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The latest version of Claude code as of yesterday or day before has Claude design Mcp so you don’t need to do this now.

edit: note this may not be official release, and may be unavailable for some users. I saw it show up yesterday listed as available Mcp and used it to view projects in Claude design.

DaveJorgon Designing a backyard deck for my house

Overall you did a great job on this. Impressive if you haven’t done it before. Your retrospective is solid. Using post saddles is the move so the wood doesn’t touch the concrete. Generally easiest and most forgiving to set the concrete pour height with a transit, chalk lines, and use sleeve anchors with saddles (which it seems like you did) so you align things perfectly once the concrete has cured enough to load.

For anyone else reading this considering taking on a deck and digging footings, the best approach with the holes if you don’t have access to a skid steer or excavator with an auger attachment, is to rent a towable earth auger like this:

https://www.unitedrentals.com/marketplace/equipment/lawn-lan...

You only need 1 person to operate and it’s much easier than 2 person because it doesn’t transfer any horizontal load / leverage into the operator so you can just focus on lowering the auger and raising it up. Much safer if you hit a root or rock too.

If you’re brave though you can just dig it by hand though. Everyone should dig some 4’ deck footings or shovel 3/4” clear stone all day at least once (good for drainage and preventing mud under the deck) so its easier to see and appreciate how great working on a computer daily really is.

DaveJorgon Show HN: I built a space travel calculator using Vanilla JavaScript

Did you consider representing on a logarithmic scale?

DaveJorgon San Francisco may soon get 24/7 driverless cabs. City leaders are fuming

Good point, valid concern. It’s assumed you need to pay to enter the vehicle and this is tied to your credit card. Could the system be setup so you are charged until you exit the vehicle and your trip doesn’t end until you do? Cameras or presence sensors could detect when the occupant enters or leaves the vehicle.

DaveJorgon Ask HN: What's your residential Internet speed and cost?

GBP is the currency - it’s the abbreviation of British pound sterling

DaveJorgon Ask HN: What's your residential Internet speed and cost?

8gbps / 8gbps $140 CAD ($100 USD) - Toronto, Canada

DaveJorgon Ask HN: What are household items that can be repaired but people often replace?

Yes, fairly straight forward with normal tools: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pxODVsgHRfc

DaveJorgon Show HN: gi.st – the gist of the web

Great work. Very cool. A progress indicator when the content is being parsed would be nice.