Hacker News: krm01

New comment by krm01 in "Apple reports second quarter results"

krm01 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:03:33 +0000

I wonder if there’s a breakdown of their top performing or fastest growing services. It’s interesting how they dont seem to promote the services that much yet are seeing tremendous growth.

New comment by krm01 in "Is math big or small?"

krm01 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:58:57 +0000

Doesn’t math come down to =

New comment by krm01 in "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

krm01 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:44:43 +0000

The most annoying thing about llm’s is that your answer heavily depends on your prompt, less about understanding the question. This makes us all spend a lotnof time adding things to the question ‘dont donthis, avoid saying this again, etc’ and thus moving away from it feeling natural.

New comment by krm01 in "Speed up responses with fast mode"

krm01 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:22:21 +0000

Will this mean that when cost is more important than latency that replies will now take longer?

I’m not in favor of the ad model chatgpt proposes. But business models like these suffer from similar traps.

If it works for them, then the logical next step is to convert more to use fast mode. Which naturally means to slow things down for those that didn’t pick/pay for fast mode.

We’ve seen it with iPhones being slowed down to make the newer model seem faster.

Not saying it’ll happen. I love Claude. But these business models almost always invite dark patterns in order to move the bottom line.

New comment by krm01 in "Apple Creator Studio"

krm01 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:41:10 +0000

It’s actually a pretty big deal. I always wondered why they didnt compete with Adobe. Even when Steve Jobs was still around. 90%+ of Adobe users are on Macs.

Why though isn’t such a significant announcement on the Apple.com homepage?

New comment by krm01 in "Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work"

krm01 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:40:43 +0000

I’ve tried just about every system for keeping my desktop tidy: folders, naming schemes, “I’ll clean it on Fridays,” you name it. They all fail for the same reason: the desktop is where creative work wants to spill out. It’s fast, visual, and forgiving. Cleaning it is slow, boring, and feels like admin.

Claude Cleaner, I mean Cowork will be sweeping my desktop every Friday.

Im sure itll be useful for more stuff but man…

New comment by krm01 in "People instantly decide whether to trust a product based on design"

krm01 — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:03:25 +0000

Designer–engineer here. After 15 years building products [1] ,from scrappy side projects to multibillion-dollar platforms, I’ve found the most productive way to think about design is as a growth accelerant. The OP reaches a similar insight but keeps it in the realm of product development. That framing is precisely where the friction between engineering and design tends to arise. Design isn’t about making the code look nicer... it’s the bridge between engineering execution and business growth.

Take Dropbox’s much-debated rebrand. Many on HN dismissed it as superficial. What they missed is that Dropbox’s growth had plateaued. The new visual language wasn’t meant to "improve the product" for existing power users. it was engineered to make the product feel approachable to an audience the company had never reached. It worked.

When designers focus on the measurable business impact of their work—and engineers stop treating design as a decorative afterthought—cross-functional frictions fade and growth compounds.

[1] https://fairpixels.pro

Show HN: AI Powered SVG Logo Maker

krm01 — Thu, 15 May 2025 14:51:27 +0000

Article URL: https://vanlogo.co/?svglm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43995694

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by krm01 in "Show HN: I made an AI that generates SVG logos"

krm01 — Thu, 01 May 2025 19:08:30 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. Yes $50 = 1 logo (the one you end up liking/wanting to download). Im still figuring out the best business model that is the most fair while limiting potential abuse.

Show HN: I made an AI that generates SVG logos

krm01 — Thu, 01 May 2025 12:20:31 +0000

Article URL: https://vanlogo.co/?may

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43856719

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

Show HN: Generate SVG logos, with AI for your sideprojects

krm01 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:49:31 +0000

Article URL: https://vanlogo.co/?hn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43683274

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: I made an SVG AI logo maker

krm01 — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:07:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vanlogo.co/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43682141

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by krm01 in "Europe's Largest Makerspace"

krm01 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:05:21 +0000

Makerspaces are fantastic. I've spent a bunch of time in a few in Amsterdam. The only thing that would make them better is a tiny more focus on the business side of making. I've seen amazing things being built, but if there's zero thinking spent on getting it in the hands of people, nobody can benefit from the amazing work that happens within those walls.

New comment by krm01 in "Promising results from DeepSeek R1 for code"

krm01 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:13:39 +0000

the topic is if a generalised group of people should be free. There's no context needed. The answer is a simple yes by default.

I Made a Founder Mode Simulator

krm01 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:42:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sillycovalley.com/?25

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42616908

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by krm01 in "Combining 15s interval whole-sky-camera photos to form a 4y spanning keogram"

krm01 — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:25:55 +0000

Wow this is really beautiful. Is there an algorithm (not api, but available calc method) that can calculate the full year based on a few variables? Like long+lat?

Bench Shuts Down Abruptly

krm01 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:00:29 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/bench-shuts-down-leaving-thousands-of-businesses-without-access-to-accounting-and-tax-docs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42540699

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by krm01 in "Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day"

krm01 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:22:05 +0000

Standing desk with threadmill was/is a winner for me. May not be a fit for everyone but I feel like the constant walking functions as a fidget toy for me. Huge boost in productivity, creativity and I’m getting my steps in. Good amount of water and electrolytes are also part of it.

New comment by krm01 in "ChatGPT Search"

krm01 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:13:49 +0000

What a lot of people miss is that it's not replacing Google. It's creating a different way of interacting with the web. For example, I spent last night brainstorming a random business idea that involved international logistics. Because of this realtime Search feature, at some point in that conversation (so it didn't start as a 'let's search some web stuff', just organically happened) The topic of warehousing came up. So I asked it to find me suitable warehouses in 2 different countries and compare pricing. In a heartbeat, I was looking at something very specific, tangible and available. So a 'classical ai chat' became tangible because of this feature. I've had a similar experience a few more times with this feature. So 'searching the web' wasn't even a concept in my head, I was just deep in a conversation and ChatGPT basically went 'Let me find you X' and it just presented it. Google, or any classical search based engine, requires me to have that conversation in my head - then get to a point where my intent is clearly articulated - then I go and insert any search term.

New comment by krm01 in "Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written?"

krm01 — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:07:01 +0000

A fast paced startup founder simulator (https://sillycovalley.com)