Hacker News: tobinfekkes

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Bringing more transparency to GitHub's status page"

tobinfekkes — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:05:32 +0000

Maybe instead of giving more detail about why Github is down (again), it would be better to invest in not going down in the first place?

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Curated Costa Rica: The Best Tailor-Made Experiences for Every Type of Traveller"

tobinfekkes — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:13:57 +0000

Pass. The AI is far too strong. Couldn't keep reading.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

tobinfekkes — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:54:21 +0000

Same here! Good luck

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

tobinfekkes — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:06:05 +0000

I do this now! It is wonderful. So many unique projects being worked on that you'd never come across in your daily life. It's always fun to experience a world that is so far removed from tech, and see how clever people are at solving problems without SaaS, apps, or spreadsheets. Not every problem has a tech solution.

And it has turned into a decent chunk of business over the long run.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What do you think Information Technology in Japan?"

tobinfekkes — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:43:40 +0000

Refreshing. As good as it needs to be

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What software has improved dramatically recently thanks to AI tooling?"

tobinfekkes — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:06:01 +0000

It's telling that this is still empty after an hour.

And I can't think of anything to add either.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Guilty Displeasures"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:54:49 +0000

Amen!

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?"

tobinfekkes — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:34:29 +0000

Explored Osaka today. Had wagyu, sushi, and ramen. Not a bad day.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "The peculiar case of Japanese web design (2022)"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:18:46 +0000

I just landed in Tokyo for the first time last night and ended up in the Don Quixote in Shibuya by accident (or adventure). What an experience! It's an invasion of all the senses!

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: How much did you spend on AI last month?"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:45:07 +0000

I tried it once for the first time a couple weeks ago. $12 total. While it was "worth it" if converting the dollars to time saved, it's also telling that I haven't gone back and used it again.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: How do you maximize your luck surface area?"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:42:14 +0000

Being kind and generous to those that cross your path works pretty well.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Traintrackr – Live LED Maps"

tobinfekkes — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:31:57 +0000

I have the London board in my living room. It's one my favorite parts of the house. Can't recommend it enough.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What was your worst typo?"

tobinfekkes — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 01:30:25 +0000

Not quite a "typo" exactly, but more a misclick: a few weeks ago, I accidentally clicked the wrong "delete" button and removed a production ecommerce system for organic grocery delivery. Two days before Thanksgiving :(

New comment by tobinfekkes in "My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)"

tobinfekkes — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:59:30 +0000

These are incredible! Learn something new every day, thank you for sharing.

Documented here: https://www.pctips.com/notepad-tips-and-tricks/

New comment by tobinfekkes in "My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)"

tobinfekkes — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:00:43 +0000

Mine is the same, but unsaved files in Notepad++

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:03:54 +0000

I absolutely LOVED ChexQuest. It was fantastic. Just played it recently, in fact.

I was roaming around RE-PC in Seattle eons ago, and found an old CD of the game for $1. Snatched that sucker right up.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Why Sell Lifetime Plans, in a Default Subscription World?"

tobinfekkes — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:12:59 +0000

I've only ever done one lifetime deal, and it was my Gridpane account in 2020.

Best bang for my buck so far. Very happy with the service.

And kudos to them, they've still honored the deal (so far!).

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What did Stripe change (Value Add)?"

tobinfekkes — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:04:20 +0000

Completely agree, thank you for adding that. Their documentation was a head above the rest; personalizing the example API calls with your key/token included within the documentation made it trivial to try it out and see something working almost immediately.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What did Stripe change (Value Add)?"

tobinfekkes — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:13:07 +0000

Pro: they abstracted away the intricacies of getting "KYC" approval to take payments and abstracted the merchant services integration, so a developer could be up and taking payments in hours, rather than weeks/months.

Con: they abstracted the relationship a merchant has with their processor, so now they stand between you and your money, they decide whether you get it or not, or if you're banned or not, and you have no recourse if they decide your story isn't compelling enough.

New comment by tobinfekkes in "Ask HN: What did you force yourself to do and now you're glad you did?"

tobinfekkes — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:25:58 +0000

Ending a business partnership, that I still wished worked out, but clearly they didn't care anymore.