Hacker News: simonhfrost

New comment by simonhfrost in "London's Free Roof Terraces"

simonhfrost — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:14:59 +0000

First CTA is to signup. For what? 'From the Community' section reports 'Failed to fetch'

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: As an Australian, is it possible to get a remote US role?"

simonhfrost — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:07:05 +0000

Remote roles mean you're not just competing with other Americans, but the rest of the world, which likely means a lot lower pay.

Also seems like Aus/US have barely any work hour overlap, what's your plan there?

New comment by simonhfrost in "Anyone else having a terrible experience with Claude Code's remote control?"

simonhfrost — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:17:32 +0000

Yes. My chats don't get new messages without exiting and entering, I'm assuming because it's still in research preview...

New comment by simonhfrost in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

simonhfrost — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:58:56 +0000

Are you white?

New comment by simonhfrost in "Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?"

simonhfrost — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:20:42 +0000

Your network

New comment by simonhfrost in "Claude Memory"

simonhfrost — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:38:22 +0000

> Update, Expanding to Pro and Max plans, 23 Oct 2025

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: Preferred Next.js Alternatives?"

simonhfrost — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:47:17 +0000

I'm planning on using tanstack start in my next project. Seems to have had a lot of good press recently

New comment by simonhfrost in "Best area of AI to focus on for a front end developer?"

simonhfrost — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:36:46 +0000

It's the same as with any other new tech, start using it.

Use Claude Code, Figma MCP, Supabase MCP, Lovable, v0.dev.

Find where your interests overlap interesting tech, and who knows, you might be able to build a business from it

New comment by simonhfrost in "Couchers is officially out of beta"

simonhfrost — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:41:34 +0000

What's changed? Did you get older?

New comment by simonhfrost in "How do you store and maintain your CV/resume over time?"

simonhfrost — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:41:44 +0000

HTML + CSS + Github. Save the webpage as PDF in repo after any changes

New comment by simonhfrost in "Is it possible to write plain C iOS app in 2025?"

simonhfrost — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:37:40 +0000

Definitely. Just find a use case where you need the performance

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: Hacker Houses in Europe"

simonhfrost — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:57:14 +0000

C-base in Berlin

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: Are AI dev tools lowering the barrier to entry for creating software?"

simonhfrost — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:24:24 +0000

I'm sceptical that you can create entire apps. It might be good to get an MVP off the ground, but once you need to modify code it gets exponentially complicated because: 1) you're not familiar with the code AI wrote and 2) what it writes is generally more complicated.

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: What type of Auth are you using on your side projects?"

simonhfrost — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:55:52 +0000

Amazing initiative! After hearing this I'm definitely keen to try out Clerk for my next project

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: How did you improve your ability to do deep work?"

simonhfrost — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 01:53:58 +0000

Identify all the elements that sap your attention and either have a way to prepare beforehand or a strategy to avoid them.

Example: I make sure to choose music beforehand so I don't have to choose something adhoc, and put my phone away to minimise social media distractions.

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: What type of Auth are you using on your side projects?"

simonhfrost — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:50:11 +0000

Lock in is definitely a valid concern, I emailed customer support and they replied with this:

Certainly understandable to worry about lock-in! We do try and make data exports as easy as possible. You can use our Backend API directly to retrieve all data for your users except for passwords: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#opera...

If you need encrypted passwords in the export, you can contact our support team who will verify your account and provide a link from within your Clerk Dashboard to download the complete export directly.

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: What's the Alternative to Agile?"

simonhfrost — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:16:40 +0000

The first line from the agile manifesto: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

It's all about communication and hiring. I've found agile to ensure the bottom 10% participate in important discussions (stand-ups, refinement meetings, feedback on process in retros).

If you hire the right people that take initiative and over-communicate, a lot of process suddenly seems unnecessary.

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: How Are People Designing Apps in the Age of AI?"

simonhfrost — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:49:11 +0000

Magicpatterns.com. It's similar to v0.dev but seems to just produce better looking UI.

Midjourney for stock images, or branded content. Sometimes it's even useful for icons.

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: What is your experience with Cursor?"

simonhfrost — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:44:14 +0000

Amazing. I've tried co-pilot and tabnine extensively and I think it solves one of the major pain points both have: not having an easy way of inserting/modifying code it generates by providing an interactive patch style interface.

That, and the autocomplete is more accurate and faster (I think it has access to recent history and clipboard?)

New comment by simonhfrost in "Ask HN: Tips for managing burnout while balncing fulltime work and side projects"

simonhfrost — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 01:58:52 +0000

If you're seriously worried about your health, the only solution is to reduce your working hours. If you're making decent progress with side projects and you have the financial means (no dependents, no debt, savings) I would quit your job if you think you prevent overwork :).