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lucasmullens commented on Stop talking   gurkan.in/2025/12/stop-ta... · Posted by u/npstr
lucasmullens · 20 days ago
How is something "obviously AI" for being written how you, a human, used to write?
lucasmullens commented on Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians   theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew
colpabar · 3 months ago
But that’s my point - who will do that? Who is going to go to their company’s CEO and convince them to put in the massive amount of effort to switch cloud providers? Who is going to say “I don’t think we should use Teams anymore” and actually be able to switch to something else? I have no idea if microsoft even cares about retail customers anymore, but are there really enough people who are going to boycott microsoft products (I honestly don’t know what those products even are) over this?

I just don’t think they have anything to worry about. I personally think it’s good what they’re doing here, but I guess I’m too cynical to believe they are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, and I don’t think the real reason is that they’re worried about bad publicity.

lucasmullens · 3 months ago
Some people like me are running a company and are still picking out their tech stack. I don't like Microsoft, and that absolutely affects how likely I am to use their services. My situation might not be that common but PR surely still matters some.
lucasmullens commented on Claude Code Checkpoints   claude-checkpoints.com/... · Posted by u/punnerud
punnerud · 4 months ago
Hi, the developer here. Its a very early version so there could be a lot of bugs, but I like to use it myself (already found several bugs and updated version soon on its way). Switching from Cursor to Claude Code this was the biggest loss. Have tried to improve on the Cursor functionality, with features I missed.

I would love any feedback on what you are missing etc

lucasmullens · 4 months ago
Hey, so it's a bit obvious you vibe coded this, which makes me not want to trust it. Some red flags:

- The Apple icon is a literal apple and not the Apple logo.

- You've got 2 Mac download buttons that do the same thing right at the top, surely one of those is a mistake.

- "Watch it in action" is positioned poorly and fails to be a header for the video. Too close to the button above it.

- "Automatic version control" is not what a checkpoint is? "Version control" means git to almost everyone.

- Privacy link is a fake placeholder.

- "See It In Action" looks like you meant to add images and just forgot?

- You named this like 5 things. The website title is "Checkpoints for Claude Code", the domain is "Claude Checkpoints", the UI website title is just "Checkpoints" as if its a standalone brand, the contact email link uses "checkpoints-app.com", and finally you call it "Claude Diff" in the App Store description. Oh and the HN submission is a 6th one, "Claude Code Checkpoints".

Cool project though, sorry to be so critical.

lucasmullens commented on Claude for Chrome   anthropic.com/news/claude... · Posted by u/davidbarker
rustc · 4 months ago
> Malicious actors can hide instructions in websites, emails, and documents that trick AI into taking harmful actions without your knowledge, including:

> * Accessing your accounts or files

> * Sharing your private information

> * Making purchases on your behalf

> * Taking actions you never intended

This should really be at the top of the page and not one full screen below the "Try" button.

lucasmullens · 4 months ago
It has a big banner that says "Research preview: The browser extension is a beta feature with unique risks—stay alert and protect yourself from bad actors.", and it says "Join the research preview", and then takes you to a form with another warning, "Disclaimer: This is an experimental research preview feature which has several inherent risks. Before using Claude for Chrome, read our safety guide which covers risks, permission limitations, and privacy considerations."

I would also imagine that it warns you again when you run it for the first time.

I don't disagree with you given how uniquely important these security concerns are, but they seem to be doing at least an okay job at warning people, hard to say without knowing how their in-app warnings look.

lucasmullens commented on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image   developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
lucasmullens · 4 months ago
Come on, don't be mean. Imagine saying this in person to someone who just told you they got scammed. "You're just extremely gullible" is just so mean...show some empathy.
lucasmullens commented on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image   developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
qingcharles · 4 months ago
I think the comment is a joke. Their bio is satirical at least :)
lucasmullens · 4 months ago
I'm pretty sure the comment wasn't a joke? I saw the stream last week, it was very impressive use of AI, I didn't realize it was AI until he started talking about doubling crypto.

What about the bio is satirical? I'm pretty sure that's sincere too.

lucasmullens commented on     · Posted by u/marcux95
lucasmullens · 10 months ago
You're sharing your own tweet, is that allowed on HN?

Either way consider just posting the text or using a platform other than X, because without logging in I can't read it (without using the xcancel.com version someone else posted).

lucasmullens commented on Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools   danieldelaney.net/chat/... · Posted by u/cryptophreak
godelski · a year ago

  > I focus on the high-level code, and let the model focus on the lower level code.
Tbh the reason I don't use LLM assistants is because they suck at the "low level". They are okay at mid level and better at high level. I find it's actual coding very mediocre and fraught with errors.

I've yet to see any model understand nuance or detail.

This is especially apparent in image models. Sure, it can do hands but they still don't get 3D space nor temporal movements. It's great for scrolling through Twitter but the longer you look the more surreal they get. This even includes the new ByteDance model also on the front page. But with coding models they ignore context of the codebase and the results feel more like patchwork. They feel like what you'd be annoyed at with a junior dev for writing because not only do you have to go through 10 PRs to make it pass the test cases but the lack of context just builds a lot of tech debt. How they'll build unit tests that technically work but don't capture the actual issues and usually can be highly condensed while having greater coverage. It feels very gluey, like copy pasting from stack overflow when hyper focused on the immediate outcome instead of understanding the goal. It is too "solution" oriented, not understanding the underlying heuristics and is more frustrating than dealing with the human equivalent who says something "works" as evidenced by the output. This is like trying to say a math proof is correct by looking at just the last line.

Ironically, I think in part this is why chat interface sucks too. A lot of our job is to do a lot of inference in figuring out what our managers are even asking us to make. And you can't even know the answer until you're part way in.

lucasmullens · a year ago
> But with coding models they ignore context of the codebase and the results feel more like patchwork.

Have you tried Cursor? It has a great feature that grabs context from the codebase, I use it all the time.

lucasmullens commented on Google turns Android into a desktop OS in 5 steps   zdnet.com/article/how-goo... · Posted by u/thesuperbigfrog
Animats · a year ago
How much of this is what Google is doing, and how much is what this guy wants Google to do?
lucasmullens · a year ago
The "How" got dropped off the title, it's an article explaining what this guy wants, not an article saying Google turned Android into anything.
lucasmullens commented on One Million Checkboxes   onemillioncheckboxes.com/... · Posted by u/LorenDB
DigiEggz · a year ago
Which MMO was that in? I'm working on my own and now I have a new worry on my plate. Short of standard moderation, an algorithm to detect it could be interesting.
lucasmullens · a year ago
Took me a while to remember the name, it was Habbo. The swastikas are mentioned on the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbo

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