Hacker News: willswire

New comment by willswire in "Ask HN: Vibe Coding over Easter?"

willswire — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:08:46 +0000

Not vibing today to observe the Sabbath (especially on Easter; He has Risen!) but my setup for on the go is normally just the Claude app on iOS with robust GitHub CI for testing and then just iterate.

GhostVM: Mac Virtual Machines for Secure Development

willswire — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:55:35 +0000

Article URL: https://ghostvm.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411434

Points: 1

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Show HN: K8s clusters on macOS using Apple's containerization framework

willswire — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:41:15 +0000

Hey HN!

This is a super early work-in-progress but I wanted to share with larger community to gauge interest.

I’ve forked Apple’s container CLI project and added a new build target for a CLI tool called cluster. You can visit the fork here: https://github.com/willswire/cluster

To get started, just run: make cli

And then: ./bin/cluster create

You will need the upstream container CLI installed and the container system running beforehand.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46889818

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by willswire in "What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent"

willswire — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:56:20 +0000

Minimal, intentional guidance is the cornerstone of my CLAUDE.md’s design philosophy document.

https://github.com/willswire/dotfiles/blob/main/claude/.clau...

New comment by willswire in "Verizon is down, with many users seeing 'SOS' – here's everything we know"

willswire — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:13:28 +0000

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46619539

New comment by willswire in "Verizon Wireless Is Down"

willswire — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:07:38 +0000

Unsure but looks like maybe a bigger issue?

New comment by willswire in "Verizon Wireless Is Down"

willswire — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:01:02 +0000

Tech Radar is picking up the outage but most of Verizon's social accounts are silent. https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2...

Verizon Wireless Is Down

willswire — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:57:30 +0000

Article URL: https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46619539

Points: 22

# Comments: 9

New comment by willswire in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"

willswire — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:22:32 +0000

On a recent flight home for Christmas, I tried to get some side-project work done on my MacBook… and immediately lost the battle with Seat 28C. I could barely open the laptop, let alone type comfortably.

The real constraint on planes these days is elbow room. That got me wondering: could a small, handheld keyboard and trackpad setup make in-flight work tolerable?

After failing to find anything compelling on Amazon, I realized something obvious: my iPhone already has a great keyboard and touch experience. So why not use it directly?

I looked for existing apps, but the top options felt dated and required both devices to be on the same Wi-Fi network—which isn’t always possible (or desirable when paying ridiculous prices for airplane Wi-Fi).

So over the last few days I’ve been tinkering with a project I call Magic Input. It turns your iPhone into a wireless keyboard and trackpad for your Mac.

How it works (high level):

• The iOS app discovers nearby Macs using MultipeerConnectivity

• Keyboard input and touch gestures are streamed directly to macOS

• The macOS app injects events at the system level (requires Accessibility permissions)

• No shared Wi-Fi network required; devices connect peer-to-peer

It’s very early, but already supports basic typing and cursor control—especially useful in cramped spaces like planes.

Here’s the TestFlight link for the brave. You’ll need to install the same app on both macOS and your iPhone:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/T1PgucDs

Happy to answer questions or dig into implementation details if anyone’s curious.

Havana Syndrome

willswire — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:58:31 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543370

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by willswire in "Show HN: Magic Input – Use your iPhone as a keyboard and trackpad for your Mac"

willswire — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:50:37 +0000

I’m considering open-sourcing this project, if there’s further interest! I’ve never done this before, but I wonder how well an open-source “pay to download in the App Store” project performs.

New comment by willswire in "Show HN: Magic Input – Use your iPhone as a keyboard and trackpad for your Mac"

willswire — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:27:43 +0000

Haha nope - just the standard iOS system keyboard

Show HN: Magic Input – Use your iPhone as a keyboard and trackpad for your Mac

willswire — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:19:07 +0000

Hey HN,

The real constraint on planes these days is elbow room. That got me wondering: could a small, handheld keyboard and trackpad setup make in-flight work tolerable?

After failing to find anything compelling on Amazon, I realized something obvious: my iPhone already has a great keyboard and touch experience. So why not use it directly?

So over the last few days I’ve been tinkering with a project I call Magic Input. It turns your iPhone into a wireless keyboard and trackpad for your Mac.

How it works (high level):

• The iOS app discovers nearby Macs using MultipeerConnectivity

• Keyboard input and touch gestures are streamed directly to macOS

• The macOS app injects events at the system level (requires Accessibility permissions)

• No shared Wi-Fi network required; devices connect peer-to-peer

It’s very early, but already supports basic typing and cursor control—especially useful in cramped spaces like planes.

Here’s the TestFlight link for the brave. You’ll need to install the same app on both macOS and your iPhone:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/T1PgucDs

Happy to answer questions or dig into implementation details if anyone’s curious.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46432573

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by willswire in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

willswire — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:50:29 +0000

Back when I was in the Air Force, I hated the UX for referencing Air Force publications on mobile. So I created an iOS app called AFI Explorer [0] which has continued to get hundreds of downloads every month for the past 5 years.

Since I’ve been shifting more towards platform engineering work in my career, the best reward abut this side hustle isn’t the financial benefit, but is the opportunity to stay grounded in software dev. I love seeing the changing APIs each year with the new iOS updates. And the seasonal approach to doing updates is always fun too.

[0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/afi-explorer/id1564964107

Show HN: DoD CAC Authentication with Cloudflare Workers

willswire — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:20:48 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/willswire/dod-cac-auth-cloudflare-workers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46258184

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by willswire in "Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down"

willswire — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:59:36 +0000

Woke up this morning with my iPhone and Apple Watch suddenly in a different time zone. Anyone else experience this?

Connection

willswire — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:41:40 +0000

Article URL: https://willswire.com/connection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46079574

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by willswire in "Ask HN: What open source projects are you grateful for?"

willswire — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 03:14:23 +0000

Zarf

New comment by willswire in "Apple DeviceCheck server implementation on Cloudflare Workers"

willswire — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:52:15 +0000

Hey HN!

I’m using this dependency project for my side-hustle iOS app development. When the number of authorized users matches the number of users with a valid installation, DeviceCheck simplifies the process.

Apple DeviceCheck server implementation on Cloudflare Workers

willswire — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:12:01 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/willswire/checkd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46033244

Points: 2

# Comments: 1