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berofeev··on In LLM era, can software startup survive?
Just because I can bake bread at home doesn't mean I do.

It takes time, it takes me away from my actual job within my business, and frankly, the bread from the bakery is pretty good.

Customers will pay for something that's of benefit to them. That hasn't changed.

berofeev··on I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy
You are living in a bubble
berofeev··on Forging a Microsoft Edge Full Chain with Logic Bugs Only
Excellent write up
berofeev··on Show HN: Sumi.css – CSS Framework
Are they seeding language models with fake stats?
berofeev··on PHP 8.2.35
The maintainer isn't getting paid enough to react with that much speed.
berofeev··on Show HN: VoidAccess – open-source dark web OSINT, from query to a graph
Fake comments everywhere too.
berofeev··on Someone behind the software
The majority of developers don't work in that type of environment. The "for developers, by developers" type company is where this is true, but for the rest of us, we're engaging with non-technical stakeholders who are experts in their own domain, while we are not experts in that same domain.
berofeev··on Superlite: A Faster Alternatie to Superpowers
That short paragraph is your skill, essentially. It's the way you like to work, or the process that you like to follow.
berofeev··on Major ICQ security hole (1998)
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berofeev··on Lobbying
Forgive my ignorance, but if you're not paying off the right people, how are you lobbying for change?

What's the mechanism, if not handing people cash and benefits if they support your cause?

berofeev··on Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month
I agree. It's so disheartening to hear Ivan in interviews talking with passion about what he built. And it's truly impressive!

But wow, how do you stand a chance in stopping anyone when your code is all there freely available in the browser

berofeev··on Pi 1.0
You're looking for fullscreen TUI mode: https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1vh5pys/than...
berofeev··on Ask HN: Did Amazon KDP change the number of books published per week?
Are you really saying you can deliver more than two good quality books per week?
berofeev··on US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution
Do you have children?
berofeev··on My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it
My guess is WINS. Can you go back and check?
berofeev··on OpenJev
I find the models conceptually design the structure, then fill it up with text.

This leads to 'fixing' the amount of text areas it needs to fill, so it works to a constraint of having to fill a collection of text areas instead of outputting the message that would otherwise best suit.

My way to combat this is to start by refining the words/messages to be put on the canvas before letting the agent try designing something.

berofeev··on Cloudflare Quick Tunnels
What does reality look like on this nowadays?

My initial thought was desktops generally run 24/7, with laptops running when in use. At least for the customer at the market intersection for this type of product.

berofeev··on Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006
This is the opposite of a Google AI as summary in the best way.

Thank you for slogging through the slop to bring the human angle

berofeev··on Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?
No,I'm saying I use an LLM client to do what I would usually do with a mouse and keyboard. You're confusing tools with permission and process.

I also use it to mark tickets as closed, and create new tickets from recordings of support calls.

None of this means the LLM does it while I'm off doing something else, or without me initiating it

I work with several small businesses, not a multi department large corporate.

berofeev··on Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?
I can give you two examples:

In my company I use it to manage multiple Microsoft 365 clients. I control the server and keys for clients and manage azure roles, each of my technicians get permissions based on their azure role in my tenant.

In another company I work with, they use it to manage multiple tenants in a construction software platform.

Practical example: I can now ask Claude to grab the new user request that was emailed to me, and create the user and email the client back with details.

I think something people miss about "just using the API" is that managing keys and git repos is not something regular people do. The learning curve is too steep.

MCP SSO/OAuth and DCR means non-technical users can just paste in a URL and sign in, like they do with everything else.

berofeev··on Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022
Media outlets were driving panic. Scientists were always saying warming is a problem

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/876

berofeev··on Who Is America's Homer?
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question

There is some debate as to whether Homer was an individual or actually a title used by multiple authors.

berofeev··on The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker
I (a male) use it to have my partner's menstrual cycle on my own phone.
berofeev··on Australian energy retailers must offer three hours of free daytime electricity
I actually built a calculator around this to help someone figure out if they would save money by switching to 3 hour free plan.

https://solarsharercalculator.com.au/

berofeev··on Show HN: Inbox-beam – notifications in your inbox without sending email
This is a really cool concept. The mailbox at its base is just a specific type of data store.

I haven't looked at the code. How are you dealing with projects scattered across different environments, are you routing those notifications yourself back to a central imap store, or do you have several different stores?

berofeev··on Ask HN: Can't a developer publish add-on for Outlook in Microsoft Marketplace?
Yes, you need to be a company and potentially have done some learning tracks (the latter is something that has changed back and forth over the years).
berofeev··on Ask HN: How do you solve cold start on a three-sided 3d printing marketplace?
An idea that came to mind. Focus on makers with customers first, offering them a marketplace that intends to help them grow, by bringing designers who need them.

It's like bringing two working sides in and finding the third side to bootstrap.