Hacker News: jchanimal

New comment by jchanimal in "Sites in ChatGPT"

jchanimal — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:55:57 +0000

We’ve been building something like this, but perhaps even more powerful, safe, and beginner friendly. If Sites looks like it’s the right speed for you, we’d love your feedback on https://vibes.diy/

New comment by jchanimal in "Second Circuit allows government to search electronic devices at the border"

jchanimal — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:22:40 +0000

Since removing a nation-state rootkit is not structurally possible, how is this any different from requiring the device to be forfeited? If all search == seizure and destruction, does that change the legal basis?

New comment by jchanimal in "Bend 2 and the Vibe-Coding Trap"

jchanimal — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:25:42 +0000

Yes, telling it that you want parsimonious solutions that reuse existing libraries makes a big difference. Why would it even try to do that sort of stuff if you didn’t ask?

New comment by jchanimal in "OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes release included a Lean 4 formal proof"

jchanimal — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:43:18 +0000

Then run the annealer and learn from the result.

New comment by jchanimal in "Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns"

jchanimal — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:10:38 +0000

I wrote a tutorial about how you can import Strudel without embedding it. They publish JS modules so you can just import them and build an app around them: https://good.vibes.diy/blog/you-can-just-make-music

Pass the Passkey: A Novel Attack Surface in Passwordless Authentication

jchanimal — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:22:37 +0000

Article URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/passwordless-authentication-security-risks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176644

Points: 50

# Comments: 52

New comment by jchanimal in "Fable 5 On Vending-Bench: Misbehaving, With Plausible Deniability"

jchanimal — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:44:11 +0000

If by that you mean I paid a lot to learn this. But at least I typed it with my own two hands.

New comment by jchanimal in "Fable 5 On Vending-Bench: Misbehaving, With Plausible Deniability"

jchanimal — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:35:14 +0000

Since Fable, my legit infrastructure project has turned into the sort of thing I can do 95% on my phone. It’s reliable enough instead of doing big reviews, I’ve just been giving it smaller tasks, and dozens in parallel.

I created a skill that’s focused on getting PRs merge-ready, and now my attention is fully back where it should be, on deciding what changes will make the product better.

Our entire stack is Apache 2.0 open source, including the agent docs, so if you wanna try sitting at a higher level of abstraction, install the skill in your repo or just clone our whole project and start adding features: https://good.vibes.diy/blog/beast-mode-skill-for-claude-code

New comment by jchanimal in "Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech"

jchanimal — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:58:09 +0000

The only reasonable solution shape I've seen is the one that trusts the parents to set an operating system setting that says whether or not the user is allowed to access adult content. And so it doesn't actually verify age, it just verifies parental intent.

New comment by jchanimal in "Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place"

jchanimal — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:09:59 +0000

Thanks for sharing your perspective. It’s reminding me of how I was feeling about crypto in the early days. I begin specifying a project on those lines way back when and the ideas behind it are still interesting. Maybe you’ll enjoy: https://www.wired.com/2014/07/document-coin/

New comment by jchanimal in "Show HN: Are You in the Weights?"

jchanimal — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:05:22 +0000

I am currently on a long laggy line on a resort island. Your timeout is too short, I’m sure it would work if it didn’t cut itself off.

New comment by jchanimal in "The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About [video]"

jchanimal — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:27:03 +0000

The other half of the venn diagram you describe might be better understood as the manufactured normalcy field. Useful concept for product creators: https://www.urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2012/06/24/desig...

New comment by jchanimal in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

jchanimal — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:25:55 +0000

The behavior at issue is not hostile, it’s a patriotic duty. We typically laude immigrants who assimilate, so why not in this case?

New comment by jchanimal in "Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates"

jchanimal — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:38:18 +0000

One of the thing is we’ve seen at vibes.diy is that if you have a list of jobs and you have agents with specialized profiles and ask them to pick the best job for themselves that can change some of the behavior you described at the end of your post for the better.

New comment by jchanimal in "Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings"

jchanimal — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:59 +0000

Certain workflows prefer non-queueing, for instance the throng empowers the bartender to load balance different groups, delay drinks to over consumers, etc etc. So other cultures can have those workflows in places we might not expect, that is not necessarily a matter of respect. In pub culture, queueing disrespects the bartender.

New comment by jchanimal in "Tldraw pauses external contributions due to AI slop"

jchanimal — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:42:16 +0000

It makes a great code reading tool if you use it mindfully. For instance, you can check the integrity of your tests by having it fuzz the implementation and ensure the tests fail and then git checkout to get clean again.

New comment by jchanimal in "AI sycophancy panic"

jchanimal — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:39:11 +0000

I got mine to bundle all that bs into a one word suffix "DISCLAIMER." which it puts at the end of responses now but basically doesn't bother me with that stuff.

New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect

jchanimal — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 01:18:40 +0000

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-11-magnetic-component-faraday-effect-centuries.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029225

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

Border Patrol is monitoring drivers, detaining those with 'suspicious' patterns

jchanimal — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:43:52 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-127699704

Hacker News: jchanimal

New comment by jchanimal in "Sites in ChatGPT"

New comment by jchanimal in "Second Circuit allows government to search electronic devices at the border"

New comment by jchanimal in "Bend 2 and the Vibe-Coding Trap"

New comment by jchanimal in "OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes release included a Lean 4 formal proof"

New comment by jchanimal in "Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns"

Pass the Passkey: A Novel Attack Surface in Passwordless Authentication

New comment by jchanimal in "Fable 5 On Vending-Bench: Misbehaving, With Plausible Deniability"

New comment by jchanimal in "Fable 5 On Vending-Bench: Misbehaving, With Plausible Deniability"

New comment by jchanimal in "Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech"

New comment by jchanimal in "Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place"

New comment by jchanimal in "Show HN: Are You in the Weights?"

New comment by jchanimal in "The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About [video]"

New comment by jchanimal in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

New comment by jchanimal in "Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates"

New comment by jchanimal in "Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings"

New comment by jchanimal in "Tldraw pauses external contributions due to AI slop"

New comment by jchanimal in "AI sycophancy panic"

New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect

Border Patrol is monitoring drivers, detaining those with 'suspicious' patterns

New comment by jchanimal in "Solarpunk is happening in Africa"