Hacker News: iask

New comment by iask in "Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold"

iask — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:07:26 +0000

I stuck with WinForms and complemented it with DevExpress since their first release and never looked back.

I still think WinForms is one of their best UI framework. As for WPF, intentionally avoided it since day one. I’m not fiddling with no XAML.

New comment by iask in "Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices"

iask — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:14:16 +0000

This one caught me by surprise. Publisher is a really great tool to create internal documents…reminds me of the Adobe Fireworks fiasco. They force you to use a tool of which you only need 5% and pay an increase cost (time and subscription) 500%.

I mean, Powerpoint, really? That app should’ve been gone a long time.

New comment by iask in "Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor"

iask — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:07:21 +0000

yes, Recharge is strictly Shopify, although the do allow some custom integrations.

New comment by iask in "Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help"

iask — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:02:33 +0000

It has always been so since the dawn of modern desktops. I don’t see how/why this is noise. This is like a developer at a standup insisting we can make the app faster adding some micro services, flashy UX, and a few months of work while the - end user will still enter 20 order changes in an 8 hour day because that’s the environment.

What will you gain from removing the icons?

New comment by iask in "Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor"

iask — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:26:24 +0000

This is like a Stripe wrapper? Similar to Recharge Payments… the flow looks identical, well almost.

New comment by iask in "We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance"

iask — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:52:14 +0000

Wtf! I’m certain this entire stack was reviewed by low level outsourced contractors.

To the person below whining that BK should’ve had more time…absolutely not! Users have a right to know. No effort was made to protect the data. None.

Action needs to be taken. The company contracted to build this stack should be replaced asap! Including the CISO.

New comment by iask in "Dark patterns"

iask — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 01:07:02 +0000

If you want to see dark patterns in action in the US, visit any fitness, diet, weight-loss, vitamin and supplement website.

CEOs, CMOs and marketers prioritize the “abandoned cart”. It’s just business.

New comment by iask in "Florida insurers steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says"

iask — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:14:23 +0000

You are not the only person that will own the house you live in, that’s essentially what permits and regulations are for, to ensure the next owner isn’t saddled with a stupid decision made by the previous homeowner. Roof inspections are particularly important in places with snow load or hurricane force winds.

That’s what home inspectors are for at the time of purchase. And even if I choose to replace the roof myself - the city is free to inspect according to their ordinances. What I disagree with is that you MUST use their approved contractors.

And the prorated nonsense is simply mathematical fraud.

New comment by iask in "Florida insurers steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says"

iask — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:04:59 +0000

I think the elephant in the room is fraudulent claims. Majority of the claims filed is related to over-priced contractors. Pick any city, pick any house - old, new, big, small, tiny - the average roof replacement is 4x-5x the cost!

I know of multiple cases where the adjusters send in claims that are 50% to 90% of the actual repair cost. This is the REAL problem. Not hurricanes. It’s the fucking fraud.

I think the only option to combat this is to give home owners the right to fix things like roof themselves…why do I need a city permit, why do I need a fraudulent contractor permitted ONLY by the city (I don’t want the city looking out for me…that’s always their BS argument…leave that to me). I should be able to shop the supplies myself.

Here’s another exercise - pick any city in FL - try to buy roofing materials yourself.

The point is - Fraud is the biggest problem with homeowners insurance in the state of FL.

New comment by iask in "Visual Basic 6 rebuilt in C# – complete with form designer and IDE in browser"

iask — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:56:29 +0000

It was rad!

New comment by iask in "Notes on Guyana"

iask — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:12:24 +0000

Guyana is considered part of the Caribbean because they speak 100% English…well creole English (broken English) to be precise.

Just like American Indians, the natives there are called Amerindian.

There’s also a huge Dutch history…dating back to the 1600 if I remember correctly.

WOW! It’s amazing to see Guyana mentioned on HN.

If you rally want to know Guyanese, get invited to one of our parties. Fun and down-to-earth folks…well most, some can definitely carry a massive ego seed.

If you haven’t met anyone in tech - greetings! A pleasure to meet you. 20 years building successful companies and products in the USA.

Wakenaam - Dutch - “Waiting for a name”.

New comment by iask in "MQTT, once the cornerstone of IoT communication, is starting to show its age"

iask — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:10:29 +0000

If I have to book a call with an expert just to test…it’s a total waste of my time for both personal and enterprise. MQTT lives…old-ish, faithful and reliable. It’s easy to setup - personal and enterprise. It’s scalable. I can pub and sub…that’s all we’re asking of it.

New comment by iask in "The unwritten laws of engineering at Stedi"

iask — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:25:03 +0000

I love the product. I love the service. HOWEVER, I’ve been doing this for a while to know that at some point, Stedi will bought…Stedi will be sold (notice my ordering of bought/sold) and the product and service will become another complicated and expensive mess.

New comment by iask in "Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones"

iask — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 15:44:10 +0000

This is great! It might be nice to see - dragging the slider increase/decrease by 15 mins (current) and tapping should increase/decrease by 1 min.

New comment by iask in "Show HN: Kody Tools – I developed 300 tools in 6 months"

iask — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 22:29:44 +0000

Nice work. How about X12 to XML and X12 to JSON?

New comment by iask in "Companies are buying washing machines to take the chips out and repurpose them"

iask — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:01:11 +0000

If only there is an OpenWashingMachine repo where one can obtain cycle details an what not, perhaps the DIYers can bring these back to life with arduinos and RPis.

New comment by iask in "NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange for a cut of the fines"

iask — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:53:27 +0000

Without mercy - Double parking should be next on the list. Especially in Queens.

New comment by iask in "Adobe XD, where did it go wrong?"

iask — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 13:38:22 +0000

Same sentiment here. I was able to whip up what I need quickly with FW.

New comment by iask in "What makes EDI so hard?"

iask — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:55:14 +0000

Connect with me via devsaikan ~the google mail~

New comment by iask in "What makes EDI so hard?"

iask — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 23:47:07 +0000

Have you done programming in other languages or worked with other formats other than excel and CSV?

The x12 argument was fine 5-10 years ago. Certainly not now. There are much better structures available.