Hacker News: keybits

New comment by keybits in "macOS Container Machines"

keybits — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:14:06 +0000

Isolated machines was release recently: https://docs.orbstack.dev/machines/isolated - various recent improvements in the release notes: https://docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes

Nothing specific for Docker yet, but I find the Linux machines are lightweight enough that I just run Docker inside them.

New comment by keybits in "Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS"

keybits — Sat, 16 May 2026 15:14:19 +0000

Can you clarify how this relates to Tachyons - do all Tachyons features work? Or is it a subset of Tachyons?

New comment by keybits in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

keybits — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:37:36 +0000

Tailscale have a great FAQ about IPv4 vs IPv6: https://tailscale.com/docs/reference/faq/ipv6

If you're not an expert in this area it's worth a read - I certainly learned a few things!

New comment by keybits in "POSSE – Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"

keybits — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:02:40 +0000

atproto has an active IETF Working Group: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/atp/about/

New comment by keybits in "Migrating to the EU"

keybits — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:51:13 +0000

Runbox are a good option - company and servers in Norway: https://runbox.com/

Been around since 2000. They're also working on JMAP support and are the top financial contributor to the Stalwart mail server (https://opencollective.com/stalwart) so I think they'll have a more compelling offering soon.

Also worth keeping an eye on Thunderbird pro which will also use Stalwart: https://www.tb.pro/en-US/

New comment by keybits in "POSSE – Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"

keybits — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:20:48 +0000

atproto feels like a move in the right direction for personal publishing that makes content discovery easier withtout the need to post to multiple channels / platforms. https://standard.site/ is one initiative working towards making this a reality.

Porting MiniJinja to Go with an Agent

keybits — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:23:50 +0000

Article URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/14/minijinja-go-port/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46614802

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by keybits in "Don't fall into the anti-AI hype"

keybits — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:31:39 +0000

I enjoyed about your blog post, but I was curious about the claim in point 2 above. I asked Claude and it seems the claim is false:

# Fact-Checking This Climate Impact Claim

Let me break down this claim with actual data:

## The Numbers

*US Air Conditioning:* - US A/C uses approximately *220-240 TWh/year* (2020 EIA data) - This represents about 6% of total US electricity consumption

*Global Data Centers:* - Estimated *240-340 TWh/year globally* (IEA 2022 reports) - Some estimates go to 460 TWh including cryptocurrency

*AI's Share:* - AI represents roughly *10-15%* of data center energy (IEA estimates this is growing rapidly)

## Verdict: *The claim is FALSE*

The math doesn't support a 4:1 ratio. US A/C and global data centers use *roughly comparable* amounts of energy—somewhere between 1:1 and 1:1.5, not 4:1.

The "40 times AI" conclusion would only work if the 4x premise were true.

## Important Caveats

1. *Measurement uncertainty*: Data center energy use is notoriously difficult to measure accurately 2. *Rapid growth*: AI energy use is growing much faster than A/C 3. *Geographic variation*: This compares one country's A/C to global data centers (apples to oranges)

## Reliable Sources - US EIA (Energy Information Administration) for A/C data - IEA (International Energy Agency) for data center estimates - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory studies

The quote significantly overstates the disparity, though both are indeed major energy consumers.

New comment by keybits in "Life, Death and Mowing"

keybits — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:33:10 +0000

see Nominative Determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

New comment by keybits in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

keybits — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:07:31 +0000

TIL you can still buy fax machines!

We need a clearer framework for AI-assisted contributions to open source

keybits — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:03:59 +0000

Article URL: https://samsaffron.com/archive/2025/10/27/your-vibe-coded-slop-pr-is-not-welcome

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45731321

Points: 300

# Comments: 154

Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP

keybits — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:30:31 +0000

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45611465

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Switch to Jujutsu Already: A Tutorial

keybits — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:31:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.stavros.io/posts/switch-to-jujutsu-already-a-tutorial/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45556451

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

New comment by keybits in "Zoxide: A Better CD Command"

keybits — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:51:54 +0000

The aha moment for me was to type a space after the characters I'm searching for - then hit tab. You then get the list of options ranked (and a nice view showing the contents of each folder).