Hacker News: sgsvnk

New comment by sgsvnk in "Iroh 1.0"

sgsvnk — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:36:47 +0000

This is great work, but the blog is too esoteric, likely written by the developers. You should revamp the website to appeal to more general software engineers with more easy to understand terminology to get better traction.

New comment by sgsvnk in "I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA"

sgsvnk — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:40:29 +0000

Not all business have great defensible moats. What are your thoughts on companies getting bankrupt when they go against financial gravity in highly competitive industries?

New comment by sgsvnk in "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"

sgsvnk — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:04:29 +0000

Remove all the apps and icons. All apps must just become skills in the background. Everything operated through voice or chat.

If Apple could crack chat intent to app action with 100% success rate. They have a product line unmatched and uncontested, for a decade.

Maybe Jony Ive & Sam Altman will crack it.

New comment by sgsvnk in "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"

sgsvnk — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:59:32 +0000

They should have built a separate phone around Apple Intelligence. That is a no brainer. Jobs would have done the same. That is not going to be easy, who knows about user experiences better than Apple does (or atleast used to). This is underwhelming from Apple.

New comment by sgsvnk in "Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes"

sgsvnk — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:21:57 +0000

There are 2 kinds of people- people who understand tech and people who use tech, in the ratio 1:9 (or even lower?). For the 90%+ people who like using fancy tech and feel smart/intelligent, the bling on your landing page is necessary.

New comment by sgsvnk in "How to write more clearly, think more clearly, and learn complex material [pdf]"

sgsvnk — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 03:56:11 +0000

Great article, thanks for sharing!

New comment by sgsvnk in "How to write more clearly, think more clearly, and learn complex material [pdf]"

sgsvnk — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 01:57:28 +0000

Anyone know who is this RDG?

New comment by sgsvnk in "Tell HN: Recruiters are lying about remote positions"

sgsvnk — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 01:13:55 +0000

It is also partly your friend's mistake. These things should be in writing for many reasons -

- the recruiter could just possibly lie that she never mentioned remote work

- the recruiter could have left the company and could possibly never answer your messages

- the doc would stand as a point of argument with the company without involving another person into the discussion

New comment by sgsvnk in "In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware"

sgsvnk — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:38:46 +0000

Stories like these reminds me how a lot of talent is going waste trying to improve CTR on Ads and other futile jobs.

New comment by sgsvnk in "Show HN: Lofi.cafe"

sgsvnk — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:23:32 +0000

I love it, really nice!

New comment by sgsvnk in "Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web"

sgsvnk — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:45:14 +0000

Money earns more money. Privilege begets more privilege.

This is not just true in the case of Google but in other other domains as well like the financial markets.

Would you blame capitalism?

New comment by sgsvnk in "Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID"

sgsvnk — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:19:23 +0000

Thank you! Someone said that finally. I really tried hard to like Firefox. But it just really doesn't replace Chrome for me. Maybe it's the ecosystem, extensions, user experience, I'm not sure but the browsing experience is never really the same on FF.

New comment by sgsvnk in "OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall"

sgsvnk — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:09:07 +0000

Wow, this should go on the readme. I'm sure this helps a lot of people understand what the app does in simple terms.