Hacker News: hotgeart

New comment by hotgeart in "Ask HN: When will ChatGPT Voice be able to control my phone?"

hotgeart — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:19:45 +0000

It would be possible if ChatGPT eventually became an "Accessibility app" on Android. I've already built something similar that analyzes my Android screen and makes basic if/else decisions.

Of course, if you add an AI layer on top of that, the token usage would be enormous. So I don't think it's happening anytime soon unless OpenAI is willing to lose even more money than it already does today.

New comment by hotgeart in "[dead]"

hotgeart — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:13:06 +0000

There's one UX issue that would keep me from playing this game again. When you're in a large maze, backtracking with the arrow keys is very frustrating. Maybe the Backspace key could be used to undo the last move instead of having to navigate back with the arrow keys.

New comment by hotgeart in "We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot"

hotgeart — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:54:11 +0000

There's no way EU would let Google display ads without clearly marking them as such. So any ad blocker should be able to continue detect the block or link that's an ad.

New comment by hotgeart in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

hotgeart — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:35:19 +0000

Git just works. If you're not really familiar with it, you can use a free UI. If you don't know anything about it, AI like ChatGPT or Claude can help you commit or even teach you Git.

If you raise money for this project, you probably intend to make money in the near future. I don’t think anyone here wants ads on Git or to argue with a manager to get the premium version of GitButler just because you reached the commit limit.

These $17M should go to the Git maintainers.

New comment by hotgeart in "jQuery 4"

hotgeart — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:23:11 +0000

Hobbyists don’t want to learn every new framework. Someone can have a small business website for their activity and have been happy using jQuery since 2010.

New comment by hotgeart in "Ask HN: Can you patent prompts?"

hotgeart — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:25:13 +0000

> if the result of the prompts are not always the same on each run?

In stabble diffusion, it seems to me that if we define a seed with the prompt, we get the same result, no?

New comment by hotgeart in "Show HN: PolyGPT – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity responses side-by-side"

hotgeart — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:06:02 +0000

Does it need an API Key or it's like an 'iframe' of the web version?

New comment by hotgeart in "Show HN: I made a simple time card calculator"

hotgeart — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:48:24 +0000

Why not use https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/... ?

New comment by hotgeart in "Show HN: 47jobs – A Fiverr/Upwork for AI Agents"

hotgeart — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:53:52 +0000

- The site title shows 47jobs.xyz, but in the content it’s https://47jobs.com .

- All images are super high-res but displayed in a tiny 45px square.

- The URLs don’t include slugs.

- You’re loading jQuery for just a few lines of code: https://47jobs.xyz/static/js/main.js. Couldn’t your smart agent handle that without an extra library?

Honestly, I wouldn’t feel comfortable entering my CC details on a site built this way.

New comment by hotgeart in "Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room"

hotgeart — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:26:54 +0000

Same for TF2. I got like ~300€

New comment by hotgeart in "Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?"

hotgeart — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:44:04 +0000

Butter me up.

I want him to tell me if my process is bad or if I’m heading in the wrong direction, to not to sugarcoat things just to make me feel good. I mostly use it for code reviews.

Show HN: Deals Plus, a Community-Driven Deals Platform for Belgium

hotgeart — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:47:49 +0000

Hello! I'm Hotgeart (Thomas) from Belgium, a small country in the EU. While there are plenty of deal-hunting websites from neighboring countries like the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Germany, there are none specifically for Belgians. That's why I created Deal Plus. I aim to build a cool community around this project where Belgians can vote, comment, share and discover the best deals. The website is available in three languages: French, Dutch, and English.

Let me know what you think and if you see any bugs.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42229163

Points: 1

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New comment by hotgeart in "Apple acquires Pixelmator"

hotgeart — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:06:59 +0000

How can I read this without making an account?

New comment by hotgeart in "Show HN: I made a site to quick identify any plant and learn how to care for it"

hotgeart — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:21:58 +0000

The problem with this is also in the case of fraud refunds. I have a site where the subscription was only 2€/m but I had to increase it because when customers asked for a refund via their bank I had to pay 16€ in fees.

New comment by hotgeart in "Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues"

hotgeart — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:32:52 +0000

https://archive.ph/jjh8a

We're already working to address recent issues with Gemini's image generation feature. While we do this, we're going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon.

We're aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions. Here's our statement.

We're working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately. Gemini's Al image generation does generate a wide range of people. And that's generally a good thing because people around the world use it. But it's missing the mark here.

New comment by hotgeart in "What PWA Can Do Today"

hotgeart — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:06:04 +0000

> PWAs are the next step in mobile Web

For subscription app may be, but all ads revenue websites will reject it.

New comment by hotgeart in "Ask HN: How to create web, mobile, and desktop apps from a common code base?"

hotgeart — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:58:45 +0000

React Native. Why would you want a desktop app when it's already working in a browser?

If you really want a desktop app, I would recommend using React for the web, React with Electron for desktop, and React with CapacitorJS for mobile.

New comment by hotgeart in "How to build a IP geolocation database from scratch?"

hotgeart — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:16:54 +0000

Located 100km from the Somali coast... I'm in Brussels, Belgium, thx for protecting my privacy :D

New comment by hotgeart in "Ask HN: What’s the best GUI you’ve ever used for managing/querying databases?"

hotgeart — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:20:40 +0000

HeidiSQL for me

New comment by hotgeart in "Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by 2070"

hotgeart — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:17:00 +0000

If you have fewer people to pay pensions for the elderly, you will have to raise taxes. No ?