Hacker News: tomdekan

New comment by tomdekan in "New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair"

tomdekan — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:13:21 +0000

I've been enjoying using this over the past 3 weeks.

This is nano-hydroxyapatite, meant to be more effective than hydroxyapatite alone.

https://www.boka.com/

(P.S I'm not affiliated with boka)

New comment by tomdekan in "New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair"

tomdekan — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:11:54 +0000

Xylitol reduces cavity‑causing bacteria and raises salivary flow, which can increase calcium and phosphate availability. That environment supports natural remineralisation and boosts the effect of fluoride or hydroxyapatite products, but xylitol itself doesn’t deposit minerals into enamel.

For actual mineral replacement, look to fluoride toothpaste/varnish, casein phosphopeptide‑amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP‑ACP), or nano‑hydroxyapatite formulations; xylitol gum is a useful adjunct.

New comment by tomdekan in "Many women have 'lost' their boyfriends because of OpenAI's GPT-5"

tomdekan — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:42:38 +0000

Post on Reddit showing many women as upset by OpenAI's new models. They viewed the previous models in ChatGPT as their boyfriends. With the new models, they now feel that their partner has been "taken from them".

Many women have 'lost' their boyfriends because of OpenAI's GPT-5

tomdekan — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:42:38 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/comments/1mkweq4/a_note_to_the_community_from_someone_whos_gone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44844544

Points: 35

# Comments: 30

New comment by tomdekan in "Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world"

tomdekan — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:31:54 +0000

Thanks Daniel. Do you recommend any resources showing the differences between different quantizations?

Snake eating its tail: how can synthetic data possibly work for training AI?

tomdekan — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:14:40 +0000

Article URL: https://tomdekan.com/articles/snake-eating-synthetic-tail

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44624041

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Why commit message intent is outdated: use AI to write search targets

tomdekan — Sat, 17 May 2025 12:08:23 +0000

Article URL: https://tomdekan.com/articles/ai-commit-messages

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44013698

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Show HN: Simple AI-powered commit msgs script

tomdekan — Tue, 13 May 2025 22:02:22 +0000

I wrote a short script that takes a Git diff and uses OpenAI’s API to output a concise commit summary plus a detailed description following best practices. It works with any repo - just add it to .bashrc or equivalent.

Hope it saves you time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43978255

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

tomdekan — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:32:49 +0000

Also, I don’t think my previous comment does assume that there are compelling alternatives.

A person always has a choice not to spend their money. Even if they need expensive healthcare, they can choose not to buy it. By buying the product, they want the service more than their money.

They might think that the price is too high, but prices are a function of market forces.

It doesn’t make sense to me that a person can say they feel exploited because they have voluntarily chosen to buy at a particular price. They probably want to pay less, and might feel that the consumer surplus is low, but they still value the service more than their money. That isn’t exploitation to me.

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

tomdekan — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:22:24 +0000

I disagree with the general comment that “any established market” has “only a few entrenched players”. I’d say that most markets provide compelling alternatives. Where they don’t yet, the product is either a commodity, or there is an opportunity for a new business to serve the customer!

But let’s say your point is true. How do those players become entrenched? I’d say it’s from providing great value.

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

tomdekan — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:26:17 +0000

That’s a very cynical view.

Do the biggest companies not create the most value for the world?

Consider this. If the most successful companies are simply cheating customers, then most consumers are stupid; handing offer their hard-earned money for bad deals and to be exploited.

But most people are not stupid, and most people highly value their money. So, they only buy something because they want what the seller is offering even more than their money. This means that companies create great value because they offer something that people really want.

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Lunon – Instant model switching across LLMs"

tomdekan — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:02:32 +0000

Do you have access to o4 models as your website suggests? I didn’t realise that they had finished training yet.

New comment by tomdekan in "The Llama 4 herd"

tomdekan — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:39:31 +0000

So, Quasar == Llama 4 Behemoth?

Your LLM Problem Isn't Tooling. It's Effort

tomdekan — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:54:58 +0000

Article URL: https://tomdekan.com/articles/eval-frameworks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43562122

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

MCP Servers as an Encouraging Parent

tomdekan — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:43:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.camin.dev/post/mcp-parent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43505362

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Run DeepSeek-V3-0324 locally

tomdekan — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:59:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.unsloth.ai/blog/deepseek-v3-0324

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43480481

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by tomdekan in "Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter"

tomdekan — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:44:23 +0000

Any more info on the new Google model?

Fine-tune Google's Gemma 3

tomdekan — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:34:45 +0000

Article URL: https://unsloth.ai/blog/gemma3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43414235

Points: 226

# Comments: 78

New comment by tomdekan in "Ask HN: What's an appropriate compensation counter offer in London 2024?"

tomdekan — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:40:13 +0000

Completely agree. I understand that this is becoming more common in London. This is still a harsh practice.

Hacker News: tomdekan

New comment by tomdekan in "New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair"

New comment by tomdekan in "New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair"

New comment by tomdekan in "Many women have 'lost' their boyfriends because of OpenAI's GPT-5"

Many women have 'lost' their boyfriends because of OpenAI's GPT-5

New comment by tomdekan in "Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world"

Snake eating its tail: how can synthetic data possibly work for training AI?

Why commit message intent is outdated: use AI to write search targets

Show HN: Simple AI-powered commit msgs script

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Index – New Open Source browser agent"

New comment by tomdekan in "Show HN: Lunon – Instant model switching across LLMs"

New comment by tomdekan in "The Llama 4 herd"

Your LLM Problem Isn't Tooling. It's Effort

MCP Servers as an Encouraging Parent

Run DeepSeek-V3-0324 locally

New comment by tomdekan in "Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter"

Fine-tune Google's Gemma 3

New comment by tomdekan in "Ask HN: What's an appropriate compensation counter offer in London 2024?"

I saw ~500 pitch decks over 3 years