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New comment by replwoacause in "Performance Improvements in .NET 11"

replwoacause — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:41:58 +0000

I do all my dev in .NET on a mac, using Postgres and Sqlite only, so I don't relate to your experience at all. It's dead simple for me and I'm not even that good of a developer.

New comment by replwoacause in "Performance Improvements in .NET 11"

replwoacause — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:40:13 +0000

I do .NET dev exclusively on a mac completely within Visual Studio Code and it's by far the easiest and most enjoyable framework and ecosystem I've had the pleasure of working in. I couldn't be happier with it.

New comment by replwoacause in "Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber"

replwoacause — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:30:34 +0000

I'm a Plus subscriber using a Gmail address and still only see 3.6

New comment by replwoacause in "Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1"

replwoacause — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:13:32 +0000

I moved off my $200 max plan with Anthropic because of this. OpenAI gets it though.

New comment by replwoacause in "Cardiac imaging study found plaque in 34.6% of men in their 30s"

replwoacause — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:56:22 +0000

And colon cancer is on the rise so now I have that to be worried about before my 40s.

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0"

replwoacause — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:05:24 +0000

Ah no worries. No SPAs for me, SSR all day.

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0"

replwoacause — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:04:45 +0000

Not my experience. I have large production apps that I'm able to maintain just fine with thousands of lines of JS.

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0"

replwoacause — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:04:19 +0000

I've only tried vanilla JS so far

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0"

replwoacause — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:29:39 +0000

Please don’t misunderstand my comment, I wasn't trying to diminish the brilliant work you’ve done on HTMX, which I’ve personally benefited from. I could have probably worded it better than I did. I'm also not saying you _did_ misunderstand it, only asking that you please don't. I was just sharing an observation that I realize is not everyone’s experience. I’m still a fan + supporter, even though I now reach for JS more often because the pain of writing it has largely disappeared. I’m still not a fan of it by any means, but LLMs have been a major mitigator. I'm always happy to see the HTMX updates when they come out.

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0.0"

replwoacause — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:56:58 +0000

All apps I build are server-side rendered. I'm not sure how your comment changes the the question I'm asking.

New comment by replwoacause in "Htmx 4.0"

replwoacause — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:42:06 +0000

I've always been a fan and supporter of HTMX, but lately I've wondered how beneficial it is now that LLMs can generate JavaScript for us. HTMX was especially useful when I wrote JavaScript by hand because I appreciated its higher level of abstraction and simplicity. I also struggled to make it work with AlpineJS and eventually had to resort to plain JavaScript, which gave me finer control. Normally, switching to JavaScript would have been a hassle but since an LLM can produce it as easily as any other text, I’m less clear on HTMX’s advantage. I’ve been getting along fine without it. If computers didn’t write code for us, I would still choose HTMX, but now I find it hard to justify the trade‑off.

New comment by replwoacause in "Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal"

replwoacause — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:57:51 +0000

Most of what Trump does is illegal.

New comment by replwoacause in "PostgreSQL for Everything"

replwoacause — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:01:30 +0000

I use SQLite for everything, and I'm perfectly happy with it. I'm aware of the concurrent writer issues, but at my scale it doesn't even matter.

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:31:18 +0000

Haha that's awesome. Would love to hear more about your project. Share it on the boards if you want, I bet others would be interested too and you may be able to pick up a few new users! Hit me up anyway, always happen to swap notes, thanks for stopping by to check it out :]

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:26:47 +0000

I have a robust set of moderation tools built into the network and I check it several times per day. There is nothing automated setup yet because I don't need it. We have just under 200 members at the moment so this is working well. If the growth of the network ever outstrips my ability to moderate it effectively then I'll look at introducing new methods. So far, I've only had to delete 1 wall post and 1 thread, so it's very manageable.

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:35:23 +0000

Thanks! Hope to see you there when you get a chance. It works on mobile too, but it was made for the desktop first :)

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:59:12 +0000

Awesome, looking forward to seeing you on the boards. Yeah, we have a decent little group of active posters and we've been adding to that number slowly but consistently since I put it online a few weeks ago.

It's been fun and I've learned starting a community is a lot harder than it looks. Maybe I'll write a post on what I've learned sometime. TLDR and probably no surprise to most: making the software is the easy part.

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:56:54 +0000

Thank you! That's the idea, and even though its been a slow burn, the conversations have been interesting and rewarding. One of the funniest proof of concept so far was, someone asked how to route a guitar body to fit a new bridge on a network with maybe a dozen active people at the time. Within like a day, a total stranger with an actual woodshop and eight spare guitars showed up with real technical advice and offered him a discount on one of the guitars. Maybe it was a fluke, but it really struck me, and there have been a number of small interactions since that one that really remind me why I loved the early web so much.

New comment by replwoacause in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

replwoacause — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:13:38 +0000

https://quxnet.net/about

I made it specifically to bring back what was amazing about the old internet, and do it as authentically as possible. takes inspiration from old internet messageboards, usenet, bbs, and pubnix hosts. it has sealed mail, boards, an rss reader, built-in media player, custom profiles, a links directory, and quite a bit more.

it's just a little hobby art project for me but i've really appreciated talking to like minded people in a calm space.

New comment by replwoacause in "We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12"

replwoacause — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:06:23 +0000

Does it? Maybe. But I've grown weary of it. It feels like I'm in a relationship with a mercurial partner, never quite knowing where I stand.