Hacker News: souvlakee

New comment by souvlakee in "ReactOS"

souvlakee — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:39:38 +0000

Not funny anymore.

New comment by souvlakee in "Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor"

souvlakee — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:29:24 +0000

>This will use 1 of your free monthly downloads. You have 3 remaining.

If this is in [my] browser, why should I pay?

Ralphex: Write a Plan. Walk Away

souvlakee — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:01:35 +0000

Article URL: https://ralphex.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47541177

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by souvlakee in "Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful"

souvlakee — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:56:20 +0000

> Windows 11 could've been a fantastic OS. Instead of pushing AI crap and adding Copilot to Notepad (I kid you not), Microsoft could focus on fixing multi-year bugs and cleaning up the UI mess.

Imagine if they started on Windows 7, pinned the design, and continued fixing only old bugs. What a nice OS it could be!

Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful

souvlakee — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:24:09 +0000

Article URL: https://rakhim.exotext.com/windows-11-experience

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358112

Points: 10

# Comments: 5

New comment by souvlakee in "Kotlin creator's new language: talk to LLMs in specs, not English"

souvlakee — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:45:47 +0000

As far as I can tell C is not a new language, but rather an alternative workflow for assembly development along with a tool that implements it.

New comment by souvlakee in "Kotlin creator's new language: a formal way to talk to LLMs instead of English"

souvlakee — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:22:36 +0000

No joke. I'm 100% sure that if it's successful, we will find CC's skill to write specs for CodeSpeak.

Kotlin creator's new language: talk to LLMs in specs, not English

souvlakee — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:22:43 +0000

Article URL: https://codespeak.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350931

Points: 318

# Comments: 281

New comment by souvlakee in "Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world"

souvlakee — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:37:07 +0000

For me personally, the question now is: when will I need to implement all the design solutions the OpenAI team has done, but for my personal pet project, which is on a completely different scale? I have FOMO. E.g, do I need that massive observability stack that any DevOps would be proud of, or are console logs okay? :/

Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world

souvlakee — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:28:46 +0000

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071335

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by souvlakee in "Show HN: mdto.page – Turn Markdown into a shareable webpage instantly"

souvlakee — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:10:35 +0000

Adding an API can significantly increase the number of users, as it will make it easier for agents to share content.

I built cloud transcoding 50x cheaper than AWS/Coconut/others – anyone need it?

souvlakee — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 07:07:28 +0000

I've been building a video transcoding API as a side project and achieved some results that surprised me. Before I spend more time on this, I'd love your honest input.

What I built and here's what it can do:

- 4K → 1080p (H.264): $0.0005 per minute

- 4K → 1080p (H.265): $0.0015 per minute

- 4K → 1080p (AV1): $0.0035 per minute

- HLS adaptive streaming (4 quality levels): $0.0015 per minute

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For comparison, AWS MediaConvert charges $0.015-0.19/min for similar work. Coconut (claims "most cheapest") and Mux charge $0.015/min.

That's 10-50x cheaper depending on the codec.

My questions:

1. Is there still demand for this in 2026? Big players like Mux, Cloudinary, AWS exist. Do smaller developers/startups actually feel the pain of video processing costs?

2. B2B or B2C? I'm pretty sure consumers just use free tools. But are there indie developers, small SaaS, or agencies who would pay for a cheap API?

3. Would price alone make you switch? If you're already using Mux/Cloudinary/AWS, would 10-50x savings be enough to try something new from an unknown indie developer?

4. What would make you trust a new service? Open-source? Transparent pricing? Case studies? I have no brand, no reputation.

5. Should I even continue? If the market is too commoditized or nobody cares about cost, I'd rather know now.

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I'm not here to sell anything. No landing page, no waitlist. Just trying to validate if this solves a real problem before I invest more time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473479

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Calc.company – The calculator with enterprise-grade precision

souvlakee — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:22:13 +0000

Article URL: https://calc.company

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264796

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by souvlakee in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

souvlakee — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:55:10 +0000

Many services have just disabled the CF proxy and use only DNS. If your end server has SSL and can handle some traffic, it might work for a while.

New comment by souvlakee in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

souvlakee — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:45:28 +0000

..that's how they canceled a good guy based on telepathic diagnostics.

New comment by souvlakee in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

souvlakee — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:39:46 +0000

But this decision is not determined by CF. It's how the devs decided.

New comment by souvlakee in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

souvlakee — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:34:26 +0000

We definitely need a version without CF.

New comment by souvlakee in "1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order"

souvlakee — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:39:55 +0000

Let him cook.

New comment by souvlakee in "1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order"

souvlakee — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:12:40 +0000

Will cats scratch it?

New comment by souvlakee in "Speaking of Amazon, here's a fresh post from an engineer who just quit"

souvlakee — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:59:02 +0000

Fiction translation that captures complex Russian metaphors: https://telegra.ph/The-Bar-is-Sooooooooo-High-10-20