Viewing profile — arcadianalpaca

Yeah I've been doing this more and more. The friction of keeping dependencies updated has gotten worse than the friction of just maintaining the (often times) 20 or so lines you ne…

The part about open source projects needing years of sustained work rings true for sure, but it kind of skips over why a lot (most?) projects die. Sometimes the author gets bored, …

Right, though looking at the release notes it seems like the AI part at least is opt-in... for now.

Yikes... sending prompts to a third party by default with no disclosure in the setup flow is a rough look for a tool that positions itself as the open sources alternative. "Open" l…

Cheers! Yeah, I've been switching between both mediums for a couple of years now, and this feature has really made things so much easier! I've actually been surprised at how smooth…

Hey HN! I recently switched to Android after 15 years as an iPhone user. What I missed the most after switching was my old audiobook player, and I couldn't find one I liked. So I d…

Hi HN! After 15 years as an iPhone user, I recently switched to Android. What I missed the most after switching was my old audiobook player, and I couldn't find one I liked, so I d…

The filler word idea is interesting but I suspect the uncanny valley risk is super high. A mistimed "mhm" from a computer would probably feel way worse than just silence, because n…

Just like real life. Sit still, touch nothing, and watch everything fall apart all on its own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah the squash question is the whole thing. If your commit history is "do X" -> "no, not like that" -> "closer" then your final commit message is just "do X" with no trace of why …

True, can't even be taken for a real safeguard to begin with. It's there so Meta can say they tried :)

That's basically the problem. If the shortcut produces something passable 95% of the time and nobody is checking, it just looks like you're faster. Journalism just has a more publi…

The European Parliament voted to end clock changes in 2019 [1] but it got stuck and nothing happened. Meanwhile, BC just goes ahead and does it. I suppose one can still dream... :)…

The recording light argument keeps coming up but I don't buy it. I can't tell if someone's glasses have a tiny LED on from across a room, and neither can anyone else.Under GDPR it'…