supergilbert

does it exist as a webapp?

First time I see facebook down. Willing to bet it comes from an AI-assisted code change.

I find myself coding a lot with Claude Code.. but then it's very hard to quantify the productivity boost. The first 80% seem magical, the last ones are painful. I have to basically get the mental model of the codebase in my head no matter what.

Yes but none of my friends and family who own an Android device know about it.

I'm talking about a mainstream alternative android store. The design of f-droid is not appealing enough.

When is an alternative Android play store coming?

To all the entrepreneurs reading this: please create one. To all the VCs reading this: please fund one.

It's badly needed. I heard Huawei is working on one but I wouldn't bet on it.

Depression, anxiety are rising among a large part of the population in Western society. My personal take on this: we need to reconnect with religion because we need something transcendant to help us go through life. Modern life is very alienating if you take a purely material approach to it.

Kotlin is easier to work with for large projects. You're less inclined to write messy code than JS.

I have yet to see a technical subject that polarizes the HN crowd so much.

Interesting data point.

You know what they say about products that polarizes people..

That's the right question, how much energy does the current financial system use, solely for our "basic" transactional needs (store/retrieve/send payments).

Did anyone come up with an estimate?

Exactly. Kotlin for all platforms is the best option for the future.

Stoicism is gaining popularity now because it's a counter reponse to the constant stimulation we are put under.

Non stop food, entertainment, plus the feeling on not being able to have any effect on the global system. Stoicism is way to stay sane.

I believe this trend will end and we will see a regain of existencialism and romantism.