Hacker News: kavith

New comment by kavith in "Nvidia PersonaPlex 7B on Apple Silicon: Full-Duplex Speech-to-Speech in Swift"

kavith — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:31:09 +0000

Not sure if this will help but I've set up Handy [1] with Parakeet V2 for STT and gpt-oss-120b on Cerebras [2] for post-processing and I'm happy with the performance of this setup!

[1] https://handy.computer/ [2] https://www.cerebras.ai/

ZeroClaw - Zero overhead. Zero compromise. 100% Rust.

kavith — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:18:48 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47047192

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

The File Search Tool in Gemini API

kavith — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:21:12 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/technology/developers/file-search-gemini-api/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920008

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by kavith in "Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article"

kavith — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:43:04 +0000

Fair play to them for owning up to their mistake, and not just pretending like it didn't happen!

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

kavith — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:39:39 +0000

I built a wireless highlights & annotations export service for Kobo e-readers earlier this year [1]. Had a free tier limited to 20 exports but wasn't sure how to price it beyond that, so I just left it. Recently a user reached out asking if I'd settled on pricing and how they could pay for unlimited exports! That jolted me into coming up with a price, and now I'm finally getting Stripe integrated :)

[1] - https://highlights.email

New comment by kavith in "Introduction to Indian English"

kavith — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:29:37 +0000

Another word I didn’t realise was considered archaic and largely forgotten in the West, until I moved out of India is “thrice”!

New comment by kavith in "Watching o3 guess a photo's location is surreal, dystopian and entertaining"

kavith — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:55:02 +0000

I just tested the model with (exif-stripped) images from Cork City, London, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangalore, and Chennai. It guessed 3/5 locations exactly, and was only off by 3kms for Cork and 10kms for Chennai (very good considering I used a slightly blurry nighttime photo).

So, even outside of California, it seems like we're not entirely safe if the robot apocalypse happens!

edit: it didn't get the Cork location exactly.

New comment by kavith in "Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023)"

kavith — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:06:40 +0000

I’ve been using vim-extensions on VSCode/ Zed/ SQL Editors for a few years now and always thought I had the best of both worlds with this setup. But after switching to Cursor it seems like simply hitting tab is a lot faster than performing a vim motion in most cases and so I don’t see why people would still need Vim in 10 years time.

New comment by kavith in "Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety"

kavith — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:08:11 +0000

This is very interesting! I enjoy playing Gran Turismo 7 and often find it very calming; especially when I'm in a flow state and can get through a tricky part of the track very quickly without any mistakes.

I wonder if this is a case where both theories apply - the rhythmic, controlled driving stimulates the 'soothing system' while the challenge of maintaining control at high speeds provides that 'risky play' element.

Show HN: I Built a Tool to Export Kobo Highlights via Email

kavith — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:00:05 +0000

Frustrated by always having to connect my Kobo to a computer to export highlights, I built Highlights.Email. It's a simple service that emails all highlights and annotations from your last read book directly to your inbox in a readable format.

I built the system using Rust (on-device executable), SvelteKit (web-app & API), Vercel and Supabase. The service is currently free for up to 20 books while I gauge interest and explore monetisation options. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the concept, UX, landing page, or potential monetisation strategies.

Website: https://highlights.email

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43661739

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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

kavith — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:13:01 +0000

Highlights.Email [1] - a service to email yourself book highlights from your Kobo E-Reader!

Exporting book highlights from a Kobo was slow and inconvenient; you’d need to connect the device to your computer via USB and run a script, or upload the onboard sqlite database to a website to extract book highlights. With Highlights.Email, you tap a button on-device and in a few seconds have a nicely formatted email with all your book highlights!

So, I’m just scratching my own itch mainly while learning how to build and launch something to the world. There’s two parts to this service: Rust program that runs on-device and a SveltKit app (w/ a Supabase backend) for auth and sending emails.

[1]: https://highlights.email