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hju22_-3 commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)    · Posted by u/david927
sunnybeetroot · 4 days ago
Amazing landing for statphone, mind if I ask if it’s using any sort of UI library?
hju22_-3 · 4 days ago
I must concur, very tasteful.
hju22_-3 commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)    · Posted by u/david927
nhatcher · 4 days ago
Well, I just jumped full time on IronCalc[1] a fully open source, light and fast spreadsheet engine designed and build from the ground up.

I have been working on it as side project for over two years and now, with funding from the EU for the next 2.5 years, I hope I can make of it a real product for everyone to use that can compete with the likes of Excel and Googl;e Sheets.

I can oly say, I am overly, off the Moon excited

[1]: https://www.ironcalc.com

hju22_-3 · 4 days ago
Oh, neat. Didn't expect to see IronCalc here for some reason, have been considering it for a side-project. Thanks for the hard work. :)
hju22_-3 commented on Netflix Animation Studios Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron   blender.org/press/netflix... · Posted by u/vidyesh
socalgal2 · a month ago
For Blender I agree. I don't feel like gIMP ever hit that moment. Blender appears to be serious competitor to 3DSMax/Maya/Houdini etc. gIMP does not appear to be a serious competitor to Photoshop even after they shipped v3
hju22_-3 · a month ago
Yes, because it isn't. What version they pump out has nothing to do with viability. It still lacks much of the feature set and functionally of Photoshop, enough so that it's just not a valid comparison, let alone a valid alternative. Like, I've seen people comparing Krita as the better alternative to GIMP, which isn't even designed to fill the same need. But the fact that those comparisons have even occurred should tell you enough about the state of GIMP.
hju22_-3 commented on Talking to LLMs has improved my thinking   philipotoole.com/why-talk... · Posted by u/otoolep
ares623 · 2 months ago
I think there’s a subset of people who don’t have an inner voice. I assume thinking step by step in their head doesn’t work like most people.

I’m glad LLMs help these people. But I’m not gonna trade society because a subset of people can’t write things down.

hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
Wat.

Maybe read up on what having an "inner voice" or not actually does first? Before making, frankly, weird and unfounded takes on the subject.

hju22_-3 commented on Show HN: I built a text-based business simulator to replace video courses   core-mba.pro/... · Posted by u/Core_Dev
Core_Dev · 2 months ago
Sorry, English is not my native language like billions of people on the planet.
hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
Then why make a product whose purpose it is to convey written technical information to users of that language, if it's also a language that you need assistance in to communicate properly with?
hju22_-3 commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)    · Posted by u/david927
le_meer · 2 months ago
Yes! Definitely adding support for YouTube, I think their API is the only good one Spotify effectively shut down their API
hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
I hate how things are just silent removed. Thanks for taking up the pitchfork, looking forward to your solution's progress.
hju22_-3 commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)    · Posted by u/david927
bryanhogan · 2 months ago
Recently on my blog: https://bryanhogan.com/blog

Wrote an introduction to Obsidian referencing other relevant posts, but also keeping it simple.

And the post before that was about creating an app using SvelteKit + Capacitor.

Currently working on some posts about AI coding and my life in Osaka after 3 months here.

Other things I'm working on:

- https://dailyselftrack.com/ - Got into working on it again, mainly solving some UX problems currently.

- https://game.tolearnkorean.com/ - Learn Korean words quickly, words go from easy tasks (e.g.) matchings pairs) to more difficult ones (writting it), currently still needs some slight adjustments, and then I'll release an Android version.

- https://app.tolearnjapanese.com/ - Wanted to learn Hiragana quickly, used my existing project as a base to build this. Needs some adjustments as well, feedback is highly welcome.

- https://tolearnkorean.com/ - Since I'm learning Korean, and also working on an app to better learn Korean, I also want to make a guide on learning Korean, improving my own skills by teaching others.

hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
I tested the Japanese app, in in a bit of a hurry, but here are things I noticed.

- 1 time when matching pairs, two different sounds played. Not the automated and presumably yours, but two different sounding sounds. E and another one I think it was.

- One run the male voice played when I clicked on the Japanese symbols to the left when matching pairs. All the other times it played together with the automated voice.

- The error log empties itself despite not leaving the current run, so you can't see what you did wrong. Not sure if it's page specific, but if so it ties into this next point.

- When matching one symbol to four different sounds, the page transition is too abrupt. This is also a thing on the other pages. I'd say better UX here is to give feedback that you did it right, and let the user choose to continue. A score too, if you'd like to "gamify" it.

- The options for modifying runs doesn't work. I was interested in seeing the other tasks, but even when only enabling the task or tasks I wanted, I kept only getting match the pairs and match the symbol to the sound.

hju22_-3 commented on How Markdown took over the world   anildash.com/2026/01/09/h... · Posted by u/zdw
levmiseri · 2 months ago
> ...that it was too difficult or inconvenient to write out full HTML by hand

It's not necessarily that writing HTML or other markup flavors is harder (obviously it is), but the beauty of Markdown for me is that it's perfectly readable in its raw form as well as with an applied styling.

And speaking of customizing the 'look' of markdown, a shameless plug for a markdown editor I've been working on with extensive customization options: https://kraa.io/about

hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
I've looked at your product before, but given that I can't self-host it and thus not control it, I think it's too vague on the security details. It does say some in the privacy policy, but there's no real details there. Given the potential sensitivity of personal notes, let alone work ones. Though, if that's no concern, I do think it looks good. So kudos in general. :) You planning to monetize it eventually?
hju22_-3 commented on SendGrid isn’t emailing about ICE or BLM – it’s a phishing attack   fredbenenson.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/mecredis
sys32768 · 2 months ago
I think HN should embrace AI to the point of having an alternative AI-generated title next to the original title, to reduce clickbait and reduce the global rage index.
hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
I don't like LLMs much, though I also don't really care much either, and I don't trust any models to get the content nuance right. But I'd still welcome it if it helps a little between the tons of clickbait or just straight up incorrect or sensationalist titles.
hju22_-3 commented on Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time   data.stackexchange.com/st... · Posted by u/maartin0
cubefox · 2 months ago
There was, obviously, only one main reason: LLMs. Anything else makes no sense. Even if the moderation was "horrible" (which sounds to me like a horrible exaggeration), there was nothing which came close to being as good as SO. There was no replacement. People will use the best available platform, even if you insist in describing it as "horrible". It's was not horrible compared to the alternatives, web forums like Reddit and HN, which are poorly optimized for answering questions.
hju22_-3 · 2 months ago
You overvalue the impact of LLMs in regards to SO. They did have an impact, but it's the moderation that ultimately bent and broke the camel's back. An LLM may give seemingly good answers, but it always lacks in nuance and, most importantly, in being vetted by another person. It's the quality assurance that matters, and anyone with even a bit of technical skill quickly brushes up against that illusion of knowledge an LLM gives and will either try to figure it out on their own or seek out other sources to solve it if it matters. Reddit, for all its many problems, was often still easier to ask on and easier to get answers on without needing an intellectual charade and without some genius not reading the post, closing it and linking to a similar sounding title despite the content being very different. Which is the crux of the issue; you can't ask questions on SO. Or rather, you can't ask questions. No, no, that's not enough. You'll have to engage with the community, answer many other questions first, ensure that your account has enough "clout" to overturn stupid closures of questions, and when you have wasted enough time doing that, then you can finally ask your own question. Or you can just go somewhere else that isn't an intellectual charade and circle jerking and figure it out without wasting tons of time chasing clout and hoping a moderator won't just close the question as duplicate. SO was never the best platform, exactly because of its horrendous moderation. It was good, yes. It had the quality assurance, to a degree, yes. But when just asking a question becomes such a monumental task, people will go elsewhere, to better platforms. Which includes other forums, and, LLMs. So no, what you're attributing to LLMs is merely a symptom of the deeper issue.

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