Hacker News: samcgraw

New comment by samcgraw in "The Spread of Christianity Animated"

samcgraw — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:28:59 +0000

Those interested may find Dominion[0] an excellent read.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Dominion-Christian-Revolution-Remade-...

New comment by samcgraw in "The Met releases high-def 3D scans of 140 famous art objects"

samcgraw — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:37:08 +0000

So cool!

It recently dawned on me how we have a staggering amount of art available in these archives (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en, the Met, etc). It's truly staggering. Can't wait to use these images for my side project[0].

[0] https://flaneur.ink

New comment by samcgraw in "Show HN: Fieldnotes"

samcgraw — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:48:39 +0000

Appreciate it :)

At its heart, this was borne out of a desire to fashion technology to help integrate us, enabling a tiny bit more proximity and place amongst our fellows, rather than "uproot" it (as we can all too easily disintegrate, and treat ourselves as purely online beings in incorporeal cyberspace).

Think "Small Is Beautiful" (or really anything by Wendell Berry).

New comment by samcgraw in "Show HN: Fieldnotes"

samcgraw — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:51:19 +0000

Done! https://fieldnote.ink/about

Appreciate you looking & for the candid feedback-- this is a rough "first draft".

New comment by samcgraw in "Show HN: Fieldnotes"

samcgraw — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:49:46 +0000

Apologies for the confusion-- just added a short "about" section: https://fieldnote.ink/about.

I appreciate you taking a look and for your feedback!

New comment by samcgraw in "Show HN: Fieldnotes"

samcgraw — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:48:59 +0000

You can now! Just added-- this is a very rough first cut :)

Thank you taking a look and for dropping feedback!

Show HN: Fieldnotes

samcgraw — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:23:17 +0000

Hi HN!

I wanted a simple UI for notes and observations around my neighborhood (e.g. this garden has beautiful poppies, this coffee shop has excellent espresso, etc.) and built this. It’s open and free to use, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Feedback welcome.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024398

Points: 14

# Comments: 10

New comment by samcgraw in "Flaneur; A handful of beautiful things"

samcgraw — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:04:14 +0000

Oh I didn't realize-- sorry about that!

New comment by samcgraw in "Flaneur; A handful of beautiful things"

samcgraw — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:56 +0000

Hi HN!

I've come to think that in the future, the bottlenecks in the development lifecycle will mostly be related to the decisions of Product. In other words, if nearly everything is cloneable by Claude, CRUD is no longer a moat.

So: in the "efficient cloning market" hypothesis, everything able to be eaten by mimesis, who pushes the limits of "craft and beauty"?

Therefore, I've been wanting to grow in my sense of taste: having a palate for beautiful things and letting more of my life be characterized by their presence.

To that end, I built Flâneur; it's a simple site / newsletter that delivers a handful of beautiful things from museum archives across the world. It's very simple, but I found it to be a delight to work on and use.

Do have a look and send me your thoughts. Cheers! sm

Flaneur; A handful of beautiful things

samcgraw — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:22:56 +0000

Article URL: https://flaneur.ink

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953632

Points: 1

# Comments: 4

New comment by samcgraw in "OpenAI is building a social network?"

samcgraw — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:28:27 +0000

I'm sorry to say this exists: https://socialai.co

New comment by samcgraw in "1-800-ChatGPT"

samcgraw — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:28:09 +0000

You, yes, you, can still do anything at https://zombo.com.

New comment by samcgraw in "Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani's Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855)"

samcgraw — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:40:29 +0000

Have been going through The Divine Comedy this year as a part of https://100daysofdante.com, cannot recommend enough!

New comment by samcgraw in "The world of Dante's Divine Comedy"

samcgraw — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:40:40 +0000

Have been going through The Divine Comedy this year as a part of https://100daysofdante.com, cannot recommend enough!

New comment by samcgraw in "Ball: A ball that lives in your dock"

samcgraw — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:40:43 +0000

One of my first memories is of my dad showing me how Oscar the Grouch was in his Mac trash can, and sang, “I love trash!” when he put something in there. Haven’t thought of that in many years, but it was the first thing I thought of when I saw this.

Show HN: Coauthored – Simple Content Rephraser

samcgraw — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:28:36 +0000

I wanted a dead-simple content rephraser that takes into account tone and style.

In all honesty it's a pretty dumb app, but might be useful if you spend a lot of time writing things! Feedback welcome.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37038556

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Coauthored – Stupid simple content rephrasing

samcgraw — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:03:24 +0000

I wanted a dead-simple content rephraser that takes into account tone and style.

In all honesty it's a pretty dumb app, but might be useful if you spend a lot of time writing things!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36973620

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by samcgraw in "Launch HN: Tiptap (YC S23) – Toolkit for developing collaborative editors"

samcgraw — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:33:37 +0000

Congrats Tiptap folks!

I was just playing around with Tiptap last week and build a (very dumb) AI rephrasing app here: https://authored.co. Took a bit to get used to the ProseMirror API, but was a fun experience!

Ask HN: What is your favorite local business?

samcgraw — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:44:03 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36578539

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by samcgraw in "On the State of the Web"

samcgraw — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:37:44 +0000

> You can still set up your tiny quiet corner on the web, do your own things, and connect slowly with other people

This is exactly what I've been after with my side projects. Thanks for the encouragement to continue even when things are slow-going, makes me remember it's a feature not a bug.