Hacker News: istillwritecode

New comment by istillwritecode in "Files are the interface humans and agents interact with"

istillwritecode — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:45:09 +0000

Except android and iOS are both trying to keep you away from your own files.

New comment by istillwritecode in "A simple web we own"

istillwritecode — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:44:20 +0000

I like how it's not mobile friendly.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library"

istillwritecode — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:17:05 +0000

bootstrap has not depended on jquery for a long time now.

New comment by istillwritecode in "MTOTP: Wouldn't it be nice if you were the 2FA device?"

istillwritecode — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:22:26 +0000

No. I'm comfortable remembering passwords.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Reducing Dependabot Noise"

istillwritecode — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 03:06:55 +0000

try reducing dependencies.

New comment by istillwritecode in "HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)"

istillwritecode — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:15:37 +0000

I would like to write code for latexml to translate a package but I found the documentation to be hard to understand. That might be what is holding developers back. I looked at this a year ago and gave up.

New comment by istillwritecode in "FAA to cut flights by 10% at 40 major airports due to government shutdown"

istillwritecode — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:10:01 +0000

No doubt flights between blue cities.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying"

istillwritecode — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:19:33 +0000

you can't install for Firefox on Android unless you use a Google account for the play store.

New comment by istillwritecode in "How the US Built 5k Ships in WWII"

istillwritecode — Thu, 08 May 2025 03:37:41 +0000

I highly recommend the Rosie-the-riveter museum at the old Richmond shipyard. What happened there is amazing to this day.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative"

istillwritecode — Tue, 06 May 2025 21:18:58 +0000

They spelled Len's name wrong in the credits. :/

New comment by istillwritecode in "Try Switching to Kagi"

istillwritecode — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 03:15:14 +0000

Nah. I don't do subscriptions for much of anything. I just do fewer searches now that I know google is so heavily slanted toward commercially relevant queries.

Kagi seems like an obvious acquisition target. They will never raise enough paying subscribers.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Perplexity CEO says browser will track everything users do online to sell ads"

istillwritecode — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 02:59:09 +0000

Everyone in adtech gets a boner when they think people want more personalized ads. News flash: people hate them.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Google reveals sky-high Gemini usage numbers in antitrust case"

istillwritecode — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:33:03 +0000

Opting people into their sludge generates high engagement numbers. Or is it enragement?

New comment by istillwritecode in "OpenSMTPD and Maildrop working in concert"

istillwritecode — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:10:59 +0000

Note: that article does not contain the word "forward".

New comment by istillwritecode in "Do you want to be doing this when you're 50? (2012)"

istillwritecode — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:15:54 +0000

I'm almost 71 and I still write code every day. The only difference is that I haven't done it for an employer in seven years.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Show HN: Hacker News frontpage as a print newspaper that you can personalize"

istillwritecode — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:39:22 +0000

For those who prefer scrolling to reading I guess.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Y Combinator, AI startups oppose California AI safety bill"

istillwritecode — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:44:22 +0000

AI is getting harder to build a tech business in because people are starting to see through the hype.

New comment by istillwritecode in "Ask HN: Can we please get dark mode?"

istillwritecode — Tue, 14 May 2024 03:10:56 +0000

Does Firefox send a header to request this?

New comment by istillwritecode in "In Response to Google"

istillwritecode — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:24:48 +0000

Context: a response to a hit piece on Prabhakar Raghavan that needs corroboration from people inside before anyone should believe it.

New comment by istillwritecode in "The man who killed Google Search?"

istillwritecode — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:26:47 +0000

I know Prabhakar. He was my manager at Google Research and he tried to recruit me to Yahoo in 2005, but I went to Google instead. This article stinks of hatred and misunderstanding about how Google works. It's possible that Prabhakar bears some responsibility for the decline of search experience, but it sounds over the top to assign all blame to him as a manager.