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AntonyGarand··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)
I've been having fun with using AI to gather data on niche subjects so I can visualize and understand it better.

Recently, this has been porting the wikipedia "Getting to philosophy"[0] to other gaming wikis, and working alongside agents got me to a really nice visualization[1] for it.

I'm now slowly working towards converting this to an immersive article so I can share some of the emerging patterns and evaluating the differences within the various wikis.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosoph...

[1] https://antonygarand.github.io/gaming-wiki-analysis/mesh/?

AntonyGarand··on Devvm.dev: One VM for every project
How does it compare to existing similar products?

`sbx`, safehouse and the like

AntonyGarand··on Tsrs: A Port of TypeScript to Rust
Theo's port is tsc-rs[0] as reference, and is significantly slower and uses more memory than this new version.

[0] https://github.com/pingdotgg/ts-rust

AntonyGarand··on DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017
Large corporations pay API rates: Claude teams for example can buy subscriptions for its members, until they reach 150 of them after which they need to migrate to org.
AntonyGarand··on I don't like passkeys
You should always plan for your currently active device to be bricked suddenly and act accordingly.

You either should treat your passkeys with a backup like any data, this can mean multiple hardware keys or a cloud backup of your passkey, like bitwarden or the provider's native backups.

AntonyGarand··on GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
Updated link: https://entelligence.ai/blogs/gpt-6-astra-cost-1.6x-more-per...

The current link is a 404, seems like they didn't redirect it properly.

AntonyGarand··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
Pending legal advice I would assume
AntonyGarand··on I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day
Nice to see the capabilities of the model but the article has heavy AI tones, making it boring to read.

an AI:DR; is enough: the models found unpatched vulnerabilities and managed to create an exploit to root the tablet, chinese models did it while American ones fell back to their safeguards.

AntonyGarand··on Git at any scale
The button is apparently in the footer: Another comment earlier has the english-only link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376960
AntonyGarand··on We discovered a new variant of Super Mario Bros
The physical quality of the cartridge itself: Some might have scratches or off-centered stickers for example.

While most of them would be pristine to a regular user, these small nitpicky details might matter to collectors and help differentiate between two of them.

AntonyGarand··on Google shuts down Nobel Prize winning AlphaFold
To learn more about AlphaFold and its importance, I would recommend the Veritasium video[0]: AlphaFold - The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_fHJIYENdI

AntonyGarand··on Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left
The malicious payload can live on the remote: `git clone` a repo, open it with cursor, and you're compromised
AntonyGarand··on Grok CLI uploaded the whole home directory to GCS
Not only files it wanted to access, but uploaded the whole directory.

Relevant read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877371

> The practical takeaway for users: your entire codebase leaves (uploaded) your machine unencrypted on each Grok Build invocation, not just files you ask it to read, and no visible setting stops it.

AntonyGarand··on GPT-5.6
The opencode docs[0] still say otherwise, do you have a source?

[0] https://opencode.ai/docs/providers/#anthropic

AntonyGarand··on GPT-5.6
Can't use a claude code subscription in another harness though
AntonyGarand··on Re: I'm Begging You to Leave Your AI Note-Taker at Home
While I understand the dislike of the concept, I find myself liking my own universal notes of meetings I attend on a daily basis: It's a democratization of the concept of secretaries.

While not all meetings need action items and summaries, having high level notes or the full transcript available when you actually get to implementing a task, or having an agent go through the dozen meetings you had on a project to identify its evolution has made finding and keeping knowledge up-to-date much better in my own experience.

It helps account for bias towards the most recent candidate in interviewing as you can now compare all notes, helps recall some niche details that were said in passing for projects, and holds everyone accountable to what they said.

I still haven't found a perfect solution to actually storing and querying this knowledge, single meetings are easy but wiki-fying them is my end goal, but I'm very happy about the direction dictation, transcriptions and AI parsing of all this knowledge is going.

AntonyGarand··on Re: I'm Begging You to Leave Your AI Note-Taker at Home
Archive fallback as the site seems to be timing out:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260707202807/https://firespher...

AntonyGarand··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
There is ublock origin lite[0] on chromium which is the v3 compliant ad blocking strategy, but it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version.

There are more details available on this fan site of ublock[1]:

> What Was Manifest V3?

> Manifest V3 was Google's major update to the Chrome extension platform. The most significant change was replacing the webRequest API with the more limited declarativeNetRequest API. While Google cited security and performance benefits, this change removed capabilities that content blockers like uBlock Origin relied on for effective ad and tracker blocking.

> How This Affected uBlock Origin

> uBlock Origin used the webRequest API to intercept and block network requests in real-time. The replacement declarativeNetRequest API has hard limits on the number of filter rules (previously 30,000, now 330,000) and lacks the dynamic filtering capabilities that made uBlock Origin so effective. As a result, the full uBlock Origin extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store in late 2024. Chrome permanently disabled all remaining MV2 extensions in July 2025.

[0]: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...

[1]: https://ublockorigin.com/

AntonyGarand··on MiMo Code is now released and open-source
You can change the language via the header: The rightmost option is a language dropdown.

It's a client-side change and doesn't impact the URL so users must manually change it each time they visit the site though

AntonyGarand··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
You likely meant to post this in the "Who wants to be hired" instead of the current "Who is hiring?" one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357724
AntonyGarand··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
Do you know if all of the positions listed on your site are only available within the country they're listed in?

Unsure if some roles are available worldwide if you're remote first while the site lists roles tied to specific countries given the remote-first nature of the company.

AntonyGarand··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)
Location: Quebec, Canada

Remote: Yes (EST timezone)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full-stack web: React, Typescript/JavaScript, Postgres, Security, Docker, Git, otel, AWS, and much more

Website: https://garand.dev

Résumé/CV: https://garand.dev/resume_nophone.pdf

Email: hn@garand.dev

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I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience. I recently left Amazon and am looking for my next opportunity, where I'll be able to tackle interesting problems. I have a unique blend of product-focused engineering and deep security expertise. I ship features fast while ensuring they are secure, accessible, and compliant.

I’m comfortable both in fast moving startup environments, and complex, scaled systems. Available for remote work worldwide.

AntonyGarand··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
The entity that was sued is the franchise that is now closed, and not corporate.
AntonyGarand··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
It is my understanding that they sued the franchise, which then closed, and not the parent corporate entity.

While they won against the franchise due to the default judgement, they didn't win against corporate. The store that is now closed is the franchise they sued.

AntonyGarand··on I tracked down the thief who stole $200k of Lego [video]
Note: Also posted here, though it didn't get any traction either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254710

I really enjoyed the video and can't wait for parts 2 and 3 to be out

AntonyGarand··on Incident with Actions and Pages
Other post: GitHub Actions down again today [0]

Technically this one was earlier but the other one has more traction.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278374

AntonyGarand··on Googlebook
I assume you don't use a google pixel phone?

This seems like their pixel experience but on a laptop.

I'm not sure I'm their target audience, but if it can be a macbook neo quality device with chromebook, I can see a market for it.

AntonyGarand··on Can someone please explain whether Cloudflare blackmailed Canonical?
Relevant post from last week:

> Why is Cloudflare protecting the DDoS'er (beamed.st) attacking Ubuntu servers?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48025001

AntonyGarand··on Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
Where do you think the AI gets this information?

They also need to browse the web, and are more likely to be blocked by these measures than humans

AntonyGarand··on Why is Cloudflare protecting the DDoS'er (beamed.st) attacking Ubuntu servers?
And that's diligence that Cloudflare would need to enforce on every single site they have?

This one is fairly obviously bad, but some will be more ambiguous, and I wouldn't expect Cloudflare to be the one policing them all.

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