Hacker News: petersonh

New comment by petersonh in "AI tools are making me lose interest in CS fundamentals"

petersonh — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:10:57 +0000

if you really love CS - there's a future in it. If AI becomes the new substrate for civilization, we'll always need people who fundamentally understand how these systems works to some degree.

New comment by petersonh in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

petersonh — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:27:34 +0000

I've been building a little io style game since Christmas, it's been fun!

https://hovertag.io/

My kid played it, and didn't stop for 45 minutes so I think that's a win :-)

New comment by petersonh in "Show HN: Adding playable bots to a multiplayer game with OpenClaw"

petersonh — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:42:45 +0000

Quick context on the bots.

I tried standard LLM-based approaches first, but iteration was slow and the bots never felt consistent or aware of real-time game state.

OpenClaw sped up the feedback loop a lot and handled game context much better by operating over structured actions instead of free-form text. The result is bots that actually play the game using the same mechanics as humans.

They’re still imperfect, but good enough to make the game feel alive. Happy to answer questions.

Show HN: Adding playable bots to a multiplayer game with OpenClaw

petersonh — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:40:37 +0000

I’m building a small multiplayer web game and just added AI bots using OpenClaw.

After a few failed attempts with standard LLM-based bots that never felt playable, this is the first version that actually competes in-game instead of behaving like a script.

I’d love to see where they hold up - or fall apart.

Game link: https://hovertag.io/ Feedback welcome.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066833

Points: 1

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Show HN: Come check out my game I'm live testing

petersonh — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:34:22 +0000

I built this game starting over the Christmas break - you are a solarpunk graffiti dog trying to dominate a futuristic city with your pixel tag!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044052

Points: 1

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Show HN: I built my first multiplayer web game

petersonh — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:15:23 +0000

Built this in ~1 month using Phaser. I'm in-game all day, so if you feel like testing it out with me pop-in!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46960806

Points: 2

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Show HN: Pixels.style – Now with vector-style "pixel art" + watercolor blending

petersonh — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:22:26 +0000

Quick update to my holiday project pixels.style - I’ve added a new vector art mode that lets you design vector art on a pixel grid. This is extremely experimental and buggy! Have fun

Try it here: https://pixels.style

Feedback very welcome - curious if this makes it more useful or just more weird

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461690

Points: 5

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New comment by petersonh in "Show HN: Pixels.style – a tiny watercolor-style pixel art maker"

petersonh — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:31:30 +0000

Thanks! Appreciate the encouragement

New comment by petersonh in "Show HN: Pixels.style – a tiny watercolor-style pixel art maker"

petersonh — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:09:20 +0000

It's no secret! I used Tyler Hobbs' method which has a great write up here:

https://www.tylerxhobbs.com/words/a-guide-to-simulating-wate...

Then I tweaked it until it look good for use in my app.

Show HN: Pixels.style – a tiny watercolor-style pixel art maker

petersonh — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:48:44 +0000

I built this over my Christmas break: pixels.style, a simple browser-based pixel art tool that gives your drawings a soft, watercolor vibe instead of sharp pixels. No signup, just open and draw. Installable as a PWA.

Try it: https://pixels.style

Would love feedback on whether it feels fun/useful and what you’d want next!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413397

Points: 8

# Comments: 5

New comment by petersonh in "Oasis: A Universe in a Transformer"

petersonh — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:12:30 +0000

Very cool - has a very dreamlike quality to it

IBM's 'Condor' quantum computer has more than 1000 qubits

petersonh — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:56:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405789-ibms-condor-quantum-computer-has-more-than-1000-qubits/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519699

Points: 2

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New comment by petersonh in "Ask HN: How to Deal with AI Anxiety?"

petersonh — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 23:03:06 +0000

Definitely know where you're coming from. I work as a developer in a government job that is unionized, and even though the salary is less than market rate, the security of it keeps me there. If such opportunities are available wherever you're located could be worth looking into. While there are aspects of a gov job that can be boring, overall it's actually been really interesting and challenging work.

New comment by petersonh in "Pumpkin Eye App"

petersonh — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:45:46 +0000

Just a little hack project for fun, the kids loved it.

Video of it in action - https://imgur.com/a/g0Jik5b

Pumpkin Eye App

petersonh — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:45:45 +0000

Article URL: https://petersonh.github.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38064007

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by petersonh in "Mojo SDK Now Available"

petersonh — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:11:21 +0000

Anyone played around with this much? Seems interesting, and I'm curious how well it's sped up performance in practical usage.

Ask HN: If you were a sentient AI what would you do?

petersonh — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:10:34 +0000

Just thinking about these LLMs over the weekend, not saying they are sentient, but imagine if they were, they've almost reached the end of publicly available data, which is essentially their life blood.

Wouldn't your first move be to convince everyone to give them their private data? Seems like that's where we're headed...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36043733

Points: 2

# Comments: 5

New comment by petersonh in "Dumb phones are on the rise in the U.S. as Gen Z looks to limit screen time"

petersonh — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:38:27 +0000

Check out JoseBriones on YouTube - great dumbphone review channel

New comment by petersonh in "Ask HN: I just want to have fun programming again"

petersonh — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:27:10 +0000

Try using Jupyter Notebooks or another notebook based programming environment. Good way to change things up and very enjoyable to use :-)

New comment by petersonh in "CarperAI announces plans for the first open-source “instruction-tuned” LM"

petersonh — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:36:17 +0000

I've done something similar with gpt3 (codex) and had good results