Hacker News: jspann

New comment by jspann in "Creating another MCP server, but this one is for research"

jspann — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:16:57 +0000

-My spreadsheet is in Google Sheets

-The hosting is in AWS

-The server itself uses the FastMCP library, in python

Creating another MCP server, but this one is for research

jspann — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:17:56 +0000

Article URL: https://jspann.me/blog/posts/research_mcp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222157

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

Using an LLM for Research

jspann — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:27:24 +0000

Article URL: https://jspann.me/blog/posts/research_mcp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48206600

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jspann in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

jspann — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:55:36 +0000

> Quell doesn’t store your messages — they’re processed and discarded in real time.

Are you using a 3rd party system to generate the numbers and forward them to your number? How can you audit that they 3rd party that creates the Quell numbers isn't saving the messages before they move to your server?

Creating an MCP Server to answer questions about me

jspann — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:52:31 +0000

Article URL: https://jspann.me/blog/posts/aboutme_mcp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47850530

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Using a local VLM to organize my screenshots folder

jspann — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:45:24 +0000

Article URL: https://jspann.me/blog/posts/my_screenshots_arent_organized/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47627254

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by jspann in "Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together"

jspann — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 01:25:50 +0000

> Ivan was born at a very young age, this has made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.

Lol

New comment by jspann in "Coursera to combine with Udemy"

jspann — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:27:35 +0000

> 50% of buyers don't even finish the first video.

Just wondering - Is that a guess or a backed up statistic? Would be eye opening if that really was the case

New comment by jspann in "Map of all the buildings in the world"

jspann — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:14:37 +0000

I've had a project idea in the back of my mind for a long time: take all of my locations that I've saved in Swarm (https://swarmapp.com) and 3D render all of the buildings that I've been to. The issue was a lack of models of the actual buildings - which is here! Maybe it is possible...

New comment by jspann in "Netflix kills casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs"

jspann — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:36:18 +0000

What was the Texas patent case?

New comment by jspann in "Play snake in the URL address bar"

jspann — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:51:08 +0000

This is fun!

New comment by jspann in "Kodak says it might have to cease operations [updated]"

jspann — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:36:33 +0000

Maybe I'm reading the headlines wrong, but it doesn't seem like a lot of people read the actual press release and earnings report from the August 11th, 2025[1]:

1) The "Going Concern Assessment" that they put out was a regulatory requirement because they didn't have full control of the sale of parts of the pension. They say in the release that they're going to have the sale finalized on December 15th, with details on August 15th

2) They not only mention opening a new business segment, but built a lab AND got FDA approval for that segment (Advanced Materials & Chemicals)

3) The sale of the pension is going to have so much of a surplus they're going to pay down parts of the long debt that they have.

I'd love to be corrected if I'm misreading this, but the reports of Kodak's death seem greatly exaggerated

[1]: https://investor.kodak.com/news-releases/news-release-detail...

New comment by jspann in "How Hyper built a 1M-accurate indoor GPS"

jspann — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:41:07 +0000

This is a very cool project / startup! I'm curious, how do you get the ground truth data? Is that just you marking down where you are as you walk through the store?

New comment by jspann in "Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf"

jspann — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:31:19 +0000

> 100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially in this deal

> 100% of Windsurf employees will have vesting cliffs waived for their work to date

> 100% of Windsurf employees will receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date

This sounds like a happy ending for the employees of Windsurf and a good deal for Cognition

Ask HN: Best way to make the most of WWDC?

jspann — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:16:36 +0000

I've always wanted to go since I built my first app in middle school and I finally have the opportunity this year! I'm from the east coast but will spend the whole week there and had planned on going to the live sessions / workshops.

Any advice on taking advantage of Cupertino or suggestions on how to make the most of the conference?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44195395

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jspann in "President signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days"

jspann — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:34:52 +0000

> It’s unclear whether Trump can legally pause the TikTok ban.

Irrespective of my political leaning, Trump's legal scenarios have made me learn more about how the U.S. government works and question hypothetical scenarios that I'd never thought of before. Can a non-member be the speaker of the house? How did the Gulf of Mexico get its name? What procedures are official rules vs. just customary? What does it truly mean to be "impeached"? It's given me a new perspective on how laws are written and appreciation for how rules are defined for future generations.

OpenAI to become for-profit company

jspann — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:34:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-remove-non-profit-control-give-sam-altman-equity-sources-say-2024-09-25/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41655954

Points: 1346

# Comments: 745

Intel is on life support. Can anything save it?

jspann — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:45:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2024/09/12/intel-is-on-life-support-can-anything-save-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41524154

Points: 72

# Comments: 118

New comment by jspann in "Launch HN: Undermind (YC S24) – AI agent for discovering scientific papers"

jspann — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:07:00 +0000

I love the concept and loved the results I got. I tried it out and found a lot of papers both from my lab group and ones related that I had missed. I'd happily pay for it but as a grad student the price is a little steep - would it be possible to make a student tier?

New comment by jspann in "Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"

jspann — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:58:00 +0000

I remain skeptical until I see it in action. On the one hand, Apple has a good track record with privacy and keeping things on device. On the other, there was too much ambiguity around this announcement. What is the threshold for running something in the cloud? How is your personal model used across devices - does that mean it briefly moves to the cloud? How does its usage change across guest modes? Even the phrase "OpenAI won’t store requests" feels intentionally opaque.

I was personally holding out for a federated learning approach where multiple Apple devices could be used to process a request but I guess the Occam's razor prevails. I'll wait and see.