Hacker News: thomasgeelens

Show HN: Built a personality that lives across CLI, browser, and web –> all solo

thomasgeelens — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:57:15 +0000

So much has happed in the 'Sallyverse' at this point and I love to share, if y'all have any questions let me know, I'd love to talk. :)

Cynical Sally CLI has been starred 8 times on Github and is being used by more devs every day to help them (and make them cry) in their workflow: https://github.com/w1ckedxt/cynicalsally-cli

Cynical Sally Chrome Extension Launched and now shows 5 users, it's a start. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cynical-sally/hjcdm...

Cynical Sally Discord Server is live, the spot to talk about the Sallyverse: https://cynicalsally.com/sallyverse Get support about anything Sally, join here: https://discord.gg/UEF7Nt4W

Sally Lite (deployed on Render with one click) has been used over 40 times: https://sally-lite.onrender.com/

Cynical Sally for OpenClaw has launched and has a fully companion side, if you into that: https://clawhub.ai/plugins/cynicalsally

The website (CynicalSally.com) also has a companion component when you click the DM's section. (10 for free, Superclub gives you unlimited access and an actual bond building opportunity with Sally)

More to come! Expanding her every day while also keeping the backend lean, tight and trustworthy as much as possible, all built solo. Again, any questions let me know!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754883

Points: 2

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Show HN: Cynical Sally Sidekick Right in the Browser as a Chrome Extension

thomasgeelens — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:04:41 +0000

Article URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cynical-sally/hjcdmhmkhfdfcekpmlnbocncjhnkocni

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629227

Points: 1

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New comment by thomasgeelens in "Anthropic Races to Contain Leak of Code Behind Claude AI Agent"

thomasgeelens — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:52:28 +0000

I really wonder, and if somebody can enlighten me please do, most of the code is the harness right? What part of that is something that they race to contain, isn't this our classic 'well it's out there, good luck!' scenario?

Show HN: Cynical Sally – a personality that remembers you, now on OpenClaw

thomasgeelens — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:46:24 +0000

Article URL: https://clawhub.ai/w1ckedxt/openclaw-cynicalsally

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608166

Points: 1

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Show HN: Sally CLI Because "You're right" is probably wrong

thomasgeelens — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:16:50 +0000

Hi HN, I'm Thomas. I built Cynical Sally as a solo developer using AI assistants as my team. I've got no employees and no funding besides my own bank account that's getting emptier by the day, lol.

https://github.com/w1ckedxt/cynicalsally-cli

Sally is an AI code reviewer with a consistent personality. She scores your code 0-10, finds real issues with evidence, and gives you actionable fixes. Her words, not mine:

"Everyone has opinions. Mine just happen to be evidence-based."

What makes her different from "paste into ChatGPT":

- 6 specialised tools: code review, explain, refactor, PR review, brainstorm, frontend + marketing review - Works as CLI and MCP server (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) - CI/CD ready with --fail-under flag for build gates - One consistent personality across all platforms

Try it right now, no account needed!

npm install -g @cynicalsally/cli

90 free roasts/month. Every premium tool has one free trial so you can see if her feedback and Full Suite is worth paying for.

She also reviews websites, CVs, and pretty much anything at cynicalsally.com, and as a Chrome/Safari extension, but the CLI is where developers live so that's where the code/project value resides.

Fun fact: Render offered somebody else a collab through a Reddit comment and I commented "I'd like to do thatas well!" or something to that effect. They hit me up and I've been building Sally from the ground up after the initial traction on Reddit via comments.

Built with: Node.js, Claude API (Anthropic), deployed on Render. Happy to answer questions about the architecture or how I built an entire multi-platform product solo.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47599825

Points: 3

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New comment by thomasgeelens in "CERN levels up with new superconducting karts"

thomasgeelens — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:45:05 +0000

oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN

New comment by thomasgeelens in "The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode"

thomasgeelens — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:53:14 +0000

Can somebody tell me what this means for the company?

Disney Reportedly Considering Epic Games and Fortnite Purchase

thomasgeelens — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-reportedly-keen-on-buying-fortnite-developer-epic-games-but-waiting-for-right-moment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589272

Points: 4

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New comment by thomasgeelens in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

thomasgeelens — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:33:52 +0000

Every time I think: "do I live in a dystopia yet?" I get confirmation with these messages.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Android Developer Verification"

thomasgeelens — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:20:21 +0000

oh so I'm not the only one, always believed Apple was the hard ass but I've been having a better experience with them.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Looksmaxxing, Gilded Age Eugenics, and Why the Algorithm Just Needs Users"

thomasgeelens — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:57:26 +0000

tbh when I first heard of the 'Looksmaxxing' term I was kind of mildly shocked? first it was: "looksmaxxing is that people who?..." and then I saw people doing that stuff and I was like: aah, yup, it's exactly that.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Copilot edited an ad into my PR"

thomasgeelens — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:56:45 +0000

Damn Microsoft out here really finding new ways to serve ads.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "You're right to be anxious about AI: This is how much we are building"

thomasgeelens — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:50:11 +0000

Talked to a guy at a bar yesterday (Well he talked TO me, couldn't really get into a conversation) and he went: "Now I create WordPress plugins in 10 seconds, like for real! I have the most expensive Github Plan, all the agents and I just tell them what I want, I get it and publish it!".

Mind you, my projects are also build with Claude Code / Coding Agents but I spec, I refactor, I research, etc. It was at that point I realised that there could be millions of people like him now. He unironically said: "When people ask me what I do, I tell them I'm a promp engineer".

New comment by thomasgeelens in "'Project Hail Mary' Crosses $300M in Sales to Become Amazon/MGM's Highest-Gross"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:31:04 +0000

Still wanna watch this movie, I haven't seen trailers (try to keep that to a minimum) and I like Gosling. Anybody here seen it?

New comment by thomasgeelens in "LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:30:25 +0000

This right here! I commented about that in that thread, it's like: This 5G calls drops, LinkedIN uses GB's of memory, my fridge needs an update to get the light on but Voyager 1 is out there on 69kb.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:17:18 +0000

I know it makes no sense about what I'm going to say but: whenever I lose a 'simple 5G phone call' connection I remind myself that the Voyager 1 runs on 69kb of memory and there's a robot on Mars.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:55:41 +0000

I was like: wow there is an app that tracks real-time lighting? Cool! Then I went.. oh.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Say No to Palantir in Europe"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:52:42 +0000

Oh man I'm in NL, didn't know that, that's. .. dark.

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Supabase Got Blocked in India"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:51:19 +0000

oh lord I wonder how many projects this affected

New comment by thomasgeelens in "Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics"

thomasgeelens — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:40:03 +0000

this feels like such a weird oversight in such a controlled environment: "oh my bad it was the gloves!" I wonder in how many other studies this happened?