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mavsmanon GPT-6 Sol and Luna

Glad you pointed out the UI work. I've been doing a lot of it and it's so much better than 5.6 as UI, it's unbelievable. I give it super ambiguous instructions and it's reading my mind. I do the same thing with 5.6 and I'm correcting it for a few minutes.

mavsmanon ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

To me, this quote just about sums it up:

> The mechanism is standard adtech. What has no precedent is running it on an AI chat product.

As someone who has been well aware of this mechanism for quite some time, I still feel icky anytime I re-read the details of it.

What a time to be alive.

mavsmanon I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left

This title sounds like an employment experience post: "returned to" and "left" both pretty strongly insinuate joining AWS and leaving employment, not simply using it as a customer.

mavsmanon iPhone 17e

Great reference. It's a shame most people seeing this comment won't get it.

mavsmanon Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant

I wonder if people climbing the management ranks experience something similar.

mavsmanon A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

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mavsmanon The Problem with Teens Isn't Smartphones–It's Their Families

If smartphone companies and social media companies are stating that their products are causing a mental health crisis, there's probably some merit to that.

mavsmanon Tippy Coco: A Free, Open-Source Game Inspired by Slime Volleyball

Wowww this is amazing. I've made a few remakes of slime basketball and am planning to do another one, especially with AI coding now being a thing. This is really nice, well done!

mavsmanon Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI

I think this was the whole point of the blog post. As someone else mentioned, this didn't have much to do with AI so referencing AI seems purely like an attempt to capture some eyes for publicity.

I'd actually say that _not_ using AI to prepare for an interview is mistake, putting you at a major disadvantage (and there are plenty of honest ways to use it).

mavsmanon More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in

> "We detect no activity by nation-state actors in our networks at this time," an AT&T spokesperson said.

Sounds like the root of the issue.

mavsmanon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)

I quit my job and depleted savings earlier this year to work on helping others overcome addictive habits and behaviors https://neurtureapp.com

Addiction is rampant right now, from social media and phones to vaping and beyond. People need access to science/research-based resources, not just a “sober” counter, which doesn’t apply to many people and is rarely helpful to those it applies to.

Working with a behavioral scientist and a clinical psychologist on the UX and content of the app at the moment but any thoughts, feedback, connections, or help would be amazing.

mavsmanon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2024)

SEEKING WORK | Boston | Remote

Founder and product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects.

Skills: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

mavsmanon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2024)

    Location: Boston, USA
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, Expo, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including as a founder and a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with LLMs and AI, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

mavsmanon Audapolis: Edit audio files by transcript, not waveform

I just upgrade to iOS 18 to try this and couldn't find it. How do you actually do it?

mavsmanon Audapolis: Edit audio files by transcript, not waveform

What I particularly like about the Descript version (though it is overdone as mentioned) is that it reduces or eliminates the pesky S sounds and P sounds (called sibilances and plosives) that you get when you talk into a microphone and you're not perfectly distanced from it.

I haven't found another app that reduces or removes these.

mavsmanon Audapolis: Edit audio files by transcript, not waveform

I love Descript. Their "convert to studio quality" feature is better than Adobe's and ElevenLabs, in my experience.

I wondered if this particular feature was really worth paying for so I was happy that I found Audapolis.

mavsmanon Import and Export Markdown in Google Docs

I would imagine that requests for this feature went way up as ChatGPT has popularized.

mavsmanon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2024)

SEEKING WORK | Boston | Remote

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects and work with LLMs and AI.

Skills: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

mavsmanon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2024)

    Location: Boston, USA
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with LLMs and AI, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

mavsmanon Show HN: Faktor – The missing 2FA code autocomplete for Chrome

Looks really nice. This product video has Kite (https://kite.video/) vibes to it, pretty solid.

mavsmanon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2024)

SEEKING WORK | Boston | Remote

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects.

Skills: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

mavsmanon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2024)

    Location: Boston, USA
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with AI chatbots, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

mavsmanon IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 2025 tax season

One can only hope that this would put Intuit out of business but that's likely a pipedream.

mavsmanon A man ordered to hide his boat painted the boat on his fence

He was going to be fined $100 for the violation? So is this an ad for the artist or something else?

mavsmanon Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn and are active on it?

> There isn’t a shred of genuine human experience on that platform though.

I haven't read a more true thing about LinkedIn. Since launching my app (https://neurtureapp.com) on ProductHunt I've posted on their a couple times and each time I nauseate myself.

I'll also say that the fact that I can't comment or like something without LI telling the whole world makes me less likely to do those things. Maybe that's how all social media works, I wouldn't know though.

mavsmanon Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

A lot of fragmented promise for video editing amongst these different apps. Hopefully someone will make a comparison chart for these. Good luck on your launch!

mavsmanon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2024)

Location: Boston, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with AI chatbots, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

mavsmanon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2024)

SEEKING WORK | Boston | Remote

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects.

Skills: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

mavsmanon Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th

As someone in a similar scenario to the comment you're replying to, I feel like we 0% fit because of this:

> I have a family and can't spend a summer in California.

mavsmanon Launch HN: Aqua Voice (YC W24) – Voice-driven text editor

Since voice-to-text has gotten so good I've used it a lot more and also noticed how distracting and confusing it can be. Using Apple's dictation has a similar feel to this where you're constantly seeing something that's changing on the screen. It's kind of irritating and I don't really know what the solution is.

One suggestion I have here is to have at least two different sections of the UI. One part would be the actual document and the other would be the scratchpad. It seems like much of what you say would not actually make it into the document (edits, corrections, etc) so those would only be shown in the scratchpad. Once the editor has processed the text from the scratchpad then it can go into the document how it's supposed to. Having text immediately show up in the document as it's dictated is weird.

Your big challenge right now is just that STT is still relatively slow for this usecase. Time will be on your side in that regard as I'm sure you know.

Good luck! Voice is the future of a lot of the interactions we have with computers.