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reidjs

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https://reidsherman.com

email: reidjs+hn@hazybridge.com

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reidjs··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
Text message reminders and automation.

Send the service number a text message like "call Dave in 2 hours"

and then in 2 hours you get a text back that says "call Dave"

Open in private beta if you're interested email:

textreminders@hazybridge.com

reidjs··on Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength
In what world would this be a future burden? It's just a throwaway fun project lol
reidjs··on Claude Code is all you need
There are free and offline options, like Llama.cpp, but you will have to pay by giving up your privacy to Meta (or similar large companies)
reidjs··on A modest critique of Htmx
I set up HTMX for a toy project recently, seemed fine to me. I think the philosophy of HTMX is the real selling point, sending structured content instead of passing JSON around. There is an opportunity here to either improve HTMX or build a competitor.
reidjs··on Should Sports Betting Be Banned?
The difference is self harm vs harming others. The distinction is that advertising may convince people who do not gamble to start gambling.
reidjs··on Takeaways from the Vision Pro after 6 months
speech interfaces have gotten amazing in certain contexts, especially now that speech to text is decent. Think times when you can't call the person but need to send them a quick message, eg noisy festival or loud bar while you are moving and aren't able to stop to type.

I know that some people even use voice assistants to do things like set timers, reminders, or initiate calls

reidjs··on What is the ideal chapter length? (2023)
Perhaps it’s the movies fault for not being interactive or engaging enough
reidjs··on How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
At least it doesn't run windows
reidjs··on Why Triplebyte Failed
Just out of curiosity, what are some of the problems with "Clean Code"? I thought most of it made sense as basic guidelines. It's been a while since I read it though
reidjs··on Encryption at Rest: Whose Threat Model Is It Anyway?
Oh thank you, not sure if that existed when I first set it up
reidjs··on Encryption at Rest: Whose Threat Model Is It Anyway?
Hey I do exactly this! Borg into rsync.i know it’s not exactly your domain, but are you guys working on making this flow easier? I found borg difficult to set up, and tbh I don’t really trust my setup long term. All the borg tutorials I found are on random people’s hobby blogs, it would be nice if you had one specific for rsync.net

Either way, Thank you for providing such an affordable service !

reidjs··on I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it
Agree, especially for conveying tone, eg, happy, frustration, danger, etc, especially in dialog.

There is an art to using them to enhance a message instead of obscuring it, though.

reidjs··on The greatest resume I've ever seen
At my company, we call this a scream test
reidjs··on Ask HN: How do I stop political SMS spam?
You're validating that there is a human on the other end, though, that's dangerous.
reidjs··on Someone built an LLM-powered Slay the Spire bot
I like that it requires a small amount of mental energy to perform the 'optimal' play in every situation. The obvious example is doing basic arithmetic to calculate whether you should block more or attack.

At first, the game feels like it's deterministic with sprinkles of randomness, however, at high ascension levels it is the opposite - random chance until you get a broken deck that makes winning trivial. It's a slot machine.

reidjs··on Banner blindness
That article will be very meta next time Jimmy Wales' face is plastered over the page asking for wikipedia donations.
reidjs··on Topologists tackle the trouble with poll placement
Or better yet, have the majority of people vote by mail and make it easier for everyone.
reidjs··on Linux Text Manipulation
Is there something like leetcode for string manipulation exercises like this?
reidjs··on One of the most anticipated AI gadgets now has a release date
If anyone else was wondering why this is a physical device

> Why aren’t all these AI gadgets just an app? The answer is actually really simple: phones and tablets don’t allow AI deep system-level access. The iPhone, especially, is a closed platform that Apple wouldn’t allow AI complete access to.

reidjs··on The Google employees who created transformers
If the text fits within the context window most models are pretty reliable at summarizing texts effectively.
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
Was also planning on using it for sending happy birthday texts
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
I like your solution a bit more because it doesn’t require scheduling this script to run on a cron or something. How do you URL encode the message? Could you share the whole shortcut
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
Awesome!!!! Thank you
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
I tried sending to a non iMessage number, it failed to send, but there may be a way.
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
I'll edit the readme for clarity
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
It only works for iMessage texts, unfortunately.
reidjs··on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files
I just built it this morning! I was planning to use it to send myself reminders.
reidjs··on The Forgiver's Dilemma: Can Letting Go Set You Free?
I like the new-ish expression for holding a grudge as letting the person "live rent-free in your head." They have wronged you in the past, but it's rarely worth regularly spending mental energy ruminating about it. Easier said than done of course.
reidjs··on "AI, no ads please": 4 words to wipe out $1T
I think it’s a perfectly viable business model, it’s just they may lose some users who prefer accuracy/unbias over convenience
reidjs··on "AI, no ads please": 4 words to wipe out $1T
Not in many instances. Consider a common Google search

“Best tool to use for sending an email newsletter?” ChatGPT: SendMonkey is the best, here’s a link “sendmonkey.xyz/referal?chatgpt”

It won’t be that obvious but you get the idea.

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