Hacker News: sijmen

New comment by sijmen in "Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different"

sijmen — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:47:12 +0000

Interesting way to use zooming as a way to transition deeper into sub-dashboards. The navigation from "Mission Control" -> "Satellite" -> "Subsystem" feels oddly intuitive and fun. I would maybe opt for keeping a consistent navbar/sidebar, to support out-of-zoom navigation. And if we are dealing with a lot of power-users some breadcrumb to quickly go back to any zoom-level. But overall, i think this could totally work.

Reflecting on My Relationship with Comics in 2024

sijmen — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:49:34 +0000

Article URL: https://riteshbabudotcom.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/reflecting-on-my-relationship-with-comics-in-2024/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733138

Points: 1

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LiveKit raises $100M to build the backbone for voice AI

sijmen — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:12:25 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.livekit.io/livekit-series-c/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46722998

Points: 5

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New comment by sijmen in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)"

sijmen — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:00:04 +0000

Ascento | Zurich, Switzerland | Full Stack | https://www.ascento.ai

Ascento develops autonomous security robots that patrol outdoor areas to detect and report. All in support of security guards. We stay away from conflict, just robots driving circles around buildings in remote boring places. The technical challenges however, are far from boring.

We are looking for a full stack engineer to join as a core member of the off-robot software team. This is the software that plans, configures, operates and creates insights from data collected from the robots. You would work across the whole cloud-stack, consisting of Frontend (React), Backend (Typescript / Go), Infra (Terraform / AWS / GCP).

The cloud software team is still small, meaning you get a chance to help set priorities, guide long-term architectural direction and figure out how to best help our users. We celebrate pragmatism, we work hard to make simple systems and we help each other to hyperfocus.

Sounds like the place for you? Drop an email to sijmen@ascento.ai. I'm curious to read what about this ad caught your interest.

Prisma ORM now supports database JOIN statements

sijmen — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:20:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.prisma.io/blog/prisma-orm-now-lets-you-choose-the-best-join-strategy-preview

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39562572

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

An open source stack for real-time multimodal AI

sijmen — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:17:57 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.livekit.io/open-source-realtime-multimodal-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39053364

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

How to Read Clouds

sijmen — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:50:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2018/april/how-to-read-clouds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38176656

Points: 3

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New comment by sijmen in "Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria"

sijmen — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:18:59 +0000

The FAQ in the google drive linked on the page tries to answer these questions.

  Will this spread to everyone I kiss? 
  It’s very unlikely in non-immunocompromised adults. However, if you’re concerned, you should avoid kissing anyone taking oral antibiotics, or children. 
  [...]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mDJCTO2QySmQOZQcajYReDCA...