Hacker News: jdbiggs

Show HN: DualDoc – A text editor for the AI age

jdbiggs — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:34:34 +0000

I'm a writer and I often ask AI to draft things for me. Rather than trusting the results outright, I've been trying to edit side-by-side using various tools. Instead of retrofitting something, I made a web app that lets me edit my text while keeping a draft, notes, or information in another pane.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110612

Points: 1

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New comment by jdbiggs in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

jdbiggs — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:57:12 +0000

I ran content and educational pages for Kraken a few years ago. This was just as AI was getting useful. I was told by the head of security, the guy who coded all the original software, not to use any outside AI tools to proofread or edit. Then, a few months in, the CEO, Jesse Powell, asked why we were so slow in producing content - we had to edit it all by hand, as you do. We explained the security issues and he said "Who cares, just use it."

So on one hand they are the most secure business on the Internet and on the other hand YOLO!

AI Panic and the Long History of Bad Predictions

jdbiggs — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:10:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.keepgoingpod.com/p/the-end-is-probably-not-near

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47601964

Points: 4

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Show HN: ParrotPod – Automatically generate a custom news podcast every morning

jdbiggs — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:28:06 +0000

Article URL: https://parrotpod.cc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47400301

Points: 2

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Why Tech Went MAGA

jdbiggs — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:51:55 +0000

Article URL: https://keepgoingpod.com/p/why-tech-went-maga

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42974790

Points: 5

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Polish radio station replaces DJs with AI

jdbiggs — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:33:36 +0000

Article URL: https://keepgoingpod.com/p/polish-radio-station-replaces-staff

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41915324

Points: 2

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The Great AI Debate: LLM Company Cloned Trump and Harris and Made Them Fight

jdbiggs — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:43:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.humains.com/blog/the-great-ai-debate:-our-journey-to-pit-digital-trump-against-digital-harris

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41377008

Points: 3

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New comment by jdbiggs in "Tech, Crunched: How the go-to site for startup news lost its way"

jdbiggs — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:09:23 +0000

author here: probably not.

Tech, Crunched: How the go-to site for startup news lost its way

jdbiggs — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:00:53 +0000

Article URL: https://keepgoingpod.com/p/tech-crunched-how-the-go-to-site

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40969574

Points: 110

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New comment by jdbiggs in "Richard Watkins Horological Books"

jdbiggs — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:14:13 +0000

Lots of books about horology... and a book about a free energy device?

Show HN: BlackBox, an AI-powered content aggregation system for bloggers

jdbiggs — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:03:38 +0000

Article URL: https://blackbox.direct

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36301083

Points: 3

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New comment by jdbiggs in "Show HN: Pitch Decks for Founders"

jdbiggs — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:30:27 +0000

I'm a former TechCrunch journalist and I've seen thousands of pitch decks. I wrote a short, readable book for founders about how to make pitch decks. It's free on Kindle and if you want a PDF copy just comment.

Show HN: Pitch Decks for Founders

jdbiggs — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:27:51 +0000

Article URL: https://forfoundersbooks.com/2023/03/07/pitch-decks-for-founders/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35055687

Points: 7

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Show HN: SingleWord, a site to get early fans and beta readers

jdbiggs — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:01:43 +0000

Writers are having a tough time finding beta readers to take a look at their work. Fiction and non-fiction writers keep going without feedback and then get frustrated. I made a site to help fix that. Would love feedback.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34901780

Points: 3

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New comment by jdbiggs in "Ask HN: Do you celebrate failures at work?"

jdbiggs — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:45:29 +0000

I started a podcast about this. I'm sick of the rah-rah confident founder BS we see on here and all over the Internet. Sometimes we need to learn from our failures. Anyway, check it out. Keep Going: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-going-a-podcast-a...

New comment by jdbiggs in "Show HN: Find similar podcasts"

jdbiggs — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:04:56 +0000

I tried to do this a while back. People just don't want that kind of search in a standalone site, needs to be a feature on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

New comment by jdbiggs in "Ask HN: What are examples of companies dying due to many people quitting?"

jdbiggs — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:05:02 +0000

The response could have been:

Wow cool! Can you tell us more about the story? Edit: Spelling

Instead it's a wikipedia dump.

New comment by jdbiggs in "Ask HN: Should I checkmate my employer?"

jdbiggs — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 14:34:25 +0000

Your resume is a mess probably. I'm a writer. If you want me to take a look email me John at Biggs dot cc.

New comment by jdbiggs in "New York rolling out noise law, listening tech for souped-up speedsters"

jdbiggs — Fri, 20 May 2022 12:05:30 +0000

I live in Brooklyn and noticed this kind of thing before the pandemic - I'd say 2018 or so. I suspect (but I can't confirm) that there was recently a glut of aftermarket mufflers and exhaust systems that were able to amp up a cheap car to make it sounds cool on the BQE. As a technologist it's been interesting to see the growth of this stuff as more and more people figured out what to order on Wish to make their Nissan sound like a tractor.

Show HN: PodHound – ProductHunt for Podcasts

jdbiggs — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:08:54 +0000

Article URL: https://podhound.co

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30898529

Points: 3

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