Hacker News: sillyboi

New comment by sillyboi in "Talk like caveman"

sillyboi — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:22:07 +0000

Oh, another new trend! I love these home-brewed LLM optimizers. They start with XML, then JSON, then something totally different. The author conveniently ignores the system prompt that works for everything, and the extra inference work. So, it's only worth using if you just like this response style, just my two cents. All the real optimizations happen during model training and in the infrastructure itself.

New comment by sillyboi in "Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline"

sillyboi — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:30:36 +0000

There's a Doom Box plan but no Boom Box

New comment by sillyboi in "A better streams API is possible for JavaScript"

sillyboi — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:41:32 +0000

The real win here isn’t just performance,it’s convergence.

When ReadableStream behaves the same in the browser, Workers, and other runtimes, stream-based code becomes portable and predictable. That reduces subtle backpressure bugs and eliminates “works here but not there” edge cases.

Standardization at the streams layer is a big deal for building reliable streaming systems across environments.

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: Sgai – Goal-driven multi-agent software dev (GOAL.md → working code)"

sillyboi — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:58:55 +0000

Sgai pronounced “Sky.” The letters “S” and “G” just showed up to watch.

New comment by sillyboi in "Writing code is cheap now"

sillyboi — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:35:43 +0000

I’d like to add an obvious point that is often overlooked.

LLMs take on a huge portion of the work related to handling context, navigating documentation, and structuring thoughts. Today, it’s incredibly easy to start and develop almost any project. In the past, it was just as easy to get overwhelmed by the idea of needing a two-year course in Python (or any other field) and end up doing nothing.

In that sense, LLMs help people overcome the initial barrier, a strong emotional hurdle, and make it much easier to engage in the process from the very beginning.

New comment by sillyboi in "Mruby: Ruby for Embedded Systems"

sillyboi — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:35:25 +0000

Let's call it Murby :)

New comment by sillyboi in "MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming"

sillyboi — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 18:48:37 +0000

Internal server error..

New comment by sillyboi in "Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio"

sillyboi — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:50:23 +0000

Looks great, but it lags a bit on my phone with a Snapdragon 855 and 12 GB of RAM. I really like the vehicle controls.

New comment by sillyboi in "Bring bathroom doors back to hotels"

sillyboi — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:35:36 +0000

It would be a good idea to put some eye-catching example of a hotel room in the article headline, like an image of a shower without a door, just for visual impact. As for me, I’ve come across hotels where the shower is visible from the bedroom, separated only by a glass wall. Lol, that’s probably the next level.

New comment by sillyboi in "Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions"

sillyboi — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:55:21 +0000

I suppose it's just a click bait title, so nothing special

New comment by sillyboi in "AI is killing the web – can anything save it?"

sillyboi — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:00:57 +0000

I'd say nothing kills the web more than hiding the “reject all cookies” button and covering the whole page with a popup until you accept. So I think we’re safe for now.

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook"

sillyboi — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:24:23 +0000

I meant the website.

New comment by sillyboi in "Progressive JSON"

sillyboi — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:03:00 +0000

Honestly, this approach feels like it adds a lot of unnecessary complexity. It introduces a custom serialization structure that can easily lead to subtle UI bugs and a nightmare of component state tracking. The author seems to be solving two issues at once: large payloads and stream-structured delivery. But the latter only really arises because of the former.

For small to medium JSON responses, this won't improve performance meaningfully. It’s hard to imagine this being faster or more reliable than simply redesigning the backend to separate out the heavy parts (like article bodies or large comment trees) and fetch them independently. Or better yet, just use a proper streaming response (like chunked HTTP or GraphQL @defer/@stream).

In practice, trying to progressively hydrate JSON this way may solve a niche problem while creating broader engineering headaches.

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook"

sillyboi — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:53:44 +0000

Sorry, but it would be great to adapt it for the mobile layout.

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust"

sillyboi — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:02:05 +0000

It would be great to see an up-to-date benchmark comparing modern cross-platform frameworks like Tauri, Flutter, Electron, React Native, and others.

Key metrics could include:

- Target bundle size

- Memory usage (RAM)

- Startup time

- CPU consumption under load

- Disk usage

- e.t.c.

Additionally, for frameworks like Tauri, it would be useful to include a WebView compatibility matrix, since the rendering behavior and performance can vary significantly depending on the WebView version used on each platform (e.g., macOS WKWebView vs. Windows WebView2, or Linux GTK WebKit). This divergence can affect both UI fidelity and performance, so capturing those differences in a visual format or table could help developers make more informed choices.

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: DrawDB – open-source online database diagram editor (a retro)"

sillyboi — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:27:10 +0000

Cool! Are you planning to add support for a mobile layout?

New comment by sillyboi in "The April Fools joke that might have got me fired"

sillyboi — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:48:26 +0000

As they say, "With great power comes great responsibility." Or in this case, with great printer access comes great pranking potential!

New comment by sillyboi in "Linux Running in a PDF"

sillyboi — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:47:59 +0000

At least three detections on VirusTotal, but I'm not sure if it's significant.

ClamAV: Js.Trojan.Obfus-48

Cylance: Unsafe

Google: Detected

New comment by sillyboi in "Egui – An immediate mode GUI written in Rust"

sillyboi — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:23:09 +0000

Cool, but the input response is super slow. Like, when I’m typing fast on my phone (yeah, I’m that crazy Gen-Z who types a thousand words per minute on mobile), it just can’t keep up. Instead of ‘This is a test,’ I got ‘his i aes.’ It’s probably an architectural bottleneck that’s hard to fix. Also, I noticed you can’t select and copy text, which is a major headache for custom GUI implementation. Happy holidays and good vibes to everyone!

New comment by sillyboi in "Show HN: Super Snowflake Maker"

sillyboi — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:53:19 +0000

I just wanted to say how delighted I am with your web app! This is fantastic idea, and the execution is top-notch. It is incredibly user-friendly and intuitive. It has all the essential features needed to create beautiful and unique snowflakes. This really helps and makes the process of creating snowflakes easy and enjoyable. Your app is a wonderful way to lift spirits and get into the holiday mood!

Thank you for creating such a delightful tool. Wishing you and everyone a festive season!