Hacker News: mclightning

New comment by mclightning in "Apple has removed most of the towns and villages in Lebanon from Apple maps?"

mclightning — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:46:43 +0000

Another reason to buy a Chinese android phone.

New comment by mclightning in "PGLite Evangelism"

mclightning — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:34:01 +0000

This is why I built https://db4.app. This solves the biggest hurdle with using a PGLite instance from your browser, by giving you a universal postgres url. You can connect to it from anywhere with your credentials. Your data and queries are fully encrypted end-to-end. So it is only between your app, and your browser tab. Your data stays with you and db4.app provides the relay basically.

You can also host the Relay app yourself locally, if you'd like.

It comes with support for PG-vector, so you can use it for RAG in LLM Studio. We have a few MCP applications already built in the community apps section.

Happy to answer any questions.

New comment by mclightning in "App Store sees 84% surge in new apps as AI coding tools take off"

mclightning — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:21:33 +0000

That is not a real account.

New comment by mclightning in "Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives"

mclightning — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:50:18 +0000

I made the biggest donations in my life via Watsi. Thank you for building this site. I love you guys have an API as well. I thought of building an app on top of your API but never got round to complete it. If you are curious, I can share; I think there may be an opportunity to capture value in free giveaways and turn it into charity. Many people try to give away their things quickly on fb marketplace or letgo, ...what if they could ask for a donation to a charity? I know there are challenges like, what if they want to return. But there has to be a way to solve this with an escrow service or something. A similar model already works in used, 2nd stores that work for charities.

New comment by mclightning in "'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in speech at Davos"

mclightning — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:15:31 +0000

Demographics and political complexity of Cyprus is not compareable to Greenland

New comment by mclightning in "Palantir could be the most overvalued company that ever existed"

mclightning — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:55:09 +0000

based on what their CEO is saying...he repeats like a broken record; "we do what other companies won't because of ethics and morals"

New comment by mclightning in "Palantir could be the most overvalued company that ever existed"

mclightning — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:43:44 +0000

Magic sauce is absolute lack of moral values.

New comment by mclightning in "Devpush – Open-source and self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Render, Netlify"

mclightning — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:12:55 +0000

Vercel has been outdated for sometime and it is refreshing to see alternatives coming up. This one seems like superior to Vercel already, definitely worth the switch.

New comment by mclightning in "Sora 2"

mclightning — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:35:00 +0000

It is very underwhelming. It seems like a step backward. Scam altman should be replaced before he runs the company to bankruptcy.

New comment by mclightning in "Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward"

mclightning — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:45:41 +0000

I came here to write this will get flagged, and I was already too late. We need a new "HackerNews"

New comment by mclightning in "Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties"

mclightning — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:03:06 +0000

how do I join? :D are you guys hiring at cloudflare per chance?

New comment by mclightning in "Relativty: An open-source VR headset for $200"

mclightning — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:07:13 +0000

built something like this around 10 years ago, went viral for a while, it didn't last long.

New comment by mclightning in "Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me""

mclightning — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:46:59 +0000

definition is not the dangerous part, nor surpassing any predefined definition.

California Governor Vetoes Requiring Global Privacy Opt-Out in Browsers and OS

mclightning — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:53:18 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/calif-gov-vetoes-attempt-to-require-new-privacy-option-in-browsers-and-oses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41646892

Points: 2

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New comment by mclightning in "Nvidia's Blackwell Reworked – Shipment Delays and GB200A Reworked Platforms"

mclightning — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:53:47 +0000

not great news in light of USTech100 & SP500 downturn

New comment by mclightning in "Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative"

mclightning — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:07:04 +0000

you follow HN, and some guy posts a video editing js library, another guy builds an app taking that library further, you get inspired and build something even bigger.

New comment by mclightning in "Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming""

mclightning — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:15:26 +0000

everything is literal in programming communities, lmao.

New comment by mclightning in "Low Cost Robot Arm"

mclightning — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:26:48 +0000

this is why servo-powered robotic arms are not interesting to me at all. I want one with brushless motors and harmonic or planetary drive gearbox. unfortunately you cant build those under $750 as far as I have seen so far. that's putting aside the added complexity. but I will definitely build one some day. there are quite few opensource projects with that setup.

I believe it offers higher torque, better precision and ability to just stick to a position with relatively low/or no power due to gearing-side resistance.

New comment by mclightning in "Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on?"

mclightning — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:42:17 +0000

I am sure folks at /r/selfhosted would love it.

New comment by mclightning in "Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on?"

mclightning — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:55:14 +0000

can this be self-hosted?