Hacker News: konradb

New comment by konradb in "The founder's playbook: Building an AI-native startup"

konradb — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:00:20 +0000

It doesn't read deranged at all to me.

To sell something to the masses you fundamentally need a product to sell. Agreed.

And you fundamentally need a way to find the customers for that product that need it at the time.

And you fundamentally need a way to interact with those customers that can persuade them to use your product.

Lots of aspects are vitally important to the overall success.

New comment by konradb in "Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated"

konradb — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:18:22 +0000

I still remember the Klein bottle I ordered from you for my father. It's still on his bookshelf :) thank you!

New comment by konradb in "Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time (2023)"

konradb — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:15:16 +0000

I remember this being a thing in some Tony Robbins book!

New comment by konradb in "Discord distances from age verification firm after ties to Peter Thiel surface"

konradb — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:51:29 +0000

Maybe you can help me out, I listened to him talk about this and I couldn't make head-nor-tail of what he was trying to say. It feels like he's so tied up in concepts and metaphors and similes and allegories it's impossible to tell specifically what he is asserting to be true. If you could explain to me like I was five I'd be grateful. Not looking for an argument.

New comment by konradb in "Unifi Travel Router"

konradb — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:57:30 +0000

> So, somewhere on that website, there’s a free version that can be downloaded onto a desktop and run without signing up for their service?

If you go to https://tailscale.com/pricing?plan=personal

The first plan on the left called 'Personal' is free.

It uses a central orchestrator which is what requires you to sign up. If you prefer to self host your orchestrator you can look into Headscale, an alternative that seeks to be compatible with the clients.

> So, basically you leave a computer running at home, and this thing lets you pretend to be running your internet stuff through it while you’re on the road?

That's one thing you can do with it, yes. You can also run custom DNS entries across it, ACLs, it is very flexible.

New comment by konradb in "Unifi Travel Router"

konradb — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:31:02 +0000

I don't think you need to pay $6 a month to try it out.

Install it on all the machines you want. When you are running it on the machine, it is networked to the other machines that are running it. Now make an 'exit node' on one of those machines by selecting it in the UI, and all your gear can access the internet via that exit node. Your phone can run it. Your apple tv can run it. You can have multiple exit nodes. So you can have a worldwide network and not once did you have to open ports in firewalls etc.

New comment by konradb in "Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files"

konradb — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:45:51 +0000

A little while ago Bloomberg published a list of his books. I created two lists on Goodreads containing these books, using Bloomberg as a source.

2007 -> 2017:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/237057.Epstein_s_Library...

2018 -> 2019:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/237060.Epstein_s_Library...

You can only add 100 books in a Goodreads list so I had to create two. In the lists I linked back to the original Bloomberg article.

New comment by konradb in "Built a content system that 6x'd traffic. Turning it into product. Want to test?"

konradb — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:51:04 +0000

Signed up, thanks!

New comment by konradb in "Ask HN: Bloggers, how do you manage your content?"

konradb — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:22:19 +0000

You can use nextjs to statically generate a whole site, or incrementally regenerate it for slowly changing parts.

New comment by konradb in "Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?"

konradb — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:45:23 +0000

The tinniness is something your brain adjusts to and prices in, and if your hearing aid is properly set up, it is very likely that to start with it will sound tinny if your hearing is deficient with high frequencies. It is boosting those frequencies to make up for your lack in hearing. You probably need a good 2-6 months to adjust.

Mine were exactly like this to start with and over time the effect goes away such that you don't notice. I'd recommend if you do actually have hearing problems, sticking with it for quality of life improvements.

New comment by konradb in "Thoughts on Daylight Computer"

konradb — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:18:02 +0000

I get this when using my Bose QC bluetooth headphones near my keyboard. Sometimes it doesn't happen much, sometimes it happens every half hour. It doesn't happen when I don't use the BT headphones. I wonder if this issue is something to do with interference or radio power or faulty bluetooth stacks.

New comment by konradb in "The Crisis in Tech's Obsession with Junior Talent"

konradb — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:14:32 +0000

Unfortunately I couldn't read past the first two paragraphs as it was a member only story.

New comment by konradb in "Pgroll – Zero-downtime, reversible, schema changes for PostgreSQL (new website)"

konradb — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:16:37 +0000

Cool new site! I got 'invalid invite' on the discord link from the front page, I only mention as I'd like to join it.

New comment by konradb in "Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner"

konradb — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:34:36 +0000

Thanks that is useful

New comment by konradb in "Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner"

konradb — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:23:43 +0000

Have enjoyed replacing makefiles with https://taskfile.dev/ which looks like it could be more powerful due to being able to detect changes etc. But glad Just has been good.

New comment by konradb in "Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner"

konradb — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:22:00 +0000

I'd be interested in anybody who has tried https://devenv.sh/ and https://www.jetify.com/devbox and chosen one over the other. Tried devbox which has been good, but not devenv.

New comment by konradb in "AirPods Pro 2 adds 'clinical grade' hearing aid feature"

konradb — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:31:02 +0000

Are you used to wearing aids? Like have you worn them for several years? I remember when I first wore hearing aids it sounded like really tinny bluetooth speakers hovering behind my head. It was distracting and a bit depressing to think this was what I was going to have to listen to.

Over a few months my brain priced it in, and now I don't get that at all. Putting them in just means I hear better. It is like my brain has noticed the new sounds and interprets them before I hear them. The audiologist I spoke to said this happens to everybody, however the longer you've had untreated hearing loss and the older you are, the longer it will take your brain to adapt.

New comment by konradb in "ReMarkable Paper Pro"

konradb — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:53:31 +0000

The main issue I had with my Remarkable 1 was that I couldn't quickly scroll through pages of e-books. If I was looking for something specific in the pages, an ipad allows me to swipe across rapidly. Remarkable was this tedious repeated button press, waiting each time for the screen to refresh. Had to go back to ipad although I loved the device.

New comment by konradb in "Ask HN: Best E-Ink reader in 2024?"

konradb — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:15:42 +0000

I had a remarkable 1 that I used primarily to read epub/pdf and my enduring memory was how slow it was to wsitch pages. Realise this is mostly a hardware limitation of the screen, but I found it frustrating. With some sadness I went to an iPad pro 12.9 which was very fast to switch pages, and I don't have that same sense of frustration.

New comment by konradb in "What went wrong at Techstars"

konradb — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:22:59 +0000

Nice! Yes that final O was a bit idiosyncratic, I forget the reasoning for it. I listed my BBS in their directory.

My memory (a little misty) was that they started as ByteBuyer and then renamed to ComputorEdge. At least in 92 they were called ComputorEdge.

I did have a stash of them somewhere but haven’t seen them for a long time.

Nice to reminisce!