Hacker News: thedeep_mind

New comment by thedeep_mind in "YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes"

thedeep_mind — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:34:31 +0000

I removed the YT app from my phone because of all the addicting/simulating UX and hooking content. It was eating up my quiet/thinking time, and led to brainfog and brainrot. And then, the blame is being put on me as the user who has self control issues. I found that very twisted. Some responsiblity is mine, sure. But having an army of PMs and engineers whose only job is to keep users on the platform, longer and more "engaged", is a loosing battle for one person to fight.

Maybe the app can be given a retry if they have gotten away from the hooking/baiting at the product level.

IG/Tiktok already exist out there and I stay away from them. YT was a platform for me to learn and engage deeply. Shorts just ruined that experience for me.

New comment by thedeep_mind in "YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes"

thedeep_mind — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:32:05 +0000

Same, I removed the YT app from my phone because of all the addicting/simulating UX and hooking content. It was eating up my quiet/thinking time, and led to brainfog and brainrot.

Maybe the app can be given a retry if they have gotten away from the hooking/baiting at the product level.

IG/Tiktok already exist out there and I stay away from them. YT was a platform for me to learn and engage deeply. Shorts just ruined that experience for me.

New comment by thedeep_mind in "Turn any developer into a low performer"

thedeep_mind — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:50:40 +0000

Built this satirical tool. Borderline AI slop, but still found myself chuckling at the output, thought I would share with the community.

Tools like lovable have come a long way. This silly website has a full backend, AI Integration with Gemini-3-flash, and pulls in actual data.

All with just 3-4 prompts, and the free daily limit on the platform.

Turn any developer into a low performer

thedeep_mind — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:50:40 +0000

Article URL: https://pipify.lovable.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740596

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

6 months and $485: My journey into building with AI

thedeep_mind — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:34:27 +0000

Article URL: https://harshdeepgupta.substack.com/p/6-months-and-485-my-journey-into

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45519185

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by thedeep_mind in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)"

thedeep_mind — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:26:51 +0000

I am working on PicPickr.

It is a desktop app built with Electron and React. I built to help newlywed couples to quickly sort thousands of wedding photos with a Tinder style swipe UI. It is offline first, fully private, and offers one click export of your selected pictures.

I started building it earlier this year after going through my own wedding photo experience and realizing how overwhelming it can be. I saw my wife dragging and dropping photos from one folder to other and thought there has to be a better way for non-photographer folks.

Right now, I have a working prototype, a landing page live, and I am testing distribution and feedback from early users.

https://picpickr.com

New comment by thedeep_mind in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

thedeep_mind — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:01:52 +0000

Lots of very cool stuff already shared here by other folks. I am building a simple app to help select/sort/cull photos easier on desktop. Born from my own need to learn/tinker/solve my own problem. https://www.picpickr.com

Show HN: Is Your Company's AI Just Indians?

thedeep_mind — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:33:22 +0000

Saw the whole Builder.ai fallout and thought...isn’t every tech company basically run by Indians in the background?

So I made this site to find out the real truth. Type in any company, and it’ll tell you if it is just Indians.

Spoiler: Microsoft, Google, Adobe… all “yes.”

Don’t take it too seriously...a bag of salt (if not more) is recommended.

Built using daily free limits on lovable.dev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44198613

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by thedeep_mind in "Build your own Siri locally and on-device"

thedeep_mind — Mon, 12 May 2025 21:31:29 +0000

This is great, thanks for putting this together.

Haven't followed it through yet, but does this model run successfully on an iPhone?

My 9 year old ran a Qwen 0.6B model using ollama quite well, anything else was too slow to offer a good UX.

New comment by thedeep_mind in "My LLM codegen workflow"

thedeep_mind — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:23:46 +0000

This is effing great...thanks for sharing your experience.

I was just wondering how to give my edits back to in-browser tools like Claude or ChatGPT, but the idea of repo mix is great, will try!

Although I have been flying bit with copilot in vscode, so right now I have essentially two AI, one for larger changes (in the browser), and then minor code fixes (in vscode).

New comment by thedeep_mind in "Ask HN: What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models?"

thedeep_mind — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:50:15 +0000

Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday. The book tells you all there is to know about ego and will change the way you see yourself.