Hacker News: krtkush

New comment by krtkush in "New iPad mini"

krtkush — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:09:31 +0000

I am so glad that I bought so much new tech before 2025 that I can make do without them for a while now.

These prices are insane and there is no sign of things slowing down.

New comment by krtkush in "Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting 'thank-you gifts' from birds [video]"

krtkush — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:24:48 +0000

The crow and rocks experiment was a staple “moral story” when I was a child in India. Interesting that someone actually validated it!

New comment by krtkush in "ESP32-C3 Adblock"

krtkush — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:37:41 +0000

I did the same (until my RPi zero stopped working). Both the devices share same vertical IP address and if one ever went down, the other would take over without any delay.

New comment by krtkush in "LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby"

krtkush — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:11:07 +0000

The only reason it is on my network is that I need it for home automation (via home bridge). I'll have to see what else I can do.

New comment by krtkush in "LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby"

krtkush — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:47:23 +0000

I have connected it to my network and then blocked it off the internet via Pi-hole. That way, I hope, it'll not try to scan for other open networks.

New comment by krtkush in "AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems"

krtkush — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:48:05 +0000

I find the use of AI like quicksand.

The more I use it, the more I have to rely on it to make changes/ fix things in the same system. In the end, I come out feeling empty; no intuitive knowledge of the system "I" built or fixed.

Code review is important but it does not replace the mental model I am able to build when I do all the steps of software development manually without AI.

New comment by krtkush in "The mathematical beauty of hyperbezier curves"

krtkush — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:38:21 +0000

Related: Last year I had the pleasure to work with Bezier curves to make a very specific UI for an app I was working on.

I wrote down a bunch of posts on how I achieved the UI primarly to explain the process to my future self[0]

As a mobile developer it was so much fun to do something other than building a CRUD app.

[0]https://www.krtkush.com/computer-graphics-basics-with-compos...

New comment by krtkush in "Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)"

krtkush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:01:09 +0000

I wonder if it makes sense to do the nand2tetris course for an absolute beginner since it too has compiler creation in it.

New comment by krtkush in "GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash"

krtkush — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:54:14 +0000

Someone, claiming to be from the Raycast team, in the original HN thread said that they were not aware of the advert or were involved with it in any manner.

New comment by krtkush in "Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk"

krtkush — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:46:39 +0000

For a deep dive into the topic, I will recommend the book - Means of control by Byron Tau [1]

[1] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/means-of-con...

New comment by krtkush in "[dead]"

krtkush — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:00:27 +0000

..and It’s Actually Worse Than You Think

Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases

krtkush — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:42:47 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/satellite-firm-pauses-imagery-after-revealing-irans-attacks-on-us-bases/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47286740

Points: 16

# Comments: 5

New comment by krtkush in "Hypergrowth isn’t always easy"

krtkush — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:10:09 +0000

It is not a cartoon, it is an interpretation of the position in Bauhaus style.

Floor796

krtkush — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:13:00 +0000

Article URL: https://floor796.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401612

Points: 1066

# Comments: 119

New comment by krtkush in "Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year"

krtkush — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:45:40 +0000

I don't think so. There might be some, but definitely not a majority.

My biggest complaint is with Firefox - it works fine on my older Mac, but crashes on Tahao and only works after a system restart.

New comment by krtkush in "Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year"

krtkush — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 21:11:11 +0000

They need to fix Mac OS first. It’s one of the worst OS I have ever used - apps keep crashing, random UI/UX glitches and bad decisions overall.

I’ll probably ditch Mac if this degradation continues.

New comment by krtkush in "The Chrome VRP Panel has decided to award $250k for this report"

krtkush — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:53:41 +0000

How does one start acquiring skills like these?

New comment by krtkush in "Show HN: I built a daily sunlight tracker"

krtkush — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:30:13 +0000

> I hadn’t even realized that Apple had rolled out Time in Daylight

Unfortunately, it is not the most accurate. If you wear full sleeved clothing which cover your Apple Watch, it will report wrong numbers.

New comment by krtkush in "Why is the world losing color?"

krtkush — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:16:39 +0000

As an Indian living in a western European country - I very much prefer the gray/ neutral colors here. I always found the excessive and ugly use of color in India overwhelming. Though, I agree, a bit of more colors in winter wear would be nice.

New comment by krtkush in "Self-Hosting at Home and Privacy"

krtkush — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:02:04 +0000

I have a similar setup with Tailscale and Nginx Proxy Manager.