<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mikodin</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mikodin</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:27:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mikodin" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mikodin in "Amazon's AI boom is creating mess of duplicate tools and data inside the company"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> For example if AI generates 2x of a utility function that does the same thing, yes that is not an ideal, but is also fairly minor in terms of tech debt. I think as long as all behaviors introduced by new code are comprehensively tested, it becomes less significant that there can be some level of code duplication.<p>We still run into the same issues that this brings about in the first place, AI or no AI.  When requirements change will it update both functions?  If it is rewriting them because it didn't see it existed in the first place, probably not.  And there will likely be slight variations in function / components names, so it wouldn't be a clean grep to make the changes.<p>It may not impact velocity or stability in the exact moment, but in 6 months or a year - it likely will, the classic trope of tech debt.<p>I have no solution for this, it's definitely a tricky balance and one that we've been struggling with human written code since the dawn.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:14:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836375</link><dc:creator>mikodin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836375</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mikodin in "Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can copy/paste"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unclear but I will say upon opening the site I was sparked with joy and excitement to use them</p>
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<p>I was under this impression as well - I'd love to hear from someone who's deeper in the know about this!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426618</link><dc:creator>mikodin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426618</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mikodin in "Launch HN: Spine Swarm (YC S23) – AI agents that collaborate on a visual canvas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I also expected it to be more art forward because of "canvas".  Visual workspace draws a clear picture for me.</p>
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<p>I am doing something very similar to this.  I think the workspace _being_ the memory is the way.  It's also enabled the workspace to be completely model and harness agnostic.<p>On top of that, I actually have it as an Obsidian vault, and I have the llm themselves use Obsidian markdown for the frontmatter and knowledge graph linking.  It makes it very easy for me to navigate the data and interact in a way that is deeply enjoyable, and it also helps the model navigate the files.</p>
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<p>Piggybacking on this - I think it well equips us for a future when local models are stronger.  I for one am grateful for efforts like these</p>
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<p>I've been using PI for this - just switch to "oh my pi" and am liking it!<p>Honestly, it's been a dream, I have it running in a docker-sandbox with access to a single git repo (not hosted) that I am using for varied things with my business.<p>Try it out, it's super easy to setup.  If you use docker sandbox, you can just follow what is necessary for claude, spin up the sandbox, exit out, exec into it with bash and switch to Pi.</p>
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<p>I was on a plane two weeks ago, and this girl - likely 12 was trying to get the screen in the seat to work by tapping it. Her Mom (likely in her 30s) started doing the same thing, both confused.<p>I gave it a beat and then reached over and pushed the button to pop out the remote control for them. It was a cute head smack moment for the Mom and the daughter didn’t know what to do with the remote for a solid few seconds.<p>This happens to me as well when I’m in a public bathroom without a sensor, and I wave my hands underneath obliviously for a few moments.<p>Life is funny</p>
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<p>I would say yes.<p>The reality is that the money being thrown = the time of humans.  I guess compute as well, but in terms of people doing innovation - openly published things are the same thing, minus the money.</p>
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<p>What always came to mind for me is an “engine wiring harness”. It’s responsible for getting power and data to all the right places without having to manually route cables around the engine / car.<p>If you google an image of it, maybe it’ll make sense</p>
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<p>I've found immense value in this, am already doing it with Pi(<a href="https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono</a>) and it's very easy to replicate</p>
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<p>Seconding this—I had to wait a little bit to download it and play around and have some fun with it.  I didn't mind.<p>What I appreciate the most about this string of comments (from OP) is that digging into "doing it for fun", hosting on your own machine, wanting simplicity for you as the maintainer and builder.  This has been a big focus for me over a number of years, and it leads to things being not efficient, or scalable or even usable by others—but they bring me joy and that is more than enough for most things.<p>The reality is that there are of course ways to make this more efficient AND it simply doesn't need to be.<p>Good job on making something that people are clearly interested in, it brought me some joy clicking around and learning some things.<p>If you want it to be more than just this, of course you'll have to make it faster or have it be a different interface—installable offline typa thing so we can expect a bundle download and be fine with waiting.  For example I can see this as a native app being kinda nice.<p>If you don't want it to be more than this, that's okay too.<p>Regardless, well done</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:44:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854532</link><dc:creator>mikodin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854532</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mikodin in "Show HN: Yashiki – A tiling window manager for macOS in Rust, inspired by River"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I know you did this in a weekend, but it would be super nice to get some screenshots, or a video into what makes this different.<p>I also don't know what the "river/awesome philosophy" is, so therefore I don't know what this WM does that makes it different than something like Rectangle for example.<p>And truth be told, I'm not going to look it up.  I am only adding this comment because I'm sure there will be a ton of other people that fall into the same category as me.<p>Good luck though, super cool to see that you built this in a weekend!</p>
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<p>I essentially do a 1 click deployment for my personal site with Cloudflare.<p>I don't want to deal with the cloud infra for my personal site.<p>I could, I've done it in corporate, I've done it for my startup 2 years ago.
But I'm rusty, I don't know what the latest people are using for configuration, etc.<p>Because there is 1 click with CF or Vercel and I don't have to think about it—I don't.
If they increase their price it likely wouldn't be enough friction for me dust off the rust.<p>I think this is the relation.  
I'm not locked in, it's just HTML pages, but I am through my own habit energy, tech changing, and what I want to put effort into, which is not infra and serving my site.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:14:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655480</link><dc:creator>mikodin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655480</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mikodin in "Cloudflare acquires Astro"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah I see the benefit right off the bat, this is a direct head to Vercel and NextJS.<p>With that said, I have no idea on the market share or profitability of any of that or Cloudflare vs Vercel.<p>Also perhaps the rails that will be put in place for seamless 1 click Astro deploy will continue to push them forward with other technologies as well, so it's not just about Astro.<p>I do feel that fear as well, is this an unnecessary distraction for CloudFlare?  Time will tell.</p>
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<p>I think just an oversight—disposables weren't really around at the time the time that the ban happened.  2019, people were mostly smoking Juul and having those crazy custom rigs that they fill with the juice.  Disposables really started to take off around 2021 - 2022.  Atleast that's what I saw with people around me in NY and California.</p>
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<p>Well the need is to arrive where you are going.<p>If we were in an imagined world and you are headed to work<p>You either walk out your door and there is a self driving car, or you walk out of your door and there is a train waiting for you or you walk out of your door and there is a helicopter or you walk out of your door and there is a literal worm hole.<p>Let's say all take the same amount of time, are equally safe, same cost, have the same amenities inside, and "feel the same" - would you care if it were different every day?<p>I don't think I would.<p>Maybe the wormhole causes slight nausea ;)</p>
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<p>>  and my absolute favorite making a call which would dial the number and then about a second later immediately hang up.<p>Is it your phone hanging up or are you calling an iPhone in do not disturb mode, in which case you have to call twice for it to go through (because their phone is automatically hanging up on you)</p>
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<p>Honestly I love the priority notifications and the notification summaries.  The thing that drives me absolutely insane, is that the fact that when I view the notification through clicking on it from another space other than the "While in the reduce interruptions focus" it doesn't clear.  Because of this, I always have infinite notifications.<p>I want to open WhatsApp and open the message and have it clear the notif.  Or atleast click the notif from the normal notif center and have it clear there.  It kills me</p>
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<p>A simple comment, but wow I really like the look of Bonsai!  The lighting, shading and shapes are really beautiful, I think a game made in this would feel really unique</p>
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