jackzhuo

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by jackzhuo 3mo ago
maybe add your age before commenting this post. :)
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by jackzhuo 3mo ago
most Chinese models are now open-source, whereas ppenai, claude, and gemini are closed; for example, deepdeek, the release of its every new model is accompanied by a corresponding research paper, and it now fully supports huawei's new
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by jackzhuo 3mo ago
I had stopped using Cursor since July 2025, because of its mess pricing policy. Now I use codex & claude code & antigravity, and can not return to using Cursor.
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by jackzhuo 4mo ago
100% this. I used to default to Postgres for everything. But seeing SQLite handle concurrency so well now—plus having built-in BM25 search and vector support—it really is all you need for these kinds of architecture.
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by jackzhuo 4mo ago
Same experience here. I now think AI writes much better code than me. So I shifted my focus to finding requirements, analyzing possibilities, and making good plans.
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by jackzhuo 4mo ago
Absolutely! Excel is the ultimate business system because it’s a database that anyone can actually use. Excel is the best because it gives people the power to manage data without needing to be an expert.
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by jackzhuo 4mo ago
I still use TypeScript because I know it best. When AI makes a mistake, I can find the bug much faster. For me, the speed of writing code doesn't matter as much as the speed of fixing it.
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
I think this works well if you’re already a practitioner in a domain and have repeated exposure to its problems. For many indie developers, though, that assumption doesn’t always hold. We’re often not domain experts, and starting purely fro
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
This describes my situation almost exactly, and it’s what triggered my reflection. I built a “product” starting from keywords, but then realized I didn’t actually know where the users were, or how to talk to them. There was no obvious place
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
That resonates a lot with my experience. I’ve found that discovering keywords is rarely the beginning of understanding a need. Knowing where people with that need actually are — and how they talk about the problem — seems much more importan
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Ask HN: How do you discover real user needs without relying on keyword tools?
2 points by jackzhuo 8mo ago|6 comments
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
That quote—'When divination succeeds, credit the universe; when it fails, forgive the interpreter'—is absolute gold. I might have to put that on the website footer!
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
That 'hybrid' workflow (Physical Coins + Digital Lookup) is exactly what I had in mind for my 'Direct Interpret' mode. I actually already have this live at: https://castiching.com/interpret You can skip
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
Funny you mention that—visual automation was actually in my original roadmap! I held off on building it because I personally really cherish the manual process. The physical effort (even the clicking) helps me settle into the reading. But I
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
Love the coin approach for field readings! regarding a 'second pocket' version: You absolutely have to check out Bradford Hatcher ( https://hermetica.info/ ). He is actually the biggest inspiration behind my develop
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
That 'underwhelmed' feeling is exactly what I was trying to avoid! It makes sense that the character matching worked well—AI is incredible at pattern matching your past data/context. But Divination (Tarot/I Ching) requir
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
OP here. I built this project because I am fascinated by the Yarrow Stalk method—a process that is complex and full of ritual. While most apps are just "click and get answer," my implementation requires the user to click over 100
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I removed AI from my I Ching app(castiching.com)
4 points by jackzhuo 8mo ago|14 comments
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by jackzhuo 8mo ago
Hi HN, I am an indie dev and I built this tool to scratch my own itch. I spent a lot of time trying to replicate styles I saw on X (Twitter), but I realized that simply copying prompts doesn't work anymore. The problem is that every AI
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Show HN: Reverse-engineering images into model-specific syntax(MJ,Nano,Flux,SD)(promptslab.app)
2 points by jackzhuo 8mo ago|1 comments
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
I started indie hacking 6 months ago. Thanks to AI tools, coding is now the easy part. I can build full-stack apps faster than ever. But I hit a wall. I realized my problem isn't engineering anymore. It is finding users. For 2026, I wa
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Merry Christmas! This is a beautiful message, thank you for posting it.
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Hi HN, I built this because I wanted a simple tool to overlay grids on reference photos for drawing, but most top search results were either ad-ridden or required uploading images to a server. GridMakers is different: Privacy-First: It uses
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Show HN: GridMakers – A privacy-first grid tool for artists(runs locally,no ads)(gridmakers.app)
1 points by jackzhuo 9mo ago|1 comments
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Always happy to meet a fellow developer in this niche! I checked out your site—having the full index on a single page is actually super handy for quick referencing. And I totally relate to the 'Vanilla JS vs Framework' struggle. I
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Thanks for sharing neoching.com! It is really cool to see how different developers interpret the same ancient text. I noticed your approach is very direct and efficient with the results. Keep going!
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
This is a profound question, and looking at your specific moving lines (Lines 2 and 4), the answer is almost startlingly precise. It’s rare, but both of your moving lines start with the exact same verdict: 'One cannot engage in conflic
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Let me reverse engineer the stack trace: You were likely asking: 'Why is this code throwing an error and fighting me?' The transition from Conflict (fighting the code) to Contemplation (Observing/Viewing) suggests the solutio
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
LOL, I completely missed that pun!
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by jackzhuo 9mo ago
Point taken. I'll keep the water clear. Sticking to the Wilhelm/Baynes text.

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