Hacker News: measure2xcut1x

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOS"

measure2xcut1x — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:42:50 +0000

Thanks for suggesting this. I have not tried it because the photos are on an external SMB network drive.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOS"

measure2xcut1x — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:11:40 +0000

How well do you think this would work on stock photography on m1 mac with 32GB ram? For example I'd like to be able to search a folder of ~2k photos for houses with palm trees. Or find photos of kitchens, or find photos of desert southwest landscapes.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: Is there a good camping chair that is comfortable for programming?"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:02:56 +0000

I use a low folding beach chair that I think my wife got at a CVS or Walgreens store (US). Sorry I don't have a model number or better photo of the whole chair. One "c" clamp is enough to hold a board in place for the laptop. I'm about 61.5 kilos / 177 cm. In a shady spot I can work comfortably for a few hours with short breaks. The low height means I can put my legs out in front of me. The board fits inside the chair when its folded so I can carry them with one hand.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/1HjaE2W

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:09:53 +0000

Rearview mirror at the top of my 52" curved widescreen monitor. I work at home in limited space with family around and there's always activity behind me, doors opening, etc. I also work with noise cancelling headphones. Hard to explain why, but the mirror stops my constant need to turn around to figure out what's happening. It took me a minute to hang, with fishing line and zip-ties. Way less cognitive overhead and fewer self-made interruptions since implementing this. $13 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MFD7BT7

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell"

measure2xcut1x — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:01:21 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/@audiosoundfx

I record sounds with a Shure MV88+ stereo condenser microphone connected to an iPhone. I airdrop the WAV files to a MacBook Pro, where a python script normalizes the audio to a loudness level of -14 LUFS with a level of -1 dBTP (dB True Peak ), generates an HD video, and posts it to YouTube. I'm just getting started. It's more of a hobby than a hustle.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Show HN: A Web-Based Modular Drum Machine for You to Play With"

measure2xcut1x — Sun, 01 May 2022 20:20:10 +0000

Very quickly added knobs and filters and mapped them to my NI controller with no friction. Legit acid tones within minutes.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Monolith First (2015)"

measure2xcut1x — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:20:00 +0000

> There are actually ways to manage huge monolithic application that don't require each team to have their own repository, ci/cd, binary, etc.

Would be interested to hear about some of these.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Pricing a SaaS product (2019)"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:59:40 +0000

This.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:09:17 +0000

As a solo indie developer running my own saas business for 20+ years now, and rarely interacting with other devs, this survey is priceless. I often wonder where I and my stack/tools are in relation to the rest of the field. This report (even if it is biased or skewed) makes me feel like I'm not alone and gives me some validation on my life path and technology choices.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Is Facebook really down?"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:18:53 +0000

back up, was down for me maybe 30 minutes

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Is Facebook really down?"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:14:17 +0000

Down in southwest FL, 500 error

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "User Onboarding "

measure2xcut1x — Thu, 15 May 2014 13:04:50 +0000

I'm not sure this is the intended use case, but this website allowed me to check out a few products without having to sign up for a trial. I think I have free trial fatigue. It also introduced me to a few new products.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What does your home office look like?"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:05:01 +0000

Thanks, it's a work in progress that I enjoy iterating on.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What does your home office look like?"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:01:27 +0000

We prefer to keep a low profile, but can say that our core product is a vertically targeted CMS that evolved out of a few years of custom projects and consulting.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What does your home office look like?"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:55:26 +0000

That desk speaker is technically 50 hz and higher. I have not seen the monitor ever move. I try to keep levels low at close proximity. I also use Bose noise cancelling headphones most of the day. The left monitor height diff did annoy me at first. I adjusted the Win 7 monitor position setting to account for it, as well as the Everest background that spans the three monitors.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What does your home office look like?"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:48:35 +0000

Thanks, we have been working together for 17 years now and it's great. We limit work hours to weekdays 9-5.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Ask HN: What does your home office look like?"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 14:28:12 +0000

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board.

My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for song writing and recording. Behind my chair (not visible in the pic.) are a 10" sub woofer and a larger white board. I have a tiny bike mirror over my right monitor to avoid a bad shock when someone stops by my desk while I'm deep in a project. The tiny red button on the left corner of my desk is to engage/disengage the sub woofer. Most days my dog sleeps on the rug by my chair and amazingly I have never rolled over him.

My desk: http://i.imgur.com/OfYjTgX.jpg Her desk: http://i.imgur.com/vI4GR7H.jpg

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Enom – We are aware of some issues affecting DNS and are working to resolve"

measure2xcut1x — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:28:58 +0000

It appears by as if Comcast DNS has dropped all Enom domains.

I understand having secondary name servers and switching application IPs, but (pardon my ignorance) how does an web application host or website achieve high availability in this scenario?

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "What I’ve learned in 5 years of running a SaaS"

measure2xcut1x — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 00:23:12 +0000

My homegrown saas application grosses ~$225k USD per year and growing. I started it in 2003 with $0 capital. I don't currently advertise, new business comes from seo and referrals. I am the sole developer/designer. (I use those titles loosely.)

What I have learned:

- Try to think about/plan for ten years out - Make your application easy/pleasant/fun to use for you and your customers - Limit third party dependencies at all junctures - Log everything, it makes support and monitoring easy and fast - Customers don't care what language/platform/db you use - Have a support ticket system - Have a coding convention/style and stick to it - Life work balance is important, take vacations - Run lots of backups - Keep it simple and thank yourself later!

Of course YMMV. Hope that's helpful to someone starting out.

New comment by measure2xcut1x in "Dark Matter Developers != Bad Developers"

measure2xcut1x — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:11:48 +0000

Ok, lets keep this astronomical cosmological perspective.

You're are coding on a small planet orbiting a small star that will burn out in a few billion years, taking your planet and all of your code with it.

Is it really of any universal consequence if you're producing VB6 during business hours or building a disappearing app at an overnight hackathon?

I think not. Code on dark matter developers, wherever the hell you are.