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findthebugon Show HN: I built a new version of my fun spatial 3D online meeting app

i call this the end game of social media

Sold my xbox and going back to ps5.

findthebugon Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation

stories like this is the only reason why i still on pen. traveling a lot and all i bring with me are 6 pens, 3 pack dexcom, blood strips and a ton of needles. but yeah feel with you!

findthebugon OpenAI – How to delete your account

all what i hear is mimimimi...

guys big tech is playing this game for decades now. what changed? they selling private data, manipulating society, turning children in doom scrolling addicts. facebook, google and others doing this for years an no one cares. i deleted fb and whatsup years ago, 99% of my friends and fam still using it until today.

as long as they can flip some dollars nothing will change and 99% will not delete anything because of 99% are to lazy and give a shit.

findthebugon Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)

https://diabetes-diary-plus.com

It's about diabetes management. website is done wirh kirby cms.

findthebugon The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

did downgrade because of stuff like this. never look back.

findthebugon Start your meetings at 5 minutes past

this rule makes all worse sorry. our PO/BE tries to do this but no one cares anymore. why not just start/end at a given time? meeting starts at 9, be there, it ends at 10, rage quit.

findthebugon Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?

I want to develop another game and release it on Switch or Steam. It used to be a hobby...

findthebugon Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

love this!

findthebugon ChatGPT terms disallow its use in providing legal and medical advice to others

Maybe also disallow vibe coding because then i do not need to fix all this slop code in our company :-))

findthebugon How to turn liquid glass into a solid interface

The Glass UI distracts me a lot, especially on Mac. Too many buttons, too much roundness... When I switch back to the old UI later, it feels so much better and more structured. I hope Apple has taken all this criticism on board. I submitted at least 4 Feature requests...

findthebugon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)

Diabetes T1D Tracker.

https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/diabetes-tagebuch-plus/id16622...

findthebugon Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)

Working still on Diabetes Diary Plus. Simple Diabetes Tracker. Did my own app because all other sucks.

https://diabetes-diary-plus.com

https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/diabetes-tagebuch-plus/id16622...

findthebugon WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

install signal, donate €2.99, done. don't understand so many still stick to this messanger.

findthebugon Turning my ESP32 into a DNS sinkhole to fight doomscrolling

There is a setting in YT to disable shorts.

findthebugon Ball: A ball that lives in your dock