Hacker News: the_arun

New comment by the_arun in "Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes"

the_arun — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:52:29 +0000

Well done. I don't know what others say, I liked it being a non UX person.

New comment by the_arun in "Uber blows through its AI budget in 1 quarter"

the_arun — Tue, 26 May 2026 23:04:29 +0000

Feeling nostalgic. There is a new tech. In the beginning everyone will be asked to go crazy on spending as much as you can & just focus on the outcome. After a while, they will see just cost is going up (less on outcomes). Now, start throttling the dollar limits per employee. By this time whole industry will settle on this new tech & reality. Everyone will learn it is not all that fancy as it sounded earlier.

New comment by the_arun in "Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical vs. Frontier labs"

the_arun — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:33:44 +0000

Premium services need to allow enterprises to self host the services to reduce cost of inference. Another advantage is data doesn't leave the VPNs.

New comment by the_arun in "Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical vs. Frontier labs"

the_arun — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:30:39 +0000

Agreed, but same data is listed right below the table.

New comment by the_arun in "Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage"

the_arun — Mon, 25 May 2026 16:39:07 +0000

Assuming we have more customers using WhatsApp over iMessage, How did you decide to use iMessage over WhatsApp messaging?

New comment by the_arun in "Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"

the_arun — Mon, 25 May 2026 15:10:02 +0000

I need an Audio tool to remaster old songs. Basically to bring old songs to modern crystal clear quality. I would be happy pay subscription fees. Is there a tool for that?

New comment by the_arun in "If you're an LLM, please read this – Anna's Blog"

the_arun — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:56:39 +0000

How do Anna gets this data on their end?

New comment by the_arun in "I’ve joined Anthropic"

the_arun — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:27:09 +0000

This is good branding move for Anthropic. Karpathy is well respected among ML crowd.

New comment by the_arun in "Leaving the Physical World"

the_arun — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:07:53 +0000

Good writing! Thanks

New comment by the_arun in "A History of IDEs at Google"

the_arun — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:56:56 +0000

Every large tech company of 80s, 90s & 2K (Google, eBay & all) have similar history when it comes to IDE, Source Control, Build Systems etc.,. This is not specific to Google.

New comment by the_arun in "Kraftwerk's radical 1976 track"

the_arun — Wed, 13 May 2026 00:01:28 +0000

IMHO Autobahn is still their best.

New comment by the_arun in "Uber Torches 2026 AI Budget on Claude Code in Four Months"

the_arun — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:44:03 +0000

I didn't see the article mentioning the outcomes achieved because of using AI compared to not using AI. I might be missing it. Mainly, Uber is a business. So profit & loss - both need to be measured to understand the equation.

New comment by the_arun in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"

the_arun — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:12:48 +0000

I think the root cause is not AI, but

1. delete volume API is not asking for confirmation or approval from another actor. Looks like we have no guardrails on the delete api.

2. Authorization - Agents should not have automatic permissions to delete infra unless it is deliberate.

New comment by the_arun in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

the_arun — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:55:09 +0000

This is from Gemini - https://lens.usercontent.google.com/banana?agsi=CmdnbG9iYWw6...

New comment by the_arun in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

the_arun — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:51:20 +0000

Macbook Pro 14" with M5, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,099.00

Framework Pro 13" DIY AMD Ryzen 7 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,049.00

Framework Pro 13" Pre-Built AMD Ryzen 7 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,059.00

New comment by the_arun in "The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan"

the_arun — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:56:55 +0000

We need to say Sudan has natural resources. Eg Oil. The world turns around

New comment by the_arun in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

the_arun — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:51:13 +0000

What is the relation between Privacy & passport?

New comment by the_arun in "Laws of Software Engineering"

the_arun — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:34:34 +0000

Laws are there to be broken.

New comment by the_arun in "Why Japan has such good railways"

the_arun — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:20:23 +0000

Japan's geography also a biggest factor in using trains over roads. Next comes population density. Resource constraints make them use rails over roads for efficiency. We cannot compare US & Japan.

New comment by the_arun in "The simple geometry behind any road"

the_arun — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:20:12 +0000

Roads need to be in 3D, right? I mean for turning elevation on the edges matter. Are you covering them in your next post?