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pryelluwon Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)

A free comedy newsletter that has nothing to do with technology yet mentions it from time to time.

pryelluwon Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer

I went through a category 5 hurricane that took down everything. Prepared by downloading as much as I could ahead of time but it wasn’t enough. This, or something similar, would have been a blessing.

pryelluwon Retired Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot

Are there food delivery robots that deliver insulin?

pryelluwon Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen

Didn’t the big bang theory show have an episode about this?

pryelluwon Toyota is taking the Corolla electric

Been waiting for this and a plug-in hybrid Corolla with at least 50 mile electric range. Would be a game changer.

pryelluwon I don't want to read what you didn't write

If you are looking for top-notch corn-fed drivel, look no further than my comedy newsletter. Here’s the latest issue: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/p/sweater-weather?r=7c090l... It’s full of all the questionable wonders only a human mind can think of. Hope you enjoy it.

pryelluwon There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet

Are you a contractor? In the current economy, it’s very hard to imagine this being true.

pryelluwon Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

My funny essays newsletter on substack. Link to latest post: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-world-of...

Please let me know if you enjoy!

pryelluwon Instrument clusters are now paid extras in two Hyundai models

I remember having a car that had a speedometer and a fuel gauge. Nothing else. This seems similar.

pryelluwon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/engineering/leveling-and-compen

Returns a 404

pryelluwon Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

Sweet mother of god, this runs on my phone browser. Excellent work!

pryelluwon Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)

My comedy newsletter featuring short-ish essays about random nonsense: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/

pryelluwon Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's

Same. First thing they had me buy was a map book with all the local neighborhoods. The map on the wall helped get shortcuts from others. This is where I learned the difference between the different kinds of shortcuts. Some saved time, others distance, and some even potholes. It was a fun time.

pryelluwon The Dunning-Kruger effect may just be a data artefact (2020)

The author could have a promising career at The Onion.

pryelluwon Substack writers, you need a website

This is super useful even if I just grab it as an idea to emulate. Have you used an agent to copy and paste for you ?

pryelluwon Substack writers, you need a website

I agree and am working on it. It’s been a stream of progress after launching my comedy writings under https://yelluw.com I’ve focused mostly on writing by postponing the actual editorial/cms side of things. I’d rather prove that I can write and write well than spend all my energy getting the perfect cms setup.

The one issue I have today is copyright and all the extreme scraping being done by ai companies. I wonder how others are dealing with that.

pryelluwon Writing by hand is good for your brain

Your argument is that in order for you to have a better experience the previous owner should not “ruin” the book for you. I’ve read better arguments on bathroom stalls.

pryelluwon Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts

Ok I see. Thanks for replying. I wish your project a lot of success.

pryelluwon Ask HN: What are your favorite blogs not about AI?

If this is too much feel free to downvote.

My clean comedy newsletter: https://substack.com/@yelluwcomedy Funny essays about nothing and everything. No AI produced writing.

pryelluwon Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts

Not hating but why cant I just create my own skill with the prompt you are using? https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto/blob/13380d589234...

What’s special here? I am failing to understand the value because it feels like a solution looking for a problem.

pryelluwon Someone Used AI to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me

I don’t really get the appeal of using A.I. to write books. It’s a useful research and editorial tool that still requires thoughtful operation. But have it do the writing? It’s too shallow.

I use it to check the spelling and grammas of everything I post on my comedy newsletter[0]. As an ESL speaker, I do need some help with those areas. But the edits it typically recommends are just awful. Hyphen and em dash galore. A/B comparison and analogies that mimic the term “load-bearing”. I have to be extra careful to not let any of that slop slip through. At this point, I’m looking to work with a human editor. The AI is clearly showing not being up to par for it. At least in my experience.

[0] https://open.substack.com/pub/yelluwcomedy/p/the-free-and-wi...

pryelluwon My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded

Starting with a GR Corolla is not cheating, but he could have gone a little further. Swapping a 2GR V6 into Corollas is now the thing to do. Throw in a little nitrous or a turbo and you have a car capable of allowing you to live out your kamikaze dreams.

pryelluwon My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded

Eh, applies to all brands. Few people care about driving faster. It’s all about being “cool”.

pryelluwon The zero-cost fallacy: open-source software in the agentic era

I’ve stopped all my open source contributions and projects. I’ve now moved my resources to organizing and supporting communities like python Atlanta. My commitment was always the community and not the code. I also want to see what will companies do once open source closes shop and fewer people know how to program. It’s why I’m making sure there is a local support network for those of us who still want to stay in software over the long term.

pryelluwon Precursor

Who gets to decide what is a good bot?

pryelluwon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)

My clean comedy newsletter. Find the latest essay here: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/p/the-greatest-invention-e...

New essays published every Wednesday.

Please subscribe if you enjoy it. It is and will stay free.

pryelluwon How to Start a Ruby Meetup

Organizer of python Atlanta here. If you’re interested in running your own ruby meetup and would like some assistance from someone from the trenches then email me. Happy to support the community.

pryelluwon Yes, AI Will Take Your Job

Yes, the horse will take your job.

Yes, the written word will take your job.

Yes, fire job take.

Yes, the automobile will take your and the horse’s job.

Yes, we’re all doomed. Might as well go back up the trees and start hollering.

pryelluwon Sony will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028

Can’t I back them to physical media?

pryelluwon Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

Guess I’m throwing my PS5 out the window and going to PC. This war on physical media is ridiculous. Pretty soon they’re going to require us to buy the console but rent the controllers for the very low price of $79.99 a month.