Hacker News: intervolz

New comment by intervolz in "A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost"

intervolz — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:40:07 +0000

4x lower is so mathematically awkward.

New comment by intervolz in "Show HN: Draw from your friends' Claude quota"

intervolz — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:09:10 +0000

Very cool and interesting. Checking out the repo now.

I built slashwork.sh as an offload marketplace for this exact thing but public facing and VM-wrapped for security.

Curious about how u address the trust layer and context offloading.

Show HN: Rank every HN "Who is hiring?" post against your resume, locally

intervolz — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:21:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/MaxwellVolz/hn_whos_hiring

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938748

Points: 14

# Comments: 3

New comment by intervolz in "Show HN: Chronos, 2 terminal games through 50 years of hacking history"

intervolz — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:11:47 +0000

had a wonderful time poking around, will definitely give this another shot when i have an hour to lock in.

01:58 lifted the blue-box tones — 1977

14:41 energized relay 3 — 1977

14:41 cut the LOCKD backdoor key — 1977

29:55 earned an elite BBS handle — 1983

55:19 recovered the DES key half — 1988

58:47 recovered the worm signature — 1988

60:28 the purge fired — the lock welded shut

Ask HN: Demonstrating Value with the Same Tools

intervolz — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:15:39 +0000

From one of the most intelligent humans I’ve ever known…

“Hardware engineers are coming up now that software people are just AI babysitters now”

and then the generic idiot of the group said:

“AI is coming for us all AI is going to start designing boards and chips soon if it hasn’t already.”

Man…i love generic baseless shit-talking. It makes it very easy to identify the parrot in the room.

and for that…

out of animosity…

i’d like to propose a challenge.

I think an hour is probably enough. Personally, I’d rather it was 10 hours. But for the sake of fairness, let’s call it a 60-minute drill.

So I ask you, HN: What task best separates someone who actually does the work *from someone who thinks AI just does the work*?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879313

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Traffic Breakdown of a Front Page Surge

intervolz — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:53:55 +0000

Breakdown of traffic from my Sol LeWitt Show HN post last week. 69 points, ~60k visitors, 10-hour spike, referral spread analysis.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47053174

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by intervolz in "Show HN: Sol LeWitt-style instruction-based drawings in the browser"

intervolz — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:20:04 +0000

Thank you for checking it out :)

New comment by intervolz in "Show HN: Sol LeWitt-style instruction-based drawings in the browser"

intervolz — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:19:24 +0000

Thank you for the positive feedback. The MASS MOCA is definitely on my must-see museum list. It should scale if you have a projector :)

Show HN: Sol LeWitt-style instruction-based drawings in the browser

intervolz — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:02:05 +0000

Sol LeWitt was a conceptual artist who never touched his own walls.

He wrote instructions and other people executed them, the original prompt engineer!

I bookmarked a project called "Solving Sol" seven years ago and made a repo in 2018. Committed a README. Never pushed anything else.

Fast forward to 2026, I finally built it.

https://intervolz.com/sollewitt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46965968

Points: 69

# Comments: 14

New comment by intervolz in "Em Dash in Reddit Comments, Interactive"

intervolz — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:56:18 +0000

Love this quote. In my youth, I attempted several times to use () for a thought within a larger sentence. My writing teacher at the time hated it! I never knew the correct way to do that or how to articulate it. "A parenthetical thought within a longer sentence" — I was so close!

New comment by intervolz in "Em Dash in Reddit Comments"

intervolz — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:13:51 +0000

Submitted! Thank you for the encouragement.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314672

Em Dash in Reddit Comments, Interactive

intervolz — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:19:17 +0000

Article URL: https://intervolz.com/emdash-observer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314672

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

New comment by intervolz in "Em Dash in Reddit Comments"

intervolz — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:38:06 +0000

here you go: https://intervolz.com/emdash-observer/

New comment by intervolz in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)"

intervolz — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:08:31 +0000

Senior SWE, 7+ at Meta, ready to start tomorrow.

Location: San Francisco

CA Remote: Yes – hybrid preferred, but fully remote OK

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, JS, Automation, Linux, React, Three.js, RF Systems, Embedded Systems, Multithreading, AI Agent, Unity, Serial & Socket I/O

Website: https://intervolz.com

Resume: https://intervolz.com/downloads/mvolz_resume.pdf

New comment by intervolz in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025)"

intervolz — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:30:58 +0000

Real-time systems engineer building insight from signals, sensors, and software.

Location: San Francisco, CA Remote: Yes – hybrid preferred, but fully remote OK Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, TypeScript, Linux, WebSockets, React, Three.js, Blender, Postgres, Redis, RF Systems, Embedded Systems, Multithreading, Automation Frameworks, GLTF, Unity, Serial & Socket I/O

Website: [https://intervolz.com/resume.pdf](https://yourdomain.com/resume.pdf) Resume: [https://intervolz.com/downloads/mvolz_resume.pdf](https://intervolz.com/downloads/mvolz_resume.pdf) Email: maxwellvolz@gmail

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I'm a senior software engineer with 10+ years of experience building full-stack systems at the intersection of hardware and software. Most recently I led AR/VR automation at Meta, built real-time performance tracing tools with Perfetto, and drove CPU/GPU profiling pipelines for next-gen wearable devices. Before that, I verified phased-array antenna hardware and built full-stack systems for the HAPS project (SoftBank acquisition).

I love turning messy real-world systems into interactive software tools. My skillset spans system design and integration, high-throughput automation, and modern tech stacks. I’m especially into creative 3D UIs, live visualization of physical systems, and tools that empower engineers and artists.

I'm looking for teams solving weird problems that may have physical interfaces, spatial tech, or just need a hacker who figures stuff out and makes it feel polished. Growth-stage startups or skunkworks teams are ideal.