Hacker News: high_byte

New comment by high_byte in "Alternate clock designs and time systems"

high_byte — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:09:08 +0000

24 hours is better imo than am-pm.

I made an app widget to measure time in percentages instead of 24 hours

https://www.reddit.com/r/Time/comments/1ujj9py/comment/ov6qo...

New comment by high_byte in "Tenda firmware (multiple versions) contains hidden authentication backdoor"

high_byte — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:30:47 +0000

this is definitely a backdoor, not necessarily that they use it to infiltrate users but definitely they put them at risk.

reminds me of a bug I found in some tplink router it compared passwords of 3 different users but that table was empty so basically 15 NULL bytes would log you in as admin lol

New comment by high_byte in "Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt"

high_byte — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:26:05 +0000

what if it contained a zero day for tesseract and the script you thought you got is just a throwaway

New comment by high_byte in "New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview"

high_byte — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:36:31 +0000

those spikes in march and june? war with iran. interesting...

New comment by high_byte in "Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video"

high_byte — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:13:52 +0000

my experience with ffmpeg scene detection is that it's flaky. it works, sometimes, but not reliable by any means

New comment by high_byte in "Show HN: I made a heatmap of 3400 VCs who are open to cold emails"

high_byte — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:29:25 +0000

would be nice to be able to simply get the list instead of having an ominous heatmap

New comment by high_byte in "Words Are a Byproduct of Consciousness. For LLMs, It's Backwards"

high_byte — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:48:10 +0000

this was absolutely fascinating to read

New comment by high_byte in "Ask HN: Why don't LLM harnesses enable/expose custom middleware hooks?"

high_byte — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:51:01 +0000

that's sort of what skills are.

create a skill that transformed the json then "/ "

New comment by high_byte in "Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?"

high_byte — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:48:03 +0000

code is like assembly now.

in the olden days (pre-LLMs) we would write high-level code.

the entire layer was high-level code and rarely would we ever need to peak into the assembly:

writing, debugging, architecting, reviewing, testing - all were done in the high-level language layer.

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welcome to present day:

since we don't write code - we write intents, we also shouldn't review code either - we should review intents.

I don't review my code anymore. I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

I also ask it to write test and evaluate by whether the tests passed or not. I don't need to peak into the tests code - I can also ask plain english, pseudocode, control flow graph, whatever it is I want.

I can ask it to find errors or missing tests and improve that too!

code is like assembly now.

rare are the cases you would need to peak into that level.

New comment by high_byte in "Show HN: Snowscroll – I removed addictive feeds from social media"

high_byte — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:58:00 +0000

this is amazing exactly what I always wanted

how did this even get approved by app store? that's actually surprising

New comment by high_byte in "TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP"

high_byte — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:31:39 +0000

interesting attack vector

shame it's not a real device so the surface is limited to bash only

I wonder what software might be vulnerable to this attack surface

New comment by high_byte in "The five pillars of the post-AI interview"

high_byte — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:57:17 +0000

rick rubin says otherwise

New comment by high_byte in "The five pillars of the post-AI interview"

high_byte — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:55:56 +0000

of course

New comment by high_byte in "I don't review my code anymore"

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:39:09 +0000

classic HN

New comment by high_byte in "The five pillars of the post-AI interview"

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:37:06 +0000

I am the founder and ceo

I don't review my code anymore

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:33:20 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/high_byte/status/2065744142760628470

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515740

Points: 3

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New comment by high_byte in "The five pillars of the post-AI interview"

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:25:09 +0000

"the code review: if you can’t review code, you can’t direct AI tools. You cannot lead a team. You cannot even trust your own work."

I would revise that a bit

since we don't write code, we write intents - we shouldn't review code either, we should review intents.

I don't review my code anymore. I ask the agent to generate markdown docs, graphviz diagrams, changelogs, audit reports, etc. I only review that.

I can ask it to find errors or missing tests and improve that too!

so yea - code is like assembly now. rare are the cases you need to peak into that level.

New comment by high_byte in "Open source AI must win"

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:18:25 +0000

even if the most powerful ai is open source and let's even assume runs on consumer hardware - in the end data is the real moat.

if it can access private data it will necessarily have more power.

New comment by high_byte in "Why Zig When There is C++, D, and Rust?"

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:15:53 +0000

honestly I don't think I've ever seen D codebases??

Ask HN: How to deal with App Store rejections?

high_byte — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:13:31 +0000

My first submission to the Apple App Store has been rejected due to "Spam".

According to the guidelines: " - Submitting an app with the same source code or assets as other apps already submitted to the App Store - Creating and submitting multiple similar apps using a repackaged app template - Purchasing an app template with problematic code from a third party - Submitting several similar apps across multiple accounts "

I built my app 100% from scratch - including all code, media assets, design, copywriting. Everything was built by me. There is only one dependency which is the AI model weights which runs locally on device... can't expect those to be unique too!

I have only one submission in this one and only account.

I assume they automatically flagged the app's AI model weights - but that should not be flagged!

How can I handle this so I can eventually get my app approved?

Because they didn't even reference to any other similar apps. Does it even matter? The store is flooded with clones of TODO apps, calorie trackers, etc. I believe my app is actually unique.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515589

Points: 4

# Comments: 3