Hacker News: jcurbo

New comment by jcurbo in "How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution"

jcurbo — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:13:44 +0000

This is pretty much my approach. I started with some spec files for a project I'm working on right now, based on some academic papers I've written. I ended up going back and forth with Claude, building plans, pushing info back into the specs, expanding that out and I ended up with multiple spec/architecture/module documents. I got to the point where I ended up building my own system (using claude) to capture and generate artifacts, in more of a systems engineering style (e.g. following IEEE standards for conops, requirement documents, software definitions, test plans...). I don't use that for session-level planning; Claude's tools work fine for that. (I like superpowers, so far. It hasn't seemed too much)

I have found it to work very well with Claude by giving it context and guardrails. Basically I just tell it "follow the guidance docs" and it does. Couple that with intense testing and self-feedback mechanisms and you can easily keep Claude on track.

I have had the same experience with Codex and Claude as you in terms of token usage. But I haven't been happy with my Codex usage; Claude just feels like it's doing more of what I want in the way I want.

New comment by jcurbo in "OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III"

jcurbo — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:23:20 +0000

This is great stuff! Civ3 is still by far my favorite Civ. And a nice use of Godot.

New comment by jcurbo in "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"

jcurbo — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:45:37 +0000

People interested in similar experiences should check out this podcast/series of videos where two Windows/Mac users try desktop Linux and report out on their experiences.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2888221/check-out-pcworlds-n...

Check Out PCWorld's New Linux Podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries

jcurbo — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:43:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2888221/check-out-pcworlds-new-linux-podcast.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571946

Points: 20

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New comment by jcurbo in "State of the Fin 2026-01-06"

jcurbo — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:20:50 +0000

Docker on Linux. Gonic, navidrome and airsonic (and airsonic-advanced, the fork I used) all have docker images available.

For me folder view is partially just what I’m used to, but even with good tags some kinds of music is easier to look up by folder (clsssical).

New comment by jcurbo in "State of the Fin 2026-01-06"

jcurbo — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:46:14 +0000

I also use gonic over navidrome (and formerly airsonic) because Navidrome doesn't support folder view (and apparently never will). As nice as Navidrome is, that's a dealbreaker for me. Gonic works great though.

New comment by jcurbo in "UPS plane crashes near Louisville airport"

jcurbo — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:21:16 +0000

That's wild, I was in LA recently for work and drove by that area and wondered what was up with the street grid. I figured it must be something like this given the airport.

New comment by jcurbo in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"

jcurbo — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:23:32 +0000

Battlefield's anti-cheat isn't supported in Proton/Wine, so you're stuck with Windows there.

New comment by jcurbo in "Is this memory safety here in the room with us?"

jcurbo — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:27:50 +0000

This is a talk from DistrictCon. There is video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfe2BnXQjU

Is this memory safety here in the room with us?

jcurbo — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:26:57 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-CgBbVuFE1pJnB84wfeq_RadXQs13dCvHTFFVLPYTeg/edit?usp=sharing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43175485

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Spike Japan – A Look at the Overlooked

jcurbo — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:41:52 +0000

Article URL: https://spikejapan.wordpress.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979549

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

Do Secure-by-Design Pledges Come with Stickers? – Ivanti Connect Secure RCE

jcurbo — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:26:45 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.watchtowr.com/do-secure-by-design-pledges-come-with-stickers-ivanti-connect-secure-rce-cve-2025-0282/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42658405

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of "just go independent"

jcurbo — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 23:52:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41958667

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by jcurbo in "ICQ will stop working from June 26"

jcurbo — Sat, 25 May 2024 00:30:38 +0000

Likewise, I used it for a while as well. I also used a console client named micq, good times.

New comment by jcurbo in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

jcurbo — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:33:35 +0000

https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_do... works great for me to do this.

Aethero Wants to Bring Edge Compute into Orbit

jcurbo — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:18:26 +0000

Article URL: https://payloadspace.com/aethero-wants-to-bring-edge-compute-into-orbit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39779618

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jcurbo in "Show HN: Astro App"

jcurbo — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:49:01 +0000

I just want to pour one out for CalSky, that was a great page for setting up custom trackers for lots of astronomical things. It was very old school web too (for better or worse).

I broke IKEA (2023)

jcurbo — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:59:42 +0000

Article URL: https://cohost.org/sirocyl/post/2891449-i-broke-ikea

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436358

Points: 399

# Comments: 58

New comment by jcurbo in "Why I'm in the Army Reserve – an explainer for my friends in tech"

jcurbo — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:49:53 +0000

High five. 6 yrs in the USAF here.

New comment by jcurbo in "Johns Hopkins Beast"

jcurbo — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:31:59 +0000

Yes; APL is a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and while we sometimes do work with industry, our whole purpose is to support the US Government. That doesn't necessarily mean you need a clearance, but much of our work is national security related.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Affiliated_Research...