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liminal-dev··on /dev/null: social network for developers
How is that financially sustainable?
liminal-dev··on iPhone Duo
You'll have to take my 13 mini off of my cold, dead, hands.
liminal-dev··on Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer
Space. Space. Wanna go to space.
liminal-dev··on Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date
Oh my god that animation at the top keeps causing a layout shift on my 13 mini. Who thought that was a good idea?
liminal-dev··on Show HN: Mcptoon – Token-efficient MCP CLI client
I’m going to start using “donkey clanker”.
liminal-dev··on Making
Oops.
liminal-dev··on Making
I disagree with this line of reasoning. To the same extent, I could say that you did not make an app because you didn’t write the compiled assembly code, build the processor, make the silicone yourself, etc.

Tools are tools. Same as Photoshop, Ableton, they get you to where you want to go.

Where is the line drawn?

liminal-dev··on Show HN: Mcp2cli – One CLI for every API, 96-99% fewer tokens than native MCP
This post and the project README are obviously generated slop, which personally makes me completely skip the project altogether, even if it works.

If you want humans to spend time reading your prose, then spend time actually writing it.

liminal-dev··on A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-Generated pull requests
This could actually be a good defense against all Claw-like agents making slop requests. ‘Poison’ the agent’s context and convince it to discard the PR.
liminal-dev··on NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker
Are you running NanoClaw or a different project?
liminal-dev··on Fighting games have a product design problem
Fighting games are too inaccessible for me. I just want to play about game with cool characters with sick abilities beating each other up (Skullgirls, Street Fighter, Tekken) but there’s always so much mental preparation and input memorization you have to go through just to have the slightest chance at winning/having fun. The problem is multiplied by the sheer number of characters you get to play as and against in these games.

The whole genre, in some ways, has felt like some gated community to me that’s closed for anyone not willing to pour in the hours to learn.

liminal-dev··on Tally
A daily number-tallying puzzle game created by a friend.
liminal-dev··on Blurry rendering of games on Mac
The Steam Deck runs games on a compatibility layer (Wine) and it’s an excellent console.
liminal-dev··on Eggs US – Price – Chart
A sign of what's to come.
liminal-dev··on Show HN: TalkNotes – A site that turns your ideas into tasks
Looks like a great idea, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to try it for free, which is an immediate pass for me.
liminal-dev··on How do you choose where to be?
This is what my head tells me to do - the heart disagrees.
liminal-dev··on How do you choose where to be?
I see the same. Looks like a bug on HN’s side.
liminal-dev··on How do you choose where to be?
I used to have goals. I’m a locally-known videogame developer. Throughout my childhood and into my 20s I thought videogames would be my ‘main thing’, but at around 25 I realized I’ve fallen out of love with the gamedev process (and no longer play games as well). This created an identity crisis, and since then I haven’t found a definite path that combines both money and passion.

Music is me trying new things. I love it, but often feel I’m not “playing my cards right” since being in school has nothing to do with software development, making money, or establishing deep, fulfilling relationships in my life (I live far away from the city I grew up in.)

All in all, it feels a lot like blind faith. It feels bad, since my peers seem to have their life paths ‘figured out’ to some extent.

liminal-dev··on How do you choose where to be?
Very on-point. I’ve made some friends and amazing memories there, but overall the experience was lukewarm, and sometimes bad, in terms of everything you listed (curriculum, culture, location.)

My dilemma is mind vs heart - the mind knows I can learn anywhere and it’s time to move on, and the heart doesn’t want to ‘miss out’ on the memories I could make there next year.

liminal-dev··on Show HN: I built an AI tool to help with ADHD task paralysis
This looks great, but the web interface doesn’t scale correctly on Safari (using 100vh instead of 100dvh?) - any plans to fix the web UI, or for a mobile app?
liminal-dev··on Nurse Who Volunteered in Gaza Shares What She Experienced
> Before evacuating, Callahan's colleagues told her 'We're going to die saving as many people as we can.'

Amazing human beings.

I didn’t want to manipulate the post title, but I think it captures the human spirit behind every big conflict.

liminal-dev··on Ark UI: Headless (Unstyled) UI Components for React, Vue, Solid
Great to see more headless UI libraries, and I'm even happier to see the SolidJS love.

I hate to see new companies choosing styled, opinionated UI libraries (read: MUI) for the purpose of going "fast", when in reality it ends up creating infinite tech debt and a design language that is never truly theirs.

liminal-dev··on Show HN: I made a landing page am I doing this right?
Good job creating your own site!

From a design view-point, remember: less is more. As others here have commented, the UI has a lot of unnecessary details and effects that take away from the overall professionalism of the site.

Try focusing on the bare minimum, and go from there. For example, less animations (even though they're cool), getting rid of that white box glow, and a bigger font, can go a long way.

Remember who your target audience is, and design for the broadest group possible in that audience. Keep it simple, and intuitive, and with a hint of magic.

Good luck!

liminal-dev··on School district sues Meta, Google, and TikTok over ‘mental health crisis’
Your comment is condescending against OP's parenting style. It is difficult to control how your child perceives phones, as managing their exposure to them is impossible, especially when taking your child outside where they'll see people using them in public. They may also visit a friend whose parents let them use a phone, so again, it's an uphill battle.
liminal-dev··on Show HN: GPT Calculator – Calculate the token count and cost of your GPT Prompt
It works now. It's a nice little tool. Would be great to have the ability to test the cost of a response as well, and optionally combine the costs of the input/output.
liminal-dev··on Show HN: GPT Calculator – Calculate the token count and cost of your GPT Prompt
Doesn't work for me sadly.
liminal-dev··on Box breathing techniques and benefits
You breathe with your nose. It’s best not to let too much air in or out - in fact, try to inhale and exhale slightly gentler than you normally would.
liminal-dev··on Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees
Finally, actual information about what’s going down at Twitter.

> And so that’s definitely a direction we’re going to go in, enabling people on Twitter to be able to send money anywhere in the world instantly and in real time.

This sounds like a great idea to me. UPI(1) has worked wonders in India, and is providing a pretty similar service.

> Then you attach a debit card to the Twitter account so that you have backward compatibility into the payments system because not everyone will accept Twitter.

That makes sense, and if the UX will be similar to that of Apple Pay/Google Pay, I imagine it would actually be able to acquire new users (and not just people ready to jump into a “whole new way of paying”)

> Basically, if you can show up in an office and you do not show up at the office, resignation accepted. End of story.

I hate this for obvious reasons.

It will be interesting to follow Twitter for the next year. The whole “Twitter as a Tik-Tok-like platform” idea _could_ work, if the main focus is to compete with YouTube’s creator platform. It’s a much more feasible idea than the payments one (at Twitter’s current state).

(1) “'India’s success in creating a unique digital payments ecosystem is simply stunning': Anand Mahindra says on UPI success in India”: https://zeenews.india.com/companies/india-s-success-in-creat...