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mrwww··on Zod 4
Defining schemas in zod and using z.infer<> to get my types is just lovely, thank you!
mrwww··on Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code
How does it compare to playwright mcp?
mrwww··on Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news
Super cool that you've got Dutch as well! I make https://hetnederlands.com, would be happy to do a link exchange or something like that. Feel free to get in touch lars@hetnederlands.com
mrwww··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
https://skoterbanken.se/ a snowmobiles database and index.
mrwww··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
I'm working on a Dutch dictionary for immersion learning; https://hetnederlands.com. Structured outputs combined with react router renders a chain of thought on demand. With most "learners dictionaries", you're limited to the basic words. This enables getting a perfectly laid out learners dictionary explanation of any word in the entire language.
mrwww··on An update on Mozilla's terms of use for Firefox
Safari it is.
mrwww··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
A snowmobile platform that aggregates all different snowmobile models and their info https://skoterbanken.se
mrwww··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
A learners dictionary for Dutch https://hetnederlands.com

Learn Dutch through immersion, look up any word and get lots of examples in very simple Dutch.

Just having a lot of fun playing around with LLMs and language learning basically.

mrwww··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025)
SEEKING WORK | Amsterdam, London or Stockholm | Senior Full Stack Product Engineer

Remote/Hybrid: Yes

React Router Framework / Remix, Supabase, Deno, Node, TypeScript, Python, Fly.io, CI/CD, Testing

linkedin.com/in/larswo

Hi! I can help you launch a great product fast! I have 10+ years of full stack experience, working in elite product teams for reputable companies. I take a product-engineering approach, able to iterate to great UX and find engineering solutions that works for users and business.

I can work on-site in cities above and hybrid anywhere else.

lars@productworks.nl

mrwww··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2025)
SEEKING WORK | Amsterdam, London or Stockholm for on-site | Or remote

- - - - - What

Digital product & service design, full stack engineering and search optimization. Find product market fit.

- - - - - Who

Experienced product engineer who can build your idea end 2 end. 6 years experience working for clients ranging from startup to fortune 500.

- - - - - How

Docker based deployments, TypeScript & Python are main ecosystems. Next.js/Remix react, mobile-first frontend and PWA in app-stores. AWS, Fly.io and Supabase.

I have recently started freelancing. Looking for 2-3 clients whom i can support ad-hoc or fixed terms over the long-term.

lars@productworks.nl https://productworks.nl

:)

mrwww··on Show HN: I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch
just pure o4 mini in a sequence of prompts. I haven't done any fine-tuning or involved any dict api (yet), but the accuracy/quality can definitely be improved from there.

For dutch, I would use something like van dale or woordenlijst (het groene boekje), both have free online versions.

mrwww··on I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch
..videoland ;)
mrwww··on I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch
I love this idea!! I'm working on Dutch learning as well and made a learners immersion dictionary for it;

So going by the screenshot in the readme where you have vaststellen; https://hetnederlands.com/dictionary/vaststellen

The things you can do with language learning and LLMs is just incredible :)

mrwww··on The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
The "eager junior" takes 1-2 days to come back with the solution, AI takes 3-4 seconds.
mrwww··on Advent of Code 2024
No, I want it to be great, and if it takes over lives, then surely it must be great.
mrwww··on Advent of Code 2024
this comment actually prompted me to finally download and install the factorio demo, been hearing so many things about how it takes over lives! :)
mrwww··on Show HN: Wealthfolio: Private, open-source investment tracker
So what happens when I buy more of a stock? I need to go update my wealthfolio right?

How does it do with pension accounts, mutual funds and various other things that may be difficult to add using a major exchange ticker?

mrwww··on Is My Blue Your Blue?
where is the "its teal" button?
mrwww··on Founder Mode
I have done the building in quite a few of these.

Often what happens is that the engineering that made it a cool demo in the beginning, is pushed aside, and once funding and a variety of product managers and sales people start chiming in, users and genuine value proposition is forgotten in favor of things that sound huge for the business, in theory. Not seen it materialize in practice yet.

mrwww··on Chrome is entrenching third-party cookies that will mislead users
Firefox for mac and firefox focus for iOS is great.
mrwww··on What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained
And of course they have a new version where they are constantly asking you to store credit cards and addresses, unless you dig deep into the settings to disable those constant prompts.
mrwww··on 'Big Short' investor says white-collar jobs bubble is 'bursting'
There was a movie etc, and people know his name, and how hw knew about the crash, when nobody else did. So it attracts clicks because people want to know this time. Bloggers/journalists are interested in clicks.
mrwww··on Every Fucking Bootstrap Website Ever (2019)
* UNDER CONSTRUCTION * 2022 edition!
mrwww··on Launch HN: Payload (YC S22) – Headless CMS for Developers
Looks great! I've been looking to avoid rolling my own admin for my hobby project, which is mongo based, and very much driven on certain db schemas and collections. Adding CRUD and simple admin views to the mongodb will go a really long way, and the flex to throw in some react sounds great. Glad i found this!
mrwww··on I hate what video games have become
I played apex legends for free for nearly a year before buying any silly cosmetics. Granted, now that i do i am hooked and have overall paid more than if i had paid 60 for apex to begin with, but i think its a good volontary subscription model. And since there isn't any pay to win aspect, i'm totally fine with this business model.
mrwww··on Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?
An intense psilocybin trip took me to the peak of it, I accepted it, and was then shown the other side, and how completely ridiculous it is. Once shown the path it still took me some time to walk it, but gradually in the 2 years that followed it faded.

I'm not saying the solution is psilocybin. I'm saying that the solution (for me anyway) is to put yourself in a position where you experience tons of social anxiety, and accepting that you are anxious, and not try and fight it, and feel it for what it is. An alternative could be public speaking training, like Toastmasters. If you keep going every week, you are destined to improve.

mrwww··on Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that can automate any website
YES! I have been wanting a solution to automate some of my simpler web-scraping needs, that also need an element of human control. Thank you for making it so i didnt have to :) Cant wait to try it out
mrwww··on Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less
the very idea that you can be sued for making a tool to help people automate their computer use is such bs. Isn't computers kinda about helping people simplify and automate things to begin with?
mrwww··on Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar over Instagram’s Effect on Teens
Now would be a great time for facebook employees to leak everything.
mrwww··on Reddit raises $410M in new funding
trinkets to natives is a great way to clarify whats going on
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