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New comment by imhoguy in "Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?"

imhoguy — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:05:43 +0000

It can be even better. An agent with Playwright MCP can browse even trickiest website structure and simply say what it "sees" and ask the user what to do next, voice or Braille.

New comment by imhoguy in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

imhoguy — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:03:43 +0000

And why they don't want to be there? This unearths more complex topic of individuality in aproximating school, because I think every kid wants and does't want different things. And these aren't limited to school material but also include social dynamics between peers or even type of chairs (ask kids with ADD spectrum).

New comment by imhoguy in "SQLite is all you need for durable workflows"

imhoguy — Sat, 30 May 2026 08:30:57 +0000

Thanks for your words of wisdom. I share same sentiment of simple apps. I self-learned coding thru 1990s and I am sick of herding distributed overgrown software at work.

Quick question: how do you inspect database contents of your deployed (micro)apps? I used SQLite in one production app and what I didn't like was to use terminal sqlite client on the server or having to copy DB to my laptop to query it with sqlitebrowser. With my Postgres server it is much simpler to just query by rich GUI client with SSH tunnel.

New comment by imhoguy in "Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots"

imhoguy — Sat, 30 May 2026 08:18:03 +0000

I am quite similar but this will be inevitable when I get old:

> desiring a robot to bathe you, wipe your bottom and genitals after the toilet, brush your teeth for you

My (EU) country is heading demographic catastrophe, so either I die in my feces or robots help me with hygiene.

Meanwhile I plan to downsize my home to reduce todays chores.

New comment by imhoguy in "Ask HN: What to learn and do, that makes me least affected by AI in STEM?"

imhoguy — Sat, 23 May 2026 15:54:16 +0000

20exp SWE here, I've doubled down effort and focus on my communication and people skills. First helps with prompts, but both make a difference when I pickup a phone and my side-project client is delighted they are not talking with a bot and their problems can be addressed by myself. AI is just another tool in my toolset to help people.

New comment by imhoguy in "Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations"

imhoguy — Fri, 22 May 2026 06:12:24 +0000

4. Wait for AI token price skyrocket.

5. Approach them to buy your convenient anti-BS-as-a-Service optimizer.

Rinse, repeat.

New comment by imhoguy in "Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations"

imhoguy — Fri, 22 May 2026 06:05:43 +0000

"I don't know. Do you want me to figure it out?" would be my take, depending on circumstances.

New comment by imhoguy in "Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations"

imhoguy — Fri, 22 May 2026 06:01:06 +0000

"Google it: " was the right response back in the time, now it should be "Claude it: ".

New comment by imhoguy in "Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model"

imhoguy — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:21:34 +0000

Try WASM, I bet every phone browser would run it. That would be killer demo!

New comment by imhoguy in "Restore full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers"

imhoguy — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:12:35 +0000

Less money because you get significantly closed product likely susbidised by state to dominate the open competition.

New comment by imhoguy in "Restore full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers"

imhoguy — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:05:21 +0000

I think OP meant designs which are not on MakerWorld. And I think technical incompetence is not a reason here otherwise they wouldn't gatekeep the access so much.

New comment by imhoguy in "If AI writes your code, why use Python?"

imhoguy — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:03:06 +0000

Plus Perl has very efficient minimal syntax, with "Perl golf" training set it is almost like ascii bytecode for LLMs.

New comment by imhoguy in "Write some software, give it away for free"

imhoguy — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:51:27 +0000

You can't encode high quality coding practices and conversation skills in 4GB model. Information compression is too lossy.

No one is hiring because IT hit peak of usefulness. I delete more apps from my phone than install every month. I don't need more services. My rusty car is enough, no need for more touch interfaces.

New comment by imhoguy in "Write some software, give it away for free"

imhoguy — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:24:47 +0000

An one thing which isn't free is AI. Try to maintain moderately complex app with AI and not spend $ on tokens or GPUs.

New comment by imhoguy in "Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again"

imhoguy — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:35:28 +0000

Would that apply to OpenCode too?

New comment by imhoguy in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

imhoguy — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:28:56 +0000

This. I just want Freeform usable on iPadOS again.

Since 26 upgrade it is unusable with 100+ notes. It looks like they merged iOS variant with Macos one. Constant freezes, random unsaves, device gets boiling hot. No fix with factory reset. I love the HW but SW needs more love.

New comment by imhoguy in "Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people"

imhoguy — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:50:26 +0000

Then we ask "whys" to understand the non-technical process. Maybe there is no need to add/change anything.

> We cannot do everything if we need to launch a reliable product.

Agreed, otherwise it would be Turing complete Excel/Email clone.

New comment by imhoguy in "Claude Code Routines"

imhoguy — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:54:18 +0000

Let it "build power plant" and we are on track with "Paperclip maximizer" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paper...

New comment by imhoguy in "Claude Code Routines"

imhoguy — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:30:01 +0000

AI race to the bottom is a debt game now. Once the party is over somebody will have to pay the bill.

New comment by imhoguy in "Subscription bombing and how to mitigate it"

imhoguy — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:02:24 +0000

Watch out, it may break accessibility of your service. If somebody fills these fields I would add extra verification e.g. accessible CAPTCHA.