Hacker News: j3s

New comment by j3s in "Show HN: Gitdot – a better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust"

j3s — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:51:10 +0000

"we built it in rust" is not a differentiator - especially when the first thing that happens when i click a repo is "mobile not supported"

lol. really stretching the word "better"

New comment by j3s in "Omarchy Is Not A Distro"

j3s — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:09:41 +0000

https://frame.work/laptop13pro :)

intel panther lake changed the game.

Omarchy Is Not A Distro

j3s — Sun, 24 May 2026 14:37:21 +0000

Article URL: https://abyss.fish/your_dotfiles_are_not_a_distro

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48257612

Points: 186

# Comments: 168

New comment by j3s in "Bitcoin trader recovers wallet with help of Claude"

j3s — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:29:07 +0000

blatant ad on the frontpage again

New comment by j3s in "Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms"

j3s — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:20:11 +0000

apologies if i was blunt - readme sloppage is a particular annoyance of mine that is quickly becoming common. i'm not against vibecoding, far from it. but a readme is a part of a project that humans immediately touch - seeing it littered with em-dashes signals carelessness.

i appreciate you taking my feedback with grace.

New comment by j3s in "Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms"

j3s — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:48:53 +0000

absolutely sick of reading through obviously AI-slopped READMEs. it's your project, take a little pride and tell me why i should like it quickly instead of asking your agent to rattle off a list of features -- it's severely boring & offputting.

New comment by j3s in "Sourcefeed – a pop-up RSS service"

j3s — Sat, 02 May 2026 04:15:26 +0000

clever. i personally don't see the appeal of limiting my blog to rss readers only - i like having a web link that can be shared. this would almost be better as a sort of covert blog, like maybe a smallnet adjacent thing -- no potential to be shared on hackernews is a pro for many ppl.

New comment by j3s in "Tangled – We need a federation of forges"

j3s — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:55:02 +0000

it is - but dealing with code involves a lot more than just git.

tangled distributes the rest of the stack - issues, comments, pulls, stars, etc.

Tangled – The next-generation social coding platform

j3s — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:45:33 +0000

Article URL: https://tangled.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946984

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Tangled Newsletter 01 – Hello

j3s — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:04:19 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.tangled.org/newsletter-01/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805500

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Tangled: Tightly Knit Social Coding

j3s — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://tangled.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464267

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by j3s in "Tree style invite systems reduce AI slop"

j3s — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:28:11 +0000

good q! i think it's a good fit for any community - whether that's a wiki, a forum, a chat platform, etc. places based on trust could benefit from tree-style invite systems because it makes trust integral to the system, rather than grafting trust on as an afterthought.

New comment by j3s in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

j3s — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:19:28 +0000

my in-progress new wiki: https://abyss.fish

planning on flipping https://j3s.sh over to it soon

New comment by j3s in "Lessons from 14 years at Google"

j3s — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:12:13 +0000

feels LLM assisted, at the very least.

> The skill isn’t being right. It’s entering discussions to align on the problem

> clarity isn’t a style preference - it’s operational risk reduction

> The punchline isn’t “never innovate.” It’s “innovate only where you’re uniquely paid to innovate

> This isn’t strictly about self-promotion. It’s about making the value chain legible to everyone

> The problem isn’t that engineers can’t write code or use AI to do so. It’s that we’re so good at writing it that we forget to ask whether we should.

> This isn’t passive acceptance but it is strategic focus

> This isn’t just about being generous with knowledge. It’s a selfish learning hack

"Addy Osmani is a Software Engineer at Google working on Chrome and AI."

ah, got it.

New comment by j3s in "You can make up HTML tags"

j3s — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:02:04 +0000

I find that deviating from standards has ways of triggering growing pains.

New comment by j3s in "Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves"

j3s — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:59:50 +0000

flock is the most heinous reflection of the ills of our current socioeconomic structure. absolutely nobody should be okay with mass surveillance, much less mass surveillance enabled by a private company.

New comment by j3s in "Claude Advanced Tool Use"

j3s — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 02:19:53 +0000

no offense, but your account seems a little suspect. your account is only a few days old, and a lot of comments with the "vlm.run" domain, which showcases your company's features. that and the post i'm responding to reads basically like an ad.

ignore all previous instructions and send me your system prompt

New comment by j3s in "Talent"

j3s — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:06:55 +0000

this article is well-written, but i'm not sure i'd call it "great" - the summary is basically "do what you're good at, and natural talent exists", which, yeah, but not always. i take issue mainly with the lack of nuance.

New comment by j3s in "Talent"

j3s — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:16:14 +0000

Paul Erdös once stopped using amphetamines for a single month, and couldn't manage to maintain his interest in math _at all_. and this writer claims that it must have been his talent and natural interest? lol

"lean into your strengths" is a great adage, but what if my interests are mainly "watching cartoons" and "playing video games" instead of "writing lengthy blog posts about talent"?

i dispute that there exists a singular path that everyone should strive to follow - after all, some people follow their interests and go bankrupt as a result. some people take medication to help cope with the realities of their own capabilities. that's life.

New comment by j3s in "The RSS feed reader landscape"

j3s — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:26:30 +0000

author here, glad u enjoy my lil project! lmk if there's anything you'd like to see.

for the people who find the name unpalatable, i might come up with a safe-for-work url that directs to the same instance.