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We are welcoming our first child into the world soon and appreciate any advice, recommendations, etc. In particular given this is HN, any tech things to think about? We’re getting rid of the TV. Just this morning I was…

All businesses run on Quickbooks. And so the company keeps massively raising its prices each renewal cycle even though functionally nothing has changed. I am tired of this and looking to move to another provider. I am…

What do you care about these days? The world feels so misaligned directionally and work is all in service of some esoteric AI that just strips the beauty from various crafts. What are you finding joy and purpose in for…

What is your prediction for the SpaceX IPO? I’m not asking for flame bait or arguing, just your predictions based on some thoughtful reasoning. There’s a lot of noise and hype and complaints but this is specifically for…

Hi HN, I am having AI build me a local Gin Rummy trainer and it cannot figure out medium and hard bot strategies, they keep losing to easy! The point of this is to help me learn so I don't really know how to advise it…

I want to get into classic games that I can improve over time and play people worldwide. So far I have chess, go, black jack, scrabble, backgammon. Does anyone have any other game recommendations or specific iPhone /…

How do you decide a model is good enough for a given task? Right now I use Opus for planning and harder tasks and switch to sonnet for more defined tasks. But I feel like sonnet is kind of stupid and is introducing…

I am really struggling to find fun iPhone games that aren’t full of spam, casino tricks, concerning network calls, etc. that I can keep around for the long term. The only 4 I currently have: Strategery, chess,…

Tried to update this morning and I’m bricked. Did anyone else run into issues with Tahoe 26.3 install?

Hi everyone, I have a personal website made with 11ty that I push to Cloudflare. I set it up this way since it was super simple and free. A few pages of text. I am planning to build it out a bit and add things like a…

I feel chained to my big monitor and want to use my laptop at places besides my desk but I can never get real work done without the monitor. I have a 13 inch MacBook and love it. The 15 inch feels bulky and doesn’t add…

Hello I am hoping someone has tricks to help Outlook calendar sync on Apple calendar / devices. My calendar constantly falls out of sync. Only solution I’ve found is totally deleting the account and restarting and…

I did a search for crypto on HN but it's mostly reporting on scams and thefts, which sure I get, but I would love to chat with people on what is getting them excited right now in crypto. E.g. what do people think of…

Is anyone aware of a tool to quickly review LinkedIn requests to determine which are worth immediately throwing out and which are worth accepting or reviewing further? The only tools I can find are for outbounds to…

Hello HN, Like many, I am very upset with the current political situation in the US. As a tech person, I would like to use my skills to help protect our country, but immigrants and public lands in particular, as those…

I have been trying to get covered out of pocket claims resolved for almost 6 months now but every time I call there is some issue that results in another 30 days of review. My doctor and I have both submitted the…