Hacker News: jadamczyk

New comment by jadamczyk in "Show HN: Descript wanted $24/mo, I built an open-source alternative in a weekend"

jadamczyk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:45:26 +0000

The name has a collision with a programming language related to ocaml - ReScript, which evolved from ReasonML

New comment by jadamczyk in "Who's afraid of Chinese models?"

jadamczyk — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:03:45 +0000

I think releasing models for free is some 4d chess move by the chinese. Big chunk of the us stock market is fueled by ai mania, if the frontier labs turn out to be drastically less valuable than first believed, the downturm may be very bad. Think of all the big tech companies that have a ton of debt that they took to pour money into AI. It seems like a similar tactic to what Chinese car manufacturers are doing in Europe but the result may be more dramatic.

New comment by jadamczyk in "Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’t be trusted"

jadamczyk — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:29:57 +0000

When I was on a trip in the US for vacation, I found out that most of the review services can’t be trusted. Despite good or bad reviews it was a complete lottery. Meanwhile in Poland when a restaurant has a good review online you can actually expect reasonable service and food quality.

New comment by jadamczyk in "Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter"

jadamczyk — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 08:18:34 +0000

It’s not exactly related to electrical energy consumption, but i’ve been observing huge changes related to what source of heating people use to heat their houses in Poland. The surging natural gas and coal prices caused a lot of people to modernize their heating infrastructure. A lot of people in suburban areas have photovoltaic installations sometimes even exceeding their needs and a whole bunch of people started using heat pumps or air conditioner units to heat their houses.

New comment by jadamczyk in "Ask HN: Which progressive web apps (PWA) do you use, if any?"

jadamczyk — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:15:04 +0000

linear app

New comment by jadamczyk in "The Swedish Pandemic Approach: Now we know the results"

jadamczyk — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 08:30:04 +0000

Looking only at excess mortality is pretty shallow. Being European and knowing the differences in health care systems across countries, the excess mortality chart also reflects the quality of healthcare systems in these countries. It isn’t much surprise to see nordic countries being the best here.

New comment by jadamczyk in "Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)"

jadamczyk — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:56:42 +0000

I used better touch tool for some shortcuts and trackpad gestures, but never fully used it's power. Recently I had a problem that one of my monitors connected somewhat late and all my windows were out of place. Thanks for saving my time mate, the restore window layout thing is truly magical

New comment by jadamczyk in "Ask HN: Alternative ways to make money with coding and system skills?"

jadamczyk — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:41:49 +0000

I'm a fan of your apps. Huge kudos, especially rcmd is super nice. Use it all the time.

New comment by jadamczyk in "Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed"

jadamczyk — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:42:46 +0000

My Airbnb in Portugal experience was almost identical to the one in the article. After some time it happened it got me almost laughing at this point. Fortunately for me I was able to be enough of a pain in the ass to get a full refund from airbnb and a coupon that made the monthly stay discount apply to less than a monthly stay. I had to spend more money in the end anyway. After this I try to avoid airbnb as much as possible.

New comment by jadamczyk in "The Worst Gadgets We’ve Ever Touched"

jadamczyk — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 07:03:54 +0000

Honestly I really liked the short key travel and the tactile feel of the butterfly keyboards. The best part is that the one on MBP 13 from 2017 lasted me like 2 years until I had to buy a more powerful laptop. The thing is I like to keep my computer quite clean so maybe that gave a boost to its life expectancy

New comment by jadamczyk in "New 13-inch MacBook Pro"

jadamczyk — Mon, 04 May 2020 12:50:42 +0000

But the size of the 16 inch is huge compared to 13 inch. Not too comfy to hold it on my lap when travelling by train. Finally there's an option.

New comment by jadamczyk in "New 13-inch MacBook Pro"

jadamczyk — Mon, 04 May 2020 12:48:40 +0000

Good that they went for more less the same setup as in 16 inch model. The escape key and old keyboard switches really do make the difference for me.