Hacker News: jhunter1016

HelpSpot Turns 20

jhunter1016 — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:44:54 +0000

Article URL: https://ianlandsman.com/helpspot-turns-20

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45703465

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

jhunter1016 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:59:59 +0000

Still working on Orbiter[0], and open source web hosting solution focused on keeping things simple and helping developers avoid vendor lock-in.

We recently added serverless functions for backend support, specifically for the bhvr[1] stack though they work with just about anything.

[0] https://orbiter.host [1] https://bhvr.dev

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

jhunter1016 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:32:32 +0000

Still working on Orbiter[1] but with some big changes.

Orbiter started as static website and web app hosting, but we recently added what we call server functions (what you call serverless functions). So now you can build full stack apps. Our preferred development stack to support is the new bhvr[2] stack.

1. https://orbiter.host 2. https://bhvr.dev

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)"

jhunter1016 — Mon, 26 May 2025 12:39:24 +0000

I’m working on Orbiter, simple static web hosting that allows anyone to upload a directory of files, use a CLI tool, or use a GitHub action to host their sites and apps in seconds.

My co-worker and I started this as a side project because we were building so many sample apps, proofs of concept, and engineering as marketing apps and we were feeling more and more locked into Vercel every day. So we wanted to go back to client and server separation and when we did that, we realized most hosting providers have moved toward server-side rendering as the default.

Client-side rendering isn’t for everyone, but plenty of people still make simple websites or even complex CSR web apps and don’t want to deal with fully integrated solutions like Vercel (and Netlify now to a lesser extent). Plus they want the flexibility of choosing different tools for their frontend and backend.

This remains a fully bootstrapped side project for us, but it’s gotten the most traction of any side project either of us has worked on.

https://orbiter.host

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Crypto has become the ultimate swamp asset"

jhunter1016 — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:13:59 +0000

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New comment by jhunter1016 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

jhunter1016 — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:41:14 +0000

Working on static website hosting. Thinking about how I can build backend functionality for customers as well while maintaining the openness that the static hosting has offered.

https://orbiter.host

Coinbase in hot water over $12M 'content coin'

jhunter1016 — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:13:08 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/04/19/coinbase-zora-base-content-coin-jesse-polla/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43743290

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

As 'Bot' Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond

jhunter1016 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:57:38 +0000

Article URL: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715109

Points: 77

# Comments: 144

UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill

jhunter1016 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:16:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631228

Points: 18

# Comments: 8

Product and Engineering in the Age of AI

jhunter1016 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:22:16 +0000

Article URL: https://polluterofminds.com/blog/product-and-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43585357

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Vibe Coding and Kodak Cameras

jhunter1016 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:44:43 +0000

Article URL: https://stevedylan.dev/posts/vibe-coding-and-kodak-cameras/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43533397

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Random Numbers

jhunter1016 — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:40:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/jpmorgan-says-quantum-experiment-generated-truly-random-numbers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43492556

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Simple System for Now

jhunter1016 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:04:53 +0000

Article URL: https://dannorth.net/best-simple-system-for-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43465400

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Are Databases going to start dissappearing?"

jhunter1016 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:12:24 +0000

I’ve thought about this a lot before in my personal and professional life. If you combine JSON with a SQLite database, you can get the best of both worlds.

Disclaimer, I wrote this for work but it is based on ideas I developed outside of work. https://pinata.cloud/blog/will-json-work-as-a-database/

Repealing the CHIPS Act risks US national security

jhunter1016 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:24:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/c6e7bc46-ab8f-49b6-8973-8c2906cc3604

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43398137

Points: 43

# Comments: 61

Apple's iPhone 17 'Air' Is a Step Toward a Slimmer, Port-Free Era

jhunter1016 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:56:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-16/apple-iphone-17-air-foldable-iphone-details-ai-crisis-to-haunt-top-100-event-m8bl3a9c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43387103

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

China's Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything

jhunter1016 — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:49:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/craigsmith/2025/03/08/chinas-autonomous-agent-manus-changes-everything/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43318997

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Show HN: Open-source alternative to Netlify/Vercel for static sites"

jhunter1016 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:53:07 +0000

Thank you! And thanks for the support!

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Show HN: Open-source alternative to Netlify/Vercel for static sites"

jhunter1016 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:56:00 +0000

Every site is hosted on IPFS. This creates a built-in version system and prevents vendor lock-out. Because we want this to be as open as possible (like the web should be), anyone can see a mapping of the history of the sites. We wrote more about it here: https://orbiter.host/blog/how-we-use-blockchain-behind-the-s...

New comment by jhunter1016 in "Show HN: Open-source alternative to Netlify/Vercel for static sites"

jhunter1016 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:18:52 +0000

Hey HN!

My co-founder and I launched Orbiter in January to solve an issue we were having with all the mini sites and apps we were launching for our day job. We had gotten frustrated with complicated deployment pipelines and wanted to return to launching simple static sites and launching them quickly.

So, we built Orbiter. We focused initially on making uploads of your static build folder simple and fast. We then layered in a CLI, an API, and a Github action. So Orbiter can fit into just about any workflow.

From the beginning, we wanted it to be open source, and after about 2 months of work, we have just open sourced the entire stack[1].

I hope you'll give it a try and please drop any feedback here.

1. https://github.com/orbiterhost