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New comment by zoozla in "Show HN: Refactoring Skill for Claude"

zoozla — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:13:55 +0000

I used some skills I picked up 20 years ago refactoring a huge and very messy codebase I knew nothing about and built a skill that allows Claude to do the same.

Seems to work really well by executing very small and very safe refactoring steps that don't break functionality.

Very curious to hear how this works on large codebases and in different circumstances and how else we can improve it so that refactoring becomes a solved problem.

Show HN: Refactoring Skill for Claude

zoozla — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:13:55 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/elifiner/refactoring

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817508

Points: 3

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Show HN: Automatic teleprompter that scrolls with rate of speech

zoozla — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:40:04 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/elifiner/autoprompter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43099976

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Show HN: A curated Reddit client for Teens

zoozla — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:00:07 +0000

Wanted to let my kid experience Reddit, didn't want him to wander off into the nasty bits of it. Only allows access to r/teenagers and r/AdviceForTeens for now.

This probably exists somewhere, but was a fun little project to build.

Kid's happy.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43010565

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Do we need a book about marketing for introverts?

zoozla — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:22:12 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1buj97a/im_writing_a_free_book_on_marketing_for_introverts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39913576

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by zoozla in "Show HN: I made a free website for advanced SEO keywords analytics"

zoozla — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:35:25 +0000

This is excellent, just what I needed from a barebones SEO tool as a total newb.

Simple, clear, gets the data right from my Google Console setup and shows a simple graph and a list of keywords.

Would love to connect on Twitter and offer more feedback/support if you're there.

Ask HN: Any lurkers here working 9-5 hoping to build a startup someday?

zoozla — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:07:53 +0000

What's the biggest blocker for you?

- no good ideas - not enough time - need salary to survive - not sure where to start

(Bonus points if you're in your 40's or have kids!)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35604313

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by zoozla in "What's the worst codebase you've ever worked on?"

zoozla — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:41:30 +0000

Sounds like bad codebase compounded by a toxic team. A lethal combo.

New comment by zoozla in "What's the worst codebase you've ever worked on?"

zoozla — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:40:53 +0000

That sounds aweful. I didn't think there were still shops that don't even have source control and just edit code in prod.

New comment by zoozla in "What's the worst codebase you've ever worked on?"

zoozla — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:10:11 +0000

Mine was huge Java monolith that ran (and maybe still runs) part of the foreign exchange system that banks use to trade currency.

There were 8 layers of abstract classes with only one concrete class at the bottom.

There was a whole half-assed quasi-functional almost-but-not-quite-turing-complete language in XML for parsing legacy binary files.

There were unit tests, but they modified the dev DB so you needed to manually reseed it after every run (defintely no CI).

I spent months trying to refactor some of the more afwul bits. Not sure I actually made things any better.

I still shudder.

What's the worst codebase you've ever worked on?

zoozla — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:04:54 +0000

You know the kind I'm talking about.

A huge lumping monolith of spaghetti with barely any tests, class hierarchies a mile deep, and a list of dependencies that can make a grown man weep.

Written by a self proclaimed "genius" 15 years ago with junior devs patching features on top of it since.

What's your story? How did you deal with that mess? Are you still on that team?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34904328

Points: 17

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New comment by zoozla in "I used GPT3 to generate 500 SaaS ideas"

zoozla — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 22:21:08 +0000

I can imagine a bot that posts a "Show HN" for each of those ideas that points to a landing page generated with GPT3 and DALL-E and tracks traffic to figure out the best one to build.

New comment by zoozla in "I used GPT3 to generate 500 SaaS ideas"

zoozla — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 22:04:58 +0000

Might need a little tweaking. GPT3 skews to 5 y/o humour without deeper guidance.

...

Generate a list of 5 cringy app names and descriptions.

1. "PooPee!" - A game where you must help a little brown turd make its way through a maze to the toilet.

2. "Bathroom Break!" - A game where you must help a person take a dump in as little time as possible.

3. "Pimple Popper!" - A game where you must pop as many pimples as possible in a set amount of time.

4. "Hangman With a Twist!" - A game where you must guess a word or phrase, but with a hangman twist!

5. "Who Can Pee the furthest?" - A game where you must see how far you can make your pee go.

New comment by zoozla in "I used GPT3 to generate 500 SaaS ideas"

zoozla — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:16:33 +0000

I removed the worst of the cringy ones (e.g. AnalConnect for business analysts) and the "Inspiration" bit in each app can sometimes ring a little off, but I'm pretty happy with the result overall.

I used GPT3 to generate 500 SaaS ideas

zoozla — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:16:33 +0000

Article URL: https://microsaasideas.cc/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32324388

Points: 7

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Why your mind will kill your best ideas (and what to do instead)

zoozla — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:00:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpoO1ITB4NM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32088047

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by zoozla in "[dead]"

zoozla — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:47:10 +0000

Heard it a million times before but it's a nice reminder.

New comment by zoozla in "Why Devs Can't Sell"

zoozla — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:42:33 +0000

You're right, that's what the article is about, because that's easier. Finding paying customers and product market fit for an existing product is harder, and that's what I teach at growthlab.so.

New comment by zoozla in "Why Devs Can't Sell"

zoozla — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:52:28 +0000

People seem to be enjoying this over on IndieHackers, thought you guys might be interested in this too.

Why Devs Can't Sell

zoozla — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:51:00 +0000

Article URL: https://growthlab.so/why-devs-can-t-sell

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31936015

Points: 37

# Comments: 15