Hacker News: nivethan

AdBreak – Jailbreaking the Kindle

nivethan — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:35:07 +0000

Article URL: https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/AdBreak/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484787

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Use your database to power state machines (2023)

nivethan — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:20:12 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.lawrencejones.dev/state-machines/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48465241

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Freak in the Sheets – LLVM back end that compiles to Google Sheets

nivethan — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:16:25 +0000

Article URL: https://devpost.com/software/freak-in-the-sheets-7jl542

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403310

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Automakers invented the crime of jaywalking (2015)

nivethan — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:09:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370488

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by nivethan in "Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation"

nivethan — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:42:22 +0000

This is a terrifying and illuminating read.

New comment by nivethan in "I Miss Terry Pratchett"

nivethan — Sat, 23 May 2026 13:33:41 +0000

Interestingly each of those sentences also tripped me up but I let it go as it read good enough.

This comment is pushing me to think critically about those weird sentences rather than just accepting it. Thanks for this comment.

This is like that short story with the various llm troubleshooting jobs in some solarpunky future. I loved it but the fact it was AI gives me a form of sadness. This is likely the same now.

New comment by nivethan in "Flipper One – we need your help"

nivethan — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:20:49 +0000

I love this, ordered one now. I've been looking for something lightweight to use to ssh into various machines. Though tbh it might go into my junk drawer anyway. Maybe I like the idea of on the go ssh more than actually doing it.

New comment by nivethan in "QBE – Compiler Back End"

nivethan — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:47 +0000

I'm starting to think I should post my prompts if the model one shots it as I don't think the code itself is worth putting out.

Selfhosting Vaultwarden (2023)

nivethan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:02:30 +0000

Article URL: https://nachtimwald.com/2023/03/16/vaultwarden-a-self-hosted-password-vault/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689031

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The bee that everyone wants to save

nivethan — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:35:16 +0000

Article URL: https://naturalist.bearblog.dev/the-bee-that-everyone-wants-to-save/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520599

Points: 288

# Comments: 88

Fantastic Anime Edit

nivethan — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:47:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyrsy6PWgo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512601

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Low Effort Sandwiches

nivethan — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:01:04 +0000

Article URL: https://cherrysroom.bearblog.dev/low-effort-sandwiches/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508243

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Trickle Down Effects

nivethan — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:10:34 +0000

Article URL: https://gomakethings.com/trickle-down-effects/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485423

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

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

nivethan — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:12:22 +0000

I've done a little bit of this and Claude is pretty great. Take the app and let Claude run wild with it. It does require you to be relatively familiar with the app as you may need to guide it in the right direction.

I was able to get it to rebuild and hack together a .NET application that we don't have source for. This was done in a Linux VM and it gave me a version that I could build and run on Windows.

We're past the point of legacy blackbox apps being a mystery. Happy to talk more, my e-mail is available on my profile.