Hacker News: jakehilborn

New comment by jakehilborn in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

jakehilborn — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:49:27 +0000

You may be able to get this working using PBP and 2 cables without virtual displays. This is my write up for using HiDPI@120hz for two 57” G9s on my M2 MacBook. https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/s/VrBLFDxYzg

Show HN: Ohfork.app – SaaSified recipe eBooks for Instagram influencers

jakehilborn — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 03:50:33 +0000

I made a promise to myself a year back that my next side project would be for-profit. For this project, I've written a hyper niche web app builder for Instagram influencers to sell digital cookbook subscriptions. Most food bloggers put together static eBook PDFs and sell them for a one time cost. ohfork.app is different in that the cookbooks can be added to over time, and charged via monthly subscriptions.

I've got 10 years of back end experience so the development was a learning experience. The frontend is SvelteKit, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Database, auth, cloud functions, storage, and hosting is Firebase. It's all pretty janky right now since I wanted to get the MVP done as quickly as possible. If I have any luck, this project will be worth investing more development time into.

The landing page has both a demo gif, and a link to "Demo cookbook" to check out. Let me know your thoughts and/or questions!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38650770

Points: 3

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New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS command-line tools you might not know about"

jakehilborn — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:07:38 +0000

It's not something that I've tried. There was a user report at the bottom of this GitHub issue that states sidecar rotation does not work.

https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/issues/17

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS command-line tools you might not know about"

jakehilborn — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:58:55 +0000

Self-plug of displayplacer[0] for changing screen resolutions/rotations/etc via the command line.

[0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer

New comment by jakehilborn in "The Wonders of Postgres Logical Decoding Messages"

jakehilborn — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:36:40 +0000

Yes. Postgres stores the checkpoint on the source database replication slot. You can configure Debezium Engine to send checkpoints to the file /dev/null to disable the default external system checkpoint behavior.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:34:00 +0000

The latest code on the master branch of displayplacer supports this. Run `displayplacer "id:34686E82-0CED-DF86-AFC7-AA1A8EB5CFC0 enabled:false"` with your screen ID and it will set the screen to all black plus remove the screen from the view of the OS. I'll cut the next release version after I add native Apple silicon support.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:09:28 +0000

The latest code on the master branch of displayplacer supports this. Clone the repo and run `make` to build it. Run `displayplacer "id:34686E82-0CED-DF86-AFC7-AA1A8EB5CFC0 res:1440x2560 enabled:false"` with your screen ID and it will set the screen to all black plus remove the screen from the view of the OS.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:05:45 +0000

Trust me, I considered it lol.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:03:12 +0000

I've seen a few comments mention the description now. Thank you for the feedback. I wrote displayplacer because all the other tools were GUIs and I needed something scriptable. Consider using SwitchResX for a multi-display profile GUI tool.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:58:51 +0000

As far as I understand, there is a low level race condition here. The order that the monitors come alive and initialize with the OS is non deterministic. This can cause the left monitor and the right monitor, for example, to swap IDs.

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:56:55 +0000

displayplacer lets you specify all those attributes you mentioned as shell command so you can fix everything with one "click".

New comment by jakehilborn in "macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements"

jakehilborn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:53:32 +0000

I placed on order for an M2 MacBook for my wife last week. I'm planning on adding native support within a few months of the laptop arriving.

New comment by jakehilborn in "Impressions from a first-time Mac user"

jakehilborn — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:49:39 +0000

Try using displayplacer. It supports hz and I added color_depth to it a while back. I don't remember HDR being in the APIs used either but that may address it.

https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer

New comment by jakehilborn in "Why can't we just give steroids to people with muscular dystrophy?"

jakehilborn — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:30:38 +0000

What caused the SLAP tear?

New comment by jakehilborn in "Solved by 1440p HiDPI: MacBook Pro 16“ is hot and noisy with an external monitor"

jakehilborn — Sat, 22 May 2021 04:37:23 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout on displayplacer!

New comment by jakehilborn in "Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo"

jakehilborn — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:34:31 +0000

I dealt with a case of chronic patellar tendonitis for years between ages 23 and 26. Debilitating to the point where I could not go anywhere that would require me to stand in line. The book Healing Back Pain by John Sarno, which is basically the talking therapy you mentioned, was hugely transformative for me. I was able to stop fixating on the pain and focus on strength training knowing that flare up were no big deal. I'm recovered now and regularly skateboarding and standing in line again.

Edit: I should mention I spent upwards of an hour each day for those years doing physical therapy rehab. I turned down recommendations of surgery during that time as well.

New comment by jakehilborn in "Chili pepper consumption associated with 25% reduction in death from any cause"

jakehilborn — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:32:51 +0000

Seitan, tempeh, lentils, and beans w/ rice are the highest protein to calorie ratio foods I eat. Sprouted seed bread, most nuts/seeds, and most vegetables are pretty high in protein as well. I supplement with pea protein isolate to reach very high protein intake levels for bodybuilding purposes.

New comment by jakehilborn in "Show HN: Debbit – Automate spending requirements for high-yield bank accounts"

jakehilborn — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:32:29 +0000

Extremely low interest rates have cut high-yield savings account interest rates from over 2% to ~1%. Most folks would be better off with a high-yield checking account, which pay between 3% and 5%. However, high-yield checking accounts typically come with a catch; you must make `n` debit card transactions per month. Depending on the bank, `n` can be between 10 and 60.

I created Debbit to automate meeting these spending requirements. Debbit will programmatically buy 50 cent Amazon gift cards and/or pay your cable bill in small increments throughout the month. It's built to be a set it and forget it solution. Run it once and it will execute in the background using headless Firefox month to month. Behind the scenes Debbit is a hand rolled scheduler + Selenium automation.

Show HN: Debbit – Automate spending requirements for high-yield bank accounts

jakehilborn — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:32:29 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/jakehilborn/debbit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23653853

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by jakehilborn in "Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?"

jakehilborn — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:24:37 +0000

I wrote an automated solution to spending requirements for high interest checking accounts. High interest checking accounts (up to 5% APR) often require a dozen or more transactions a month to qualify for high rates. Debbit automates this by purchasing 50 cent Amazon gift cards and/or paying your cable bill in small increments throughout the month.

Behind the scenes, Debbit is a hand rolled scheduler that runs Selenium automation to navigate Amazon + bill pay websites.

https://github.com/jakehilborn/debbit