<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: jconley</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jconley</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jconley" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Men who stare at walls"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This was the name of my blog, back when I wrote one. I often do that when I need to think deeply.  <a href="https://blog.jdconley.com" rel="nofollow">https://blog.jdconley.com</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:49:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927827</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927827</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: Who else is self-hosting AI and apps at home/office?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wrote some code with an IMAP lib. Wasn't too happy with out of the box things.<p>The smaller Deepseek models are most interesting for self hosting LLM's at the moment. Impressive! Many other ML Things need a lot less compute, though. Like facial recognition, spam filtering, etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:32:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976537</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976537</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: Who else is self-hosting AI and apps at home/office?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>awesome! how do you do email delivery? i still have to route things through an external service to get that to really work. oh yeah, i gave my son access and he hosts Rust and Minecraft servers.<p>i'm looking into doing security cam + AI. just canceled my Nest subscription.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:39:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975304</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975304</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: Who else is self-hosting AI and apps at home/office?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been playing around with this the last couple years, slowly adding to my pile of hardware in the cabinet. Who else? I currently have a Synology NAS, a couple mini-pcs, a gaming rig with GPU.<p>- Running an ETH node<p>- Running my own DropBox<p>- Archiving emails<p>- Backing up photos<p>- Dual honed internet w/Starlink<p>- My own local AI assistant with access to all of it<p>Who's with me?</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974929">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974929</a></p>
<p>Points: 11</p>
<p># Comments: 5</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:01:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974929</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974929</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "The "3 standup questions" are terrible and need to die"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The standup questions are awkward motivation killers. The people that look good in those meetings are usually just pandering. I'm convinced standups have stuck around because they make managers feel like they're adding value. If people are waiting until the next workday to be unblocked your team is moving too slowly.<p>On the flip side having the team chat regularly is a value add. Maybe you can talk about upcoming product things, ideas people have, the market in general, and any other thoughts people have top of mind. But forcing everyone to talk about what they're working on is counter productive. Everyone on the team knows if they want to know. If there isn't team visibility to what everyone is working on then something else is broken.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:36:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39317723</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39317723</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39317723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "McDonald's ice cream machine hackers say they found 'smoking gun'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It seems to me that this is the risk you take when you create an unofficial add-on to any product.<p>I've helped reverse engineer vehicle ECU's to reprogram the fuel injection, turbo pressure, and spark timing systems. But, we wouldn't have expected the manufacturer to do anything except officially discourage the use of the aftermarket tools. That is the name of the game with unofficial add-ons with access to sensitive control systems.<p>Disclaimer: I did work for a Middleby subsidiary at the time but I don't know anything that isn't public about this situation. We were all very separate companies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38658450</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38658450</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38658450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Unity's oldest community announces dissolution"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A 2.5% royalty will make them unprofitable? [0]<p>[0] <a href="https://unity.com/pricing-updates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://unity.com/pricing-updates</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:11:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37666456</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37666456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37666456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Unity's oldest community announces dissolution"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unity's just outgrowing the early adopters. The starving indies will move on to the next up and coming engine. Professionals will continue using Unity (and UE, which also charges royalties) because of the breadth and depth of the toolsets.<p>I first used Unity when their WebGL system was in private beta. IIRC they tried charging royalties early on but then reverted that for marketshare, but I don't have time to look it up. In any case the royalties aren't burdensome at that scale. I don't think it'll affect much. Vocal minority, yada yada. Maybe it'll even get them to profitability next year!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:45:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37651146</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37651146</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37651146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Growing scientific interest in vagus nerve stimulation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'll have to try this! I have reflux or heartburn daily if I don't do things right. A few things help me.<p>1) Don't have an empty stomach. My stomach goes crazy.
2) Don't overeat. Large portions cause it nearly every time.
3) Don't eat anything within 2 hours of bed time.<p>So, basically, if I eat small meals often I am usually fine. And then there are trigger foods like too much coffee and alcohol and red sauces, and garlic and other things that cause indigestion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37239596</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37239596</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37239596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: React Native or Flutter for a new app in 2023?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah this is my experience as well. You can share a ton of code if you think about it up front. But the UI is not worth it. So different.</p>
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<p>@garry did a rebuttal video to this. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgUPUKD-Sc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgUPUKD-Sc</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:53:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36727507</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36727507</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36727507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: React Native or Flutter for a new app in 2023?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>React Native. TypeScript. NestJS backend, NextJS frontend. The ability to easily share code across the full stack is underrated. Of course you need someone that thinks at that high level building it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:13:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699180</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699180</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: What boosted your confidence as a new programmer?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The biggest confidence boost as a new programmer was the first time I wrote some software on my own, other people used it, it worked, and they liked it. This happened within about a year of starting out. I suggest everyone try to build products and give them to people. Nothing more validating to me than building stuff people want.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:25:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36607373</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36607373</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36607373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Menlo Park, CA | REMOTE | Full-time | <a href="https://afterhour.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://afterhour.com</a><p>Come work with a couple YC alum to build the next great finance platform that doesn't take itself too seriously. Our top priority hire right now is a Product Designer. Do you like /r/wallstreetbets? Then you'll love working with us.<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3646233533/?refId=zUygo7ggTGqV4t9mm36GxQ%3D%3D&trackingId=zUygo7ggTGqV4t9mm36GxQ%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3646233533/?refId=zUygo7g...</a><p>LinkedIn submissions are closed but email us: jobs@afterhour.com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:01:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577420</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577420</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36577420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you don't have to"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Housing is not a right in the US. It's a for-profit endeavor. Unless that fundamental thing changes expect rents to go up as much as the market will bear and landlords to do everything to make as much profit as possible.<p>Side note: I doubt this is actually "AI". Probably some heuristics.</p>
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<p>I feel the same way when I'm in a position like that.<p>It's why I gravitate toward small pre product market fit startups as either one of the first employees or founder. There is only process where I make process and everyone is executing as quickly as possible. I get to learn a ton and feel productive. I'm much more motivated by intrinsic factors than things like a large salary so it works for me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681110</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681110</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Show HN: DriftDB – an open source WebSocket backend for real-time apps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can I get in on that beta? Submitted the form yesterday. Currently building something that could use it. ;)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:24:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34645582</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34645582</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34645582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: Do you hate software engineering but love programming?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm definitely a hacker/artist type vs engineer. I like shipping things, stumbling around, finding a path, not planning them out and executing that plan. By the time I've planned something I have to use all of my available executive function to force myself to do it.<p>So I tend to gravitate to early startup life where it's all chaos and unknown and getting things done quickly is most important.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 17:45:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34371153</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34371153</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34371153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: How does a hobby programmer get hired?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ship stuff.<p>Build something, anything, and put it in the wild. Make it open source. Repeat.<p>Startups will hire you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:27:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34209101</link><dc:creator>jconley</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34209101</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34209101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jconley in "Ask HN: What are the best open source TypeScript projects I can learn from?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nest is impressive. Especially if you came from .Net or Java. I just started a new project with Nest recently and it was a breath of fresh air. It has all the bits I had to add manually to other Node projects in the past. I feel like they go a bit over the top promoting design patterns in their documentation, though I appreciate how methodical they are with them in their own code.</p>
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