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JLCarveth

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https://blog.jlcarveth.dev https://github.com/JLCarveth
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JLCarveth··on Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls
So this works on Chrome on my Android phone, but not on Chrome desktop nor firefox.
JLCarveth··on Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage.
JLCarveth··on Android Developer Verification
Please don't try and police my language
JLCarveth··on Android Developer Verification
Being able to side load apps was why I switched to android 10 years ago
JLCarveth··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
I guarantee you the people downloading these apps aren't thinking about that. They use what works best.
JLCarveth··on Gemini 3.1 Pro
Every time I have tried using `gemini-cli` it just thinks endlessly and never actually gives a response.
JLCarveth··on Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony
I've reported direct threats of violence and Instagram told me it wasn't against their policies.
JLCarveth··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
I replaced MyFitnessPal: https://macros.jlcarveth.dev

Uses vision models to allow for automatic scanning of nutrition tables. Supports UPCs. Still thinking of a good name.

I also made an RPG game via a discord bot: https://questforge.ca

JLCarveth··on ASK HN: Postman removes free team collaboration (small teams capped at 1 user)
Long ago I switched to Bruno [1]

The biggest benefit for me was having requests stored as plaintext files, so you can easily track it with git.

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

JLCarveth··on I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
I would always close claude to start a new chat... Guess I should stop doing that. Thanks for bringing my attention to those two env vars.
JLCarveth··on Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
Your previous comment was a run on sentence and didn't make much sense at all.
JLCarveth··on Facebook has made it impossible to delete Pages – dark patterns everywhere
> some fake pictures of someone likely AI generated
JLCarveth··on GitHub: Git operation failures
The Github CEO did step down a few months ago, they never named a successor. Could have something to do with the recent issues. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44865560
JLCarveth··on GitHub: Git operation failures
The last outage was a whole 5 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915731
JLCarveth··on SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds
No.
JLCarveth··on SIMA 2: An agent that plays, reasons, and learns with you in virtual 3D worlds
I would love Minecraft with more intelligent villagers I could boss around to mine and build for me.
JLCarveth··on GitHub partial outage
This sure does seem to happen a lot
JLCarveth··on Twake Drive – An open-source alternative to Google Drive
You could also just run the node.js process via a `systemd` service and sandbox it that way using hardening directives.
JLCarveth··on Ask HN: Desktop Agents for Linux
I've used LMStudio with no issues with an MCP server I've written
JLCarveth··on Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?
Plaid is used by a lot of the major Canadian banks.
JLCarveth··on iPhone Air
Apple already released a folding phone, the iPhone 6 Plus!
JLCarveth··on WiFi signals can measure heart rate
Close enough
JLCarveth··on WiFi signals can measure heart rate
Apparently wifi can also see through walls:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37469920 (from the same org)

JLCarveth··on Hardening Systemd Services
Sorry that this blog post fell short... I never expected anyone would post it here anyways. I will keep this feedback in mind going forward. I tend to blog for myself.

Edit: also, unsure why the OP used a `us.` subdomain instead of `blog.` where my blog is actually hosted. I am surprised `us.` even works.

JLCarveth··on Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI
I ran into the same looping issue with that model.
JLCarveth··on Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI
This was linked at the end of Google's announcement: https://docs.unsloth.ai/basics/gemma-3-how-to-run-and-fine-t...

Not sure how much data is needed to realistically fine-tune something like this and get useful output.

JLCarveth··on More honey bees dying, even as antibiotic use halves
I still get a large amount of bugs on the front of my car, makes me wish I had applied PPF.
JLCarveth··on Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
Americans finding anyone else arrogant is quite rich.
JLCarveth··on CSS Minecraft
Wow! I had no idea, it even supports up to 9 additional players.
JLCarveth··on CSS Minecraft
You used to be able to play Minecraft classic directly on minecraft.net
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