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z5h commented on Show HN: I Made the Hardest Focus App   apps.apple.com/us/app/poc... · Posted by u/Dhikshith12
z5h · 4 months ago
Intense. I thought “lose it all” meant wiping your phone.
z5h commented on Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea    · Posted by u/panphora
z5h · 4 months ago
I tried exactly this idea a few years ago (inspired by how Bear app did Markdown at the time). But I never solved all the issues to get it working 100%.Eventually I just gave up and moved on. So bravo and thank you for making it work!!
z5h commented on US AI Action Plan   ai.gov/action-plan... · Posted by u/joelburget
z5h · 5 months ago
When is a good time (in the timeline of mankind) to stop being adversarial with AI?
z5h commented on Perfume reviews   gwern.net/blog/2025/perfu... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
hypercube33 · 5 months ago
There are a few that I absolutely enjoy the smell of, but I have super bad allergies and migraines so I'm usually anti perfumes. It doesn't help that a lot of people wear far too much in public when a lil dab will do ya.
z5h · 5 months ago
Apparently I'm a super smeller (always the first to detect gas leaks, food that's off, know the brand of shampoo a person uses if I'm 200ft down wind, know if you use scented dish soap to clean the bowl you used to make cookies in when I eat the cookie). And I just think the idea that adding smells to the world is absolutely insane. Can I beam my favourite colours directly into your eyes with a laser from across the room? What if I know you like that colour too?
z5h commented on I do not remember my life and it's fine   aethermug.com/posts/i-do-... · Posted by u/mrcgnc
z5h · 6 months ago
I’m realized years ago I have full blown aphantasia. But I don’t suffer from autobiographical memory deficiencies. For me it’s akin to what happens when you close your eyes for a moment then open them again. I’m not shocked by everything in the room “appearing” suddenly. I knew it was all there, but not because I visualized it while my eyes were closed. So when I remember past events, it’s with that same sensation of being there but just having closed my eyes to it. I do dream with full imagery.
z5h commented on Why Algebraic Effects?   antelang.org/blog/why_eff... · Posted by u/jiggawatts
z5h · 7 months ago
After spending a lot if time in Prolog, I want a nice way to implement and compose nondeterministic functions and also have a compile time type check. I’m eyeing all of these languages as a result. I’ll watch Ante as well. (Don’t forget developer tools like an LSP, tree-sitter or other editor plugins).
z5h commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)    · Posted by u/david927
z5h · 8 months ago
A Prolog TUI library that sticks to relational/logical programming, is conceptually simple, complete, and performant. Only requires some core ansi features that exist or are easily implemented in most Prologs. Currently have stuff like nested scrollable areas, toggles, frames, buttons, layouts working.

Also, a visual programming language implemented as a PICO-8 script, where the "programming" is done fully in the sprite editor.

z5h commented on Why Fennel?   fennel-lang.org/rationale... · Posted by u/behnamoh
z5h · 8 months ago
Ok I’m genuinely convinced I’d be happier using Fennel than using Lua in instances where I need to use Lua. I’m not currently using Lua for anything. Maybe if I write a Pico-8 app…

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z5h commented on Why F#?   batsov.com/articles/2025/... · Posted by u/bozhidar
pimbrouwers · 9 months ago
Our shop converted 6 years ago, from C# to exclusively F#. I also author and maintain some packages (falco, donald, validus and others). The language is tough to learn if you're coming from a C-style language. But worth the effort and experience. It's extremely concise a true delight to build programs in that are fast, robust and durable.

There are a few drawbacks, depending on your perspective:

- compilation is slower than c# and hot reload isn't supported (it's in progress)

- there are very few opportunities to use it professionally

- hiring devs can be challenging

z5h · 9 months ago
As a proficient Elm developer with industry experience, I’m wondering what are the biggest challenges in hiring devs? Is it the paradigm, learning the ecosystem, lack of interest? Are you currently hiring?

u/z5h

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