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isaachinman

89 karma · joined July 22, 2018

Me: https://isaachinman.com

Currently building: https://marcoapp.io

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isaachinman··on Sites in ChatGPT
Indeed. What a horrible way to treat colleagues or friends.
isaachinman··on Agents don't need memory, they need documentation
Yes, they do. Feel free to give it a try. Not shilling or trying to promote anything. Just sharing what has been a huge boost for my productivity.
isaachinman··on Agents don't need memory, they need documentation
I wrote this, after many iterations consulting for various companies. Documentation is queryable in single digit ms, append only log, etc. Has worked exceptionally well for my projects

https://github.com/isaachinman/encephalon

isaachinman··on Tell HN: Codex Is Down [fixed]
Do you have proof of this?
isaachinman··on Our GitHub Actions bill kept climbing, so we moved CI to one box
Shame this is AWS specific and not just a Docker image
isaachinman··on Vidact – a compiler that turns React into direct DOM operations
Interesting project. Direct Tanstack integration would convince me to give it a go. No users are going to swap over to your bespoke routing API
isaachinman··on OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)
What level of reasoning do you run Luna at?
isaachinman··on I'd not buy a LG monitor
Dell ultrawide is the way to go!
isaachinman··on The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade
iPhone 15 Pro is a reasonable size, in my opinion. Still large compared to years past.
isaachinman··on Modern email can be built from borrowed parts
Will fast track these requests on Marco.
isaachinman··on Modern email can be built from borrowed parts
Can you provide more feedback? What do you hate so much about current GUIs? (Working in this exact space)
isaachinman··on Modern email can be built from borrowed parts
Working in this exact space with marcoapp.io

We all deserve better, even self-hosted IMAP servers

isaachinman··on Show HN: The0 – self-hosted runtime for trading bots, bring your own language
Not asking for any specific strategies, but what exchanges are you using, and what is your P&L?
isaachinman··on Scriptc by Vercel: TypeScript-to-Native compiler, no JavaScript engine in binary
This is a really important question. If true, it could end a lot of Electron wastefulness.
isaachinman··on Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)
What the hell?

Make your website static and host it on a CDN. There's nothing expensive or thankless about it.

Stop over engineering.

isaachinman··on GPT-5.6
Noticed this as well. You have to go into keyboard shortcuts and set it manually.
isaachinman··on Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?
How is a static blog being scraped a problem? Do you not use a CDN?
isaachinman··on Help Keep Thunderbird Alive
What features do you think it lacks? I'm not talking about AI slop. Surely it's IMAP feature complete.
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Yes, we have an annual price of $40.
isaachinman··on Help Keep Thunderbird Alive
Sorry, isn't Thunderbird meant to be "true FOSS" and essentially feature complete?
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Great feature request. Will put it on the roadmap immediately.
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Not intentional! Thank you for pointing that out. I'll get a fallback in place within the next 24 hours.
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Fair enough, I've recently had similar thoughts about pricing. Will adjust soon. Please (extended to anyone reading this) ping me directly for a few months free.
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Yes, absolutely. If it would give users more confidence, I'd be happy to.
isaachinman··on Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi
Yes, Marco does this (disclaimer, I'm the solo founder):

https://marcoapp.io

Contacts populate alongside email threads in search results. If you click on a contact, it will take you to a dedicated contact screen with every thread you've ever had with that contact, as well as every attachment they've ever sent you.

isaachinman··on Show HN: Marco, a privacy-first, offline-first email client (IMAP-native, no AI)
Cool project! IMAP can truly be a pain in the ass.
isaachinman··on Show HN: Marco, a privacy-first, offline-first email client (IMAP-native, no AI)
We may add a "bring your own API key" approach to AI features in the future, but yeah for now there are plenty of other competitors in the "automatically generate an email draft" space.

I simply just set out to build the most robust (and indeed offline-first) foundation I could. Privacy is paramount for me and I don't want my emails piped to OpenAI.

isaachinman··on Show HN: Marco, a privacy-first, offline-first email client (IMAP-native, no AI)
Thanks!
isaachinman··on Show HN: Marco, a privacy-first, offline-first email client (IMAP-native, no AI)
Yes, it was audited as per Google CASA (Cloud Application Security Assessment). This is an annual requirement.

The email scope is essentially the most restricted OAuth scope Google has, so the audit is pretty intense.

isaachinman··on They’re vibe-coding spam now
It's very sad indeed that email ever allowed HTML. The world would be a better place if email was only plaintext
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