Hacker News: mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mellosoulsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:40:55 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Claude Code Routines"]]>Put Claude Code on autopilot. Define routines that run on a schedule, trigger on API calls, or react to GitHub events...

We ought to come up with a term for this new discipline, eg "software engineering" or "programming"

]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:49:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768834mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768834https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768834<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Javokhir Sindarov Wins the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"]]>https://xcancel.com/FIDE_chess/status/2044087983117115752

Other coverage eg:

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/javokhir-sind...

]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:46:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768796mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768796https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768796<![CDATA[Javokhir Sindarov Wins the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/2044087983117115752

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768795

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:46:03 +0000https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/2044087983117115752mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768795https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768795<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Taking on CUDA with ROCm: 'One Step After Another'"]]>Related from Jan 2025:

ROCm Device Support Wishlist (205 points, 107 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42772170

]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:55:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756389mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756389https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756389<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue"]]>"not buying that this isn't anti renewable propaganda for the US"

Its the Guardian so that is a very unlikely motivation.

]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:49:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756316mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756316https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756316<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "The rational conclusion of doomerism is violence"]]>Some recent discussions on the Altman attack:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745230

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724921

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722096

]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:47:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756291mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756291https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47756291<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it"]]>A passive-aggressive reminder that link was already posted earlier in the thread implying you should have credited it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721995

]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:18:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728954mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728954https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728954<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects"]]>Oops yep missed that one

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:28:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47723280mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47723280https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47723280<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it"]]>"A Technical Blog Post by a Big Name Expert" (2013)

http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/

Discussion (589 points, 189 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326511

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:39:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721995mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721995https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721995<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects"]]>Discussed here yesterday:

Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates (575 points, 239 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690977

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:46:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716656mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716656https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716656<![CDATA[Afrika Bambaataa has died]]>Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2evppm30p7o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713584

Points: 185

# Comments: 65

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:17:28 +0000https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2evppm30p7omellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713584https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713584<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media 'outrage economy'"]]>Personally I think Khan's insistence on not allowing comments on his posts is undemocratic and contributes to the toxicity of social media by generating suspicion and frustration at misuse of platforms supposedly enabling free speech and feedback; so I'm sceptical as to the moral ground he is inhabiting on this issue.

He references this "free speech" counter derogatorily to an extent in his comments, but the article completely omits his own controlling behaviour.

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:09:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713528mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713528https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713528<![CDATA[Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media 'outrage economy']]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/09/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-social-media-outrage-economy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713490

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:04:30 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/09/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-social-media-outrage-economymellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713490https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47713490<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape"]]>Already being discussed (disclaimer: my submission):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704137

]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:25:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709383mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709383https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709383<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "EFF is leaving X"]]>If they justify it in terms of reach and impressions then say they will still be on BlueSky and Mastodon then you know it's purely ideological.

Which is fine but just be honest about it.

]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:25:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706531mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706531https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706531<![CDATA[OpenAI pulls out of landmark £31B UK investment package]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/09/openai-pulls-out-of-landmark-31bn-uk-investment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704137

Points: 28

# Comments: 10

]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:21:42 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/09/openai-pulls-out-of-landmark-31bn-uk-investmentmellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704137https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704137<![CDATA[Hi, This Is Clicky]]>Article URL: https://github.com/farzaa/clicky

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699838

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:05:13 +0000https://github.com/farzaa/clickymellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699838https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699838<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework"]]>Are we GUI Yet? The state of building user interfaces in Rust.

https://areweguiyet.com/

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:36:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688200mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688200https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688200<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2"]]>Of course it should be mentioned, it's a basic disclaimer.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:55:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687295mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687295https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687295<![CDATA[New comment by mellosouls in "We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2"]]>Reminder, as its not mentioned:

Next.js is produced by Vercel, a competitor to Railway.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:04:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686907mellosoulshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686907https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686907