Hacker News: peterspath

New comment by peterspath in "I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK"

peterspath — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:53:24 +0000

I have it the other way around. I want local first app. Don’t want everything in the cloud apps.

Luckily there is choice :)

New comment by peterspath in "The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites"

peterspath — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:27:01 +0000

Slashpages often have a directory where you can discover new indie websites. Also fun to add those slashpages to your own website.

https://slashpages.net

New comment by peterspath in "The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites"

peterspath — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:24:32 +0000

also https://powrss.com

New comment by peterspath in "Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs"

peterspath — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:09:15 +0000

https://powrss.com

and https://slashpages.net is also a nice way to discover new blogs...

Apple adds new partners to its American Manufacturing Program

peterspath — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:05:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-adds-new-partners-to-its-american-manufacturing-program/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532208

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by peterspath in "GPT-5.4"

peterspath — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:48:18 +0000

Grok has a 2M context window for most of their models.

For example their latest model `grok-4-1-fast-reasoning`:

- Context window: 2M

- Rate limits: 4M tokens per minute, 480 requests per minute

- Pricing: $0.20/M input $0.50/M output

Grok is not as good in coding as Claude for example. But for researching stuff it is incredible. While they have a model for coding now, did not try that one out yet.

https://docs.x.ai/developers/models

New comment by peterspath in "Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config"

peterspath — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:36:06 +0000

I really miss the look up, translate, and search with... options in Firefox I have anywhere else when I right click on a selected word.

E2EE Back end part 3: Passkeys with the PRF Extension

peterspath — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:20:48 +0000

Article URL: https://peterspath.net/blog/dev-e2ee-backend-part-3-passkeys-with-the-prf-extension/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205419

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by peterspath in "Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data"

peterspath — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:27:53 +0000

That standard also allows for importing and exporting passkeys. Apple added that in iOS/macOS/etc 26 to their platforms. https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/13/ios-26-passkeys-password-tran...

New comment by peterspath in "Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data"

peterspath — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:18:53 +0000

Some password managers do not support the PRF extension yet. ProtonPass is one of them that does not: https://www.passkeyprf.com

New comment by peterspath in "Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data"

peterspath — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:11:27 +0000

I was looking into this to start using this. Because it’s quite user friendly to not let the user worry about all the details that involve encryption of data.

I guess informing them is a good way to start. Are there any other tips on how this can be improved?

Swift System Metrics 1.0

peterspath — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:21:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-system-metrics-1.0-released/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177189

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

E2EE Back end part 2: Private Information Retrieval

peterspath — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:44:23 +0000

Article URL: https://peterspath.net/blog/dev-e2ee-backend-part-2-private-information-retrieval/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139260

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by peterspath in "A deep dive into Apple's .car file format"

peterspath — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:45:32 +0000

I choose binary formats over JSON almost every time I can. JSON sucks big time.

New comment by peterspath in "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

peterspath — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:19:10 +0000

Grok 4.1:

Drive.

50 meters is nothing — literally a 30-second walk or a 10-second drive — but the key point is: your car isn’t going to wash itself.

If you walk to the car wash, you arrive alone. The car stays parked at home, still dirty.

If you drive, the car actually gets to the car wash and gets cleaned.

So unless you’re planning to push the car the whole way (which is technically possible but ridiculous), the only practical option is to drive it there.

Bonus reality check: Driving 50 meters uses a tiny amount of fuel (maybe 0.005–0.01 liters in a normal car) and produces a negligible amount of emissions. Walking would be “greener,” but it literally doesn’t solve the problem.

Verdict: Get in the car, drive the 50 meters, wash it, and drive back.

You’ll have a clean car and still be home in under 5 minutes. Walking is for when you don’t need to move a 1.5-ton vehicle.

New comment by peterspath in "E2EE Backend part 1: Homomorphic Encryption"

peterspath — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:47:22 +0000

This is the first post in a series exploring a truly privacy-preserving, end-to-end encrypted backend and client.

The goal of this part: a demo that can calculate totals on encrypted user data without ever seeing the plaintext.

E2EE Backend part 1: Homomorphic Encryption

peterspath — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:47:22 +0000

Article URL: https://peterspath.net/blog/dev-e2ee-backend-part-1-homomorphic-encryption/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949163

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by peterspath in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

peterspath — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:05:59 +0000

I do have it enabled and webbrowsing is still fine, the things I use are or websites or simple web apps that aren't javascript heavy anyway...

when I want to do something for longer I will pickup my MacBook anyway.

New comment by peterspath in "Ask HN: European alternative to Vercel/Cloudflare for hosting"

peterspath — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:50:06 +0000

also take a look at https://bunny.net

New comment by peterspath in "Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift"

peterspath — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:34:54 +0000

This is a good write up about Swift Concurrency: https://fuckingapproachableswiftconcurrency.com/en/