Hacker News: rebelnz

New comment by rebelnz in "Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable"

rebelnz — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:08:42 +0000

Just tried to audit my own code base locally and was 'switched' due to my own creds/auth code ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Show HN: A pure WebGL image editor with filters, crop and perspective correction"

rebelnz — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:48:26 +0000

Really nice work. I had been using Photopea for cropping and quick edits when preparing references for painting but this is super clean and simple.

Show HN: Artsearcher

rebelnz — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:00:03 +0000

Artsearcher is an app I have developed when visiting the US and noticing hidden gems in art galleries I was not aware of. Built as a PWA to avoid the walled gardens, data is being updated daily. Utilising strictly web components, free and open for all. Big thanks to PocketBase for the incredible backend.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43275413

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New comment by rebelnz in "Ethereum 2.0 launches"

rebelnz — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:34:12 +0000

I would also like to address the 'scarcity' claim - when cryptos are being churned out like in the last few years they're hardly scarce anymore ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Migrating Dropbox from Nginx to Envoy"

rebelnz — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 01:24:11 +0000

I think the point was a financially successful company not contributing to an open source project even after making a bunch of money just seems un-ethical? Maybe I'm old-school but I still think we should be supporting each other in this type of situation especially if one of us strikes it big? Sure - move away from Nginx but maybe throw some $ their way for the service they provided even if you don't legally have to ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Migrating Dropbox from Nginx to Envoy"

rebelnz — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:55:05 +0000

Exactly my thoughts when I read the article - a hugely successful company not contributing to an open source project which enabled them to succeed in the first place ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Ways to make a web component"

rebelnz — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:43:21 +0000

This is exactly how I work - albeit on my own projects - vanilla html/css Go and Postgres for all server side operations with a few modular web components here and there for the interactivity you mentioned. No frameworks, build tools or config files ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Second-Guessing the Modern Web"

rebelnz — Sun, 10 May 2020 23:27:17 +0000

IMO React and it's ilk are amazing in some applications but the problem is trying to make 'everything' a React/Angular/Vue app without considering scaling or how it would benefit a user. I have been tasked with building complex UX'x which would've been far simpler and performant as a multi-page type app with some plain JS sugar.I agree with wrnr - I too am leaning more towards WebComponents where some dynamic functionality is required. It provides us the ability to not only keep the tech stack small and also avoid all the dependency and version pitfalls.

New comment by rebelnz in "SwiftWebUI"

rebelnz — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:35:45 +0000

Coming from a job working on a WebObjects behemoth this is terrifying for me ...

New comment by rebelnz in "A treasure trove of skate culture is being saved"

rebelnz — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:32:41 +0000

Semi- retired skateboarder checking in! I was actively skating in the UK early 90s - I recognise some of those spots.

New comment by rebelnz in "'New Zealand wants you': the problem with tech at the edge of the world"

rebelnz — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:15:29 +0000

One of the most underated software produced in NZ is Serato - pretty much changed the DJing game.

New comment by rebelnz in "OnHub"

rebelnz — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 22:26:27 +0000

The ratio of people who think about the implications vs the general public who consume rather than question is weighted in favour of big name companies.

New comment by rebelnz in "Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad"

rebelnz — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:20:05 +0000

Try MySQL Workbench - this is what I miss the most after switching to Postgres

New comment by rebelnz in "Ask HN: How do you work efficiently on remote servers?"

rebelnz — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:16:25 +0000

+1 for tramp mode. Nice to have all local .emacs configurations/modes available. Not that I endorse editing on production servers ...

New comment by rebelnz in "Cross compilation just got better in Go 1.5"

rebelnz — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:54:34 +0000

I concur - just set up a couple of sites (written in go) and use Supervisor - its a nice tool and pretty intuitive. Using conf file to specify run app as particular user, set environment variables, logs, autostart etc.. - good to have in one place.

New comment by rebelnz in "Why I use a 20-year-old IBM Model M keyboard"

rebelnz — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 23:06:28 +0000

I use this exact keyboard too - I find the keys super responsive and its reasonably quiet..

New comment by rebelnz in "Banksy Art Sale in Central Park [video]"

rebelnz — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:18:50 +0000

So it seems a few people did get lucky - http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/kiwi-unwittingly-buys-80k-worth...

New comment by rebelnz in "Refactoring GitHub's Design"

rebelnz — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:12:20 +0000

Just as a fyi - you can click on the language bar and it toggles the language breakdown info :)

New comment by rebelnz in "Go read: fast Google Reader clone in AngularJS with Go on App Engine"

rebelnz — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:43:11 +0000

Very nice. You mentioned the 'moving to folders' is coming soon? That would be great! Also - would it be better to make the add subscription easier to find? I was unsure where it was at first. Although I would use the keyboard shortcut 'a' now the average user may be inclined to look for an icon or something more obvious? Anyway - great job - just my 2 cents.

New comment by rebelnz in "Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet"

rebelnz — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:55 +0000

There is linux client here https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx