Hacker News: lowkeyokay

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work"

lowkeyokay — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:45:39 +0000

In the company I’m at this is beginning to happen. PM’s want to “prototype” new features and expect the engineers to finish up the work. With the expectation that it ‘just needs some polishing’. What would be your recommendation on how to handle this constructively? Flat out rejecting LLM as a prototyping tool is not an option.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

lowkeyokay — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:25:42 +0000

I am working on a time tracking app. I use it to keep track of time spent vs my estimates, and also just to check my actual working hours. It's fully local—everything is stored in localStorage — but I do have plans for some optional syncing so it can be used on multiple devices.

It has helped me a lot to keep focus while working and track distractions. It might be too tailored for my needs, but have a look: https://zookeeper.fyi

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Open Social"

lowkeyokay — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:25:24 +0000

The author surely knows about competing protocols but prefers at. It would be just as easy to argue the author is biased if a comparison was made. Maybe more informative though.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

lowkeyokay — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:12:04 +0000

Thanks for the feedback - means a lot. I had enabled high level usage tracking on Vercel. I was tracking page views to see if I got any users. I have switched to using Plausible [0], a privacy focused analytics tool, and added an opt out option on first load.

[0] https://plausible.io

edit: fixed url

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

lowkeyokay — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:29:35 +0000

Thanks for checking it out and thanks a lot for telling. Me definitely not intended. It should work now, but I will monitor this.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

lowkeyokay — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:17:50 +0000

I am working on a time tracking app for tasks. I built it because I want to gain a better understanding of how I spend my working days. It's meant to be very simple. Everything is stored locally and requires no login. I don't currently plan to sync it with any backend. This isn't something that can be used to track employees — it's just for personal use.

https://www.zookeeper.fyi/

New comment by lowkeyokay in "School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study"

lowkeyokay — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:33:16 +0000

Now I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic. Damn it!

New comment by lowkeyokay in "In loving memory of square checkbox"

lowkeyokay — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:55:45 +0000

Have you never mistaken a checkbox for a radio? I have not. At least not to the point I’ve noticed. Consistency within an app is important, but done well, I think it’s okay to break with conventions.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Startup Founders Fret over Getting Fired Like Sam Altman"

lowkeyokay — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:05:11 +0000

Hi, Elon?

New comment by lowkeyokay in "When does an old iPhone become unsafe to use?"

lowkeyokay — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:22:43 +0000

As pavement?

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?"

lowkeyokay — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:06:22 +0000

Tres commas

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Should you remove duplicate files?"

lowkeyokay — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 14:09:45 +0000

I think a simple explanation could be that it is slightly harder (mentally) to move than copy a file. Windows move: ctrl + x Mac: cmd + option + v In every other program, cut/paste is the same as windows. That’s confusing - at least as a former Windows user. That said, I had many duplicate files on Windows too.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Sam Bankman-Fried's secret 'backdoor' discovered, FTX lawyer says"

lowkeyokay — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:32:21 +0000

Maybe it was for testing the alarm

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Kanye West is buying Parler"

lowkeyokay — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:04:35 +0000

Kanye’s 808 & Heartbreaks has been claimed by many rappers from the 2010’s and onwards to have been a major influence. He really went all in on autotune and introspective lyrics. I much prefer Dre but his influence is waning.

Ask HN: What real world problem does cryptocurrency solve?

lowkeyokay — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:14:13 +0000

I can easily get on the hate train, and view cryptocurrency as a pointless waste of resources. What am I missing? To name a few problems they might solve:

International transfer of value Protection from monetary policies Money laundering (real for some)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30329114

Points: 51

# Comments: 130

New comment by lowkeyokay in "A First Lesson in Econometrics (1970) [pdf]"

lowkeyokay — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:13:15 +0000

This was made me laugh. So many times I read ‘it should then be obvious that…’ What the?! No it isn’t. Text book authors must hate students.

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021"

lowkeyokay — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:16:19 +0000

I’ve been told mining for Bitcoin is almost done, and therefore the energy needed for Bitcoin will drop. Is that true?

New comment by lowkeyokay in "Brave Search beta"

lowkeyokay — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:52:25 +0000

> I mean, DDG worked fine for 95% of time, but the remaining 5% failure often led to some extreme frustration that I just couldn't stand.

Is 95% really not acceptable?My experience is quite different though. When I don’t get the results I hoped I just use !g. Easy. But the result are rarely any better

New comment by lowkeyokay in "The Failed Promise of Web Components"

lowkeyokay — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:26:28 +0000

StencilJS does this too. It also has a wrapper to create React components. I really recommend it

New comment by lowkeyokay in "How can we, as web professionals, help to make the web more energy efficient?"

lowkeyokay — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 06:36:12 +0000

Will inefficient JavaScript increase power consumption? Will videos and images? I think so. By all means plant some trees instead, but most of us don’t. We code. And when we do, if we consider efficiency a bit then we actually might move the needle, however slightly. It all helps.