Hacker News: subtlesoftware

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Apple I Advertisement (1976)"

subtlesoftware — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:32:57 +0000

"Compared to switches and LED's, a video terminal can dis- play vast amounts of information simultaneously."

The beginning of the end.

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Software: Solo or Team?"

subtlesoftware — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:56:55 +0000

Team of agents

Show HN: Agentic Equities – track ChatGPT sentiment around stocks

subtlesoftware — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:58:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.agenticequities.com/dashboard

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46610937

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Substats – Growth and revenue data on top Substacks

subtlesoftware — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:56:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.substats.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46331938

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Launch HN: Kenobi (YC W22) – Personalize your website for every visitor"

subtlesoftware — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:02:57 +0000

Small issue: it changed the h1 text value which is the name of the product in our case

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

subtlesoftware — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:51:12 +0000

I'm actually looking forward to a bigger library on Netflix. Happy to pay a few more dollars per month for Netflix instead of managing ephemeral subscriptions to various streaming services.

Clank.email: forward an email, get a GPT-5 reply

subtlesoftware — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:42:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.clank.email/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947334

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by subtlesoftware in "A man who changes the time on Big Ben"

subtlesoftware — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 21:29:47 +0000

Little Ben

New comment by subtlesoftware in "AI can code, but it can't build software"

subtlesoftware — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:05:11 +0000

Great question. It depends on the product. For niche SaaS products, I’d say in the next few years. For like Amazon.com, on the order of decades.

New comment by subtlesoftware in "AI can code, but it can't build software"

subtlesoftware — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 23:48:58 +0000

True for now because models are mainly used to implement features / build small MVPs, which they’re quite good at.

The next step would be to have a model running continuously on a project with inputs from monitoring services, test coverage, product analytics, etc. Such an agent, powered by a sufficient model, could be considered an effective software engineer.

We’re not there today, but it doesn’t seem that far off.

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Why our website looks like an operating system"

subtlesoftware — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:34:18 +0000

An operating system UI solves a specific problem: presenting all of your files and applications in a GUI that's flexible enough to support a wide range of fundamental activities.

A company landing page basically has two jobs: (1) sell the product and (2) let existing users access the product.

Applying the OS UI to a company landing page applies the wrong tool to the wrong problem.

The author writes:

> You can multitask, open a few articles simultaneously, and move them around as you please.

> You can be reading the latest newsletter from Product for Engineers while watching a demo video in the corner and also playing Hedgehog Mode, the game.

My browser has tabs – I can open multiple blog posts and read them separately. I don't want to read them while playing a random novelty video game on a SaaS company website.

I commend the author of this website because it is cool and well-designed, but this is not an effective product.

The caveat to this is that the design is thought-provoking. So maybe Posthog gets some buzz and leads because of the discussion among technical people about its new website.

Do ChatGPT stock picks track market prices?

subtlesoftware — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:07:25 +0000

Article URL: https://agenticequities.substack.com/p/agentic-equities-one-week-in

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44925661

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Vibechart"

subtlesoftware — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:53:56 +0000

The 69.1 column has the same height as the 30.8 column. My guess is they just duplicated the 30.8 column and forgot to adjust the height to the number, which passed a cursory check because it was simply lower than the new model.

This doesn't explain the 50.0 column height though.

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome"

subtlesoftware — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:49:45 +0000

The author focuses too much on the strawman of 10x engineer. If an engineer is even 2x more productive overall, that's a huge deal.

New comment by subtlesoftware in "The unreasonable effectiveness of an LLM agent loop with tool use"

subtlesoftware — Fri, 16 May 2025 01:25:19 +0000

Link to the full script is broken?

New comment by subtlesoftware in "Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for customer service"

subtlesoftware — Sun, 11 May 2025 19:53:49 +0000

If you default on your Klarna loan, you could pay them back in support hours:

> The pilot has started small, with two of the new breed of customer-service agents live now, but the ambition is to tap into candidates such as students or rural populations. “We also know there are tons of Klarna users that are very passionate about our company and would enjoy working for us,” he added.

[from the bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/klarna-tu...]

The perverse incentive behind Lovable's growth

subtlesoftware — Fri, 02 May 2025 17:15:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.subtle.so/perverse-incentive-of-lovables-growth.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43872474

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Agency, taste, and new creator tools

subtlesoftware — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:24:54 +0000

Article URL: https://subtle.so/agency-taste-and-new-creative-tools.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43842160

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

OpenAI, Windsurf, and the Future of Work

subtlesoftware — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:09:51 +0000

Article URL: https://subtle.so/openai-windsurf-and-the-future-of-ai-workspaces.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43737733

Points: 15

# Comments: 4