jhaile

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Entrepreneur, startup CTO and software engineer who is passionate about building effective teams, agile development, technology and developing great products.
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Comment · 11 days ago
I've tried switching from Arc to Dia several times over the past year and Dia was always significantly worse. I tried again today after the news.

The main features I miss from Arc are Peek, Air Traffic Control, and Nested Folders.

Comment · 11 days ago
To be fair, they have added most of the Arc features into Dia now - the ones I still miss are Peek, Air Traffic Control, and Nested Folders (!?)
Comment · 3 months ago
For a long time, this was one of my favorite interview questions - it is one of those problems that no candidate will ever fully solve, but you see how they think through problems. And it is a problem that seems simple at first but has layers of complexity that peel back like an onion - just like this article does.
Comment · 7 months ago
From a casual browsing perspective, I liked it. However, it'd be nice to have it pause when you hover over one - or something like that. To get the best of both worlds.
Comment · 8 months ago
This is one reason I'm really annoyed they are getting rid of messenger.com and requiring you to go to facebook.com to see your messages. I much prefer going to the specific site for chats and not having to see the feed...
Comment · 1 year ago
The name Superhuman makes a lot more sense for a company with a suite of AI productivity products. The "Grammarly" name was too focused on their original use case of just improving writing.
Comment · 1 year ago
I enjoyed reading the article, but really wish it had photos to help educate the reader on how to distinguish between crystals and mold.
Comment · 1 year ago
I still use Arc as my primary browser. I prefer tabs on the side - I like how you can just drag tabs up and they will be saved (like Bookmarks, but I actually use it) I like pinned tabs which I use for calendar and my other top used "web apps"

It also has good support for profiles and spaces. For example, I have a "Work" space, a "Demo" space (with tabs open for sales demos), a "Personal" space, and even a "Travel" space for travel planning stuff.

And another killer feature is the ability to "route" specific urls to specific spaces, so for example I can have all github links open in my "Work" space.

It's a great browser, and I hope Atlassian doesn't ditch ongoing support for it.

Comment · 1 year ago
Given all of the NextJS hate on here, I feel like I'll get downvoted for saying this...but we run Next.JS, don't host on Vercel - and really don't have many problems at all.

That being said, our app is largely built like a standard React app, we aren't using much server-side-rendering, and we use TanStack Query for loading most data. So, the main value of Next.JS is mostly just the routing and project organization.

Comment · 1 year ago
I was also hoping to see more about how the animations were done here. They look great. I love the shifting camera perspectives.
Comment · 1 year ago
To be fair I haven't tried Zen, but Arc still works well. I don't particularly need any new features - so as long as they continue to keep up with timely security patches and Chromium updates I'll probably keep using it. Also - as a developer I would prefer using a Chromium-based browser since it's the most common one used.

I tried Dia a few weeks back and was disappointed in its sidebar and profile features.

Comment · 1 year ago
I like that idea. If you opened an article you wanted to read, you could be prompted to pay a few cents. You click "yes", funds are transferred, and you read the article.
Comment · 1 year ago
Interesting, although I wouldn't say that's the audience that the author says he's targeting.

Also - for most people who had accidents they'd probably rather click on "Dislocated Kneecap" and then have the software suggest exercises to help with that condition - vs needing to bring that knowledge to the app.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yea, but we're early days and I think that will go away as the tools get better. Also - did you watch the sample short films they have?

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