HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

lzy

119 karma · joined September 29, 2010

submissionscomments
lzy··on Proton's CEO Cancels AI 'Re-Interviews'
I run a small email hosting service. It started out as something I set up for family and friends, but has since grown into a small customer base.

We're deliberately keeping things simple. No AI, no scanning your emails for other purposes, and no selling your data. That's not something we're planning to change.

The focus is on doing email well: deliverability, reliability, and keeping our outbound reputation clean through strict anti-spam policies.

We support SMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and custom domains. It's fairly bare-bones, and we expect customers to know their way around email config.

It's also just $5/year.

https://www.cheapestemailhosting.com

lzy··on Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio
Well, yes me. I was on the same path. Researching hardware and coming to the same conclusion. I found tinfoil.sh which looks promising?

My current solution is a private ChatGPT-like interface using OpenRouter’s API with Zero Data Retention enabled. Not perfect or verifiable but I think it’s acceptable for now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43996555

https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/features/zdr

lzy··on Zohran and the Short Link
This is similar to Singapore’s https://go.gov.sg links.

Functions exactly like tinyurl, generally used by public officers for the various programmes/initiatives from the ministries and agencies.

lzy··on Show HN: ImageHost.ing – burn-after-reading image host on Cloudflare's free tier
I started with one long context but added multiple comments to fine tune it till I’m fully satisfied.
lzy··on Ask HN: Share your productive usage of OpenClaw
May I know which claw are you using and why?
lzy··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
> A temporary e-mail address provider with deterministic addresses for attribution.

How does this work?

lzy··on Bye Bye Gmail
I’ve been running CheapestEmailHosting.com - email hosting for custom domains without enterprise pricing.

SMTP/IMAP/POP3, webmail (Roundcube), CalDAV/CardDAV, unlimited mailboxes, catch-all. Starting at $5/year for 2GB.

No marketing spend, and I terminate spammers immediately. If you run a legitimate domain, you subsidize yourself.

This isn’t for bulk senders or SLAs. It’s for developers and side-project founders who can configure their own clients and don’t want to pay $60-120/year.

https://www.cheapestemailhosting.com

lzy··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
Thanks for your interest. IMAPsync migrations are supported. No CardDAV/CalDAV. For wildcards, do you mean catch all? If so, that is supported as well.
lzy··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
Working on a low cost email service. Ditched Gmail for my custom domains to avoid lock-in risks, and I believe devs really need stupid-cheap ($10/yr 5GB, unlimited mailboxes/domains/aliases/SMTP/IMAP/webmail) high-quality hosting that nails deliverability with zero spam tolerance. Bootstrapped this instead of pricier options like FastMail. Thoughts?

https://www.lowcostmail.com

lzy··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
Very cool project. I've wanted something like this for ages but never had the patience to glue it all together. Do you plan to support group chats too? That was a huge headache in my case. Excited to see how this evolves, even if setup's a bit fiddly.
lzy··on Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial
This looks promising, especially for folks who can't tolerate CPAP. Wonder how it performs long-term and if it messes with REM cycles. Also curious about cost and insurance coverage—sleep treatments tend to get expensie fast. Hope follow-up studies confirm these results without major side effects.
lzy··on TIL: timeout in Bash scripts
Neat idea. I’ve definitely been burned by silent timeouts in production before. Curious how this handles more complex cases like nested async calls or third-party dependencies that don't expose good hooks. Would be cool if this could somehow integrate with logging tools directly for more visbility.
lzy··on Google is burying the web alive
This feels like the culmination of a long trend. Google shifting from indexing the web to replacing it. The idea of an “AI answer mode” burying actual sources is worrying, especially for niche or emerging topics where LLMs hallucinate confidently. I’d love to see metrics on how often users click through to original sources under the new interface. At some point, if Google becomes too self-referential, it risks losing the very web it was built on. Curious whether this opens the door for competitors that prioritise raw links and transparency over synthesised summaries.
lzy··on Launch HN: Nomi (YC X25) – Copilot for Sales
Interesting to see real-time AI copilots moving into the sales domain with this level of polish. The UI looks thoughtful, and the emphasis on SOC 2/GDPR compliance is smart. Sales orgs are often stuck between tooling that’s either too lightweight or too intrusive. I’m curious how well Nomi performs with accents or less structured conversations, which are common in outbound calls. Also wondering if reps actually trust or tune out live suggestions mid-call. Real-time assistance sounds great in theory, but in practice it can be distracting unless executed really well.
lzy··on TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool
The TeleMessage dataset is massive and messy, and this tool lowers the barrier for journalists and researchers to extract meaningful insights. It’s also a reminder that “secure” enterprise tools often aren’t—especially when they’re built to satisfy compliance checkboxes rather than actual security principles. The fact that TM Signal was used by senior officials makes the plaintext logging and key exposure even more alarming. Kudos to Micah for not just reporting the breach but also enabling others to dig deeper.
lzy··on GitHub Learning Lab
Did they really give it away for free? I couldn't find any source for this information.
lzy··on The World's Longest URL “Shortener”
I'm open to requests for anyone wanting to get their own aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com email forwarder.
lzy··on The World's Longest URL “Shortener”
Mostly for fun. I'd be surprised if there were any real life applications for this!
lzy··on The World's Longest URL “Shortener”
And here I was wondering why my repo was suddenly getting starred. Glad you enjoyed my work and thanks for sharing it!
lzy··on Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook
Can be deleted as well.
lzy··on Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook
> But if a user deletes all the built-in apps that can be deleted, are they restored if the iOS device is reset?

Yes.

lzy··on Ask HN: What was the one book that you read and it actually changed your life?
I really enjoy Planet Money too. As an economics noob, what type of reading/books do you recommend for one's foray into real world economics?
lzy··on Paradise Lost: How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love
> For the few places that arn't, I dont think Lonely Planet is going to going to be much help unless your keep it in your breast pocket.

Thanks for this analogy. Made me chuckle.

lzy··on Ask HN: What are some of the simplest software businesses that exist?
> Founder of humbly.com, park.io, file.io, co-founder of wizehive.com

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ca98am79

lzy··on G Suite Horror Story
I think you will want to go with the most common tld. In this case, .in for your home country and I believe .in adoption is strong enough in India?

The last thing you want is your emails going to a wrong tld:

me@example.im

going to

me@example.in

is very likely in your scenario for less tech-savvy contacts IMO.

lzy··on IHOP Becomes IHOb, the International House of Burgers
Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but that is the literally the worst thing the ihob.com domain owner can do and will no doubt give IHob an edge if/when they file a UDRP complaint.
lzy··on Addressing Recent Claims of “Manipulated” Blog Posts in the Wayback Machine
So I try to make a copy of any interesting web pages on archive.is these days.

http://archive.is/faq#Why_does_archive_is_not_obey_robots_tx...

lzy··on Extra Technical Obstacles for Facebook Quitters
Domain expired. Probably the owner felt it wasn't worth the annual registration fee to continue maintaining the service?
lzy··on Show HN: Sheet2Site – Create Websites Out of Google Sheets
Typo on your homepage image;

https://www.sheet2site.com/img/tabs.png

"backgroung"

lzy··on Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook?
WhatsApp absolutely dominates SEA too.
Page 1 of 3Next →