Hacker News: sambellll

The Part of Me That Doesn't Believe AI Is Fine

sambellll — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:10:10 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/ai-is-fine

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49504839

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Adobe, RapidRAW, and the End of Selling Software as a Product

sambellll — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:45:42 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/rapidraw-adobe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227950

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

New comment by sambellll in "Show HN: Elevators"

sambellll — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:39:11 +0000

> Seems like the real reason it performed worse in this simulation is that when they implemented destination dispatch, they assigned an elevator at time of request, and had no system for reviewing and updated that assignment.

I don't think it's possible to have destination dispatch AND update assignment together, in the real world.

- If the user clicks floor 26 and you tell them to wait at elevator G, you can't really tell them to move to F if it's taking too long.

- But if you don't tell them an elevator to wait at, then you'd need them to run around what is possibly like 5-8 elevators to find which one is going to their floor? That's obviously not realistic.

So then you're going to just have them get in the first one that opens? But then that's just the same as an up/down button.

Tile's security is so bad it's a feature for stalkers

sambellll — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:18:42 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/05/tiles-security-is-so-bad-its-a-feature-for-stalkers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050152

Points: 171

# Comments: 46

HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88

sambellll — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:44:40 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/hackerrank-open-source-ats

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713832

Points: 1032

# Comments: 433

New comment by sambellll in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

sambellll — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:48:34 +0000

To me this is like a good software engineer using AI.

The fact that they use it doesn't make what the result is any worse or less trustworthy - arguably it makes it better.

It only becomes a problem if they offload all of the thinking to AI.

The Loneliest Point

sambellll — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:15:46 +0000

Article URL: https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-loneliest-point/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294756

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

How Google's Beta Tester Requirement Created a Fiverr Grey Market

sambellll — Mon, 25 May 2026 00:13:58 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/googles-beta-tester-requirement

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48262313

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

A Year Late, Claude Beats Pokémon

sambellll — Mon, 18 May 2026 03:30:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/sehJYg5Yny9fvpbpt/a-year-late-claude-finally-beats-pokemon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175263

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by sambellll in "ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline"

sambellll — Sat, 16 May 2026 02:47:11 +0000

It's just odd to see a company buy a product and then promptly nuke it.

The MCP Mandate

sambellll — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:43:01 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/the-mcp-mandate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154897

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I Thought Creativity Lived in Art Class

sambellll — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:07:22 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/what-is-creativity

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121403

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How FAANG Became General Electric

sambellll — Sun, 10 May 2026 18:15:45 +0000

Article URL: https://danunparsed.com/p/how-faang-became-general-electric

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086388

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by sambellll in "I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left"

sambellll — Sun, 10 May 2026 15:02:29 +0000

Here to say the same thing.

I built an app a few years ago and needed some sort of DB to store around 50 million records that had ~10k reads+writes per month with 1 index. It cost me something like $50 to load it up initially, and then something stupid like 10 cents/month to maintain.

New comment by sambellll in "Six Levels of Dark Mode (2024)"

sambellll — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:28:27 +0000

Would've been cool if the levels came into effect while you scrolled down the page

New comment by sambellll in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

sambellll — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:23:32 +0000

I don't think it's fair to say suburbanization lead to isolation. I think factors like social media have had a much bigger impact.

It's not like you're living away from any people - you have 100 other neighbours living on your street!

New comment by sambellll in "Claude Opus 4.7"

sambellll — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:56:00 +0000

Someone should make an MCP that parses every non-code file before it hits claude to turn it into caveman talk

How Do You Spend Your Time?

sambellll — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:14:40 +0000

Article URL: https://brooker.co.za/blog/2024/02/06/time.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47758609

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by sambellll in "Android now stops you sharing your location in photos"

sambellll — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:42:15 +0000

I feel like that's the optimal implementation - best of both worlds

Wish android copied them for once lol