HN user

zackify

1,401 karma

https://zach.codes

Writing https://leanpub.com/aismarthome

Posts108
Comments449
View on HN
news.ycombinator.com 1mo ago

Ask HN: Why aren't hardware passkeys used for access token creation?

zackify
4pts0
zach.codes 3mo ago

Reverse Engineering Tuya with AI

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 3mo ago

Vibe Coding a (basic) Wispr Clone in 20 minutes

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 4mo ago

Streaming My Vitals to Dr. Claw

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 9mo ago

Replacing Developer Docs with Claude's Plugin Marketplace

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 11mo ago

Blockchain Apps Aren't That Decentralized

zackify
3pts0
zach.codes 1y ago

Migration Testing Your Docker Builds

zackify
1pts0
www.anthropic.com 1y ago

Build with Claude

zackify
2pts0
devblogs.microsoft.com 1y ago

Announcing TypeScript 5.9 Beta

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 1y ago

AI Podcasters Discuss My Writing

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 1y ago

Auto Updating MCPs Using Bun

zackify
1pts1
zach.codes 1y ago

Mental Refactoring for the AI Age

zackify
3pts0
zach.codes 1y ago

I Stopped Writing Commit Messages

zackify
2pts2
zach.codes 2y ago

Framework 13 AMD 7040 Series: A Developer's First Impressions

zackify
181pts188
www.zerotofullstack.io 3y ago

Exercise for Developers

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 4y ago

Xcode Cloud React Native Setup

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 5y ago

Double Dipping in SaaS

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 5y ago

Prisma and Nexus: Future of Back End Development

zackify
1pts0
github.com 5y ago

A composable event calendar in React

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 5y ago

Building a Stock Market API in 30 Minutes

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 5y ago

Yubikey Setup Guide for Software Developers

zackify
4pts0
zach.codes 5y ago

Node.js on the Front End

zackify
1pts0
zach.codes 6y ago

Deploying iOS / Android Apps Using GitHub Actions

zackify
3pts0
news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Google Sign-In Is Down?

zackify
22pts8
zach.codes 7y ago

Roll your own ngrok in 15 minutes with Lets Encrypt and Nginx

zackify
2pts0
zach.codes 7y ago

Building a React Hook for File Uploads to GraphQL

zackify
1pts0
news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Ask HN: Creating my own USB-C hub?

zackify
3pts1
github.com 8y ago

Zero config Wordpress Gutenberg blocks

zackify
2pts0
encryption.io 8y ago

Adding GraphQL to an existing Express api

zackify
2pts0
news.ycombinator.com 8y ago

Ask HN: Best Access Control Systems?

zackify
4pts1

I have the llm twean every little piece of pi which is why I love it. And swapping models. Plus not having scroll jank like I got in opencode.

I even tweaked hitting "enter" when nothing is in the input box, it resume the last request. I love having this control and ease to extend and add anything to the ui

A Tesla can choose to auto lock. Or not lock.

Or not lock in a certain area.

Plus the app is an actual usable thing. Not a crap one that sends notifications about doors being unlocked in a garage that never updates.

Last year I had to take my kia to the dealer just to have connectivity work. Verizon had a change and you couldn't even fix it without going in. Antiquated dealer software updates as well.

After seeing kia evs and having a Tesla. Its the only good EV brand because the software from everywhere else is a complete joke.

Kia will tell me my doors are unlocked when I'm at home.

Tesla has a set home feature. Plus the 50 other annoyances.

Regen doesn't even persist with kia. You have to press the paddle to add it every time you start the car.

All this to say, the only good ux car anymore is tesla. Too bad they leak all recordings and have privacy problems too.

This is an annoying problem. It keeps making fake assumptions just because of hypothetical questions I've asked in the past.

It'll assume I own a datacenter and have lots of gpus just because I asked to research things.

I have moonlight and sunshine and also drilled through the other side of the house with a long fiber optic HDMI cable. Best of everything lol

Also a Bluetooth dongle in my attic about 40ft USB cable. Works great for home assistant too and Bluetooth devices like plant sensors outside the house over ble

Bonus points if you do tailscale and jetkvm or wake on LAN and can moonlight from anywhere.

[dead] 1 month ago

Calendly? Also google has this built in too now

Yeah this is why I disable remote access and setup tailscale.

Its annoying but with Claude and a little knowledge you can make it persistent. By default it got wiped every update which was annoying.

I just approach everything as a one off task. Fresh context.

"Use this CLI tool and figure it out. Look up this sentry issue using it"

"Add a service that watches for an error in the log. Look at the home assistant MCP data and find my phone, send a notification to it and make it send when there's an error"

Now after it manually does it and makes the code. "Make this into a skill for anytime I paste a URL with sentry inside the message"

But also important: "make that procedure a prompt file so when I invoke it I just pass X after it and it works fully"

Having too many skills for things that are very specific where you can directly invoke it via slash command, wastes context space with the skill headers I find. So I make those prompts instead

If only they would support the web and let you just issue a long running cookie....

I hacked the spec to pass through a cookie via the oauth handshake to do this without needing an oauth server.

Its really dumb they don't want to allow this.

If no cookie, open webpage.

If cookie set, close and persist.

I literally wrote an 80 page mini book on MCP yet it frustrates me to no end.

Claude Fable 5 1 month ago

I have to share this because I thought it is behind funny how bad fable is doing at a task I JUST had opus do a week ago.

it's also not even complicated:

Copy my ssd to an external ssd so i can boot from it.

Opus did this just fine.

Fable planned to have me reboot to safe mode. ok thats fine. I told it no.

It started copying and overwriting the ssd while IN PLAN MODE. this is crazy it feels so dumb vs the marketing

Self made TUI that just lists LXC containers.

I have a base container.

"A" to make a new instance.

Pi.dev when I hit enter on any container. Hot swap anthropic enterprise and openai and openrouter as needed.

Every container has the dev env already running for my current projects. Iterate, rarely use vim when needed, spec driven and have llm draft prs for me then I review.

I know the codebase in and out so what I want done is on bypass mode and then I review closer at the draft PR step before marking ready for the team.

Haha that's what I do personally.

Vibe coded in 30mins a textualize tui that shows lxd containers.

I just hit "p" on a container to forward that container to host.

I only use ports for one instance at a time so it works perfect.

Hitting enter auto joins the lxc container instance with tmux.

Works perfect for me for tasks that can stay long running

i can view the diff locally but often times after planning with opus i get what i want.

I create a draft pr and manually review all items before then marking ready for review for the team.

So I'm not blindly pushing things to prod without review.

Without staging key access I wouldn't have been able to do a payment provider migration at this speed. iterating by migrating users in staging and being able to use and validate the sdk quickly with opus is a massive time saver.

I vibe coded a TUI that just shows running lxd containers

I hit 'n' to toggle all network access minus anthropic and openai URLs.

I use pi (sometimes claude, always on bypass) and I auto allow everything. I only toggle manual approval in rare cases like running a script or command that needs to touch a production system and I need to validate everything.

Normally my container has full write access to staging so it can debug and validate everything on its own