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kushan2020

222 karma · joined June 27, 2015

aka: kepta email: 0o3ko0@gmail.com

Twitter: https://x.com/kushan2020

Working on https://bangle.io - a local smart note taking web app

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Interests: UI/UX Design, Web Development

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kushan2020··on Show HN: Engineering.fyi – Search across tech engineering blogs in one place
The performance is really slow on my phone - iPhone XR. Even selecting filters takes away lot of time.
kushan2020··on Estrogen: A Trip Report
Waking up everyday and drinking monster energy drink followed by Diet Coke in theory should have some effect on your brain. Does abstaining from them have any effect on your HRT?
kushan2020··on Why Pale Blue Dot generates feelings of cosmic insignificance
I fear that might be true for majority of humans.

My problem with these immersed people of this world is that it’s like being residents of a terrarium, entirely at the mercy of the Lord to keep the A/C on. We need few people to wonder what is out there - who is maintaining the terrarium temperature?

kushan2020··on Why Pale Blue Dot generates feelings of cosmic insignificance
I learnt it the hard way that not everyone appreciates the beauty of our cosmic insignificance. Most people are fully immersed in this tiny world we built and I sometimes envy them.
kushan2020··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
I’m working on a web based note taking app that is open source and lets you own the notes in your file system - https://bangle.io
kushan2020··on Show HN: A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files
If some of you want to try out a fully web based approach to markdown editing checkout https://bangle.io
kushan2020··on Notes on paper (2023)
What good quality pen do you recommend ?
kushan2020··on My Left Kidney
It's human nature to feel good about themselves by doing certain "altruistic" things. Make no mistake the donor benefits more than the recipient.
kushan2020··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
A powerful state management library that is not dependent on your ui framework https://nalanda.bangle.io/
kushan2020··on Notion experiencing issues (over 6 hours)
I am also working on something similar and open source Bangle.io . It allows you to open a local folder and persist your markdown notes there.

It also supports syncing directly with your GitHub repositories.

[1] https://bangle.io

kushan2020··on Are any words the same in all languages?
The article incorrectly states orange is derived from the Sanskrit word Narang नारङ्ग, but this word itself is a loan word from proto Dravidian (ancestor of Tamil) நாரம் (nāram)
kushan2020··on Are any words the same in all languages?
In Hindi we only call the crystallized version chini possibly due to Chinese figuring out the crystallization process. The crude version is called Shakar in Hindi.
kushan2020··on Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
You are making it sound like alcohol - where the warning is no amount of alcohol is safe.

Sugar is a naturally occurring substance and is totally safe for consumption. However, purified added sugar is bad for you because in nature you cannot find a fruit that contains that many sugars per gram.

kushan2020··on TypeScript 5.2's new keyword: 'Using'
By abstracting away the countless ways a function can handle cleanups, you are providing a single, uniform interface that anyone can implement. This concept is akin to the usage of `.then`, where you agree upon an interface that allows people to execute asynchronous work. The syntax sugar of async/await relies on the existence of a `then` key, demonstrating similar concept.
kushan2020··on Addressing the community about changes to our API
You are quite wrong to think they are panicking. I can assure you they planned and anticipated for a backlash of this proportion. And also came to the conclusion this will be worth it.
kushan2020··on Addressing the community about changes to our API
It’s because they have hired a bunch of people whose job is to do the PR.

Just like if you ask a surgeon for opinion his opinion will lean towards surgery, because that’s what he knows.

kushan2020··on Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
Adding to the list of note taking apps, I’m working on an open source local note taking app that works in a browser called bangle.io [1]. It provides a rich WYSIWYG interface, allows syncing with GitHub without any backend and I love working on it .

[1] https://bangle.io

kushan2020··on Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays
We want to build our heroes and feel good about ourselves at the end of the day.
kushan2020··on Silver Bullet: Markdown-based extensible open source personal knowledge platform
Another similar tool that is open sourced and allows you to sync with GitHub [1] .

It differs by providing a WYSIWYG interface while saving content in Markdown.

[1] https://github.com/bangle-io/bangle-io

kushan2020··on Let's kill the universe
Life is quite the opposite it decreases entropy inside of itself.
kushan2020··on Let's kill the universe
Why ?
kushan2020··on Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
Hello other text based beings!

I am very passionate about journaling/collecting one’s thoughts. In a typical HN fashion, I decided to make a tool that scratches my itch [1].

Having spent majority of my life with portable computers around, I feel we as humans are losing the joy of writing one’s thoughts out. Sometimes the best thing is to write your thought and establish this one way temporal connection to your future self. This is so beautiful because it crosses the barriers of time, culture and location. An alien human descendant billions of years in future might be able to connect with me by reading my thoughts. Writing is an intellectual marvel that has no other equivalent

[1] https://bangle.io

kushan2020··on Software engineers paying 75K to get 3 inches taller
Women tend to date up is somewhat similar to how fertilisation of egg is selective with the millions of sperms wanting to fertilise it.

When there is a disproportionate number of males competing for chance at mating, females become very selective. I guess the apps are just going with the data.

kushan2020··on India is almost 80% IPv6
This is mostly mobile users driving the numbers, majority of the fixed line ISPs still only offer IPv4. Source - https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/IN
kushan2020··on Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for 30 seconds
Does anyone know how do scientists measure such high temperatures?

I doubt a regular thermometer will scale at such levels.

kushan2020··on Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for 30 seconds
What if stars also experience global warming ?
kushan2020··on Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
No matter how you put it, paying a subscription fees to a private company to access basic emergency services is unethical.

There is a reason 911 works even if you donot have a SIM card.

I am not asking Apple to do any better, but this a place where government needs to step in and form some regulations.

kushan2020··on Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
Check list for a car crash in 2022:

- have the latest and greatest iPhone

- crash only in apple approved countries, because apparently car crashes are specific to countries.

- improve your crash experience by buying an Apple Watch ultra for better detection.

— pray to Tim Apple that the algorithm detects your crash.

kushan2020··on Tell HN: Spammed by a Hacker News Enthusiast
If I was the person behind this, I would be tearing. You guys are brutal
kushan2020··on Ask HN: Google Search down?
500 in Toronto as well.
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