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chrisrickard
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About chrisrickard
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Comment #48746123
Of course it’s an Australian spider
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Comment #48194196
Cursor 3 is a full rewrite. No VS Code
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Comment #48194146
I’ve found it interesting too. It’s like I spent 20 years mastering painting in watercolour… nerding out on other painters, canvas options, even the backstory on some guy that make…
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Comment #48137386
… i’m still seeing a therapist about this time period.
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Comment #47606211
Thank you, a refreshingly interesting read
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Comment #46884688
I have read all your yearly reviews and you’ve been an inspiration Michael. Keep it up, and I’m glad your 8th year was your happiest yet!
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Comment #46884566
Skills are chainable e.g. skill A can invoke skill B and then decide to invoke skill C etc… I don’t believe your slash commands can do this?
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Comment #46849839
Very cool, I didn’t realise the web audio API was so extensive these days
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Comment #46631643
I did this recently. Created a Skill that had access to executing very specific ific (reviewed) script for DB interaction, that connects to your a replica/anonymised DB, read only …
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Comment #46494284
Really fun idea treating an album like a dependency!
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Comment #46425701
Also, probably a good way to give LLMs more context compared to “div soup”
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Comment #46364325
Amazing achievement guys, seriously impressive. Now onwards and upwards!
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Comment #46360851
very cool concept. and great tracks. congrats on shipping!
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Comment #46072075
Another 15-yearer here too! Thank you HN, and for all the work you do @dang and @tomhow
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Comment #46033770
Because the ridiculous scope creep perhaps? And spending $96M of government money on an website (still with large faults that were backed out) This was Accenture and Deloitte - not…
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Comment #45568539
I’m working on Userdoc, a spec-driven development workspace. Break down your software requirements (Userdoc guides you through the process), refine/confirm, setup your technical sp…
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Comment #45515334
Your second point “planning in advance” could be referred to as spec-driven development… it’s a funny term in a sense (didn’t we always do that?), but I think your 7th point drives…
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Comment #45412934
This is why AI development will be huge in the “Buy vs Build” space… Businesses (with a capable tech team)can build the 20% of the SaaS they need, and stop paying for the 80% every…
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Comment #45295127
We are tackling this at https://userdoc.fyi - we help you build your specs (epics, stories, acceptance criteria, tech notes, test cases, etc) - then you can generate what we call D…
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Comment #44268330
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Comment #44249056
Tools like Userdoc ( https://userdoc.fyi ) help in a few ways, you can easily create requirements (stories, personas, journeys, test cases), but also reverse engineer existing sour…
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Comment #43864113
Vibe coding in the traditional sense (coined by Karpathy back in Feb): 20% Vibe coding using detailed, structured requirements (from tools like Userdoc): 65%
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Comment #43742193
Userdoc is primarily around building and maintaining software requirements, so we don't do competitor research, or watch market trends etc. But we can import any info you already h…
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Comment #43729085
The AI coding wars heat up…
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Comment #43728826
I think at a high level you’re correct. But no matter how much “vibe” is in the code, businesses still need to create, validate, review, and approve software requirements. This is …