Hacker News: talksik

Show HN: ADHD – Focus Tool for macOS

talksik — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:57:13 +0000

This is a simple tool that keeps you focused on one session at a time at your computer. There is an overlay that reminds you of what your session is meant for.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850255

Points: 1

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New comment by talksik in "Size of Life"

talksik — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:57:45 +0000

beautiful soundscapes

Show HN: Replace Your macOS Dock

talksik — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:36:22 +0000

If you're familiar with Streamdeck, this is a similar but simpler alternative built for work, and free (ad-supported). Essentially, it allows you to use your iPad for shortcuts on your mac. The extra real-estate is quite nice for people who have a desk setup with monitor and other peripherals.

I'm posting this because I completed a new project which lets people declaratively define all of the "key" that show up in their app, via YAML. This allows you to specify when particular shortcuts show depending on which app or website you're in (e.g. create specific shortcuts for Gmail, Neovim, Linear, Notion, etc). Nix fans will appreciate this. However, I'd like feedback on this overall approach and experience, so please hit me in the comments!

Check out our docs for more information on this. Go to https://flowylabs.ai and then "Docs" for more technical details. I call this "programming your keypad" which allows people to configure every inch of their macro-pad.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903065

Points: 3

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New comment by talksik in "Dalton Caldwell's message to everyone here"

talksik — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:11:15 +0000

Dalton, from Ycombinator, giving his thoughts on hacker news culture

Dalton Caldwell's message to everyone here

talksik — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:11:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yAoITAXKis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43207924

Points: 1

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New comment by talksik in "Users don't care about your tech stack"

talksik — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:53:20 +0000

I like this take, though deadlines do force you to make some tradeoffs. That's the conclusion I've come to.

I do think people nowadays over-index on iteration/shipping speed over quality. It's an escape. And it shows, when you "ship".

New comment by talksik in "Cool open-source alternative to Anthropic computer-use"

talksik — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:30:35 +0000

Computer use is expensive. Take a look at this repo I found.

Cool open-source alternative to Anthropic computer-use

talksik — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:30:35 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/AmberSahdev/Open-Interface

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43005417

Points: 2

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New comment by talksik in "Ask HN: GraphQL will enable generative UI's?"

talksik — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:16:02 +0000

I was studying more about graphql, having used it for years. There has been many phases of critiques towards the technology/paradigm; however, there is something interesting about it's role in a world of agentic AI.

If queries can be dynamically written on the fly, we wouldn't need automation/agent to interact with the UI (as is the case with chatGPT operator or anthropic computer use). Instead, an intelligence layer for the frontend could dynamically query based on a graphQL schema and render with some basic html elements.

Thoughts?

Ask HN: GraphQL will enable generative UI's?

talksik — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:16:02 +0000

Article URL: https://graphql.org/learn/schema/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42956066

Points: 1

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New comment by talksik in "Show HN: I Learned It's Okay Not to Know Everything as a Software Engineer"

talksik — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:23:57 +0000

I think every engineer contemplates this question: "how come it feels like everyone knows everything, and I'm just chasing to catch up"

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: iPad app as your AI keyboard"

talksik — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:17:52 +0000

Let me know if any of you would like to shape the product as pilot users: arjun@flowy.live

Show HN: iPad app as your AI keyboard

talksik — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:05:31 +0000

Hey folks, just dropping an early prototype of a project I’ve been working on.

Please watch the demo & read the memo; it’ll tell you what v1 is about and where we’re headed.

I’m sorry that I couldn’t publish/ready to install; the installation is janky, so please put your email down first.

Also, would appreciate any feedback, even the gnarly type :) Oh, and yes, this isn’t for everyone/setup (certainly not v1).

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42890589

Points: 3

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Protoc DevEx Sucks

talksik — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:49:29 +0000

it never works as you want. it's behavior across languages is inconsistent. you need buf CLI as a workaround

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42002620

Points: 2

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New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:52:06 +0000

This is super helpful. Thanks @eltonlin.

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:21:03 +0000

Philosophy: building on current platforms limits solution sets and only gives you primitives that they thought of. I built 15+ variants of software versions tangential to flowy. It always limits experience. This doesn't mean everything should be it's own hardware. I just believe that human to human commz should be put higher on the hierarchy than, say your calculator.

Practical answer: we want to do cool things like "hover over keypad and say a name" and then you can talk to them. Only possible when we build the whole stack.

Thoughts?

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:17:33 +0000

You're right. We were trying to be too fancy. The scrolling is fixed now.

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:16:50 +0000

You're right. We were trying to be too fancy. It's fixed now.

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:16:41 +0000

You're right. We were trying to be too fancy. It's fixed now.

New comment by talksik in "Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups"

talksik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:16:28 +0000

You're right. We were trying to be too fancy. It's fixed now.