Hacker News: windex

New comment by windex in "Fable situation update from David Sacks"

windex — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:24:41 +0000

There was a time I used to listen to the All In Podcast. Then Trump became president and these guys started gloating with glee about all the breakage that Musk and Trump were causing. Was quite the shock to me to see the all out happiness. That's when I stopped listening to Sacks and his crowd.

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

windex — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:33:44 +0000

They asked for a global AI moratorium and got one. Funny how things work out. Best of luck with the IPO.

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

windex — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:10:00 +0000

This is the kind of supply risk everyone should plan for. Depending exclusively on one country, one provider, or one model is not going to cut it anymore. I'd double down on improving opensource local models even more and getting harnesses, routers, and testing right.

The Trump administration should focus on things like the UFC fight etc.

This also looks like the perfect China shaped gap in the market if there ever was one.

New comment by windex in "Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March"

windex — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:23:50 +0000

Windows 11 is what happens when no one speaks up at product team meetings. People nod their heads, get on with the build and the marketing team decides they want another 40 hooks into customer data for monetization.

Windows 11 today is a spectacular example of customer disrespect and disregard. MS believes it can manage with enterprise customer revenue alone. Well, best of luck with that, even enterprises are getting fed up.

New comment by windex in "I am building a cloud"

windex — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:41:30 +0000

Yes and an LLM checks it as well. I am yet to find a sysadmin task that an LLM couldn't solve neatly.

New comment by windex in "The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?"

windex — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:13 +0000

During the Covid lockdowns in India, I saw birds I had not seen in decades. It was amazing; the skies had cleared up, and nature truly was recovering.

New comment by windex in "Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?"

windex — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:12:24 +0000

I moved out of software things myself and now do things around the home and outside more and more.

New comment by windex in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

windex — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:15:36 +0000

A lot of people are finding the Mac Neo very interesting given how unfriendly the whole Win11 experience has become. Either MS learns or the market teaches them the same lessons IBM learnt.

New comment by windex in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

windex — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:46:35 +0000

With the Mac neo, some of us will not have to tolerate Win 11. They were forcing us to upgrade, well, they made people upgrade to the Mac neo. An all metal Apple notebook that isn't actively user hostil is a massive quality upgrade for most people.

New comment by windex in "Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?"

windex — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:30:04 +0000

>so you can make fries and ketchup from the same plant!

We should be friends. I like your ideas.

New comment by windex in "Right-sizes LLM models to your system's RAM, CPU, and GPU"

windex — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:58:21 +0000

What I do is i ask claude or codex to run models on ollama and test them sequentially on a bunch of tasks and rate the outputs. 30 minutes later I have a fit. It even tested the abliterated models.

New comment by windex in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"

windex — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:58:06 +0000

Far more people are coding and participating and creating things now than before. Doesn't matter what you call it. There is enough excitement.

New comment by windex in "U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections"

windex — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 05:48:23 +0000

The US' honor system hasn't worked out with this level of rule breaking and brazen corruption. The Nazis seem to be on their way back to power.

New comment by windex in "CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun"

windex — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:12:44 +0000

I had problems with tailscale being flaky about a year ago and it would stop responding taking down networking with it. I've since ripped it out and went with a VPS based wireguard for all PCs and mobiles. Stable since then.

New comment by windex in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

windex — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:41:24 +0000

Summary: Venezuela just lost its oil.

New comment by windex in "Global software engineering job postings outlook – 2026"

windex — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 05:44:59 +0000

India has a huge fake jobs problem. I think it is because of the number of "HR consultants" who constantly need to refresh their databases with "fresh" resumes. I've seen the same jobs being posted for over 8 years with no change whatsoever other than the keyword updates.

New comment by windex in "Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?"

windex — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:39:37 +0000

That's fine IF tech stays out of politics, but that's not the case anymore. US tech bros are buying themselves policy with this administration.

If tech is influencing politics and consequently, all of us, why should there be an asymmetry when the tech plebs want to talk politics?

New comment by windex in "Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?"

windex — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:16:53 +0000

I see a similar theme with most techbros or rich VC groups. They say they dont like politics but they move fast to influence policy by buying influence. See what's happening with Trump and the tech companies.

What tech connected leaders really hate is the plebs being informed and having an opinion on policy. I see the same thing with the All-In podcast. All round glee on that podcast with things that negatively impact the working classes.

Billionaires are for billionaires while controlling the media.

New comment by windex in "'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them"

windex — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:14:31 +0000

Atleast in Europe there are some basic rules around data collection. In places like India, linkedin is a free for all vacuuming up resume data. I've seen the same jobs on linkedin appear for nearly 4 years with no changes and hundreds of people applying every week.

You cant flag it on linkedin either. I guess LinkedIn's business model likes the fake job postings.

New comment by windex in "AI helps ship faster but it produces 1.7× more bugs"

windex — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:04:26 +0000

I think devs have now split into two camps, the kvetchers and the shippers. It's a new tool, it's fresh. Things will work itself out over the next couple of years/months(?). The kvetching helps keep AI research focused on the problem which is good. Meanwhile continue to ship.