Hacker News: nkg

New comment by nkg in "Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API"

nkg — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:04:46 +0000

I was using VS Code when it happened. I said "why not try Copilot?", and guess what? All LLM are not equals :)

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?"

nkg — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:20:51 +0000

Not today, but the day before I launched my 2nd attempt at making chocolate from cocoa pods. The 1st time, the fermentation failed and I just got rotten seeds in a pot.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"

nkg — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:50:28 +0000

I am building a few catalog workflows in n8n in order to synchronize our ERP data with Akeneo. I know it looks incredibly boring but as I progress I have to get in touch with many departments, and it raises questions about how we manage data within the company. The people I expected to be the most reactionary about it - after all I am sticking my nose into their business - are actually the most helpful because they see an opportunity to make some tasks less painful.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: 500 citation MSc CS, stuck in a low-trust region. How to move forward?"

nkg — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:36:29 +0000

It resonates with me. I live in a small country (luckily an European one) where investments do not flow into tech. I have talked with many of my fellow countrymen that feel the same. Maybe we will never reach our full potential (professionally) by working here. Remote work is part of the solution for now, but it remains rare and requires a trust signal.

My only suggestion is to keep pushing until you make it.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

nkg — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:54:40 +0000

It will get better. They grow up.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

nkg — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:33:26 +0000

Same here!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395540

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

nkg — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:54:54 +0000

Drawing! I always loved pencil drawing, but it is an activity I had to put aside because it's time-consuming and we have a 3 yo at home that is also very time-consuming. After years of not doing it, I feel I lack the meditative part of it.

I am evaluating drawing tablets, if you have any recommendation. I am thinking about the Huion Kamvas 13.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?"

nkg — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:29:53 +0000

I regret buying an okay-ish car. I should have bought a cheap rubbish car, or paid the price for a good car. After 3 years of owning it, I'm stuck paying and repairing a car I want to dump.

New comment by nkg in "N8n added native persistent storage with DataTables"

nkg — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:34:11 +0000

I already felt the need to persist data between different nodes and workflows, so I made a bespoke API with dedicated endpoints that perform CRUD tasks (Yes, it defeats the purpose of a no-code platform but I can code, so...). I have to say I love N8n so far, it is a great productivity tool.

New comment by nkg in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

nkg — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:05:23 +0000

That was so entertaining! I know it was not your intention but thanks for the link.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What do you spend your money on?"

nkg — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:45:54 +0000

Makes me realize I hardly spend any money on fun stuff. Not that I can't but I'm the provider and I'm too scared of the future.

New comment by nkg in "Sell yourself, sell your work"

nkg — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:46:47 +0000

I like writing, but I always have a hard time getting started. In that regards ChatGPT has been a real game changer. I can just lay down some ideas, ask it to write an article, hate it, then write it myself.

New comment by nkg in "Two new PebbleOS watches"

nkg — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 01:17:25 +0000

Looks fun!

New comment by nkg in "Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?"

nkg — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:29:17 +0000

Massive migrations.

New comment by nkg in "Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder"

nkg — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:59:53 +0000

This is nice!

New comment by nkg in "The Onion buys Infowars"

nkg — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:41:48 +0000

This is so good. I love that country.

New comment by nkg in "My Time Working at Stripe"

nkg — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:20:29 +0000

a hundred percent.

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)"

nkg — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:20:00 +0000

Thanks !

New comment by nkg in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)"

nkg — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:12:34 +0000

I am working on a private transportation service. Think Uber, but in a small market. We have an aging population, poor public transportation and some of the bumpiest roads you can find in the West. It will fill a void.

Not my idea, though. Through our local geek community, I met this taxi driver who pitched his app idea. He convinced a few other drivers to pay a small fee to kickstart the project. Then he convinced me to help with the technical stuff, and I convinced a friend to tag along.

He is on the road looking for funding!

New comment by nkg in "Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your city"

nkg — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:33:47 +0000

Thank you for letting me be the 1st hacker on my island ;)

https://meet.hn/city/fr-Petit-Bourg