Hacker News: weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=weekendvampireHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:14:35 +0000<![CDATA[Starting Early]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/starting-early

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435094

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:52:22 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/starting-earlyweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435094https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435094<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "We can’t circumvent the work needed to train our minds"]]>See also: https://www.pearlleff.com/in-praise-of-memorization

]]>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:20:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199922weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199922https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199922<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "The Computer Was Once Special"]]>I feel ya. Objectively the upsides may be far more than the downsides but culturally it might have regressed us back.

]]>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:31:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516309weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516309https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516309<![CDATA[The Computer Was Once Special]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/computer-special

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516241

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

]]>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:22:01 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/computer-specialweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516241https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43516241<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Show HN: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"]]>Would've been way more fun if I could find out what answers I got wrong.

]]>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:10:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386888weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386888https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386888<![CDATA[Media Ownership (Or Lack Thereof)]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/media-ownership

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386864

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:07:20 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/media-ownershipweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386864https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386864<![CDATA[The Engineers' Manifesto]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/engineers-manifesto

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39135376

Points: 24

# Comments: 3

]]>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:13:36 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/engineers-manifestoweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39135376https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39135376<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>Author here - thanks for the kind words. I mostly agree with your comment, the problem is less of not being able to achieve targets and more of the number of targets increasing as you get more and more ideas to add to something. Do start a blog, it's really fun!

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:49:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704142weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704142https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704142<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>(Author here) Yeah, most of my personal projects don't fall in the never-ending category either, this writeup was more about the ones that do because you get so many ideas as you work on them that you keep working on them.

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:46:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704107weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704107https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704107<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>Very true. (Author here) I think I was just trying to self deprecate to be funny, but deep down I agree with you, even though I have no clue how certain things I spend my time on will ever help me.

Edit: Adding your comment to my favourite quotes list, you put in words something I kinda know but had never seen said articulately before.

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:40:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704059weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704059https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704059<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>Yes, do it!

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:39:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704052weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704052https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704052<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>Author here. The second quote you mentioned really sums up what I was trying to capture. Thanks for the recommendation!

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:38:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704047weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704047https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704047<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Lessons from a never-ending personal project"]]>Well said!

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:37:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704031weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704031https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704031<![CDATA[Lessons from a never-ending personal project]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/projects

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38689869

Points: 275

# Comments: 78

]]>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:33:22 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/projectsweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38689869https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38689869<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "If you succeed you will fail"]]>Not to be that guy but that should be a comma and not a semicolon.

]]>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 02:14:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37116718weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37116718https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37116718<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Feynman's Messenger Lectures (1964)"]]>YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQLg_H7f6T9yJmJ...

]]>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:42:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36933837weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36933837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36933837<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moons water rich South Pole"]]>This is fascinating. Any particular reasons for the disparity?

]]>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:22:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36725283weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36725283https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36725283<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"]]>I write about pop culture at https://siddhesh.substack.com.

]]>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:00:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36589378weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36589378https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36589378<![CDATA[Mental Health Advice]]>Article URL: https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/mental-health-advicehttps://siddhesh.substack.com/p/mental-health-advice

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36451632

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

]]>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:10:44 +0000https://siddhesh.substack.com/p/mental-health-advicehttps://siddhesh.substack.com/p/mental-health-adviceweekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36451632https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36451632<![CDATA[New comment by weekendvampire in "Tarkovsky's films online for free"]]>Yes, that is a good thing.

]]>Sat, 27 May 2023 20:13:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097829weekendvampirehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097829https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36097829