Hacker News: meesterdude

New comment by meesterdude in "Organization probably doesn't want to improve things"

meesterdude — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 03:47:54 +0000

we would love to see you cite some examples

New comment by meesterdude in "Anxious brains redirect emotion regulation"

meesterdude — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:00:11 +0000

> "The brain" is not in any way shaped like a physical object

Our brains are physical object, and the connections it is composed of are also physical.

New comment by meesterdude in "Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from them about it"

meesterdude — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:04:11 +0000

i've also had success with render.com so far! been running an app & DB for $14/mo for a almost 6 months and it's been solid.

New comment by meesterdude in "Show HN: I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editor"

meesterdude — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:47:10 +0000

this looks nice and clean - why have you paused development? I see there are 32 github issues

New comment by meesterdude in "Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine"

meesterdude — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:34:14 +0000

this is a bit exaggerated.

Polymath > A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

If that's who you are, there's no shame in identifying as so. Don't let hacker news comments gatekeep you.

Ask HN: What does the future of computing that you're waiting for look like?

meesterdude — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:09:00 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34173348

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by meesterdude in "Are tech stocks now good value?"

meesterdude — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:42:13 +0000

I don't know about "any minute now" But I would echo the comment that I think they face a lot of turbulence in their future.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

meesterdude — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 16:26:23 +0000

Article URL: https://berkshirehathaway.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33682276

Points: 63

# Comments: 99

New comment by meesterdude in "Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects?"

meesterdude — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:01:23 +0000

My current side project (neighborhud.app) is an iPhone 6 in every room displaying a HUD (heads up display) of recurring things i need to do in that area, inventory, events, and requests. Iphone 6's are fairly advanced devices that are only ~$35 on ebay. This allows for recycling of tech that would otherwise become trash, because it just renders a webpage that's been added to the home screen (so it looks like an app). This bypasses any app store requirements so as long as it can keep running safari it's still of use. I just leave them plugged in with low screen brightness.

For "inventory", it's just a custom state machine that can be scheduled in the past or future. And requests are things an area needs - which can be associated with an inventory item, or free text. This lets me pull up all requests when I'm at the store and see the kitchen needs apples, and the bathroom needs soap, etc.

Right now, I have a HUD for my front door (to remind me of things before i leave) a HUD for my phone/car (when I'm out) and then one for my kitchen, bathroom and hallway. I have the one in my kitchen magnetically on my fridge, so i can pull it off and take picture of food I'm adding. Will probably add one for my office next.

The difficult thing for me has been being the user more than being the builder and just focusing on the real MVP and then picking at it over time.

Working on cleaning it up and then maybe allowing others to give it a go - i feel like there could be some value in connecting people with spaces.

New comment by meesterdude in "Mastodon's founder has a vision to democratize social media"

meesterdude — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:45:41 +0000

I didn't think Mastodon would make sense for me as any kind of twiter alternative, but then I found someone created ruby.social and now it actually makes sense for me, and offers something twitter doesn't.

New comment by meesterdude in "Show HN: Structpad: notepad-database hybrid that helps you use abstract thinking"

meesterdude — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 14:36:46 +0000

seems more outline than database. I also find the colors to be overwhelming. The sidebar ToC feels novel but that is not a huge value add for me. The UX is woefully lacking in expressiveness, and there are no notable gains from not using files/folders/tags. Plus cue all the portability / dependence issues.

So... a miss for me on this helping with abstract thinking.

That said - keep iterating and challenging what is possible, and start talking to "customers".

New comment by meesterdude in "Tim Berners-Lee: Web3 is not the web"

meesterdude — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:07:33 +0000

chia is a terrible idea. investment wise, and also tech. Great theory, but a miss in execution.

- ex chia farmer

New comment by meesterdude in "Uber tests push notification ads, a feature literally no one wants"

meesterdude — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:08:07 +0000

this is what desperation looks like

New comment by meesterdude in "Add accessibility to your website"

meesterdude — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:32:54 +0000

thanks for posting it!

New comment by meesterdude in "Add accessibility to your website"

meesterdude — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:10:42 +0000

nice find! ;)

New comment by meesterdude in "How to Index Anything (2003)"

meesterdude — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 22:23:52 +0000

It's open source:

https://github.com/ranbuch/accessibility

New comment by meesterdude in "Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software"

meesterdude — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 03:13:28 +0000

To put it simply, this reflects an amateur understanding of frameworks. I know where the author is coming from, because I've been there/done that/tried that. It sounds nice on paper, but experience has shown that this is a poor way to approach software development.

I see this kind of mindset with developers who think only about code, and not about solving problems at scale with other people.

New comment by meesterdude in "Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software"

meesterdude — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 03:04:48 +0000

nonsense. This is relevant to the authors thesis: If frameworks are bad and everything should be done manually or in a decoupled way - the quality of the work product of the author, should be subject to discussion. Are they hand weaving beautiful prose? or deluding themselves that they can do a better job?

I find it highlights a key discrepancy: if the author had relied on a framework for this, the quality could be far greater at less effort.

New comment by meesterdude in "Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software"

meesterdude — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:46:24 +0000

> Companies who try to build any type of codebase end up with a mess. Always. No exception.

I love how demonstratively wrong this is

New comment by meesterdude in "SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc"

meesterdude — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:18:51 +0000

> so it's a disengineous point to bring up.

In the public eye, Meta is particularly unethical. It's a large part of their current downfall. So I don't agree with you that it is a disingenuous point.