Hacker News: willthefirst

New comment by willthefirst in "I’ve banned query strings"

willthefirst — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:54:48 +0000

I mean…the site that broke should know what to do with arbitrary query strings. If your site breaks when someone puts in an invalid query string, that’s on you?

Internet Roadtrip

willthefirst — Tue, 06 May 2025 17:44:02 +0000

Article URL: https://neal.fun/internet-roadtrip/#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43907744

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by willthefirst in "Learn how to unleash the full potential of the type system of TypeScript"

willthefirst — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:28:09 +0000

Great content. Give it me to me as a daily-dose newsletter :)

New comment by willthefirst in "Show HN: Create slide presentations with your voice"

willthefirst — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:54:11 +0000

I recommend turning up your speakers and playing any keynote address in another window (eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA). Chaos.

New comment by willthefirst in "Show HN: Create your own Codecademy-style lessons"

willthefirst — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:28:11 +0000

Working now! This is great. As somebody interviewing right now, something like this would be great for drilling React concepts.

New comment by willthefirst in "Ask HN: Do you create music? let's hear it"

willthefirst — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:21:54 +0000

Coming back programming now, but was working on this EP for the last 2 years:

https://www.gratistheband.com/givemethegratis

New comment by willthefirst in "Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?"

willthefirst — Fri, 15 May 2020 06:06:58 +0000

A giant permanent wall of text for and by the internet. Anyone can write on it.

https://wordsoftheweb.web.app

New comment by willthefirst in "Are we too busy to enjoy life?"

willthefirst — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:38:00 +0000

Definitely. But it's the healthy kind of pain, "ripping off the bandaid".

New comment by willthefirst in "Are we too busy to enjoy life?"

willthefirst — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:12:54 +0000

I know right?! The language is simple and entertaining.

There's also a hilarious passage about a wealthy guy who gets carried everywhere, and becomes so numbed by luxury that he can't tell whether he's sitting down or not.

New comment by willthefirst in "Are we too busy to enjoy life?"

willthefirst — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:31:04 +0000

For some age-tested wisdom on this topic, read Seneca's On The Shortness Of Life:

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/ebooks/seneca/on-the-shortn...

"But one man is possessed by an avarice that is insatiable, another by a toilsome devotion to tasks that are useless; one man is besotted with wine, another is paralyzed by sloth; one man is exhausted by an ambition that always hangs upon the decision of others, another, driven on by the greed of the trader, is led over all lands and all seas by the hope of gain; some are tormented by a passion for war and are always either bent upon inflicting danger upon others or concerned about their own; some there are who are worn out by voluntary servitude in a thankless attendance upon the great; many are kept busy either in the pursuit of other men's fortune or in complaining of their own; many, following no fixed aim, shifting and inconstant and dissatisfied, are plunged by their fickleness into plans that are ever new; some have no fixed principle by which to direct their course, but Fate takes them unawares while they loll and yawn—so surely does it happen that I cannot doubt the truth of that utterance which the greatest of poets delivered with all the seeming of an oracle: 'The part of life we really live is small.'"

Ask HN: Learning to code, can't afford bootcamp. What should I focus on?

willthefirst — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:06:10 +0000

It's not me, but rather my professional musician friend. He wants to make supplementary income. I told him that Javascript, then React would be the way to do it. What do ya'll think?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22293899

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by willthefirst in "Show HN: BookBuddy helps you maintain a steady reading habit"

willthefirst — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:58:07 +0000

thanks!

Show HN: BookBuddy helps you maintain a steady reading habit

willthefirst — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:44:51 +0000

Article URL: https://bookbuddy.me/welcome

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14553938

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by willthefirst in "Ask HN: How to stop overthinking everything in my life?"

willthefirst — Sat, 27 May 2017 12:22:46 +0000

agreed. but do see a doctor if you are tasting sweaters, it might be due to a stroke.

New comment by willthefirst in "Ask HN: Why is there a black bar added on top?"

willthefirst — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:17:58 +0000

.mourning { border-top: 5px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); }

Ask HN: How could comment sections be designed to foster good discussion?

willthefirst — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:11:34 +0000

I'm frustrated that comments sections are generally flooded and unorganized. For example, looking at this recent article on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11273301), there's good discussion, but it's too difficult to parse for the best arguments and debate. What could be done to make online discussion more engaged and intelligent?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11278144

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Get notified when an Instagram username becomes available

willthefirst — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:00:13 +0000

Article URL: http://name-grabber.herokuapp.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10492549

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by willthefirst in "Show HN: Wriber – Idea Generator"

willthefirst — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:38:26 +0000

i thought this was a joke, it is not.

New comment by willthefirst in "Show HN: Mimic – class-fied inline CSS"

willthefirst — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:05:05 +0000

irony has reached the front end.

New comment by willthefirst in "LSD – Line Square Dot Game"

willthefirst — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:22:17 +0000

really great. so simple but immediately entertaining.