

hexsprite — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:41:57 +0000

Fun trip down memory lane. My first C compiler was Lattice C which I made resident so I wouldn't have to swap floppies on my single drive Amiga 2000. I can see now how it was a great stepping stone to learning UNIX.

New comment by hexsprite in "You're Allowed to Write Slow Rust Code"

hexsprite — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:48:22 +0000

Good advice for any language. Write it correct first and optimize what’s needed.