Hacker News: smalltorch

New comment by smalltorch in "Up to 8M Bees Are Living in an Underground Network Beneath This Cemetery"

smalltorch — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:18:56 +0000

I guess that is a pretty smart place to set up your home.

New comment by smalltorch in "CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity"

smalltorch — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:35:38 +0000

I've found the best way for me to wield it is the tool to build tools. I would have never in a million years been able to code. But I've used it to replace things I was paying hefty monthly subscriptions for....

So I'm not actually being more productive, but I've cut my costs significantly to do the same things I could do before.

New comment by smalltorch in "3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590k Deposit, the FBI"

smalltorch — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:04:54 +0000

Wow that's a crazy story. That is some crackhead level marketing for something you have never done or proven.

"But he had no experience developing affordable housing, and neither did anyone else at Prestige. Burtis acknowledged the inexperience but said he planned to partner with developers who would secure financing and hire his company to handle construction"

New comment by smalltorch in "FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account"

smalltorch — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:46:45 +0000

I just encountered this exact pattern. I recently created a new app...recieved an email from what seemed to be a promenant app reviewer on YouTube [youtubersname]corporation@gmail. I said how do I know you are him? Then the weird part was somehow he was able to send me a email from the actual YouTubers public listed email but it went to my spam folder... Then after he told me everything that would be included in the price he said he could only accept payment in giftcards or crypto.

I emailed the YouTuber and told him I think your account is compromised.

New comment by smalltorch in "Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent"

smalltorch — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:20:38 +0000

You actually can right now on termux.

New comment by smalltorch in "SHA Algorithm Visualized"

smalltorch — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:55:57 +0000

That is crazy cool.

New comment by smalltorch in "Minimal Viable Programs (2014)"

smalltorch — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:27:46 +0000

Nice, this is still used today? I wish the construction industry had a standardized issue reporting system like this.

New comment by smalltorch in "The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends"

smalltorch — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:46:46 +0000

People are going to skip the need for a software engineer entirely and become their own software engineer. 200/month was steep when we were unsure the agents can deliver shipable code but there is no way it's going to stay that low now that we know it works. I think it's probably worth way more than that.

Show HN: I made a specialized tool for construction professionals

smalltorch — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:29:27 +0000

$200 and about 1 month of building and I have the perfect tool some of the primary workflows.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766132

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New comment by smalltorch in "[dead]"

smalltorch — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:56:33 +0000

It's weird how the alternatives are 1/2 gb and this is only 3mb.

New comment by smalltorch in "Don't Trust, Verify"

smalltorch — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:11:47 +0000

No dober yay. Proveryay.

Construction project manager takes on software development

smalltorch — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:30:01 +0000

I have always loved to build for as long as I can remember. I am a carpenter by trade. Let me tell you... the satisfaction you get from being able to build something substantial and usefull in an afternoon out of 2x4's has become synonomous with coding agents.

I have been fooling around with this for the past three months and I am almost at the point where I am ready to stamp my name on something and launch my first product.

The application I am building would have cost 100k plus to build 5 years ago and Im doing it on a 12 year old MacBook and 80 dollar subscription.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522043

Points: 2

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New comment by smalltorch in "So where are all the AI apps?"

smalltorch — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:55:24 +0000

I am in this boat and am a couple weeks from launching. Everyone here is right the last 10 percent is very hard.

The thing is I'm not really sure your going to be able to distinguish how something was built unless the developer volunteers that information.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:11:00 +0000

Added.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:10:53 +0000

Added to my profile please reach out.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:08:37 +0000

Ok I will send over a demo soon.

I think people will understand it easily. It's like buying a really nice tool (which I do often). I will spend 300-400 dollars on tools I can have forever. It's easily justified if it makes my job easier.

A completely offline, no subscription lifetime app is an easy sell and exactly what people like me want.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:52:28 +0000

I think thousands to get me past testing and on the app store would be fair. I really don't know a fair market price for this step. It's a brand new developer account.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:28:02 +0000

I don't see how a marketing agency can help me deploy a app. Marketing comes right after that.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:14:33 +0000

I would love a chat with a seasoned senior developer that's what I'm looking for. Someone who has expirence with a sucesssfull launch. I would pay for even a 30 minute chat and demo of my app.

I'm confident my product is worth it's salt in my industry, but lack the expirence for a proper deployment. If it issuccessful, a iphone port would come next. I do not have the hardware to properly test like I would want to and would want a professional to be in charge of capturing all the functionality of the android varient.

New comment by smalltorch in "Ask HN: Solo Senior Developers, Where do we find you?"

smalltorch — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:03:55 +0000

This is actually a pretty big hurdle for me. I don't use social media and the I have tried to post on Reddit but it's impossible to post with new account filter these days.

That's the exact approach I want to take though, kotlin multiplatform.