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I find that extremely hard to believe given that South of Midnight peaked on Steam with only 1.5k players.

Let's be honest here.

darkhorse13on Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says

Exactly like string theory.

darkhorse13on Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says

Wow, a paper said this so it must be true. What is the point of research like this that can never be tested? Genuinely curious. Shouldn't we find non-Earth lifeforms FIRST before even trying to make these conclusions?

Edit: Wasn't trying to be harsh here. To be clear, I do believe in consciousness. This sounded a little clickbaity. I also think string theory is a meaningless pursuit.

darkhorse13on Show HN: GlycemicGPT – Open-source AI-powered diabetes management

This is quite possibly a horrible idea. Personal anecdote: ChatGPT once read a blood work report value as 40, when the actual report said 4.

darkhorse13on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)

I'm building an open-source Typeform-alternative: https://forms.md. Also trying to monetize it via a WordPress plugin: https://wp.forms.md

darkhorse13on Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

Nice! Feel free to reach out, my email is on my profile.

darkhorse13on Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

I don't really do anything tbh, I made a few posts on Reddit, and mostly on HN. Totally organic, no upvote farming/bots, kept it 100% honest for my peace of mind.

darkhorse13on Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

Thank you. I agree, the credibility and growth has been very gratifying, definitely more so than the revenue.

darkhorse13on Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

Nice, Alhamdulillah!

darkhorse13on Tell HN: My open-source project hit 5k registered users

Thank you

darkhorse13on The hottest college major [Computer Science] hit a wall. What happened?

Awful take in my humble opinion. Outsourced, vibe-coders as a concept is beyond scary.

darkhorse13on Isseven

Is this SOC2 compliant?

darkhorse13on I'm OK being left behind, thanks

There's a shocking amount of overlap between AI & Crypto/NFT bros:

https://mystudentfailedtheirmid.substack.com/p/theres-a-shoc...

darkhorse13on Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion

I'm sorry, I know you mean well, but your comment reads like a typical boomer parody.

darkhorse13on Launch HN: OctaPulse (YC W26) – Robotics and computer vision for fish farming

I like it, but it should just be visual. It jacks my default scrollpad/mouse behavior, which is the annoying part.

darkhorse13on Sovereignty in a System Prompt

It's expected to counter this meme: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/csy5RHcXT6Y

darkhorse13on Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?

Trust me bro.

darkhorse13on C Is Best (2025)

They never said it's a horrible language.

darkhorse13on Launch HN: Kenobi (YC W22) – Personalize your website for every visitor

Sorry, it's literally in the post, I didn't read it properly. But I did try the demo though.

darkhorse13on Launch HN: Kenobi (YC W22) – Personalize your website for every visitor

Since you're from batch W22, what was your original idea (if you don't mind me asking)? Or was this it?

darkhorse13on Ask HN: How valuable is a domain like messenger.new?

https://bolt.new/

And there are other non-AI services like doc.new -> create new GDoc, form.new -> create new GForm, kinda handy.

darkhorse13on Kagi Specials

How would one get into Kagi Specials? I've got a privacy-focused form builder.

darkhorse13on Ask HN: How does one build large front end apps without a framework like React?

For me, it's Django templates + HTMX + vanilla JS when I absolutely need it. Crazy how far you can get with just this stack. I even did a technical spike for a realtime chat app recently with this, and it honestly performs better than some bloated JS monsters.

darkhorse13on Ask HN: How to find a non-technical co-founder/sales person?

Thanks! I'm close to $500.

darkhorse13on Ask HN: How to find a non-technical co-founder/sales person?

I've sold too few to be honest.

darkhorse13on Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

Slightly related, but for forms: https://forms.md

darkhorse13on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

https://forms.md, open-source Typeform alternative with a one-time pricing.

darkhorse13on An engineer's brutally honest pitch for his Typeform alternative

That makes sense, and you may be 100% right about this.

But it doesn't really hurt for me to try.

darkhorse13on An engineer's brutally honest pitch for his Typeform alternative

Why don't every good dev team roll out their own authentications?

darkhorse13on An engineer's brutally honest pitch for his Typeform alternative

Forms are deceptively complex. A lot goes into a really good, solid, well-tested form builder/generator.

Multi-steps, logic jumps, data-binding, tons of different form fields, localization, good design and UX, etc.