Hacker News: mbvisti

New comment by mbvisti in "We are developing software with a slot-machine"

mbvisti — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:08:00 +0000

That's great!

They work well for some problem sets. But, 3 months are not a long time. This post is a reflection of me using these things heavily over 1+ year and problems keeps creeping up.

And good, you shouldn't give a shit about what I believe. I'm just a random guy on the internet. But, I'm not the only one to start noticing these problems.

New comment by mbvisti in "We are developing software with a slot-machine"

mbvisti — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:46:20 +0000

Thanks for the spellcheck!

We are developing software with a slot-machine

mbvisti — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:29:29 +0000

Article URL: https://mortenvistisen.com/posts/slot-machine-based-development-is-the-new-black

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522745

Points: 2

# Comments: 5

Slot-machine based Development is the new Black

mbvisti — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:46:41 +0000

Article URL: https://mortenvistisen.com/posts/slot-machine-based-development-is-the-new-black

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349317

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Master Golang, Fullstack Go web dev course, scratch to production

mbvisti — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:25:32 +0000

I’ve been building production Go web apps for the past 7 years. One gap I kept running into: most Go resources teach syntax well, but stop before things actually look like production.

So I built the course I wish I had.

You build a real app from start to finish: a blog with authentication and an admin portal, PostgreSQL, server-side rendering (Templ), Datastar for interactivity, Docker, and VPS deployment.

13+ hours, 40+ lessons, structured in 3 parts: Core app + architecture, Data layer + auth, Deployment + production concerns

Stack: Go 1.24, Templ, Datastar, Tailwind, PostgreSQL (SQLC), Goose, Docker.

Early bird runs through Feb 28 ($35, normally $100). 30-day refund if it’s not useful.

https://mastergolang.com

Happy to answer questions about the curriculum, stack choices (especially Templ + Datastar vs SPA), or anything else.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074809

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mbvisti in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

mbvisti — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:26:37 +0000

I'm working in getting my fullstack web framework Andurel to v1 (currently in beta).

The goal is to approach the developer experience you get from Rails, but in Go, while keep as many of the idioms from Go.

https://github.com/mbvlabs/andurel

New comment by mbvisti in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

mbvisti — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:32:48 +0000

https://mortenvistisen.com

Show HN: Rails-like web framework for Go

mbvisti — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:01:35 +0000

Over the past couple of months I have been working on my own framework the encapsulates how I have come to build web apps using Go.

The aim is to make it faster and easier to build full-stack web applications that fully embraces hypermedia instead of JSON data API backend + SPA fronted

It's getting close to a v1-beta release but the core structure and functionality is there.

Would love to hear hn's thoughts!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46487164

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

New comment by mbvisti in "RegreSQL: Regression Testing for PostgreSQL Queries"

mbvisti — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:24:40 +0000

I have nothing to add but this looks cool! Will definitely check it out :)

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

mbvisti — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:52 +0000

Thanks!

Yeah I tried out Buffalo as well but felt like they ended up doing too much!

If you check it out, I'd love to hear what you think! It's not ready for a v1 yet, still very exploratory.

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

mbvisti — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:28:48 +0000

Andurel - a rails-like framework in Go

https://github.com/mbvlabs/andurel

Probably only building for myself here but super fun to explore how that would look like.

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

mbvisti — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:55:07 +0000

I'm working on a Go full stack framework called Andurel: https://github.com/mbvlabs/andurel

It's meant to be a 'rails-like' experience in Go without too much magic and conventions.

Basically, speeding up development of fullstack apps in Go using templ, datastar, sqlc with an MVC architecture and some basic generators to quickly setup models, views and controllers.

New comment by mbvisti in "Datastar: Lightweight hypermedia framework for building interactive web apps"

mbvisti — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:11:50 +0000

you're stretching the definition of deception here my guy-what do you want them to do? plaster a big sign on the landing page stating that this framework ALSO contains pro features that you have to pay for?

New comment by mbvisti in "Datastar: Lightweight hypermedia framework for building interactive web apps"

mbvisti — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:59:40 +0000

not sure i think this is a good way to fund their work BUT exploring models to make open-source sustainable for the developers does seem like a good thing, no?

New comment by mbvisti in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)"

mbvisti — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:56:20 +0000

SEEKING WORK | Remote | EU

Building web applications & APIs for scale with 10 years of experience.

I predominately specialize in creating scalable systems for start-ups and scale-ups. I can help with systems design, creating an mvp, upskill your team assist you in going from 0 to 1.

Recent experiences as largely between in the AI/ML space: - integrate full-text search across all popular CMS - backend for large outreach platform - systems architecture and data pipeline for AI vision product in the pharmacy space - move client's infrastructure to AWS

Primary technologies: Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Docker, HTML/CSS/Tailwind, AWS, Linux, terraform, DigitalOcean

Site: https://mortenvistisen.com or https://mbvlabs.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mortenvistisen Email: hi@mbvlabs.com Github: https://github.com/mbvisti or https://github.com/mbvlabs

New comment by mbvisti in "HTMX is hard, so let's get it right"

mbvisti — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:43:50 +0000

yes, in the backend

New comment by mbvisti in "Using Claude Code Full-Time for 1 Month: Learnings and Workflows"

mbvisti — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:24:44 +0000

Thanks for letting me know!

Using Claude Code Full-Time for 1 Month: Learnings and Workflows

mbvisti — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:44:44 +0000

Article URL: https://mortenvistisen.com/posts/one-month-with-claude-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44626887

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

One month with my new coworker: Claude

mbvisti — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:23:40 +0000

Article URL: https://mortenvistisen.com/posts/one-month-with-claude-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44434194

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by mbvisti in "Why you should use Go"

mbvisti — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:16:44 +0000

But I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that professionals don't care about solving problems. I'm saying that by removing features from a language you tend to shift your focus more to solving a problem vs _how_ to solve a problem (in language space).

When you have lots of options you always have lots of opinions, just human nature. When working with low-level problems I get how having lots of options is good since you need to be precise. But, most people work on web-related problems. These have most likely been solved in one way or another before. I don't want to discuss in PRs if you should use x/y/z language feature, I don't think that's relevant for a lot of technical solutions.