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New comment by toddh in "Show HN: I built another to do list. But it does a lot"

toddh — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:33:56 +0000

The thing is, it's real. Or it was for the golden era of cheap tokens. When tokens get expensive, we'll see how that changes things. With AI, you can think in terms of features rather than implementation; that's a totally different way of working.

I first programmed in C on a PDP 11 many years ago. I'm curious what you mean by "public vs. dev mode"?

New comment by toddh in "Show HN: I built another to do list. But it does a lot"

toddh — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:27:08 +0000

I've always sucked at marketing. For HN, I decided to be honest because that's the kind of people who read HN.

And it really does do a lot. That's not hype. It's full-featured as I could make it without turning into something it's not, like a calendar or "productivity system."

At the heart of it is the mechanic of a rotation list, not forgetting what's next, but that's just the beginning.

New comment by toddh in "Show HN: I built another to do list. But it does a lot"

toddh — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:22:53 +0000

According to app store optimization theory, that means you were never a potential customer anyway. If that's true or not, who knows?

None of my other apps have ever had a hard paywall, and success was not a result. So I tried something different this time.

In the end, I just couldn't go with a hard paywall; it's against my nature. So, on the paywall at the bottom, there's a "not now" button that lets you use all the features of the app without paying for 7 days.

New comment by toddh in "Show HN: I built another to do list. But it does a lot"

toddh — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:56:25 +0000

You got the gist of it. Then it just kind of took off.

The TLDR:

Where it started: me standing in front of a long aisle of dog food bags at Costco, racking my memory for which kind I was supposed to buy next for my finicky golden retriever, Kilo.

How it ended: me building Rotation List, so nobody will ever have to forget again.

I explained more in:

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/ai-killed-the-mvp-whats-ne...

With an AI assist, there was no reason to stop adding improvements as I thought of them, so I didn't.

AI Killed the MVP. What's Next?

toddh — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:52:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/ai-killed-the-mvp-whats-next-JIWTsjBRFuC4K87voEFk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942876

Points: 1

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Show HN: I built another to do list. But it does a lot

toddh — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:58:14 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rotation-list-shared-to-do/id6758746324

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941998

Points: 11

# Comments: 9

Ask HN: Will AIs Need Psychiatrists?

toddh — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:03:26 +0000

I wonder, as LLMs gain persistent state and self-modify their weights through repeated interaction, are those weights analogous to neurons that exhibit long-term potentiation? Are they subject to psychological dysregulation?

LLMs stop being static software and start becoming path-dependent control systems with a “life history.”

Will LLMs develop: stable attractors (ruts); defensive behaviors that look like neurosis; and suffer from trauma?

My guess is yes, and long-lived assistants will need an independent behavioral oversight stack: that is, psychiatrists.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783761

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by toddh in "My Experience Report Using AI to Code – From an Older Programmer"

toddh — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:50:54 +0000

AI is the new go-to intention implementation method and will largely subsume all the others.

My Experience Report Using AI to Code – From an Older Programmer

toddh — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:50:54 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTCoding/comments/1bxj1jz/my_experience_report_using_ai_to_code_from_an/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39954931

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by toddh in "Revisiting Apple’s ill-fated Lisa computer, 40 years on"

toddh — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:24:33 +0000

It was a magical machine. I remember programming a chess game in Pascal, and all the API calls were like a hundred characters long.

New comment by toddh in "Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy"

toddh — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:48:18 +0000

While having to respond to TikTok is understandable, what's their point of differentiation? It's hard to tell the difference between the two now. Maybe that's a good thing for insta?

New comment by toddh in "Why is it so hard to give Google money?"

toddh — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:51:22 +0000

I use a normal credit card that I use everyday and they canceled my account for no reason that I can see at all. No reason. No appeal. And they keep sending me email to create ads! This is despite paying for google domain, apps, and google drive space forever.

New comment by toddh in "We don't have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model"

toddh — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:14:21 +0000

The deeper problem is modeling goal setting. We know people will hurt themselves and to punish others and economics is stuck at thinking people only wish to maximize value. People are much more complex than that.

New comment by toddh in "People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'"

toddh — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 21:35:25 +0000

Zone 2 training repairs mitochondrial disfunction and burns fat. An explainer here: https://maxapps.info/zone2training.html

New comment by toddh in "Two dead after Tesla drives into back of parked semi at FL rest stop"

toddh — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:46:57 +0000

This implication a 66 year old with decades of successful driving experience is likely to crash doesn't track.

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/age-of-dr...: drivers 65 to 74 account for 13.7% of licensed drivers, but represent only 6.9% of drivers in all crashes and 7.7% of drivers in fatal crashes.

New comment by toddh in "Physicists see electron whirlpools for the first time"

toddh — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:15:47 +0000

electron field?

New comment by toddh in "Ask HN: Why is Lex Fridman so successful with his “tech” podcasts?"

toddh — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:21:56 +0000

He talks to interesting people and has interesting conversations. That's my definition of a good podcast.

New comment by toddh in "Expats are moving to Portugal"

toddh — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:23:00 +0000

If you are from the US the food is different and is regional. The Algarve is very proud of their traditional seafood. If you aren't used to Mackerel and Cod and Sardines it's hard to get used to. As you move north the dishes change.

The bread is awesome everywhere.

New comment by toddh in "I'm tired of Google's business products"

toddh — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:48:30 +0000

This is exactly my situation. There is no recourse.

New comment by toddh in "Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone"

toddh — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:58:33 +0000

I think on the vendor side it's a lot harder than it looks. This isn't the kind of thing Apple is good at.