Readit Newsblackbrokkoli commented on Show HN: LangFlick – TikTok but for Language Learning apps.apple.com/us/app/lan... · Posted by u/ahmetomer
Interesting idea. Does it include any adaptive learning/spaced repetition mechanism? (I don't have an ios device, so I can't test)
blackbrokkoli commented on Show HN: GetZen.news – A news app that only shows what affects you getzen.news/... · Posted by u/alexcloudstar
I think there really, really has to be a demo (at least screenshot mocks).
How will you collect the data (about me)? How much? How much more individual will this be compared to just subscribing to my city's newspaper (or a trade magazine, if we're talking job-related news)?
This may be just me, but I also think collecting emails here is a really weird first step — most news services provide at least a blurb of each article w/o any kind of signup, so this broke my expectation in a "what do you need my email for" kind of way.
Hope that helps.
blackbrokkoli commented on The best programmers I know endler.dev/2025/best-prog... · Posted by u/kiyanwang
To me, cars are a means to an end. And I can imagine a world without cars more easily than a world without software.
Do you imagine that we just somehow evolve capabilities beyond it? or do we eventually produce universally perfect software solutions and leave it at that?
It's not really about that.
If I hire you to make software for me, I don't really want software; I want a problem to go away, a money stream built, a client to be happy. Of course, that probably requires you to build software, unless you invent a magic wand. But if you had the magic wand, I'd choose it every single time over software.
Not so with food, furniture or a fancy hotels, where I actually want the thing.
blackbrokkoli commented on The best programmers I know endler.dev/2025/best-prog... · Posted by u/kiyanwang
The latter are the ones that get promoted to senior staff+, or more likely become directors/VPs.
There is a very low cap on career growth if you are purely focused on programming.
So yes, if you want to climb the corporate ladder or run your own business, programming is a fraction of the skills required.
I think though it's okay to just focus on coding. It's fun and why many of us got into the industry. Not everyone likes the business side of things and that's okay.
I don't know. Career plans aside, to me, making software is a means to an end.
There is no inherent value to producing software, as there may be in producing car tires or bananas. The best software is no software.
And then who is the better programmer, the one who knows more about how to make software, or the one who knows more about what software to make?
blackbrokkoli commented on The best programmers I know endler.dev/2025/best-prog... · Posted by u/kiyanwang
Note that this says "best programmers" not "people best at having business impact by making software".
I wonder about this often: If you want to have impact/solve problems/make money, not just optimizing killing your JIRA tickets, should you invest a given hour into understanding the lowest code layer of framework X, or talk to people in the business domain? Read documentation or a book on accessibility in embedded systems? Pick up yet another tech stack or simply get faster at the one you have that is "good enough"?
Not easy to answer, but worth keeping in mind that there is more to programming than just programming.
blackbrokkoli commented on Show HN: A "Buy Me a Coffee" Button for Crypto Donations fundhog.bunnylabs.dev/... · Posted by u/SamPerson
Hey, thanks for the thoughtful question!
Back when I had a small YouTube channel and a Patreon, I actually had 5 or 6 people ask if they could donate in crypto — but I didn’t even have a wallet set up at the time. That really stuck with me. It made me realize there is a niche group of supporters who are deep into crypto and prefer using it over PayPal or Stripe, whether for privacy, convenience, or just because that’s where they keep their funds.
I’m not trying to replace platforms like Ko-fi or Patreon — they’re great. But I think there’s room for a crypto-native alternative that’s simple, creator-friendly, and doesn’t feel like a finance app. If you already have crypto-savvy followers (or are active in Web3 circles), that’s where this could really shine.
Interesting, thanks for the reply. Seems reasonable :)
blackbrokkoli commented on Show HN: Wiederhol – GitHub for Checklists wiederhol.com/... · Posted by u/ivandenysov
Interesting idea!
I think this could really benefit from lazy signup, a demo directly on the landing page, or at least way more screenshots.
Given that making a checklist in my notebook or established organization-app of choice is almost 0 friction, signing up or downloading an app feels like asking a lot without seeing the clear benefit 100%.
Good luck with this :)
blackbrokkoli commented on Show HN: A "Buy Me a Coffee" Button for Crypto Donations fundhog.bunnylabs.dev/... · Posted by u/SamPerson
I'm curious about your target market, as well — is there a substantial amount of people who would be willing to donate in crypto, who wouldn't donate with PayPal/Stripe?
I just started getting into ko-fi, and I'm wondering from a content creator perspective in which cases your product should be my choice over the classic players (patreon, bymeacoffee, ko-fi). Good luck tho :)