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Spot on. The misconceptions, even from other EV owners is astounding. People are constantly confused about kWh vs kW, Amps, voltage, temperature, range, mi/kWh, etc. Even PhD Computer Science and other highly educated folks who have owned EVs for a long time can't quite communicate the difference between those units of measurement. So of course when a curious person asks them or others, they only quote the falsehoods that someone told them.

Some examples:

1. I constantly see EV owners install 60A/11kWh service, costing them on average $10k when their driving needs don't require it.

2. People thinking they need more than 300mi of range and think they will run out of batteries like they do on their headphones.

All of this needs an understanding of the aforementioned units and basic physics. But, you're not going to get that by just talking to people. Salespeople are especially not going to do that, they can't even do that for combustion cars.

LOL, it's because they started with "regulations bad" and then went the usual technocrat/libertarian move of let the markets decide. And then rehashed the exact same arguments in favor of regulation.

Interesting read. I had the KR7A-133R motherboard as it won Anandtech's gold award for the best 4 bank DIMM support. It was $200 IIRC and was one the more expensive boards. Paired it with an Athlon XP 1800+ and Radeon 8500. Funny enough the AMD naming at the time was to reflect how Athlon's lower clock speed (1.5GHz) was a competitor to Intel CPU's (1.8GHz).

Asus was a strong competitor even then and I remember buying one just a few years before the Abit board that supported SD-RAM as well as DDR as a way to ease the transition for consumers.

It was a good time when IRC, AIM, and physical electronics shopping was still a thing. The only big tech presence that techies hated was Microsoft. Sigh.

EDIT: Their website is still around! https://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_deta...

A strange and anecdotal take. Infrastructure is already here. Millions of Americans are happily driving across the country charging their EVs just fine. You probably had a bad experience with a Chargepoint L2 charger in a garage that needed an app to operate and the FTUX on that is really painful. But, no one is using a L2 charger while roadtripping. L2 charging is primarily only for home or work use while parked for 8-12 hours. All the L3 chargers that people use during trips feature tap to pay.

As for maintenance, seeing 1 charger be down out of 10 is not an infrastructure problem. EV drivers figured out waiting in line and queuing just fine. And with most stations charging at L4 speeds, the wait time is short.

Unsurprising. GM/Ford will fail once again, along with the BMW/MB/VW and then the government will bail them out again... for the 4th time in 30 years. There is no incentive to be better.

Making sub-$100k EV's and then crying that consumer demand is low doesn't make any sense. Meanwhile, the Chinese and Korean EVs are absolutely eating this market by making sub 35k and 50k EV's respectively. In California, 1/4 new vehicles registered was an EV in 2024. By the end of 2025, it was 1/3.

The rest of the world will continue to embrace EV's, and the western (and Japanese) propaganda machine will do what it always does when the rest of the world does better: xenophobia, racism followed by screaming that EVs are a failure.

Thank you for posting this.

I no longer want to read about this person's journey or care to, because this is exactly the kind of person we need to stop hero worshipping. The irreparable damage to society from child abandonment is so large, that whatever he accomplished(?) by doing his stunt is negated.

I'm going to be unapologetic in saying that because this is irresponsible, immature behavior. He had a child, and then decided to leave for 20+ years to pursue his selfish interests while 100% abandoning his family and spouse to raise the child themselves. It's 100% trying to run away once he saw how difficult raising a family is and turned it into some BS stunt. That is also a relationship and pain and suffering that should never be forgiven, not during this immature person's lifetime.

Advice to others when you're thinking of doing this sort of thing where you abandon the people that love you to pursue some extreme interest. You may get exactly what you're looking for, with the cost of people never being close to you ever again.

Apple's board would quickly replace any CEO that put the fiscal future of the company into question. Apple is still a tech darling in terms of stock performance and Cook has a fiduciary duty to make sure Apple doesn't flounder. Cook did what he had to do and he's forever going to be remembered as the bad guy for doing it. Whether he actually is or isn't a Trump supporter, we won't know. We have to wait for a tell all book from Cook. My guess is that he will remember this time as the darkest in history and regret it. That is fortunately or unfortunately the immense responsibility that falls on a leader.

The streaming landscape is now terrible and no different than the incumbent CATV providers that it sought to replace. In 2011, streaming services were the hotness because CATV subscriptions were expensive. In 2011, people were subscribing to 1-2 or 2-3 services because they were all less than $10USD/month. That was still 10x cheaper than the alternative.

However, 15 years later, those numbers exceed or are the same as CATV costs combined with all the streaming/smart device headaches.

All we did was change the pipe. The providers didn't change except for consolidation and erosion of policy, both of which lead to worse outcomes for consumers.

Then we as job seekers should 100% respond to nearly most of these idiotic interview questions with "You can solve that by asking AI, next question". "reverse this string" "reverse this integer" "reorder this list" "make a linked list".

Can you present data from sales numbers and developers showing this? Need to see the numbers of ARM vs x86 for sales and how many applications are currently one/both.

Done!

This looks really cool. I didn't quite understand what the product did on the website, but once I read your comment, I got it.

Is there a short trial period before I pay? I didn't see it on the website. If it really does feel like real time usage like GeForce Now with gaming, then that is seriously cool.

Working on JSON Query: https://jsonquery.app/landing

I’ve held the opinion as an Apple Fan for the better half of the last decade that Apple is lost. When looking at their product decisions and what they’ve decided to ship, it shows.

- iPad is a confusing array of what that device is for. Is it for professional creators? Or consumers? Is it a PC? Or is it a mobile device? For the first time since its inception, it got a window manager at WWDC25. And yet, no support for any other apps outside of the App Store (EU excepted). Not a single creative professional uses it in the workplace. Not a single engineer uses it for development. And yet, a 11 iPad Pro with the trackpad+keyboard is more expensive and less capable than an M1 Macbook

- iPhone: They are absolutely scared to change anything on here because the current culture at Apple is one of "do not change what brings us the most profits". Year over year small improvements, and rising phone costs. OS 26 brought about... a confusing design change. And while some analysts are fooled into thinking that this is preparation for their VR glasses, and even if that was remotely true (it's not) the analysts forgot that half transparent displays still obscure your vision. So that's not it.

- Developer experience. There was recently a post on Hacker News about how the developer exhausted every avenue and was left with OS level behavior that only Apple could change or fix. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43901619 The comments ripped Apple apart. And you know what the response was? Apple finally helped them. But look at the second blog post where the developer posted it's resolved now. Not a single detail. They signed NDAs, and the post was essentially "we can't give any details because secrecy, but Apple helped us. They're great!". I can guarantee you 100% Apple forced their hand, and in fact Phil Schiller has said publicly that they are not willing to help you if you "cry to the press".

Xcode reviews on the Mac App Store are scathing. Swift? Chris Lattner left months after Apple released Swift. And at the time it seemed like he just wanted to focus on something else. The details of why he left at the time was very hidden and hush hush. And guess what? It's come out in the Swift forums. https://forums.swift.org/t/core-team-to-form-language-workgr...

Horrible.

Performative nonsense. Their events are full of carefully chosen words and phrases that showcase a dead culture. One where you can't have any creativity beyond the new presenters and their fashion. Awkward corporate events that aren't fun anymore to watch as they release mundane features like "shake your mouse to make the cursor bigger!".

AI? They spent 2 years removing the "hey" from "hey Siri". Everytime you turn off Apple Intelligence, a software update will force it back on. It still can't handle simple queries. And the UX even more confusing. There's a lot to lambaste in this department, but all of it has been said already. WWDC25 didn't address any of it. The interview with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak was even more awkward and telling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEkK1YzqBo

I want Apple to be good. I want them to make great products again. I want them to innovate. But I guess I'm the fool for wanting a corporate entity to be good and cool.

JFYI: These devices are also installed on cars before it arrives at the dealer or by the dealer itself, but not necessarily by the manufacturer. Rumors are that it is installed by larger dealer groups and is obscured or just failed to be disclosed to the end dealer. Either as part of their LoJak(?) sales upsell or tracking for insurance purposes.

It's usually plugged into your OBD port. If your car has API features, some EV owners have graphed their electricity usage and shown drain/spikes at intervals and led them to find these devices. The consumption from the 12v battery causes the larger EV battery to charge the 12v battery, showing these charging/discharge spikes. There's also sometimes a sticker next to your tire pressure label on the driver's side door mentioning the installation of such a device.

I guess get rid of it if you care to.

It saddens me to read some of the "no" responses, since I just shipped a few days ago exactly the type of small web app that OP speaks of. I personally find it really useful and wished I had this tool every single time at work. And the original version I made for the Mac App Store 10 years ago was a huge hit, placing in the top 5 rankings for over several weeks worldwide.

As I've grown older, I like to pay for things that make my life more efficient. Even if they are a subscription, and even if I feel like everything unfortunately has turned into a subscription and even if I feel like it should be cheaper. Hacking or finding workarounds to achieve the same thing for free is just not worth my time, and I value my time and boundaries more as I age.

I’m working on JSON Query (https://jsonquery.app), a tool that lets you store, categorize and query JSON using jq in the browser.

This is a complete remake of the original I made a long time ago for the Mac App Store, sharing only the name. I realized it was better to use the jq language since it was already familiar to many people and way more powerful than designing my own query language. I also do not agree with Apple's App Store command and control so I've decided to make it a web app, and I'm astounded at how much more powerful web apps and their DX are compared to native application development in the Apple world.

Headings is a privacy focused hiking app, that was first revealed on HN about a month ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19339792). It hit the front page and generated quite a few downloads.

Many readers asked for a blog post on how privacy was managed. The beta was updated today with End-to-end encryption, and removal of all 3rd party tracking libraries to further enhance privacy. You can get the beta from https://headings.app

Send an email to jobs@trovata.io and I'll make sure it gets to the right person :)

I agree that this is most ideal. Thank you for the suggestions, let me investigate and see what I can do :)

A client side key sounds great, let me investigate this route and see how to do this. I imagine it's a similar pattern to end to end encryption.

Fitness changed my life, and I wanted to use my strengths as a software engineer to help others explore the outdoors.

A lot of fitness apps present information in a newsfeed or through competitions. Unfortunately, this is the same kind of environment that is intimidating in a gym or any activity where there's a large group of people who have been doing it for years. I made Headings to make it comfortable for people to explore at their own pace and privacy.

Everything in Headings is private by default. So you never see others' stats, or have emotions about how you're doing compared to someone else. It also respects your privacy by not displaying ads, or selling your information.

Thanks for checking it out! The website is just a placeholder for the beta test. I didn't want to link directly to the TestFlight link, as that would have been jarring.

I've copy pasted the description from the TestFlight app description here:

Thank you for beta testing Headings! You can track your hikes, drop pins, view all of your past hikes and pins with a free Headings account

Tips for beta testing: * Test the app during a hike, bike ride, or your commute to work by pressing the “Start Hike” button. When you’ve reached your destination, tap on the red flag to stop recording * Look at the stats, are they accurate? * How was your battery life? Did it drain too much too quickly? * Save them to your account, did signing up for a new account work? * Drop pins along the way and see if they show up in the map * Log out of your account and log back in. Did all of your previously saved info come back?

Hope this helps!

Thank you! I was considering creating an account with email+password, but I wanted to reduce the cognitive load on both sides. The consumer side of having to remember passwords (made somewhat moot by the iOS keychain auto-suggesting strong passwords). And the implementation side (since I'm just 1 engineer) getting tricky of saving passwords securely and handling that flow.

Having said that, if there is more interest in having email+password accounts, I'm more than happy to look into it, but it would have to wait for a later version.

For those of you looking for a fully native experience or don’t want to deal with a command line, checkout Peek: https://peek.tools

Just a few highlights:

- Fully native iOS app

- You can intercept traffic from any device and your data stays in Peek

- Intercept traffic from other iOS apps on the same device, so you don’t need a Mac or a 2nd iOS device

- Modify requests and responses as they come in

Disclaimer: I am the creator. Would love to hear your feedback here or support@peek.tools

Great points :)

Peek Tools for iOS is built using the same internal framework as Peek for macOS (https://peek.tools). And while the iOS version doesn't have the JSON Query capability, the interception features are the same. I found myself and other engineers needing to debug network requests in a meeting, or during demonstration by QA, where access to a desktop is just not readily available or it's cumbersome. IMO, the app isn't a replacement for the desktop, but provides for a quicker and easier experience on an iPad/iPhone.

You can definitely roll your own VPN server and connect to it from the app--I didn't explore that for the 1.0 release, but it's certainly compelling :)

Developer of Peek Tools

Developer here, thanks for your kind note :)

Makes sense that you would want to use your own root CA--especially when public key pinning is used. Added to the feature list!

The ability to view interception data on the Mac is on the roadmap. In fact, Peek for macOS (https://peek.tools) uses the same internal framework as Peek Tools for iOS, and sharing can be as easy as AirDrop.

Sorry about the 404 link, I'll fix that in the next update

For those looking for a fully native experience, give https://interceptapp.xyz a try. Currently in alpha. Feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Disclosure: I'm the developer.

Give https://interceptapp.xyz a try. Fully native. Currently in alpha.

Disclosure: I'm the developer.

For those on OS X, check out JSON Query: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/json-query/id953006734?mt=12

It's not nearly as powerful as jq, but for simple querying and downloading JSON (with POST body and HTTP headers), I find it quite useful.

Disclaimer: I built it.