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New comment by wkoszek in "Creating a Color Palette from an Image"

wkoszek — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:27:11 +0000

Very cool. Looks very nice. I have a small utility that I made for myself and just added your algo to it: https://github.com/wkoszek/imgstat -- palette looks much better to what I had before.

New comment by wkoszek in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

wkoszek — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:26:01 +0000

Starship payload: 100,000 kg (100 tons). Looks like they talked about 150 tons and even 250 tons. My understanding is that they can be adding more engines to get more thrust.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/02/spacex-reusable-rocket... -- looks like target price for Starship launch would be $3--$5m according to the author.

Wouldn't the /kg price to SpaceX be:

3000000/100000 = $30/kg -- 5000000/100000 = $50/kg?

If they recover everything and produce fuel at scale, wouldn't it drop the cost even more.

What many people quote here are commercial rates, I think. SpaceX won't pay those prices.

Can someone check my math

New comment by wkoszek in "Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15"

wkoszek — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:02:28 +0000

In Poland it was Polonez Caro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez

New comment by wkoszek in "Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers"

wkoszek — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:29:07 +0000

This is an amazing idea - whoever came up with it, should get a promotion. I'd not be surprised that if this continues, Bose could be what e.g.: ThinkPad became and will have a steady customer and fan base

New comment by wkoszek in "Migrating Dillo from GitHub"

wkoszek — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:44:20 +0000

If anyone wants to add Forgejo to your VM, I made a script that allows you to quickly install server + runner, so you get the full setup:

https://wkoszek.github.io/easyforgejo/

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Quick install script for self-hosted Forgejo (Git+CI) server"

wkoszek — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:36:42 +0000

Hey. I liked your feedback, so I updated the website.

You can give it a shot in VM - I've done testing on macOS, and then used Ubuntu 24.04 home box to install it, also in multipass. In GitHub I put howto.

Show HN: Quick install script for self-hosted Forgejo (Git+CI) server

wkoszek — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:06:48 +0000

I wanted to get Forgejo on my VM on a local NAS fast, and I realized that getting everything running with Git and CI working was ... harder than I anticipated. After spending more time than I wanted, and bugging lovely people at Forgejo's matrix, I came up with this:

https://wkoszek.github.io/easyforgejo/

With this script, you should get Forgejo installed on your Linux computer in 2min. I tested this on a VM for now, and it works well enough for beta launch.

Repo is here:

https://github.com/wkoszek/easyforgejo

Let me know what you think and submit PRs if you find bugs. I'd not use it in production just yet.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45994118

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools"

wkoszek — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:11:26 +0000

Sounds good. bsub.io will offer a way to be self-hosted 100% offline too. Just not now. That will require some work.

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools"

wkoszek — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:26:37 +0000

It's not self-hostable yet: I'm thinking about adding this option. I think for now I'm trying to see if people would like to give it a shot and try it out.

Why do you think it's a deal breaker for you?

New comment by wkoszek in "Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright"

wkoszek — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:42:21 +0000

US is the same. I no longer know is someone is using long-distance lights or normal lights, or whether they are wrongly adjusted. But driving at knight, especially with folks right behind you is hard.

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools"

wkoszek — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:53:16 +0000

This is a great feedback! You can play with it some more if you Login. I have put a playground for users who'd like to try it out without installing.

But it's a good point--perhaps I need to add more examples to the page so that you can see right away what it's all about.

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools"

wkoszek — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:00:54 +0000

Thanks! Perhaps you can test new upcoming workers. There'll be more tools for document processing and rendering, with some examples of what can be done with them.

New comment by wkoszek in "Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools"

wkoszek — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:54:52 +0000

Thanks! Any feedback is appreciated!

Show HN: Bsub.io – zero-setup batch execution for command-line tools

wkoszek — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:34:38 +0000

I built bsub because I was tired of wiring up Docker images, Python environments, GPUs, sandboxing, and resource limits every time I needed to run heavy command-line tools from web apps. I wanted: send files -> run job in the cloud -> get output -> done.

https://www.bsub.io

bsub lets you execute tools like Whisper, Typst, Pandoc, Docling, and FFmpeg as remote batch jobs with no environment setup. You can try them locally via the CLI or integrate via a simple REST API.

Example (PDF extraction):

  bsubio submit -w pdf/extract *.pdf

Works like running the tool locally, but the compute and isolation happen in the cloud.

Technical details: - Each job runs in an isolated container with defined CPU/GPU/RAM limits. - Files are stored ephemerally for the duration of the job and deleted after completion. - REST API returns job status, logs, and results. - Cold start for light processors (Typst, Pandoc) is low; Whisper/FFmpeg take longer due to model load/encoding time. - Backend scales horizontally; more workers can be added during load spikes.

Current processors:

  SST/Whisper -- speech-to-text

  Typography -- Typst, Pandoc

  PDF extraction -- Docling

  Video transcoding -- FFmpeg

More coming; suggestions welcome for tools that are painful to set up locally.

Looking for testers! CLI is open source: https://github.com/bsubio/cli. Installers available for Linux/macOS; Windows testing is in progress. Free during early testing; pricing TBD.

If you’re on Windows, feedback is especially helpful: contact@bsub.io

If you try it, I’d appreciate feedback on API design, latency, missing processors, or anything rough around the edges.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45954472

Points: 23

# Comments: 10

New comment by wkoszek in "Random Font – a typographic experiment exploring randomness [pdf]"

wkoszek — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:01:59 +0000

The effect is beautiful. Is there a way to easily get the very same effect in TeX or some other text -> PDF format?

New comment by wkoszek in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

wkoszek — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:57:28 +0000

https://www.bsub.io - batch processing for developers.

You submit heavy duty jobs without worrying about infra, and we take care of execution. We're starting with PDF extraction. Audio transcoding + STT (speech to text) is next. Video transcoding will follow.

This allows you to have $5/mo VPS and get media operations figured out.

New comment by wkoszek in "Founder sentenced to seven years in prison for fraudulent sale to JPMorgan"

wkoszek — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:44:47 +0000

It's interesting how nobody talks about due-diligence being completely broken. We raised $$$ from many VCs and the DD for some of them was crazy: line item by line item with calls to customers etc. Tech folks were on phone with me and had to explain them stuff step by step, revealing a lot of confidential recipes. Also did this for bigger customers. And the $175M deal.. isn't there an earnout? Like $10M cash now, 1/4*$175 wired on 1yr cliff, and then the rest over 4 years if some milestones are hit? The whole thing looks weird.

New comment by wkoszek in "Corporation for Public Broadcasting ceasing operations"

wkoszek — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:23:34 +0000

From Claude -> Notable Programs They Fund: Public television shows like Sesame Street, NOVA, PBS NewsHour, and Masterpiece, as well as NPR programming like Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

I like all of those. NPR: $300m budget / 42m listeners = $7.14/yr. Sounds like if I donate $5/mo to KQED and $5/mo to KCSM, I'm supporting them to cover myself and couple other citizens?

I don't get what I can do to support PBS - when I press donate on PBS site, it sort of wants to direct me to KQED/KCSM donations again.

Anyone here with a little more time to understand/explain it?

New comment by wkoszek in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

wkoszek — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:59:26 +0000

Working on the notes app with MCP, JSON export and Git backup. Like Apple Notes, but works on every platform and in the browser. Offers focused mode where you can just full-screen the app and type your notes.

Show HN: Create Your Pitch Deck in 5 Minutes with AI

wkoszek — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:47:08 +0000

Hi HN!

We founders of Knowbase Decks, and AI Pitch Deck maker. It uses Sequoia's Business Plan points and allows you to put 2 sentences (what/why you're building what you're building), and it'll make a simple minimalistic deck for you, with examples of content put in place.

It can help with getting started, shrinking the amount of time it takes to get started. We're offering $29 deal now, where you get deck built with better AI algo we're working on, and you'd get our support by hand. Let us know your feedback--we know we're launching early.