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New comment by ricokatayama in "Agent Skills"

ricokatayama — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:52:19 +0000

It is conceptually different. Skill was created over the context rot problem. You will pull the right skill from the deck after having a challenge and figuring out the best skill just by reading the title and description.

New comment by ricokatayama in "Rentahuman – The Meatspace Layer for AI"

ricokatayama — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:47:41 +0000

moltbook = reddit for agents rentahuman = taskrabbit for agents

by the way, is taskrabbit still a thing?

New comment by ricokatayama in "Vibe a Guitar Pedal"

ricokatayama — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:32:33 +0000

Usually, I'm not a big fan of Polyend products. They look cool, but they lack depth. Not the best tracker, not the best beatbox, etc. And also, I'm totally into Puredata and devices like Organelle, but the learning curve is steep. I get the idea of a vibe sound modeler. Not my alley, but that's interesting for a niche, I'd say.

New comment by ricokatayama in "How Markdown took over the world"

ricokatayama — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:09:37 +0000

for me, the idea of structuring and formatting texts keyboard-only was fundamental for my adoption of markdown. iA Writer as an app that pushed me in that direction. Markdown, iA Writer, and my Keychron are part of my routine.

Even G2 – Smartglasses

ricokatayama — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:21:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.evenrealities.com/smart-glasses

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45905948

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by ricokatayama in "Choose Your Own Adventure"

ricokatayama — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:03:26 +0000

The mystery of the Highland Crest is one of my favorite books ever! It gave me another perspective on the medium when I was younger

New comment by ricokatayama in "Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo"

ricokatayama — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:54:45 +0000

product UVP aside, woah! the page is sick!

New comment by ricokatayama in "Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company"

ricokatayama — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:47:58 +0000

They messed with Dia thing. Arc had a clear value proposition, a better browser for power users. I'd pay for that, mostly because the browser itself, but also because they had pretty straightforward approaches on their communication, how small things work, how bad features should be removed and so on...

I never understood Dia. ofc I downloaded Dia and tried using it a while, but never clicked on the agent bar. They told somewhere sometime that they were seeking a bigger user base. Dia definitely is not that place. A browser powered by AI definitely is nothing something beyond the geek/early adopter crew.

Things become worse when we think about how they handled this whole situation. Sometimes shady, sometimes with a lot of arrogance and always shunning off their loyal users.

We don't have the whole information, of course the team and maybe investors know better in details what happened, but definitely things weren't going well. The recent tweet from the design guy cheering up the side bar is almost a suffocated scream from the team imo.

From the company journey perspective that's a depressing way to have an exit. Wish them the best, but I'm deleting any traces of TBC from my computer.

New comment by ricokatayama in "Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity"

ricokatayama — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:22:47 +0000

I mean, almost every country could offer America a lesson about democracy nowadays.

New comment by ricokatayama in "Monodraw"

ricokatayama — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:09:15 +0000

That’s great. You gained a new customer. In the prompt's and Caves of Qud 1.0 era, I'd say ASCII art is a must, both in terms of UX and aesthetic in general.

New comment by ricokatayama in "You can now disable all AI features in Zed"

ricokatayama — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:46:05 +0000

Do you know what I like more than AI in my IDE (which I adore, by the way)? It's an IDE that respects the developer.

New comment by ricokatayama in "Show HN: New Ensō – first public beta"

ricokatayama — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:22:52 +0000

I laughed at the Keanu pun gonna try

New comment by ricokatayama in "Apple introduces a universal design across platforms"

ricokatayama — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:57:41 +0000

When Apple introduced the whole skeuomorphic analogy, they did it because they needed to make a new way of interacting with touch-based apps feel tangible. That seemed totally fair.

When Apple brought a spatial analogy to the Vision Pro, it also felt fair they were thinking in terms of volume and dimensions, after all, they were teaching people how to interact with a new reality.

I can even understand Apple wanting to unify their design approaches, but bringing the “liquid glass” look to everything feels like a massive step backward. The interface looks messy, clunky.

It feels like Apple is entering a design hell, and I don’t know how they’ll get out of it.

New comment by ricokatayama in "From Figma to Sketch"

ricokatayama — Fri, 09 May 2025 13:16:23 +0000

What's going on with Figma? After the recent announcements and a shift towards a less professional audience, I feel the product is becoming increasingly bloated, confusing, and complex. This is quite the opposite of what made me switch from Sketch to Figma: a straightforward app with good collaboration features. Now, Figma offers too many options, has a confusing pricing structure, and an approach that slightly repels me. After canceling the Adobe deal, it seems they want to create the Figma Suite themselves to craft an appealing story for the IPO.

The issue is that nobody uses the Adobe Suite. At its core, it gives a poor and unfocused experience.

After that, I revisited the Sketch website to see how our old friends are positioning themselves these days. The message still resonates.

From Figma to Sketch

ricokatayama — Fri, 09 May 2025 13:16:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sketch.com/vs/figma/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43936390

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by ricokatayama in "The Profitable Startup"

ricokatayama — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:02:08 +0000

I mean, those wrappers etc.

New comment by ricokatayama in "The Profitable Startup"

ricokatayama — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:03:40 +0000

A great piece of advice from Linear. Even in this flourishing AI landscape, every startup should avoid being overly speculative about resource mgmt. Linear raised from YC and Sequoia though. I'd love to learn more about how they balanced their burn rate

New comment by ricokatayama in "Do adults have the skills they need to thrive in a changing world?"

ricokatayama — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:59:33 +0000

Hey pal, indeed, these anomalies occur mainly due to a lack of signals coming from the hiring market itself. Formation initiatives (and even people’s interests) always lag behind what the market is ready to absorb.

I've been talking to the entire market about skill management and I’ve noticed how flawed our methods for visualizing individual skillsets are. It’s impossible to consider upskilling and reskilling this way. When demand arises, the only possible solution is firing and hiring. This alignment will only occur when the demand provides a granular, specific, and clear indication of the skill gap.

New comment by ricokatayama in "Do adults have the skills they need to thrive in a changing world?"

ricokatayama — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:49:59 +0000

According to the study, for those who are overqualified

New comment by ricokatayama in "Do adults have the skills they need to thrive in a changing world?"

ricokatayama — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:47:28 +0000

Sorry for the delay. The problem is that ‘as broad and as deep’ works if we think in terms of a mass operation, but not for an individual. For an individual, these are competing strategies. I’m not advocating against a broad education, but at the same time, if the job market can’t truly see each person’s skillset, we’ll always have a mismatch.