Hacker News: toyetic

New comment by toyetic in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

toyetic — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:07:57 +0000

I think a large part of its valuation was it's ability to compete with search but thats understating it a bit. Unlike search it could/can be the platform users primarily interact with (ala a social media replacement) while having huge impacts on enterprise work and automation. I think its the combination of the ability for effectively one company to compete on every front in the modern web ecosystem thats contributed to the valuation.

It's also important to note the valuation is not just based off of its possible concrete economic implications in these areas but also future "unknown" possibility ( I.E. whatever "agi" means to investors ). Thats not to say I believe it's possible to achieve this but rather a huge part of Sam Altman's job is increasing valuation through unfounded claims of AGI's possibility and possible impact.

New comment by toyetic in "The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing"

toyetic — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:37:26 +0000

I’m sure there’s some middle ground, like presumably Alice could’ve used AI in a way that gave her the same outcome but quicker. Either way I’m not sure what’s wrong with Bobs approach ( or rather why anyone other than Bob should care)? Either he’s doing something that prevents him from learning and growing in a relevant way or he’s not and can continue this method for the rest of his career. Either way that has no effect on Alice’s career.

New comment by toyetic in "Cursor 3"

toyetic — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:02:19 +0000

I've mostly switched to claude code ( using the intellij plugin ) since I like the functionality of claude code more. But I will say the one thing i miss is the tab autocomplete cursor has. It looks like they're mostly going in the direction of agentic development though with this which unfortunately doesn't interest me as much but maybe I'm missing out? I've seen a few people tout the power of using multiple agentic models on different git worktrees.

New comment by toyetic in "Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?"

toyetic — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:25:38 +0000

Currently in my third year working full time and sort of realizing two things. 1. AI ( specifically Claude code and codex ) is really good and can do quite a bit of the work that when I started I had to myself. 2. AI can’t do all of the work and the last 10% ( or 5 or whatever percent it can’t do ) is something I need to do and the only way I can do it properly is if I have a good mental model from the other 90% which doesn’t happen if I use Claude code

So far this year I’ve realized I’m better of not using it except for simple questions I would otherwise google. Not necessarily because it’s bad but because it makes me worse.

Edit: this also sort of applies to my side projects as well. I’m realizing more the value of side project wasn’t the end result ( since those are mostly my own personal apps ) but the learnings gleaned from them I don’t get if I use Claude code.

New comment by toyetic in "Claude is a space to think"

toyetic — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:50:17 +0000

I'm only 25 and grew up in a post "don't be evil" world so maybe I'm jaded, but it always seems strange to me when companies try to make any moral stand about anything. Presumably if there was something a company could do to make more money they'd do it regardless of the ethical standing behind it b/c

1. The people running the company aren't stupid and want to make more money 2. The company is beholden to investors to make more money both practically and legally

IMO this means the only reason anthropic isn't adding ads is b/c they make more money posturing as the "good guys". As soon as that's no longer true not only are the people in charge going to do it, but there's probably some legal standing that would obligate/compel them to do so

New comment by toyetic in "Eat Real Food"

toyetic — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:25:39 +0000

I think this was ( at least in theory ) the goal of the “slop” bowls we’ve seen pop up in the last 15 or so years, chipotle, cava, sweetgreans etc.

New comment by toyetic in "Eat Real Food"

toyetic — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:57:09 +0000

Agreed. I’m all for the government trying to help by setting/updating guidlines and I actually agree with the guidelines but ultimately any general advice boils down to - eat a balanced diet of whole grains fruits vegetables and meat, and don’t eat so much of it, just enough to feel full. IMO any specifics on what specifically to/to not eat isn’t helpful unless it’s tailored specifically to someone’s lifestyle.

Basically like you said, telling someone to not drink sugary drinks, stop eating out as much as possible and be more active is the only general advice really needed

New comment by toyetic in "Tell HN: Happy New Year"

toyetic — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:54:46 +0000

Just solo, trying to keep my scope small and since I’m making a “casino rougelite” type of game the main focus will be on the depth of the systems and upgrades.

New comment by toyetic in "Tell HN: Happy New Year"

toyetic — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:55:06 +0000

Happy new year everyone Some good stuff in 25 for me - went to Yellowstone - dislocated my shoulder for the first time, went to pt and feel better than ever - switched jobs for higher pay and better wlb - started getting into game dev with the goal of releasing in summer 26! Here’s to a great 2026 everyone!!

New comment by toyetic in "Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform"

toyetic — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:15:26 +0000

What happens if you give it that context though? Or prompt it to search the web for comparable meals?

New comment by toyetic in "Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform"

toyetic — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:37:41 +0000

This is cool, as someone whose been lifting for ~5 years its nice to see a fleshed out opensource tool for weightlifting.

The main problem with any app I've tried is that after enough experience the bells and whistles of the app don't really matter and mostly what you care about is consistent tracking for progressive overload.

I think this is a good app for people who want to get started weightlifting I would say the two main things needed for wider adoption would be 1. A mobile app ( or pwa, I've made and used my own personal workout app for a while as a PWA and its been just as good as any native app I've tried) 2. A way to save specific workouts as routines and track those for long periods of time

New comment by toyetic in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

toyetic — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:20:03 +0000

Does anyone know what the actual bill that got signed was. All I can find is a bill that was passed by the house but stuck in the senate

New comment by toyetic in "Thoughts on a month with Devin"

toyetic — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:14:35 +0000

>> but all of these issues seem to be solvable with current tech by applying additional training and/or "agentic" direction.

Can you explain why you think this. From what I gather from other comments it seems like if we continue on current trajectory at best you'd still need a dev who understands the projects context to work in tandem w/ the agent so the code doesn't devolve into slop.