<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: maxehmookau</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=maxehmookau</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:05:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=maxehmookau" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Genuinely curious, why? This doesn't surprise me in the slightest.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:07:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499322</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499322</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree. I run a small community organisation and we've come off all social media and created a single website. You want information about us? That's where it is - the website.<p>Nobody should be relying on any social media company to share information widely, and citizens shouldn't be required to sign up for Facebook, X, or anything, to get that information.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:58:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461807</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461807</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "OpenLogi"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've always been a fan of BetterMouse: <a href="https://better-mouse.com/" rel="nofollow">https://better-mouse.com/</a><p>Either way, anything that isn't the stock Logitech software is going to be an improvement.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:57:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358887</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358887</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not new though. LLMs make it more pervasive, but hackathons have always naturally preferred shiny, cool-looking things. At least, in my experience.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:16:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49328701</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49328701</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49328701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Patreon laying off 20% of staff"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We'll agree to disagree on that one. Feels more like a CEO trying to absolve himself of the human cost of a strictly business decision. Instead, he should own that business decision openly.<p>Being told I'm "special" and "beautiful" by my boss feels strange enough, but to have it paired with my termination? The dissonance is too much.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:35:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037209</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037209</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Patreon laying off 20% of staff"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> First, the people who work at Patreon are special, beautiful humans, through and through.<p>If you're calling me "special" and "beautiful" and removing my ability to pay my mortgage in the same sentence through no fault of my own, you can absolutely get in the bin.<p>Fundamentally weird behaviour.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:01:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035800</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035800</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is so weird. I was in the process of trying to build something almost identical! Congrats, and good luck! I'll have to buy one now.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970778</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970778</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A lot of the replies to this are, predicably, disappointing. For what its worth, I entirely agree.<p>AI is good at a lot of things, but it genuinely sucks at anything that requires real creativity. The human at the heart of a creative endeavor can't be replaced, and I hope that never changes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944724</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944724</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't know why XCode gets the hate it does. It's a solid IDE which I've used for years with only minimal issues. It's certainly no more or less buggy than anything JetBrains releases.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:58:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904858</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904858</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Resetting Xbox"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A year-long restructure, where over 1000 people could lose their jobs is beyond disgusting. There's zero justification for it. Ever.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:59:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816516</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816516</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nice, this is very cool!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:34:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538321</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538321</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Using the Ryanair website makes me feel icky. The whole thing feels like you have to be constantly on guard not to get tricked - and I'm relatively wise to these things.<p>I dread to think how much of their revenue is generated from people buying stuff they don't want or need.<p>I will always pay more to not use Ryanair, given the choice. Unfortunately I don't always have a choice.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:33:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503881</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503881</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Absolutely get in the bin with this ridiculous take from a newspaper with a vested interest in getting people back in to expensive office real estate.<p>Juniors cost more to train, take more effort, and time from seniors who are otherwise "productive" and so companies don't want to hire them and be responsible for that additional work.<p>It's not remote working, or AI that's to blame for weak junior hiring. It's short-termism from companies that see no reason to spend their time training up juniors.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:25:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354911</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354911</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wait, I'm paying and I still get targeted ads shown to me? But I do get "super reactions"? Come on.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354745</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354745</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Programming Still Sucks"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One of the best things I've read this year. Also one of the worst things I've read this year, actually. But also, I enjoyed reading it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:01:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048342</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048342</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Your Website Is Not for You"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I _think_ it's the best we have right now, right? Excellent UX research speaks for itself, there's just not much of it. As an industry, we've done a realllllly good job of devaluing high-quality UX research and those who do it for a living.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:12:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47974412</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47974412</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47974412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Your Website Is Not for You"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a distillation of what we used to (still do?) teach junior SWEs.<p>"You are not the customer for the thing we're making, nor have you ever been. You don't know what they want/need."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:12:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973881</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973881</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My sister made rhythm game Otto's Galactic Groove so you should totally check that out: <a href="https://play.date/games/ottos-galactic-groove/" rel="nofollow">https://play.date/games/ottos-galactic-groove/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:11:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806807</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806807</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ok, ok, if you give me $16M I'll do it faster.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:45:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715677</link><dc:creator>maxehmookau</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715677</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by maxehmookau in "OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> "Can I tell you one more thing from your X,Y,Z results which is most doctors miss ? "<p>That's actually gross and would result in an immediate delete from me.</p>
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