Hacker News: stuart73547373

Show HN: Flapjack is an open source drop-in Algolia alternative

stuart73547373 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:05:07 +0000

i started working on building a rust search engine on rocksdb in 2019 but got distracted by covid things and meanwhile saw the meilisearch and typesense projects release and take off

then last year i started working on building a free campaign finance web tool that i eventually wanted to be able to search 10+M docs, so i investigated current day usage-based search pricing on meilisearch and algolia, and found that it would still cost $thousands per month (around $2k MS, $4k Alg)

so with all the vibe hype (and tantivy) i thought i'd give rolling my own another shot so here we are

goal is complete algolia api compatibility so instantsearch.js woks out of the box. single-step algolia migration

super grateful for any feedback! thanks for checking it out

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47047081

Points: 1

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New comment by stuart73547373 in "Ask HN: Anyone else experiencing lower quality in Claude Code since a few weeks?"

stuart73547373 — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:37:44 +0000

for me it got dramatically worse. it cant read whole files of concatenated code anymore. seems like its attention is much smaller. doing lots of piecemeal behind-the-scenes cmd line stuff now instead of just seeming to "understand" everything in one go. somewhat catastrophic for me. so bad that i was surprised to discover that chatgpt 5 is still worse

New comment by stuart73547373 in "How I code with AI on a budget/free"

stuart73547373 — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:54:49 +0000

(relevant self promotion) i wrote a cli tool called slupe that lets web based llm dictate fs changes to your computer to make it easier to do ai coding from web llms https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776250

Show HN: Slupe lets web LLMs safely edit local files

stuart73547373 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:56:39 +0000

Slupe lets you use web-based LLMs to modify local files without leaving the browser.

npx slupe --clipboard

It's a CLI tool that watches for LLM commands and executes them on your computer. Key features:

- Custom syntax (NESL) designed for LLM reliability - fewer search/replace failures than existing approaches - Clipboard mode: copy from browser → Slupe executes → paste results back to clipboard - Generates instructions for LLMs based on your allowed actions - Sandboxed filesystem operations with configurable permissions + automatic git backups

Motivation: I wanted to use web based Opus 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding.

Early beta (macOS only, Linux/Windows untested). Would love feedback on UX and security model.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776250

Points: 7

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New comment by stuart73547373 in "Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database"

stuart73547373 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:18:34 +0000

can you explain a little more about how this would work and in what situations? like how is the driver llm ultimately protected from malicious text. or does it all get removed or cleaned by the agent code

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Show HN: I built a tool to add noise texture to your images"

stuart73547373 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 23:38:05 +0000

please add demo pics

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Code-MCP: Try Claude-Code Without an API Key"

stuart73547373 — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:10:25 +0000

i haven't tried your project yet but it looks cool. not sure if u saw that the name is already being used. a unique name and information about how the two projects are different would probably be helpful for visitors

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43356016

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Launch HN: Innate (YC F24) – Home robots as easy to program as AI agents"

stuart73547373 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:25:33 +0000

genuinely impressed by your tact and quality of response to such a weirdly hostile message

New comment by stuart73547373 in "How Typing Transformed Nietzsche's Consciousness"

stuart73547373 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:55:37 +0000

i thought he was only blind in one eye

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Fusion power is getting closer"

stuart73547373 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:22:16 +0000

looks like that article didn't read this article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42221756

New comment by stuart73547373 in "How deep does life go?"

stuart73547373 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:16:58 +0000

iirc we could plausibly move to Titan and live off nuclear energy

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Anatomy of a credit card rewards program"

stuart73547373 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:48:28 +0000

yes there is. that's an enormous added pricing and communication complexity for businesses. which we know has a high cost because of all the businesses who have decided it would be higher than just stomaching the credit card fees.

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating AI porn of lotto user"

stuart73547373 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:38:37 +0000

this would be great if everyone was rich enough to afford to pay for their services with money.

but it would cut off a lot of services and opportunities for everyone else who is able to pay with their attention (to ads) instead

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating AI porn of lotto user"

stuart73547373 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:32:45 +0000

>Can I take this a step further and say that advertising is the true problem here?

no? promoting stuff with a plausible chance of adding value to someone's life is not bad imho

the problem is the stuff that kills value, like smoking and gambling. not advertising in general. so yes advertising (the many) bad stuffs is bad if that's what you mean by "most things"

New comment by stuart73547373 in "How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code hosting platform"

stuart73547373 — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 22:10:10 +0000

prodigal means wasteful. otherwise, beautiful.

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon users"

stuart73547373 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:07:04 +0000

probably unrelated but a nurse friend mentioned that a healthcare system got hacked last night (didn't have further details)

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Investors in Airbnb arbitrage business allege they were defrauded in scheme"

stuart73547373 — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:55:04 +0000

"...he invested in crypto ..."

buying crypto to try to profit is called speculation not investment

New comment by stuart73547373 in "I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner"

stuart73547373 — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:46:29 +0000

strong plug for onshape instead of fusion360

New comment by stuart73547373 in "Show HN: The classic Minesweeper on an irregular grid"

stuart73547373 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:49:47 +0000

actually none. 2nd flag from the top is wrong