Hacker News: whereistejas

New comment by whereistejas in "No Data Centers in My Backyard"

whereistejas — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:05:32 +0000

This is based on the assumption that switching between operators/providers is quick and straight-forward. The reality of switching is that it is extremely time-consuming and emotionally-draining. These corporate practices should not be a thing, but the providers know that this hurts their profit-margins, so they "choose" to make very difficult.

New comment by whereistejas in "Never Enough"

whereistejas — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:39:39 +0000

As someone who is a victim of never feeling he has done enough, I totally empathise with this blog post. The incentives which got me into tech were completely intrinsic and altruistic. Over time, I have felt them warp into something which can be best as "capitalist greed", everything is now about wanting more. The first and perhaps the easiest, thing to be sacrificed at the altar of wanting more, is mental health and relationships. Thankfully, I'm conscious of this now and is something I actively work on.

However, this is something I can only do at this point in my life, in my early 20s I was much more of a grind person and even if I could change things I wouldn't change that.

New comment by whereistejas in "Xiaomi-Robotics-1"

whereistejas — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:32:14 +0000

I've been slopfolding since back when it was just called "dumping it in the wardrobe".

New comment by whereistejas in "Xiaomi-Robotics-1"

whereistejas — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:29:19 +0000

Most people in software misunderstand how physical goods work. When making machines you don't care about getting everything perfect all the time, you care about staying within tolerable limits all the time.

How bad do the folds in your laundry need to be for them to be no different then just being dumped in a pile? As long as we are above that point the robot is useful.

New comment by whereistejas in "Xiaomi-Robotics-1"

whereistejas — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:43 +0000

i want to read more for the most part. my reading list is evergrowing.

shameless plug: https://whereistejas.com/inbox/

(PS: people who comment about the faults in my website will be downvoted. im sharing my reading list, not looking for a codereview)

New comment by whereistejas in "Orion Browser by Kagi"

whereistejas — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:03:37 +0000

that was my experience as well. in my case, i kept running into issues with using chrome plugins.

New comment by whereistejas in "Xiaomi-Robotics-1"

whereistejas — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:01:39 +0000

this is what excites me most about the probable AI future. househelp is cheaply and easily accessible for most people in the east, however being able to afford a cleaner or maid in the west is a luxury. i spent a ginormous amounts of time every week keeping my house in shape. i look forward to the day when i will be able to carve out that time and get it back for myself.

New comment by whereistejas in "Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice"

whereistejas — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:47:44 +0000

it seems absurd that they would reject a plain and simple name? i imagined company names would be available on first come, first serve basis. why is that not the case?

New comment by whereistejas in "Fable Converted Pylint to Rust"

whereistejas — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:25:05 +0000

I didn't suggest that this was useful.

New comment by whereistejas in "Fable Converted Pylint to Rust"

whereistejas — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:32:38 +0000

While I agree with your point in general, rewriting a big widely used project in a stricter language is always a good thing. It improves the dev-ex of people contributing to these projects and more importantly helps people seperate logic into silos. Python is inherently limited in which kinds of abstraction it can express.

New comment by whereistejas in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

whereistejas — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:31:43 +0000

This reminds me of Kagi's Small Web: https://kagi.com/smallweb/ or https://kagi.com/smallweb/river

New comment by whereistejas in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

whereistejas — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:42:59 +0000

nobody ever raised money for nukes from public/private markets on the premise that nukes will bring the world into an age of abundance. AI companies have done that. This comparison of AI and nukes is so silly.

Closing a Mac remote session without logging out, keeps your Mac logged in [video]

whereistejas — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:14:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9prKU2Vuo-0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505976

Points: 1

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New comment by whereistejas in "Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust"

whereistejas — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:57:33 +0000

The UI is polarising, for sure. But, I will celebrate anyone who takes on the hard task of creating a new code forge. Best of luck!

New comment by whereistejas in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)"

whereistejas — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:05:02 +0000

incorrect link: https://amododesign.com/careers/

New comment by whereistejas in "Announcing Rust 1.96"

whereistejas — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:24:25 +0000

i came here to comment the same! could not be happier!

New comment by whereistejas in "Claude Opus 4.8"

whereistejas — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:14:21 +0000

This may be the most important sentence in that announcement:

> expect to be able to bring Mythos-class models to all our customers in the coming weeks.

New comment by whereistejas in "We need a federation of forges"

whereistejas — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:37:57 +0000

Just because `jj` wraps around git doesn't mean it cannot have another backend. My comment doesn't imply that it only wraps around `git`. More importantly, the other backend which `jj` offers is (afaik) exclusively used at Google. Unless you are a Googler you will be using `jj` with `git`.

Also, the comment was aimed at a person who is obviously very invested in `git`. I was doing my best to offer them a description of `jj` they could swallow.

PS: pedantic people are annoying.

New comment by whereistejas in "We need a federation of forges"

whereistejas — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:14:35 +0000

First of all: you do you and as long as you are happy, I am happy.

`jj` is a tool trying to amplify the strengths of git and strengthen its weaknesses. `git rebase` being just one of the many quirky commands. Yes, `jj` requires some rewiring of your brain, but once you get over the initial bump its pretty slick.

Also, I use `jj` everyday exclusively. And I have written `revsets` like 4 times in total.

New comment by whereistejas in "We need a federation of forges"

whereistejas — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:55:50 +0000

its one of the most complex htmx projects i have seen. super cool.