Hacker News: rahulroy

New comment by rahulroy in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"

rahulroy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:05:00 +0000

Location: Delhi, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Kotlin, Postgres, Redis, Distributed systems, React.js, AWS, Terraform

Email: rahul@thaicopilot.com

I've been a builder for 10+ years. I love building softwares. Thinking about a problem and owning the product end to end gives me joy.

New comment by rahulroy in "OpenAI – How to delete your account"

rahulroy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:38:21 +0000

I asked z.ai, "Which is the best model for coding"

Here's the response:

```

As of late 2024, there isn't one single "best" model for every situation, as performance depends on whether you need raw coding intelligence, speed, or integration into your workflow.

However, the current consensus among developers places Claude 3.5 Sonnet at the top for pure coding ability.

Here is a breakdown of the best models for coding right now, categorized by their strengths: ...

```

So they have data until late 2024 and nothing beyond? They don't even perform a web search. Doesn't seem to be on par with other frontier models.

New comment by rahulroy in "Gemini 3.1 Pro"

rahulroy — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:25:05 +0000

In the meantime, I'm trying to update Antigravity to use the latest version, but it just wouldn't update itself, nor would it let me use 3.0 model. I restarted multiple times with the same result.

I tried telling this to agent, and it keeps repeating the same phrase "Gemini 3.1 Pro is not available on this version. Please upgrade to the latest version."

Congratulations on beating the benchmarks, but I wonder how much effort is devoted on improving DX?

Edit: It's updated now, I can confirm with "There are currently no updates available.". It still doesn't let me continue with the conversation. I'm able to create new session though.

New comment by rahulroy in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

rahulroy — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:44:13 +0000

I've not seen the bot from eleven labs. Where can I see it in action?

New comment by rahulroy in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

rahulroy — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:30:44 +0000

Haha! For me it was quite obvious once it admitted because we kept talking and their behaviour stayed the same. It could see that AI's character was pretty flat, good enough for v1.

New comment by rahulroy in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

rahulroy — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:43:40 +0000

Correct. They sounded like human. The pacing was natural, it was real time, no lag. It felt human for the most part. There was even a background noise, which made it feel authentic.

EDIT: I'm almost tempted to go back and respond to that email now. Just out of curiosity, to see how soon I'll see a human.

New comment by rahulroy in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

rahulroy — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:12:33 +0000

Not at all. It was hard to believe.

New comment by rahulroy in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

rahulroy — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:20:38 +0000

I'm not sure how related this is, but I feel like it is.

I received a couple of emails for Ruby on Rails position, so I ignored the emails.

Yesterday out of nowhere I received a call from an HR, we discussed a few standard things but they didn't had the specific information about company or the budget. They told me to respond back to email.

Something didn't feel right, so I asked after gathering courage "Are you an AI agent?", and the answer was yes.

Now I wasn't looking for a job, but I would imagine, most people would not notice it. It was so realistic. Surely, there needs to be some guardrails.

Edit: Typo

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

rahulroy — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:37:32 +0000

I've been working on a Thai language learning application(https://thaicopilot.com/) for months now, so I would love to get some feedback from the community. I plan to expand to other languages, but the thought process for now is to get it right for one language and scale up the repeatable efforts for all the others.

If you want to see a video of the app without sign up https://thaicopilot.com/how-it-works

New comment by rahulroy in "Claude Opus 4.6"

rahulroy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:04:52 +0000

Haha! Glad it was helpful. Yes, I keep an eye on that page, so I was quick to notice.

New comment by rahulroy in "Claude Opus 4.6"

rahulroy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:03:36 +0000

Glad that it was helpful. Thanks

New comment by rahulroy in "Claude Opus 4.6"

rahulroy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:05:28 +0000

Is anyone noticing reduced token consumption with Opus 4.6? This could be a release thing, but it would be interesting to observe see how it pans out once the hype cools off.

New comment by rahulroy in "Claude Opus 4.6"

rahulroy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:29:36 +0000

Yes, I'm on a paid subscription.

New comment by rahulroy in "Claude Opus 4.6"

rahulroy — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:13:20 +0000

They are also giving away $50 extra pay as you go credit to try Opus 4.6. I just claimed it from the web usage page[1]. Are they anticipating higher token usage for the model or just want to promote the usage?

[1] https://claude.ai/settings/usage

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

rahulroy — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:16:36 +0000

I'm building ThaiCopilot.com, it's a language learning application that I'm building, as language barrier was one of the biggest problem I faced as an expat in Thailand.

New comment by rahulroy in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

rahulroy — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:53:51 +0000

Getting close to my last day at my current job, and I couldn't be more excited to build in public.

When I moved to Thailand last year, the language barrier hit me immediately. So I’m scratching my own itch and building https://thaicopilot.com/, It's designed to help you learn Thai in real situations. Still early, but moving fast.

New comment by rahulroy in "Indie, alone, and figuring it out"

rahulroy — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:14:33 +0000

> I guess the main lesson is that the ups and downs are normal, and you get better at riding them over the years.

Any advice for someone who's just planning to start their own indie journey?

New comment by rahulroy in "Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file"

rahulroy — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:33:47 +0000

> It brings me such joy to see such a writeup in a world where humility is perceived as weakness.

I think the trend will shift in the opposite direction with advancement of all the genAI tools.

On a personal level, my reading time has reduced. Unless I know/respect the author, I don't bother reading genAI slop.

New comment by rahulroy in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2024)"

rahulroy — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:47:57 +0000

SEEKING WORK

Location: New Delhi, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Serverless, AWS Services, React.js

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/RahulsResume2024

Email: rahulroy@outlook.com

I have over 9 years of startup experience. Ruby on Rails has been the primary stack. Open to work on any stack. Immediate availability.

New comment by rahulroy in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)"

rahulroy — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:46:48 +0000

SEEKING WORK

Location: New Delhi, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Serverless, AWS Services, React.js

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/RahulsResume2024

Email: rahulroy@outlook.com

I have over 9 years of startup experience. Ruby on Rails has been the primary stack. Open to work on any stack. Immediate availability.