Compared to what?
Readit Newsphren0logy commented on Ask HN: Is Connecting via SSH Risky? · Posted by u/atrevbot
There is so much branding and "look at our success" marketing that this project comes off as heavily astro-turfed.
Im sure in a month or two we will hear about the new startup the developers are making around this tool.
Ultimately its a convenience wrapper that makes it easy to wire up Claude or Chatgpt to a chat platform like discord, but its claiming to be far more revolutionary for reasons I dont yet know.
Most of this hype appears to be coming from grifters who aren't actually connected to the project. So, it's there, but not the fault of the people doing the work.
This has come up in a few recent statements by the project lead, including scammy memecoins and name-sniping. One source:
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/clawdbot_moltbot_secu...
Gas Town has a very clear "mad scientist/performance art" sort of thing going on, and I love that. It's taking a premise way past its logical conclusion, and I think that's fun to watch.
I haven't seen anything to suggest that Yegge is proposing it as a serious tool for serious work, so why all the hate?
phren0logy commented on Bitwarden 200% Price Increase bitwarden.com/blog/bitwar... · Posted by u/jandeboevrie
Still a compelling value. I keep eyeing it to see if I should switch from 1Password, but I also worry about the complexity of transitioning the whole family over.
phren0logy commented on Gas Town Emergency User Manual steve-yegge.medium.com/ga... · Posted by u/virtualSatai
I enjoy reading this the same way I enjoy reading "Boatmurdered" - https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Bloodline:Boatmurder...
I think I'll hold off before jumping in, but it's fun to watch from the sidelines.
phren0logy commented on Fighting Fire with Fire: Scalable Oral Exams behind-the-enemy-lines.co... · Posted by u/sethbannon
I had plenty of oral exams throughout my education and training. It's interesting to see their resurgence, and easy to understand the appeal. If they can be done rigorously and fairly (no easy thing), then they go much further than multiple can in demonstrating understanding of concepts. But, they are inherently more stressful. I agree with the article that the increased pressure is a feature, not a bug. It's much more real-world for many kinds of knowledge.
Omarchy is pretty streamlined for developers and you can play games as well as they work well.
I tried a number of distros and settled on Omarchy because it has a coherent design and nice aesthetics, but it has some weird quirks about messing with my dotfiles on updates. It's so new I suspect this will be ironed out soon.
phren0logy commented on Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window tyler.io/2025/11/alan/... · Posted by u/donatj
The recent direction of MacOS has been a good excuse to try out a few new linux distros. As someone who was away from linux for a while, the degree of UI customization continues to be both amazing and a little overwhelming, but it feels more polished than before. Taking a look at Niri and hyperland, it's hard to feel satisfied with the UI of MacOS.
Heads up - there are a couple of screenshots in this repo, but no code. This is not an open source project. Cool idea, though.