Hacker News: hilti

New comment by hilti in "google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update"

hilti — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:02:52 +0000

I'm hoping for a future where we create static HTML pages again styled with a bit of handmade CSS, because we're so tired of bot attacks and long loading times. Then suddenly a Cloudflare network becomes absolet.

New comment by hilti in "Vermell – Minimal, dependency-free C++ web framework using epoll"

hilti — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0000

I like the idea and the logo. But some real world examples like database usage, partials within templates and handling forms are missing.

New comment by hilti in "Walgit – a Git server that is one binary in front of an object store"

hilti — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:41:19 +0000

Are you aware of the author? He has some experience with Shopify ;-)

New comment by hilti in "Windows 95 released August 24, 1995"

hilti — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:14:57 +0000

I really do miss it, because it felt like a huge productivity jump and a logical organized UI and file system.

When Windows Vista got released I switched over to Mac.

New comment by hilti in "98.css"

hilti — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:09:18 +0000

Totally agree and I think the root cause are today's larger screen sizes, less constraints. Win95 was designed at a time when 800x600 and 1024x768 have been the standards to work with.

New comment by hilti in "98.css"

hilti — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:02:51 +0000

I love this UI, so here is my attempt to re-create this using ImGUI

https://github.com/marchildmann/BevelDesk

New comment by hilti in "Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)"

hilti — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:07:18 +0000

That's a reason for downvoting me?! I made a nice and respectful comment.

New comment by hilti in "Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)"

hilti — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:22:10 +0000

Great project. But please check the name:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento_(database)

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

hilti — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:28:53 +0000

There is no trial?

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

hilti — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:23:09 +0000

Looks nice - I will give it a try :-)

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

hilti — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:20:21 +0000

I know exactly where the pain point is coming from ;-) Created https://htmldock.com for friends and family.

It lacks monetization, but I have a BMC tip jar LOL

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

hilti — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:13:07 +0000

Claude helped me to rewire my first digital Märklin model train. It pulled the documentation of the control keyboards 6040 and told me how to wire them properly to the routers.

And I restored an old vintage amp with the help of schematics, multimeter and Claude. That was really cool.

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 21)"

hilti — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:48:42 +0000

(No AI)

I'm working on porting my data exploration tool ColumnLens [1] to Windows and Linux. Coming from Mac it's harder than I assumed.

[1] https://columnlens.com

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

hilti — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:55:39 +0000

Thank you so much for this link :-)

I'm studying old operating systems, because it's very interesting how we've been so productive with less screen pixels than we have today. It's basically mind blowing that 800x600 pixels have been a long time enough to get work done.

Currently I'm typing this on an iPhone 17 with a larger screen and after all the years there is nothing like a good charting, dashboarding or spreadsheet on it.

New comment by hilti in "Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors"

hilti — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:08:04 +0000

If you are constantly looking at your smartphone and ignore the real world ... yes ;-)

New comment by hilti in "Show HN: I built a native macOS audio player and it changed my life"

hilti — Tue, 05 May 2026 20:25:43 +0000

Looks interesting, but missing notarization and source code gives me a headache in this world of vibe coded apps. But glad you enjoyed the afternoon with Claude and get a personal reincarnation of Winamp for your box.

New comment by hilti in "Why TUIs Are Back"

hilti — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:54:40 +0000

I totally agree with the author that Windows GUIs and MacOS GUIs are getting worse with every iteration. For my own side project I used ImGUI and it's working great for my purpose.

It's by far not as beautiful rendered as the native OS layers, but easy to navigate and a good foundation for cross platform GUI development. And I got it even approved for the MacOS app store. Here's my write up: https://marchildmann.com/blog/imgui-mac-app-store/

New comment by hilti in "Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app"

hilti — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:34:44 +0000

Dozens of comments, but not a single "What was in their Claude.md"

New comment by hilti in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

hilti — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:40:49 +0000

Really cool - I love the retro look&feel of it. Like Photoshop 1.0

Is it a heavily customized SwiftUI app?

New comment by hilti in "How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU"

hilti — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:53:46 +0000

I love these posts, because I always wanted to get into game development and never found spare time. Thank you so much!