Hacker News: markatkinson

New comment by markatkinson in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

markatkinson — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:41:32 +0000

Yea I'm with you there. I honestly don't even see ads. Even YouTube ads that start playing, my brain switches off till I can skip. I also don't read the news at all anywhere, so that helps.

New comment by markatkinson in "Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter"

markatkinson — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:17:47 +0000

Boet you broke the internet! I can't subscribe to updates :(

New comment by markatkinson in "Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)"

markatkinson — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:12:44 +0000

Don't go to the chat rooms...

New comment by markatkinson in "AI World Clocks"

markatkinson — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:08:39 +0000

To be fair I'd probably also delete the test.

Apple App Store Review Mess

markatkinson — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:16:22 +0000

I was curious how other app developers that publish apps to the App Store manage the review process.

I have a geolocked app that kicks users to a splash screen if they're out of the legal jurisdiction.

I get the feeling app reviewers are paid per review mainly because they aren't reading the instructions, and just rejecting the review as soon as they reach the first hurdle. If they took the time to read the instructions and watch the instructional video there would be no issue.

I have to submit my app for review multiple times before I hopefully get lucky with someone who actually reads the instructions. It's crazy.

Do others have a similar experience?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45061154

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

New comment by markatkinson in "Migrating a JavaScript Project from Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS"

markatkinson — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:03:10 +0000

https://xkcd.com/927/

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

markatkinson — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:24:54 +0000

Ahh yes, I know the feeling. My current list of projects:

- There's no speciality grade coffee in Zambia, and all the coffee beans in Zambia are from Zambian coffee farms. I've bought a small roaster and will start sourcing speciality grade coffee beans from Malawi, Kenya and Ethiopia and roasting for a few of the small stores and cafes around us.

- Converting a beat up Suzuki Samurai into a capable 4x4 rock crawler/off road vehicle to enter my own team into the Elephant Charge 2025 https://elephantcharge.org/ec-charge-2025/.

- Growing and propogating cuttings of coffee plants in my backyard to start an outgrowers scheme in on the border of Zambia & Congo.

- An emotion recognition app that has animated fruits and animals that dance and respond to emotion. I'd like to create something a bit more responsive for my child than the YT videos that exist (Unity).

- Helping my wifes company prototype and spec out some lease management software.

- Sourcing the equipment and ingredients to process my own coffee cherries into green coffee. I'll likely buy coffee from nearby growers and start processing as my own plants still have a couple years before they produce any fruit.

- Migrating a Flow project to Typescript.

- Learning Haskell by building a back-office API for another project in it.

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

markatkinson — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:11:31 +0000

Good job! You sound like a great grand parent and your grand child sounds like they're doing really well too.

New comment by markatkinson in "Software development topics I've changed my mind on"

markatkinson — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:21:04 +0000

> ORMs are the devil in all languages and all implementations. Just write the damn SQL.

I think I might get this tattooed on my chest.

New comment by markatkinson in "Show HN: NotepadJs – A cross-platform love letter to Notepad"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:28:19 +0000

That's part of the charm. I think I've mostly replaced Notepad with Clipy.

New comment by markatkinson in "Show HN: NotepadJs – A cross-platform love letter to Notepad"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:03:21 +0000

Wow, I am in exactly the same position. I grew up in the 90's using all the versions of Windows. Notepad became such an essential part of my workflows that even after 10 years of being on a Mac, I still mentally "reach for" Notepad. I have yet to find a suitable replacement.

Thanks for this, will take a look. (One thing that comes close is Stickies on MacOS)

New comment by markatkinson in "Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:35 +0000

I think microbrewery might be a little 2010, you probably want to start a coffee roastery.

New comment by markatkinson in "Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:21:27 +0000

This is their dedicated webpage: https://hivepulse.co.za/

Too cool! Might give it a try.

New comment by markatkinson in "Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:09:12 +0000

Kenyan top bar hives is what you'll find in Africa and what people are familiar with. I'm trying to phase in more Langstroth hives for sanitary reasons.

https://www.beekeepingnaturally.com.au/natural-beekeeping/th...

New comment by markatkinson in "Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?"

markatkinson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:07:55 +0000

Yea absolutely, I had a real eye opener moment when I spoke to a friend who keeps some random beehives on his farm. I thought I was going big with my 20 hives, and plans to scale up to about 60.

He casually drops that he has 250 hives, and that he's not that into it...

New comment by markatkinson in "Ask HN: How can I realistically change careers?"

markatkinson — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:36:54 +0000

I went from a Full Stack Software Engineer -> Lead -> Eng Man -> Burnout -> Wild Mushroom Exporter in Zambia.

Currently trying to become a wild beekeeper dropping hives anywhere anyone will let me while coding on side projects at the same time.

I recommend beekeeping. Go on a course somewhere, learn a little, get a hive, make mistakes, learn, scale, profit.

New comment by markatkinson in "I deleted my social media accounts"

markatkinson — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:57:08 +0000

Surely that's a joke "I am old now (almost 30)"

New comment by markatkinson in "Himalaya: CLI to Manage Emails"

markatkinson — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:00:10 +0000

I feel you. I now just use email in my web browser via the respective providers recommended website, aka mail.google.com, microsoft.office365.exchange.email or whatever it is they are calling it these days.

New comment by markatkinson in "Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify"

markatkinson — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:26:05 +0000

4 minutes 58 seconds.

New comment by markatkinson in "Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify"

markatkinson — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:13:50 +0000

This is fantastic!.

Time to start speed running!