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New comment by udfalkso in "I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night"

udfalkso — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:22:36 +0000

They don’t block much more noise but they’re much more comfortable

New comment by udfalkso in "OpenAI should build Slack"

udfalkso — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:34:14 +0000

Teams suffers from one giant problem. There is a totally odd, but understandable from tech debt perspective, segregation between “chats” and “teams” which makes it practically impossible to find everything. It’s a fatal flaw. Slack is beautifully simple and effective in comparison. Also, the reminder feature on slack is extremely useful to me personally and I miss it dearly in teams.

New comment by udfalkso in "The Napoleon Technique: Postponing things to increase productivity"

udfalkso — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:34:59 +0000

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”

Margaret Thatcher

(To which a clever friend of mine retorted: Because you know you can do nothing the next day)

New comment by udfalkso in "Maybe the default settings are too high"

udfalkso — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:21:40 +0000

When I was meditating regularly I found this easier to do. I had the presence of mind to notice I was rushing and slow down and focus on the details. I need to start meditating again.

New comment by udfalkso in "RAG accuracy jumped from 10% to 60% when I added outcome scoring"

udfalkso — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:58:45 +0000

It’s not pushy at all imo

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?"

udfalkso — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:21:30 +0000

Same thing happens every time a new hire joins the team. Lots of documentation is stale and needs updating as they onboard.

New comment by udfalkso in "Inflatable Space Stations"

udfalkso — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:50:15 +0000

And Seveneves

New comment by udfalkso in "Tell HN: Azure outage"

udfalkso — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:53:40 +0000

OpenAI Clip python library fails because the model download is a hardcoded azure cdn url :(

New comment by udfalkso in "Scientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are bad"

udfalkso — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 03:12:47 +0000

100% this. There is a wonderful book called The Dorito Effect that goes into this in more detail.

Carbon removal plant absorbs CO2 at 99,000 times the rate of all Earth's oceans

udfalkso — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:00:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/carbon-removal-plant-absorbs-co2-at-99000-times-the-rate-of-all-earths-oceans-combined/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41409761

Points: 21

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New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: What brought back the joy of programming for you?"

udfalkso — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:06:44 +0000

Learning Elixir and Phoenix and getting the hang of functional programming. What a pleasure.

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: Doom and Gloom but financial markets doing well?"

udfalkso — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:42:57 +0000

I’m currently reading Broken Money by Lyn Alden and it has given me a much improved perspective about why things like this are the way they are as a consequence of history and monetary policy. Very interesting.

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: What browser are you using?"

udfalkso — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:48:22 +0000

Spaces I suppose. Very easy, clean work/personal separation. That and the bookmark/tab conflation thing they're doing is actually kind of nice once you get used to it. Oh, and sync'ing cross device is nice as well.

I don't use any of the easel or boost stuff. I'd prefer if they stop working such silly things and focus on bringing their mobile app up to par but seems like they'll get there.

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: What browser are you using?"

udfalkso — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:18:35 +0000

I tried Arc a few months back and quickly decided to give it a go as a primary browser. It’s quite nice.

New comment by udfalkso in "Wearing an eye mask during sleep improves episodic learning and alertness"

udfalkso — Thu, 04 May 2023 10:06:15 +0000

Clicking this link changed my Amazon app location to UK and I can’t figure out how to change it back! Thx for the recc though.

New comment by udfalkso in "Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing"

udfalkso — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:00:21 +0000

Yea

New comment by udfalkso in "Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing"

udfalkso — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:48:40 +0000

The part I like lost about the peek feature is when it happens elsewhere in the OS. I click a link in outlook or iMessage and I pops up right there in context without jumping all the way to my browser. ESP nice for unsubscribe links in emails.

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: Easiest and cheapest full-stack frameworks that you love?"

udfalkso — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:44:51 +0000

Speak for yourself? I personally find I’m much more productive with elixir/phoenix and the end result is much more performant. (I say this having built multiple large projects with rails in the past)

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: Easiest and cheapest full-stack frameworks that you love?"

udfalkso — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:49:28 +0000

Elixir/Phoenix is wonderful. Worth a look.

New comment by udfalkso in "Ask HN: Easiest and cheapest full-stack frameworks that you love?"

udfalkso — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:48:28 +0000

It’s def a solid option esp. if you’re very familiar with it already.

But, I think Elixir/Phoenix beats it handily at this point for someone starting from scratch with either one or that is willing to spend a week or two learning something new.