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DevKoala

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DevKoala··on RIP, vector database
Soon they’ll just sell you markdown.
DevKoala··on ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
> The mechanism is standard adtech. What has no precedent is running it on an AI chat product.

Doesn’t Gemini or whatever Meta’s agent is do this too?

DevKoala··on Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
I am so glad i jumped out of the Xbox ecosystem back when I did.

I was such a loyal fan, but the Xbox One made me go from an avid gamer to a casual gamer.

I thought I was done with gaming until I picked up a Nintendo Switch back in 2018 and I rediscovered the joy.

I gave Xbox one more chance with the Series X and that was the final nail in the coffin.

I only play on Switch 2 and Steam OS nowadays.

DevKoala··on Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles
Only care that an article is informative, grounded in facts, unbiased, etc. How it was composed doesn’t matter to me.
DevKoala··on Cloudflare CEO is lying to you about the bot traffic jump
Not sure if the Cloudflare CEO is lying, but I have a pixel deployed on tens of thousands of sites offering B2B solutions, and bot traffic overtook human traffic this year.
DevKoala··on Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees
Microsoft cancelled Claude because they need to dog food Copilot since it sucks. This was acknowledged internally and it’s not a secret.

It is probably more expensive for Microsoft now since the Anthropic tokens were subsidized.

DevKoala··on At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025
These are great points and I was truly unaware of these concerns.
DevKoala··on At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025
Private cameras make the bulk of your stat and they do help in deter crime on personal property.

What is the crime volume if these cameras are gone?

DevKoala··on Americans Are Smashing Flock Cameras
Tell me the area. And, we can break down the factors.
DevKoala··on At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025
I am bringing up a City I’ve lived in, problems I’ve endured, and solutions I’ve seen work.

By my parents house in Vallejo there is one of these cameras near a 7/11. They can finally walk there.

DevKoala··on Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
Quite the contrary. I care about the OS and that’s why I switched to Linux gaming. The experience wrapping the game is just so much better.
DevKoala··on Claude.ai down
Most of their customers only use the CLI or API.

I use Anthropic for 90% of my GenAI needs, software development, but I have never used Claude.ai for anything other than auth.

DevKoala··on 4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches
That sounds so gross. Why do British people tolerate that? It’s as if British people belong to their government.
DevKoala··on WebMCP Proposal
But think about it. Will you do it for your web property? Is someone else going to do it for my web property when I have clearly blocked robots? Will I do it for another web property for my agent to work and hope they don’t update their design or protect themselves against it?
DevKoala··on WebMCP Proposal
Most teams that want their data to be operated programmatically expose an API. For who does this solve a problem?
DevKoala··on Bugs Apple loves
That email bug is the worst.
DevKoala··on The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
I have been using Rectangle and Spectacle before it. Wanting to resize windows like in this article isn't natural to me anymore.
DevKoala··on Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
> IBM to acquire OpenAI (Rumor) (bloomberg.com)

AYYYYLMAO

DevKoala··on Nvidia is gearing up to sell servers instead of just GPUs and components
Good callout. However, nothing says Nvidia would adopt this margin tactic either.
DevKoala··on Nvidia is gearing up to sell servers instead of just GPUs and components
We already pay a 100% premium on AWS.
DevKoala··on AI's Dial-Up Era
Because someone else will sell it to you if they dont.
DevKoala··on US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
> I was hoping to see a comment like this. These sorts of “global collaborations” seem to always end with the US carry all the water, and the goal from the other countries perspective is to throttle the US. Like the Paris Accords.

I agree 100%.

I don't see the benefits here.

DevKoala··on BYD builds fastest car
The profitability in the auto market space isn’t there for Apple.
DevKoala··on BYD builds fastest car
Not at all why Apple gave up on the EV, it was profitability. They even gave up on building AI cloud infra because it was cheaper to rent. Finance can veto Tim Cook there.
DevKoala··on A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity
Ugh. Just build man, stop with the excuses.

I’ve been there, looking for pennies in the couch to be able to afford a burger while I waited for my next contract gig deposit. Even if your project doesn’t become the next big thing, you’ll end up with something to show in your resume. That will open tons of doors.

DevKoala··on A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity
I keep hearing this complaint so much. I feel we are living in different realities. Fix your algorithm.

Omarchy Bitchat Ghostty Crush

None of those are chasing metrics. And that’s just off the top of my head.

DevKoala··on AI coding made me faster, but I can't code to music anymore
I’d probably drop GenAI before I dropped the music that allows me to focus. Also, at this stage of my career, I mainly code for fun, and blasting music across the house is part of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA8Pi6nol8

DevKoala··on AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
Please don’t say this. Give us more time.
DevKoala··on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA
I am doing my part.

I wanted a gaming PC forever but I just couldn’t stomach Windows. I had a great experience with the Steam Deck in the past 2 years so I built a Bazzite desktop. I am having a lot of fun.

DevKoala··on Rocknix is an immutable Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices
Gotcha, I missed that. Thank you.
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