Hacker News: microflash

New comment by microflash in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

microflash — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:46:36 +0000

> some web UIs nowadays are so bad and the app so good that I'm not sure this always holds true.

This is by design to force you install the app. Most of these days, I just treat it as a signal to neither use the app nor the website.

Am I a Tech Bro?

microflash — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:40:05 +0000

Article URL: https://amiatechbro.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611210

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Dangerzone – Take potentially dangerous documents and convert them to safe PDFs

microflash — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:40:08 +0000

Article URL: https://dangerzone.rocks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587238

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by microflash in "Spring Boot Done Right: Lessons from a 400-Module Codebase"

microflash — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:35:36 +0000

> I also prefer using various SaaS solutions to handle authentication and user registration rather than rebuilding it all myself with Spring Boot Security.

I'm confused. Spring Security does provide you ways to create your own auth layer. However, you can use your existing identity provider or any external provider (there are starters for many providers).

Simple English Wikipedia

microflash — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:40:01 +0000

Article URL: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47552437

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by microflash in "Java 26 is here"

microflash — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:20:47 +0000

Modern Java is pretty succinct and expressive and I enjoy working with it. Like any long-lived project, Java has its quirks and baggage but you can let go of that baggage if you want. The ecosystem is evolving nicely with new features and it is quite pleasant to work with these days. I’m looking forward to migrate apps at work to 26.

Koog – open-source framework for building production-ready AI agents

microflash — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:25:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jetbrains.com/koog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47413150

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by microflash in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

microflash — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:21:08 +0000

I’m a very prolific reader who primarily reads ePubs and occasionally printed books (mainly because I’m running out of space to keep books at home). One thing that I’ve noticed in modern prints is the subpar spines. I’ve books from 90s with their spine intact and going through continuous reads vs recent buys that come apart and require a rebinding on just few reads.

New comment by microflash in "Kniterate Notes"

microflash — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:03:27 +0000

Indeed. I’m also quite lost but it caught the eye of an acquaintance. Hopefully, we’ll have a discussion over tea about it.

To me, knitting seems to be such an intimate art where a person pours their skill and heart. When I wrap myself in the sweater that my grandmother knit for me in a city far away from home, I feel her presence and love in the patterns woven in the fabric, wondering what she’d have been thinking while knitting. “I was thinking about the latest mischief of our naughty goats and this boy frolicking along with them.” She’d answer whenever someone asked.

Programming and automating this takes away all that intimacy out of that art but I guess it is inevitable for the “engineering” minds. Maybe there’s a wonder to it just by exploring the possibilities, albeit through machines.

New comment by microflash in "Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project"

microflash — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 23:02:50 +0000

PDF: https://arnika.org/en/publications/download/2128_f40ae4eb2e6...

Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project

microflash — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 23:00:05 +0000

https://arnika.org/en/publications/download/2128_f40ae4eb2e6...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382196

Points: 104

# Comments: 77

New comment by microflash in "Malus – Clean Room as a Service"

microflash — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:35:50 +0000

At some level people are already doing this through LLMs. But large orgs are extremely risk averse to do such things. There’s a reason why we have “security audits” and “compliance certifications”. It’s not like organizations are not capable of securing or standardizing their systems, just they do want to point fingers to somebody when legal proceedings happens.

Malus – Clean Room as a Service

microflash — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:42:04 +0000

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_...

https://malus.sh/blog.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350424

Points: 1433

# Comments: 531

Moonforge: A Yocto-Based Linux OS

microflash — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:43:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.igalia.com/2026/03/09/Introducing-Moonforge-A-Yocto-Based-Linux-OS.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317787

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by microflash in "Rendezvous with Rama"

microflash — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:45:23 +0000

Yes, The Architects books were pretty great but they had very classic soap opera kind of vibe than hardcore science fiction. I did enjoy them nonetheless.

Full-Text RSS site config files

microflash — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:12:01 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/fivefilters/ftr-site-config

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284694

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Gram – an opinionated fork of the Zed code editor

microflash — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:01:26 +0000

Article URL: https://gram.liten.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47232441

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features

microflash — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:22:08 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2026/03/01/motorola-confirms-grapheneos-partnership-for-a-future-smartphone-porting-features/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215578

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Progress so far with the Mecha Comet – 22 Feb, 2026

microflash — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:52:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otMoX0-PYp8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47180496

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by microflash in "Disappointing Phones"

microflash — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:50:52 +0000

I’d recommend Pixel but they have terrible battery life and they heat up pretty easily. On the other hand, they have support for Graphene OS, long software support and very nice cameras. Samsung and Xiaomi are absolutely worst choices when it comes to software; they are filled to brim with bloatware and worse, blatant spyware. The only way to use them is to immediately install a clean alternative OS, such as LineageOS.