<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: redmattred</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=redmattred</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:03:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=redmattred" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Trying the Software Factory Pattern"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> vocally _not_ adopting agentic software development flows<p>I suspect that the vendors out there who have not adopted AI development and are losing market share to competitor who has are not vocal about not being an adopter, they are just complacent.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779247</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779247</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>Tools for Conviviality (Ivan Illich)</i> has this idea about the two watersheds of new technology.<p>During the first watershed, it solves an actual problem + improves the lives of those who adopt it.<p>During the second watershed, it gets institutionalized and the technology shifts into something that requires people serve it rather than serving those it’s intended to help.<p>His examples are all old technologies like modern medicine, non party line wired phones, the radio, etc. but the ideas fit the shape of the technological advances we’re seeing in our lifetimes as well.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:25:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347086</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347086</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackBear: Private Life Operating System]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blackbear.app/">https://blackbear.app/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834721">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834721</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:29:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blackbear.app/</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834721</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Venkatesh Rao had this idea about matching the type of work you choose at a given time to the mood state you are currently in (or finding cues to shift yourself into the mood state that best matches the kind of work you need to be doing).<p>Pick a few personas to develop that match different aspects of your personality and map to different mood states you might be in. Not so much defining roles, but different work styles that you work in. Write prompts for each of them.<p>Keep a task list your agent has access to. Feed it your personas as well.<p>Have an agent pick one task and to frame the work through the lens of each of your personas and to ask it to ask you to choose which one you would like to pick.<p>Schedule it to run each morning and trust your gut with whichever one you pick.<p>You have now put yourself on the opposite end of the prompt response loop and the agent is prompting you for a response.<p>You'll be in a flow state in no time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:32:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780254</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780254</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Show HN: Free activity calendar for schools, sports clubs, and organizations"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is great. Well done.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 12:27:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345174</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345174</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48345174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Ask HN: Why does tech industry not have more co-ops?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What is the ideal coop structure for a tech business you have in mind?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:33:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951635</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951635</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Show HN: Chat with an exhaustive geopolitical simulation of the 2026 Iran War"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:27:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506198</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506198</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not sure about now, but geolocation data used to be available for purchase from: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_Wireless" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_Wireless</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:58:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431371</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431371</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here's one: <a href="https://www.rtk-ai.app/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rtk-ai.app/</a> (<a href="https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk</a>)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:46:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428881</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428881</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Some Words on WigglyPaint"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It seems like the most popular of these clones is <a href="https://jigglypaint.com" rel="nofollow">https://jigglypaint.com</a> which looks to openly acknowledge it was inspired by WigglyPaint.<p>I’m curious if this article is directed towards them or the clones that are impersonating the WigglyPaint brand.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:28:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299693</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299693</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is great. Some good nostalgia vibes.<p>The fact that it’s not exhaustive and is a reflection of the creator’s taste is a feature, not a bug.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:03:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015037</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015037</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Doing the thing is doing the thing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And both of those problems are yours, not your neighbor’s.<p>To your neighbor, doing it badly is still doing the thing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:50:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794145</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794145</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Doing the thing is doing the thing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>People sometimes do things because they enjoy doing them, even if they aren’t particularly good at them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:47:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46788248</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46788248</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46788248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "Show HN: I built a space travel calculator using Vanilla JavaScript"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is great, well done.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:08:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742915</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "I'd tell you a UDP joke…"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That’s correct</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:29:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611956</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611956</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "I'd tell you a UDP joke…"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you want to hear a great ICMP joke just ping me</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581284</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581284</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "I'd tell you a UDP joke…"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well played</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:48:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581265</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd tell you a UDP joke…]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.codepuns.com/post/805294580859879424/i-would-tell-you-a-udp-joke-but-you-might-not-get">https://www.codepuns.com/post/805294580859879424/i-would-tell-you-a-udp-joke-but-you-might-not-get</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580946">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580946</a></p>
<p>Points: 188</p>
<p># Comments: 50</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.codepuns.com/post/805294580859879424/i-would-tell-you-a-udp-joke-but-you-might-not-get</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580946</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "ChatGPT Health is a marketplace, guess who is the product?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OpenAI</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:17:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580911</link><dc:creator>redmattred</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580911</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46580911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by redmattred in "ChatGPT Health is a marketplace, guess who is the product?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The HHS is asking for recommendations on how to leverage AI for healthcare: <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-ai-rfi.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-ai-rfi.html</a><p>This is probably part of an effort to position them a potential vendor to help the government with this.</p>
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