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Jonovono

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Jonovono··on Simplenote is no longer in active development
Oh really weird.

https://github.com/polka-computer/Hashy

Jonovono··on Simplenote is no longer in active development
I used to love nvALT. Want to check out https://hashy.ink. It's an open source markdown editor inspired by nvALT. Still rough around the edges, but it's coming together.
Jonovono··on Simplenote is no longer in active development
I'm working on a open source markdown editor inspired by nvALT. Would love feedback! https://hashy.ink
Jonovono··on htmx: Server Sent Event (SSE) Extension
Oh, missed this message! Thanks a lot :)
Jonovono··on How I use Obsidian (2023)
It’s a BYOK so the ai is optional. (And if you really don’t want it it’s a package in the open source app that can easily be pulled out) Since it’s markdown and on filesystem you can just edit your notes with Claude code if you want similar to obsidian.

By lightweight I mean it’s not a super heavy and bloated electron app on desktop and a slow and janky capacitor app on mobile that takes 10 seconds to launch and that the project can be greppable in a day to build on

Jonovono··on How I use Obsidian (2023)
I really want to like obsidian but it’s just unusable (for me)

So I built my own thats a bit more lightweight. Think nvalt meets markdown. thats native, iOS and Mac with I cloud sync, and open source.

Check it out if it sounds interesting!

iOS app is still in review ;(

https://hashy.ink/

Jonovono··on Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk
It’s so dumb. It literally creates the problem just so it can solve it (same as cigarettes). People say they need coffee for energy. If you stopped drinking coffee you would have steady energy throughout the entire day !!
Jonovono··on Hyperstar: LiveView for TS/JSX
Join the demo: https://grid-game-bc4rf.sprites.app/

The code for this is about 300 line tsx file (if you remove the comments) : https://github.com/StreamUI/hyperstar/blob/master/examples/g...

Jonovono··on htmx: Server Sent Event (SSE) Extension
I've been playing around with making a little framework for building these server driven UIs in a way with a syntax more like SPAs. I originally was using datastar behind the scenes, but decided to just write my own version of it, much easier to work with.

https://github.com/StreamUI/hyperstar

Jonovono··on Our approach to age prediction
Haha ya I asked my my younger brother if he’s gotten it and he said he didn’t. I’m like alright I must give off youthful vibes ;)
Jonovono··on Our approach to age prediction
For some reason ChatGPT has suddenly started thinking i'm a teen. Every answer it starts out "Since you are a teen I will..." and prompts me to upload an ID to show my age. I'm 35.
Jonovono··on A Social Filesystem
I can’t remember how many times I’ve read an article and enjoyed it so much and then looked and saw it was written by Dan ;) always a pleasure !
Jonovono··on Live 2025 – Spine [video]
Close enough, welcome back Bret victor. Very cool
Jonovono··on My article on why AI is great (or terrible) or how to use it
It’s more like saying you love painting, but you’re glad you no longer have to hike into the wilderness, crush minerals, boil oils, and invent pigments from scratch before you can put brush to canvas.
Jonovono··on Why didn't AI “join the workforce” in 2025?
What has he been wrong about? He was way ahead of predicting the scaling limitations, llm not making it to agi.
Jonovono··on GPT Image 1.5
Nano banana pro is almost as good as seedream 4.5!
Jonovono··on He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over
Ironic coming from him being a dead beat dad whose son hates him
Jonovono··on Don't know what to wear? Design your outfit with gen AI and then shop it
Not sure if there will be much interest for this here. But i've been building this because I never know what to wear, and shopping sites don't really help. I may find a shirt I like but then I still have to figure out what to wear with it that would look like.

So I made this where a have outfits generated that should follow basic fashion rules and color theory. You say where you are going, weather and other details and it will generate an outfit that you can then swipe on like Tinder to refine it. Once you are happy with the outfit, you can shop the complete look!

I've done a bunch of optimizations to get outfit generation to be ~3s (sometimes slower as i'm trying different models).

Anyways, thought i'd share this here as i'd love feedback if anyone else has this problem. For myself, it's made some outfits that I really like!

Jonovono··on Show HN: Encore – Type-safe back end framework that generates infra from code
Yea really surprised encore isn’t more known and popular. Between it and convex they are the best things right now in building backends.
Jonovono··on Refashion: Reconfigurable Garments via Modular Design
I love the picture painted of an ikea for fashion. I’m working on an idea where instead of searching for individual garments you first create the outfit (using gen ai) and then shop the complete look (I basically reverse search the pieces of the generated outfit to find similar items)

But it would be so cool if you could like print the fabric pieces and send them and the person assembles their created outfit.

This definitely got me thinking

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/dress-better-w-make-my-outfit/...

Jonovono··on Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls his company the first to be 'completely anti-woke'
Woke is more the opposite of what you point out.

This is a better example: https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/197gid8/segregated_bla...

It’s weaponizing people emotions and instinct to want to “be a good person” to push policies that are actually harmful to the people they claim to care about.

All this to say I still think Karp is corny.

Jonovono··on Google suspended my company's Google cloud account for the third time
I submitted my app to App Store Connect for Apple and Google Play Store. After a few reviews on Apple my app was approved after a week or so. On Google, I got a couple rejections. I addressed the concerns resubmitted. Got another rejection without much detail, but changed a couple things and submitted again. App suspended... without any explanation why.
Jonovono··on How OpenAI uses complex and circular deals to fuel its multibillion-dollar rise
His podcast Better Offline is a treat too.
Jonovono··on The history of cataract surgery
I suppose in that case, possibly. I more mean for people that are doing it for cosmetic reasons (not to wear contacts)
Jonovono··on The history of cataract surgery
And the ones that have a bad time, have a really bad time, to the point of suicide in cases. Not sure if I would risk it if I didn't have 20/15 vision tbh
Jonovono··on The Simplest iPhone Camera App
Thanks! Ya, I love it for concerts especially. If I use the default camera app I end up spending half the time swiping over to the video section and then finding the red button to start recording, by that time I missed the part of the song I wanted to record ;p

I can take a video on mine without even looking at my phone.

It has zero dependencies, not even tracking any analytics haha

Jonovono··on The Simplest iPhone Camera App
Revived a 10+ year old app of mine that had a small niche following. Should be a bit better now as its native instead of RN
Jonovono··on Claude Sonnet 4.5
I have done lots of SwiftUI before, so it may have helped me recognize when it goes off the rails. But I definitely don't do anything fancy with my prompting.

But for stuff like TCA (Swift composable architecture), I basically created a TCA.md file and pasted in a bunch of docs and examples and would reference that.

But for the most part, it was one shotting swiftui screens that were nicer than what I had in my mind.

Jonovono··on Claude Sonnet 4.5
I had Claude Code build a fairly complex swiftui app (5+ screens), using Firebase AI Logic and other packages. First prompt it got pretty much foundation for the entire thing set up, then over the next day got it working exactly like I wanted. The thing that took the longest was getting through app review. I was impressed how well it knew SwiftUI and Swift composable architecture.
Jonovono··on Product Hunt is dead
I used to check Product Hunt daily. I would literally visit every link, bookmark them etc. I had actually completely forgot it existed until this post. It has to be years since I have visited.
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