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StrangeSound··on Htmx 4.0
> Note that attributes like hx-disinherit

Looks like some copy is missing here

StrangeSound··on How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)
No, but it's incredibly convenient? Same way I don't carry a camera because my phone has one
StrangeSound··on Apple is getting this wrong
I was a bit confused too initially, but it looks like Chang was asking for the data to be copied _off his iCloud_ by the existing employee on his final day of employment. And then everything after that is just the existing employee asking for help on things Chang had prior knowledge of
StrangeSound··on GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17
Does this mean I could install Google wallet? I feel like this would be the only thing really stopping me.
StrangeSound··on Poll: How often do you check "newest"?
Mine is usually when I fat-finger the logo on mobile and accidentally press it. Then I read 2-3 entries before realising what's happened
StrangeSound··on Proton Meet
I wish Proton would focus on all of the missing features within their existing product suite before creating even more offerings to maintain
StrangeSound··on Your phone is about to stop being yours
I agree. I don't like the idea of Android being locked down, but the conversations around this topic are tipping into disingenuous.

Your phone is still yours, you can still install third party apps, and you can still develop apps without a verification. But now there's a one-off hurdle to install them.

Not ideal, but when we think of the people that it's trying to protect, this feels like a reasonable middle ground.

StrangeSound··on Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again
Google Stitch
StrangeSound··on Figma's woes compound with Claude Design
Yeah it's not a great experience on mobile. On desktop it works really well.
StrangeSound··on Figma's woes compound with Claude Design
It's funny to see all of these dramatic articles coming out about Claude Design, when Google's Stitch[0] has been around for at least 6 months and no one has batted an eye. https://stitch.withgoogle.com/

I'm not sure how much of that is overhyping Claude, or Google's poor marketing of their own products.

StrangeSound··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
Very interesting! It would be great to see some pictures of the IDE in action (maybe some demo videos?) in a prominent place so I can see what I am paying for!
StrangeSound··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
This is really cool! Is the underlying tech tied heavily to Spotify? I'm a YouTube Music user and would love to use a service like this
StrangeSound··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
So simple, but brilliant! Il check this out today.

Do you plan on submitting it to the store?

StrangeSound··on If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?
I find that Antigravity is really good for this. You can comment on the plan documents in-line.
StrangeSound··on The happiest I've ever been
Thanks for this, I've ordered it and look forward to reading it!
StrangeSound··on Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived
There's a BigQuery public dataset

  bigquery-public-data.hacker_news.full
StrangeSound··on Fresh File Explorer – VS Code extension for navigating recent work
And it's only getting worse with the waves of vibe-coders.

I actually wrote about this recently after poking around a popular extension that Antigravity users were installing. It's wild what people are doing with your credentials, and you'd have no idea! https://opista.com/posts/blind-trust-in-vs-code-extensions

StrangeSound··on Trunk Based Development
Our strategy is to squash on merge and ensure the JIRA ticket reference is in the MR title. You have the granularity of the feature which is going to help guide you on the intention. It's also much easier to enforce. People like to write and commit code in their own way.
StrangeSound··on Trunk Based Development
Deleting the trunk every two weeks physically hurts to read.

I'm always surprised by how popular SVN still is though. I ported my old Sublime SVN plugin to VS Code years ago for fun, and I still get issues raised today (usually in Chinese, so it seems popular there). If you look at the VS Code marketplace, the top SVN extension has ~1.3m installs.

Bit of a tangent, but it probably wasn't a good idea to release an extension for something I had stopped using long before, particularly when you have to maintain it!

StrangeSound··on uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts
Mine are usually pretty bad. If I ever do see one that I like I catch myself flicking through way too many of them afterwards and I hate that. So I prefer to hide them entirely.

I use YouTube Tweaks which has a lot of different customisation options. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/youtube-tweak...

StrangeSound··on uLauncher
Not who you replied to, but I would personally prefer them to be opt in. The most recent message was sweet, but it also felt a little intrusive or ad-like. Love the launcher!
StrangeSound··on Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM?
What models are you running?
StrangeSound··on Show HN: Morph – Videos of AI testing your PR, embedded in GitHub
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why does the introduction of AI mean that you now allow 2000 line PRs?
StrangeSound··on Proton spam and the AI consent problem
I'm in the same boat. I think part of that is Proton is spread across a huge suite of products and features, whereas Fastmail is specialised in one.
StrangeSound··on I vibe coded a webapp from my phone – here's what I learned
Hey HN, I did a little experiment over the weekend. I thought I'd share the thoughts and feelings that I took from the process
StrangeSound··on Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
I think it depends on what you consider structurally sound. I built https://skipthestamp.co.uk/ this weekend. Not only did I not write any code, I did it all from my phone! I'm in the middle of writing a blog post about the process.

This is obviously a _very_ simple website, but in my opinion there's no argument that agentic coding works.

You're in control of the sandbox. If you don't set any rules or guidelines to follow, the LLM will produce code you're not happy with.

As with anything, it's process. If you're building a feature and it has lots of bugs, there's been a misstep. More testing required before moving onto feature 2.

What makes you say "unreviewed code"? Isn't that your job now you're no longer writing it?

StrangeSound··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Interesting! I'm probably not the target audience for this, but $50 per year for an unsubscribing service seems quite ambitious. Especially as it's unlikely someone is unsubscribing from 10 services every month!

Have you considered other pricing models? Maybe buying credits, or them rolling over?

StrangeSound··on Show HN: A simulator for engineers transitioning from IC to management
Are your responses written by an LLM?
StrangeSound··on I came back from Cursor to VS Code
I've found Cursor to be frustratingly bad recently. I agree with the UX and the over-eager autocompletions. The UI seems to change with every update too. I've had my own problems as well. I can't select any models, being forced to use "auto" permanently. I assume I've used any allowances in my plan, but the app doesn't give any feedback. Chats just fail to start.

Whatever auto is using is spitting out pure gibberish about 30% of the time. What was mostly a huge productivity boost can other times be a massive time sink.

I'm going to give antigravity a go for a while, I've found Gemini to be pretty good in the past.

StrangeSound··on I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
Unfortunately we took the simple option and reverted back to Google. I was lucky that my wife even went along with my plan to migrate everything in the first place!

I'm considering self-hosting Immich to replace photos, but not sure when I'll tackle that and don't fancy having to use Tailscale all the time. No idea about a Drive replacement as yet!

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