Hacker News: localhost3000

New comment by localhost3000 in "I still prefer MCP over skills"

localhost3000 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:46:32 +0000

How I think about this:

If you're using an agent in a shell environment with unfettered internet access and code execution: CLI + Skills.

If you're using a hosted agent on a website or in an app without code execution and limited/no internet access: MCP.

We want both patterns. Folks who are agro about MCP do ~all of their work in the former, so it seems pointless. Most people interact with agents in the later.

New comment by localhost3000 in "How to give a senior leader feedback without getting fired"

localhost3000 — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 08:54:38 +0000

In my experience one of the best ways to "get ahead" is to give direct 1:1 feedback to someone higher up in your management chain for something that you are obviously right about it (some wiggle room here, but be sure to be atleast mostly right on a non-trivial topic). It demonstrates to them that you have good judgement and have backbone. They will trust you more and start to think of you as more of a peer than merely someone in their span of control (obviously you need to do this tactfully / not be a dick about it but also be firm). This has been a huge unlock for my career. ymmv.

New comment by localhost3000 in "A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe"

localhost3000 — Wed, 29 May 2024 18:14:37 +0000

My eyesight deteriorated significantly during 2020-2022 to the point where I could no longer legally drive without glasses (I had been 20/20 or better my entire life). I bit the bullet in 2023 and had LASIK, which brought me back to the baseline I'd been used to for 35+ years. Age definitely played a part, but the speed of decline was really wild to experience and I attribute at least some of that to my lifestyle and work changes during covid (working 12+ hours per day from a small bedroom in San Francisco). LASIK is amazing, for anyone who is considering it.

New comment by localhost3000 in "How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech"

localhost3000 — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:24:03 +0000

Used to periodically get a c&d email from FB lawyers for some harmless software I published. Always completely ignored it, not even responding to acknowledge receipt. It eventually stopped. I figure they gave up and focused their efforts on targets who showed they would be responsive to threats. It was 100% bullying.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids walk to Dunkin' Donuts"

localhost3000 — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:40:34 +0000

Grew up in a small town in Connecticut and roamed around all the time as a ~9 year old. Used to go fishing with my friends at the various rivers and streams around town. No cell phones, be home before dark. Doors were never locked. It was a great way to grow up.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Ask HN: LinkedIn sent me a cease and desist for my Chrome extension. Help?"

localhost3000 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:48:12 +0000

A few years ago I got multiple cease and desist emails from a FAANG for a Chrome extension they didn't like. I ignored them and they eventually went away. Sending scary sounding emails to indie devs is extremely low cost.

New comment by localhost3000 in "NYC Slice"

localhost3000 — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 05:06:28 +0000

*apizza

New comment by localhost3000 in "Email startup Superhuman lays off 22% of staff"

localhost3000 — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:35:27 +0000

It took literally _5 years_ for me to get through the waitlist. I signed up in 2016 and got an automated email “from” the founder in May 2021 excitedly inviting me to fill out a questionnaire in order to gain access… Asking me to do work after waiting 5 years seemed crazy so I ignored it and got another automated email “from” the founder nudging me to take the questionnaire a few weeks later. Strangest set of interactions I’ve ever had with a product. I have no idea whether their product is good or bad and I stopped caring many years ago.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Pandemic Villains: Robinhood"

localhost3000 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 07:13:14 +0000

>Prices will go up because the value of the dollar goes up

sorry to nitpick but inflation is the value of the dollar going _down_. if the value of a dollar were to increase, the price of a thing denominated in dollars (i.e. stocks) would decrease (you can buy more with fewer now-more-valuable dollars), ceteris paribus.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Mozilla Lifeboat"

localhost3000 — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:41:11 +0000

I’m the EM on the Docs Product team at Stripe. We own the infra and user experience for Stripe Docs. If any MDN or dev tools folks are reading and interested in Stripe, please reach out: ianm@stripe.com

New comment by localhost3000 in "LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide"

localhost3000 — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 04:03:36 +0000

You don’t _have_ to pay estimated taxes. If you choose not to you just pay a penalty at tax time (essentially interest on what you didn’t pay throughout the year). It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it. I freelanced for a few years and just paid the penalty because I didn’t want to spend time thinking about taxes more than once a year. For how much I was making at the time I was fine with this trade off.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Building a Developer Cult"

localhost3000 — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:02:07 +0000

If you cmd+f twice in a row that should bypass you to your browser’s native search. There’s also a toggle in the search UI so that you can opt out of the modal entirely and go straight to browser search every time. It’s in the bottom right corner of the search modal iirc (writing this comment from mobile).

Disclosure: I work at Stripe. Will pass this feedback along :)

New comment by localhost3000 in "Apple gave me the Hey treatment back in 2014"

localhost3000 — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 03:12:35 +0000

Versions of this have happened to me multiple times over the years. They never budge. The developer always gets screwed. I will never build on the App Store again.

New comment by localhost3000 in "How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change"

localhost3000 — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:08:24 +0000

did you just "actually" Barack Obama on how change happens in a democracy?

New comment by localhost3000 in "Have the record number of investors in the stock market lost their minds?"

localhost3000 — Sat, 16 May 2020 18:40:21 +0000

> That volume is simply not coming back.

I keep hearing versions of this. Such dire finality. Do you actually believe that in 1 or 2 years time bars in Times Square won't be as busy as ever? If yes I think you are radically underestimating New Yorkers.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Don't write documentation in Markdown"

localhost3000 — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:23:12 +0000

We use quite a bit of markdown at Stripe :)

New comment by localhost3000 in "Startup options are better than they look (2017)"

localhost3000 — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:53:29 +0000

The opportunity cost is not just the lost wages, it needs to also factor in the _years_ of having less-known or no-name/failed startups on your resume. This absolutely will impact your career opportunities. Having 3 early-career years at Google on your resume has a compounding effect for the rest of your life (sorry, but it’s true). That opportunity cost is way, way higher than the n 5-digit dollar value this article rather blithely assumes.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Stańczyk"

localhost3000 — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:33:52 +0000

I was very surprised to see my surname on the front page of hacker news today. No relation, afaik.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Cultural Course Correcting: Black Rock City 2019"

localhost3000 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:36:50 +0000

They could fix the problem immediately by just banning RVs, private portas, and dismantling burner air (allowing special exceptions that must be approved by borg). This would keep many of the Instagram tourists out. If they were for real they would just do that. Also if they introduced snakes to deep playa.

New comment by localhost3000 in "Ask HN: Favorite fiction books of 2018?"

localhost3000 — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:59:17 +0000

Pro-tip: Nils Frahm’s 2018 album All Melody pairs extremely well with book 3. This combination was a highlight of 2018 for me.