Hacker News: psini

New comment by psini in "Saying goodbye to Agile"

psini — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:26:28 +0000

Not much to add just wanted to say I share the sentiment and it matches my experience :-) . I'm not smart enough to NOT keep it simple; 90% of stuff I work on at $company is really a CRUDbox and I do NOT want to "astronaut-architect" the whole thing. Comprehensive test-suite, push to prod multiple times a day, feedback, dev.

That's it really.

New comment by psini in "GitHub's Historic Uptime"

psini — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:53:14 +0000

But GitHub actions is not Git?

New comment by psini in "Have a fucking website"

psini — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:24:47 +0000

How are you going to convince your ie hair salon? Being cheeky but I imagine the conversation is going to go like:

- "What the heck is a domain name"

- "What the heck is a vps"

Probably going to doze off by the time you get to explaining an http server.

Don't get me started on the "plain text file". A website that looks like notepad.exe from '95?

It's worse than not sexy, most users would think the website got hacked or something. And I'm not teaching my hair stylist CSS

Improbable Island AI scrapbot downtime postmortem

psini — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:52:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.improbableisland.com/motd.php?id=598

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423598

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by psini in "Show HN: Stacked Game of Life"

psini — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:14:18 +0000

Am able to rotate/pan/zoom with firefox on desktop using the mouse buttons and scroll wheel

New comment by psini in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

psini — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:20:50 +0000

I'm guessing my car is old enough that is comes with a spark plug socket in the toolbag in the back along with the jack and spare wheel; you're right it probably isn't standard equipment anymore. (Car is Mazda from 2005 for reference)

New comment by psini in "The Hunt for Dark Breakfast"

psini — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:19:37 +0000

Only difference is a fried egg on top takes it from a Monsieur to a Madame :-)

New comment by psini in "The Hunt for Dark Breakfast"

psini — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:17:37 +0000

For a continental vibe see the french "Croque Madame"

New comment by psini in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

psini — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:47:51 +0000

Hmm have not tested but a spark plug doesn't really need shop tools to be replaced; maybe trying with a way bigger repair like "I need my transmission replaced" would bring different results?

New comment by psini in "Tiny sugar spoons are popping up on NYC fast-food menus"

psini — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:16:12 +0000

Crazy how you probably wouldn't get a slice of cheesecake factory cheesecake on the side of your Macdonald's meal; but never think twice about a medium soda that has the same amount of added sugar

New comment by psini in "Ohno Type School: A (2020)"

psini — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:31:20 +0000

Please don't let the comments deter you from giving the site a try! Ok navigation is finicky on mobile but this isn't a blog post, it's quirky, I find the humor funny and the subject matter deserves some artistic liberty on the presentation side

New comment by psini in "Pasta Cooking Time"

psini — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:21:13 +0000

I used to have a small burner, and would throw a lot of (cold) dry pasta into not so much boiling water. The water would just stop boiling from being cooled down from the pasta, and take 5-6 minutes to come to a boil again. Perhaps something similar?

New comment by psini in "Pasta Cooking Time"

psini — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:17:19 +0000

Can't speak for all italian regions as there are many differences; but this "spooning some sauce over naked pasta" right on the plate always struck me as positively un-italian. I would always expect the pasta and sauce to be mixed in the kitchen, and the pasta to be completely coated in sauce when the plate reached my table. Maybe it's something italian-american ?

New comment by psini in "Altoids by the Fistful"

psini — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:51:04 +0000

Great read, putting into some beautiful prose undigested feelings that have been stewing in my stomach for a while. Maybe I should find a cabinet that's worth painting the back of to me

New comment by psini in "Why is Venus hell and Earth an Eden?"

psini — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:46:35 +0000

I'm thinking water

New comment by psini in "Task Runner Census 2025"

psini — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:56:24 +0000

It seems biased that only GitHub was scraped, that seems like it would mostly exclude systems linked to other forges like GitLab CI.

New comment by psini in "Game Hacking – Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)"

psini — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:10:53 +0000

I understand the sentiment but I can't bring myself to think valve is to blame or should be doing more. Getting a case of "Yes officer, I have an NO2 bottle in my trunk, but what it is plugged to is not actually the air intake for my car but something entirely unrelated, if you just take 2 hours to dig around and take it apart you'll also realize this"

New comment by psini in "IRS Direct File on GitHub"

psini — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:04:29 +0000

The ~12 levels of indentation and 5 layers of nesting are doing my head in personally but maybe my brainspace is too small.

New comment by psini in "Dodge Confirms Electric Charger Daytona R/T Is Dead as Unsold Cars Pile Up"

psini — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:43:02 +0000

I don't understand how the points you qualify as "copium" aren't valid? People have owned and enjoyed classic cars for exactly these kinds of reasons. Not everything is about datasheet numbers and performance.

New comment by psini in "So Much Blood"

psini — Wed, 07 May 2025 15:00:20 +0000

You can donate every 3~4 days in the US? In France I believe it is only once every 2 months for men and every 3 months for women!

edit: confused plasma donation with blood donation; it is still only every 2 weeks for plasma donations over here