Hacker News: jhaile

New comment by jhaile in "Explore the Hidden World of Sand"

jhaile — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:44:51 +0000

From a casual browsing perspective, I liked it. However, it'd be nice to have it pause when you hover over one - or something like that. To get the best of both worlds.

New comment by jhaile in "Facebook is cooked"

jhaile — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:18:23 +0000

This is one reason I'm really annoyed they are getting rid of messenger.com and requiring you to go to facebook.com to see your messages. I much prefer going to the specific site for chats and not having to see the feed...

New comment by jhaile in "Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant"

jhaile — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:15:57 +0000

The name Superhuman makes a lot more sense for a company with a suite of AI productivity products. The "Grammarly" name was too focused on their original use case of just improving writing.

Grammarly rebrands as Superhuman and launches agent

jhaile — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:59:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newsweek.com/nw-ai/grammarly-announces-rebrand-and-launch-of-superhuman-agent-10955039

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45746940

Points: 4

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New comment by jhaile in "Cheese Crystals (2019)"

jhaile — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:53:49 +0000

I enjoyed reading the article, but really wish it had photos to help educate the reader on how to distinguish between crystals and mold.

New comment by jhaile in "Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company"

jhaile — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:40:27 +0000

I still use Arc as my primary browser. I prefer tabs on the side - I like how you can just drag tabs up and they will be saved (like Bookmarks, but I actually use it) I like pinned tabs which I use for calendar and my other top used "web apps"

It also has good support for profiles and spaces. For example, I have a "Work" space, a "Demo" space (with tabs open for sales demos), a "Personal" space, and even a "Travel" space for travel planning stuff.

And another killer feature is the ability to "route" specific urls to specific spaces, so for example I can have all github links open in my "Work" space.

It's a great browser, and I hope Atlassian doesn't ditch ongoing support for it.

New comment by jhaile in "Next.js is infuriating"

jhaile — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:21:39 +0000

Given all of the NextJS hate on here, I feel like I'll get downvoted for saying this...but we run Next.JS, don't host on Vercel - and really don't have many problems at all.

That being said, our app is largely built like a standard React app, we aren't using much server-side-rendering, and we use TanStack Query for loading most data. So, the main value of Next.JS is mostly just the routing and project organization.

New comment by jhaile in "Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization"

jhaile — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:24:11 +0000

I was also hoping to see more about how the animations were done here. They look great. I love the shifting camera perspectives.

New comment by jhaile in "Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser"

jhaile — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:16:02 +0000

To be fair I haven't tried Zen, but Arc still works well. I don't particularly need any new features - so as long as they continue to keep up with timely security patches and Chromium updates I'll probably keep using it. Also - as a developer I would prefer using a Chromium-based browser since it's the most common one used.

I tried Dia a few weeks back and was disappointed in its sidebar and profile features.

New comment by jhaile in "12ft.io Taken Down"

jhaile — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:46:18 +0000

I like that idea. If you opened an article you wanted to read, you could be prompted to pay a few cents. You click "yes", funds are transferred, and you read the article.

New comment by jhaile in "Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform"

jhaile — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:28:32 +0000

Interesting, although I wouldn't say that's the audience that the author says he's targeting.

Also - for most people who had accidents they'd probably rather click on "Dislocated Kneecap" and then have the software suggest exercises to help with that condition - vs needing to bring that knowledge to the app.

New comment by jhaile in "Introducing Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow"

jhaile — Tue, 20 May 2025 18:25:24 +0000

Yea, but we're early days and I think that will go away as the tools get better. Also - did you watch the sample short films they have?

New comment by jhaile in "Why are coffee stains darker at the edges?"

jhaile — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:44:57 +0000

It's too bad they don't use more user-friendly URLs like why.is/coffee-stains-darker-at-edges

New comment by jhaile in "US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired"

jhaile — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:48:43 +0000

One aspect that I feel is ignored by the comments here is the geo-political forces at work. If the US takes the position that LLMs can't use copyrighted work or has to compensate all copyright holders – other countries (e.g. China) will not follow suit. This will mean that US LLM companies will either fall behind or be too expensive. Which means China and other countries will probably surge ahead in AI, at least in terms of how useful the AI is.

That is not to say that we shouldn't do the right thing regardless, but I do think there is a feeling of "who is going to rule the world in the future?" tha underlies governmental decision-making on how much to regulate AI.

New comment by jhaile in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

jhaile — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:24:50 +0000

Although TikTok has said they are gearing up to shut the service down.

New comment by jhaile in "Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles"

jhaile — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:13:27 +0000

How many accidents do they have per mile driven? How many accidents do ride-share drivers have per mile driven?

New comment by jhaile in "CrowdStrike fixes start at "reboot up to 15 times", gets more complex from there"

jhaile — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:46:36 +0000

Why should any application be able to crash the OS? Poor OS design.

New comment by jhaile in "Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees"

jhaile — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 21:21:28 +0000

A lot of companies also saw spikes in revenue, raised money from investors at sweet terms based on that revenue growth (despite it being unsustainable), and then needed to spend that money to show they were going to use it to keep the good times rolling.

New comment by jhaile in "Amazon lays off 500 Twitch employees, hundreds more at MGM and Prime Video"

jhaile — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:31:56 +0000

Probably not. I loved the Expanse, but I loved it from the beginning.

New comment by jhaile in "Twitter API will cost money starting on February 9th"

jhaile — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:59:58 +0000

Twitter is a train wreck. One week notice? No pricing information? No details on how to sign up or migrate to this? No confidence that this won't cause service disruptions? No blog post on their engineering blog with details?