Hacker News: kva

Ask HN: Do You Snore?

kva — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:09:42 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718433

Points: 1

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New comment by kva in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

kva — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:09:15 +0000

Totally agree - most of these co's that get funded are pointless. FWIW, the general math here is that you'd spend < 2-3mm developing new git and most of the money goes into distribution.

We've strayed really far from where technical innovation began

New comment by kva in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)"

kva — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:49:15 +0000

RhythmPAP | Full stack hardware engineer | Full-Time | Chicago

This is your chance to work on a product that will meaningfully improve 1 billion lives. Sleep Apnea is a terrible disease that has no good treatment -- our new treatment has proven to be very effective in preclinical trials. Users rave about our product, and it has received a lot of love on social media. We are backed by tier 1 investors and angels.

We're hiring a founding hardware engineer that will help refine our prototype with an industrial designer on staff.

We're offering 200K+ / yr and 1%+ equity for this role.

to apply: email kanishk @ rhythmpap . com

[1] https://x.com/reggylong/status/1966209250968944942

New comment by kva in "New Treatment for UARS and Mild OSA"

kva — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:34:31 +0000

UARS = upper airway resistance syndrome RERA = respiratory effort related arousal

UARS is effectively a "cousin" of sleep apnea which tends to occur in younger and fitter people - it is hard to diagnose but quite debilitating. RERAs are the primary sleep disturbing event for folks with UARS. Similar to how apneas are the primary event for folks with sleep apnea.

New comment by kva in "New Treatment for UARS and Mild OSA"

kva — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:11:54 +0000

Hello! I am one of three working on a new treatment for sensitive sleep apnea patients / UARS Patients. We'd love to hear about your experience with trad CPAP and OSA.

New Treatment for UARS and Mild OSA

kva — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:11:54 +0000

Article URL: https://rhythmpap.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44945843

Points: 1

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New comment by kva in "The Profitable Startup"

kva — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:35:47 +0000

This Or "Learning Curve Pricing" which dominated the outcomes of early SV.

Gut microbiomes role in sugar preferences

kva — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:28 +0000

Article URL: http://nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01917-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43107609

Points: 3

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New comment by kva in "Could we build a computer designed to last at least fifty years? (2021)"

kva — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:11:11 +0000

someone needs to bring up the indestructable Nokia

New comment by kva in "I Got a Sleep Study in My 30s. It Probably Saved My Life"

kva — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:52:13 +0000

Check out the WatchPAT One - its a new at-home sleep test that is really simple and very non-invasive.

Ask HN: What are some of the best designed products in the past few years?

kva — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 13:35:04 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41138707

Points: 2

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New comment by kva in "OpenAI Announces SearchGPT"

kva — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:30:28 +0000

This just represents such a stark lack in originality and lends even more credo to "OpenAI wants to copy its customers"

New comment by kva in "Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data"

kva — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:28:45 +0000

Hopefully Martin Casado or one of the other awesome open source folks from a16z will take a look at this and make the person whole!

New comment by kva in "Ask HN: Most accurate scientific book on human sleep?"

kva — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:01:51 +0000

A somewhat niche but good book on sleep-disordered breathing is "Life Saving Sleep" by Barry Krakow [1].

If you have a ton of sleep problems, you should probably catalog them, and try seeing a somnologist or getting an in-lab sleep study.

[1](https://www.amazon.com/Life-Saving-Sleep-Horizons-Treatment/...)

New comment by kva in "Group chats rule the world"

kva — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:44:47 +0000

is there anything that VCs will _not_ pontificate on?

New comment by kva in "Ask HN: Is there a "Slow but thoughtful" LLM?"

kva — Sun, 26 May 2024 16:45:51 +0000

Unfortunately, there is no textbook on something very particular like "The CPAP Market in the US" - which is what I want to understand currently.

Also textbooks frequently miss out on the level of understanding part of this. There is no textbook that explains quantum mechanics for smart 15 year olds.

Ask HN: Is there a "Slow but thoughtful" LLM?

kva — Sat, 25 May 2024 22:26:42 +0000

Looking for something where I can give it a topic or area of interest, and it does an extremely comprehensive deep dive.

The ideal version would be that I can give it a topic and a level of understanding (ELI5, ELI10, ELI25) and it would summarize and organize all human knowledge on that topic and provide it to me. I would pay $X00 for this and would wait even 24-48 hours...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40478295

Points: 4

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Ask HN: Agents? Are you making them?

kva — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:12:49 +0000

I wanted to start a discussion around AI agents, where you see them being helpful and whether you're working on any. Didn't see much in search about this.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40188722

Points: 6

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New comment by kva in "Is GPT-4 a good data analyst? (2023)"

kva — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:06:04 +0000

Given the right prompt, I'm sure it is....but when do users ever enter the right prompt? :(

New comment by kva in "Ask HN: Brain Fog?"

kva — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:45:05 +0000

Dehydration really is the one that gets me