Hacker News: spectaclepiece

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust"

spectaclepiece — Sun, 17 May 2026 04:58:05 +0000

The key thing with pi is that it can extend itself. How does that work when it’s written in rust?

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again"

spectaclepiece — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:06:55 +0000

What models have you guys tried to use with OpenClaw that you've found suitable for the task? Codex personally rules for my dev style but not sure how well it works in the claw scenario.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs"

spectaclepiece — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:31:47 +0000

how is this a news item. LLMs figured this out for me two years ago

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Generative Exchange Rate Calculator"

spectaclepiece — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:12:53 +0000

Quick search on duck duck go for an historical exchange rate calculator this was one of the top choices. First I thought the numbers were a bit off, then I noticed that every time I click the "Get historical rates" button the numbers are different. Think our jobs are safe for now guys.

Generative Exchange Rate Calculator

spectaclepiece — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:12:53 +0000

Article URL: https://freecalculators.ai/calculators/currency/historical-rates-calculator

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45000153

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Vibe coding is the fast fashion industry of software engineering"

spectaclepiece — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:46:35 +0000

On a plane from Sydney to Tokyo. Just "vibe coded" a tool we've needed for years in a matter of hours. Web workers, OPFS file management, e2e tests via playwright, Effect service encapsulation and mocking etc.

If you know the domain it's a 3-6X efficiency improvement.

Amazing how well LLMs work on airplane wifi. Just text after all.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Linear Mobile – Available for iOS and Android"

spectaclepiece — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:11:31 +0000

I’d be really curious to read a write-up on the technical details of integrating their sync engine with the two different mobile platforms. For someone following the local first landscape Linear is the poster child of a great app that leverages its benefits so understanding how it fits together when going native on mobile would be a compelling read.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Local First, Forever"

spectaclepiece — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:30:02 +0000

Local first is the first software trend in a long time that has gotten me really excited. The aspect of co-located data and logic is what's most interesting for me for two reasons:

1. Easier to develop - Sync layer handles all the tricky stuff, no need for translation layer between server and client.

2. Better user experience - Immediate UI feedback, no network dependency etc.

I suspect there will be a major tide shift within the next year or two when a local first framework with the developer experience similar to Nuxt or Next comes about. The Rails of local first.

I can't recommend enough the localfirst.fm podcast which has been a great introduction to the people and projects in the space: https://www.localfirst.fm/

New comment by spectaclepiece in "3D printed titanium structure shows supernatural strength"

spectaclepiece — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 20:01:27 +0000

Do you think there will be a market for typical household electronics items such as the hairdryer specifically made with repairability in the near future? Perhaps driven (unlikely) by consumer demand or more likely by resource prices or legislative pressure.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Ray Optics Simulator"

spectaclepiece — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:46:42 +0000

Found this when looking for ways to simulate light paths. Thought it's kind of neat and the kind of thing usually appreciated by the HN crowd.

Ray Optics Simulator

spectaclepiece — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:46:42 +0000

Article URL: https://phydemo.app/ray-optics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309409

Points: 31

# Comments: 8

New comment by spectaclepiece in "In Search of Lost Art: Kurt Schwitters’s Merzbau (2012)"

spectaclepiece — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:21:14 +0000

Schwitters legacy lives on. When I was studying at the Royal College of Art I was part of the Mertziety which made yearly excursions out to the Mertz barn[1] which is where Kurt took shelter in the UK during the Second World War. It’s in a beautiful location located in Elterwater in the Lake District UK. Ian and Celia who take care of the place are very keen to share their stories to anybody who’s visiting and it’s well worth a visit for anybody who’s in the area.

For a contemporary incarnation of Schwitters attitude to making art check out Catriona Robertson [2] who was one of the original founders of Merzierty.

[1] https://www.merz.gallery/

[2] https://instagram.com/catrionart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Show HN: I made a web-based notepad with a built in unit calculator"

spectaclepiece — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:25:49 +0000

This is an excellent tool, would be good to have some simple rounding functionality. Perhaps a generic visible decimal points settings or a round() method of some sort.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "The weight of the clipboard"

spectaclepiece — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:01:06 +0000

After reading this my mind went to the same place of viewing the clipboard as a stack. Wonder if that’s possible system-wide.

One solution I have in vim which I always forget to use is adding an additional d or p to use a secondary paste buffer:

vnoremap dd "ad

nnoremap ddd "add

nnoremap pp "ap

New comment by spectaclepiece in "How I Use Notion"

spectaclepiece — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 11:47:59 +0000

I'm a heavy vim user but I think Notion is better suited for organising ideas and general life admin. While I'm sure it's possible to set up vim to act similar (vimwiki looks interesting) it wouldn't enable easy and nice viewing, editing and syncing across mobile devices. It's very keyboard-centric on desktop but manages to translate the interface rather elegantly to touch devices.

Try charging on the right and not on the left

spectaclepiece — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:43:10 +0000

Article URL: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29197975

Points: 204

# Comments: 74

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Daft Punk Break Up"

spectaclepiece — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:14:25 +0000

I heard this story which I’m not sure is true but could very well be. Apparently two guys claimed to be Daft Punk in Ibiza and racked up massive bills everywhere before splitting. Needless to say that didn’t make them very popular there before everybody figured out what had happened.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Show HN: pbcopy/pbpaste across machines via Gitlab Snippets"

spectaclepiece — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:35:11 +0000

Copy paste across all my apple devices is perhaps the most underrated killer feature of the apple ecosystem. I just wish there was a way to extend that to my Linux desktop.

New comment by spectaclepiece in "Split Keyboard for Professionals"

spectaclepiece — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:43:01 +0000

I’ve had one of these for over a year now and couldn’t recommend it more dearly. Excellent build quality, powerful and intuitive customization software and just generally a nice atmosphere around the company.

Future Art Ecosystems – Tech industry as art patron

spectaclepiece — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 19:49:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/future-art-ecosystems/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23951869

Points: 10

# Comments: 0