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by Leftium 3mo ago
I think the cause might stem from a larger issue: LLMs are trained to err on the side of caution. This is probably a good default, but can often get in the way. When I use coding agents to help with prose, they default to bending over backw
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by Leftium 3mo ago
Theo video based on data from Tencent's Autocodebench: https://youtu.be/iV1EcfZSdCM Conclusion: Elixir was the best (had the highest problem solve rate). Reasons (Theo's interpretation): - code collocation, where
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by Leftium 3mo ago
Here is a good recent comment-heavy thread to stress-test: https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hn/?story=48736605&feed=top Some things I noticed: - The comments are not in HN order; "vibecoded prediction market–style
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by Leftium 3mo ago
While reviewing my Google search history, it was interesting to see what I was working on one year ago, two years ago. I didn't make any special effort to record what I was working on, the searches were completely organic. I couldn&#x2
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by Leftium 3mo ago
Examine your list of 10+ ideas you built. Can you identify the "starving crowd" for each of them? Does a starving crowd even exist? Lots of ideas seem cool. Far fewer ideas are are easy to sell. And often the ideas that are easy t
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by Leftium 4mo ago
I've wondered if it would be possible (and beneficial) to make LLM's deterministic via a seed. Like how PRNG can specify a seed for repeatable deterministic pseudorandom numbers. Theoretically, if you could specify a seed and the
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The Slow Death of Simplenote(zoia.org)
2 points by Leftium 4mo ago|0 comments
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LibreWXR: Self-hostable, drop-in replacement for the Rain Viewer API(github.com)
2 points by Leftium 4mo ago|0 comments
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by Leftium 4mo ago
Yes, most of my projects are MIT licensed: https://github.com/Leftium/weather-sense As long as usage is not excessive, feel free to use the deployed version, as well.
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by Leftium 4mo ago
- app logo/favicon generator: https://logo.leftium.com/logo - classless CSS library: https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css - HN client: https://hn.leftium.com - local realtime streaming tran
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Show HN: Realistic procedural fire effect via naive algorithm(fx.leftium.com)
3 points by Leftium 4mo ago|0 comments
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Fluid Fire Simulation Sandbox(escapemotions.com)
6 points by Leftium 4mo ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Antimemetic message that escapes screen capture(fx.leftium.com)
3 points by Leftium 4mo ago|0 comments
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by Leftium 5mo ago
I found a monitor supporting KVM for only $132. It's an MSI, but not sure if the model is available outside of Korea: MSI MD272XPW[1] The monitor with the specs I wanted was $201[2] [1]: https://prod.danawa.com/info&#x2
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by Leftium 5mo ago
There is a little demo on https://compromise.cool that parses phrases like this and highlights the relevant days.
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by Leftium 5mo ago
https://fx.leftium.com ( https://github.com/Leftium/fx ) Old-school graphics in modern TS. Several years ago, it was not possible to blit an entire screen of random pixels to the screen at a decent frame rate
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by Leftium 5mo ago
Interesting vercel.app subdomain: Vercel automatically appended a random word like `-ten` because there is at least one other app with this very specific name: https://rejectedbyyc.vercel.app/
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by Leftium 5mo ago
Next time, perhaps my quick logo generator can help: https://logo.leftium.com/logo The defaults are tuned to aesthetics of my personal logo, but it's quite configurable. (You can even copy your own SVG into the icon in
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by Leftium 5mo ago
I discovered this editor in an article about WebGPU in p5.js[1]. Video of the editor: https://www.davepagurek.com/content/images/2025/12/Component... [1]: https://www.davepagurek.com/blog
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Build Video Tools with Code (customizable video components using p5.js)(usebutter.com)
1 points by Leftium 5mo ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Nimble.css minimal classless CSS library for great-looking default HTML(leftium.github.io)
4 points by Leftium 6mo ago|1 comments
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by Leftium 6mo ago
The main reason most openings are "Remote, US-only" is due to tax and labor laws. By employing you, the US company must comply with all Australian tax and labor laws (in addition to the US laws). This is a huge burden. (Like the c
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by Leftium 6mo ago
https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css I made a classless CSS library, then migrated most of my projects from PicoCSS. I also made a quick logo generator: https://logo.leftium.com/logo
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by Leftium 6mo ago
> unlimited downloads at just 400 kbps after their data allowances expire This is not new. Many Korean mobile plans actually offer even higher unlimited throttled speeds (up to 10 Mbps!) - You can filter plans by the unlimited throttled
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by Leftium 6mo ago
This article seems to be a counterpoint to a recent HN post asking "So where are all the AI apps?"[1] - This was pointed out in a thread: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/47504047 [1]: https://hw
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by Leftium 6mo ago
I opened an issue with screenshots: https://github.com/OrangeJuiceExtension/OrangeJuice/issues/1...
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by Leftium 6mo ago
Ah, I see it must be the bug mentioned in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695328 There was no [OP] label when I first reloaded this page, and now after replying, I am marked as the [OP]. edit: it seem
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by Leftium 6mo ago
Are you referring to https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ? It's MIT-licensed open source. I've been using a fork (also MIT): https://github.com/alexferrari88/refined-hacker-n
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by Leftium 6mo ago
I just tried switching from a slightly more updated fork of Refined Hacker News (2025)[1] One thing I miss is the orange mark identifying the OP of a post. [1]: https://github.com/alexferrari88/refined-hacker-news
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by Leftium 6mo ago
I think the strategy you're suggesting is: "We lose money on every sale, but make it up in volume!" If the resellers down the chain were purchasing your shoes for less then your cost, would you still be happy? Say the reselle

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