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New ask Hacker News story: GPT 5.4 in practice – Stinks?

GPT 5.4 in practice – Stinks? 2 by sjt-at-rev | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Digital Ocean blocked my account

Digital Ocean blocked my account 3 by ugly_munchkin | 3 comments on Hacker News. Digital Ocean blocked my account. They said my "deployment and actions were in violation of our Terms of Service" which is remarkable because all I did was create a single droplet and run a basic setup script on it. The next day — blocked, shut down, deleted. No warning, no explanation, no appeal. Their Terms of Service allows them to delete your servers, your data, everything — at any time, for any reason, including none at all. The tiniest perceived risk to them outweighs any amount of loss to you. They won't tell you what you did wrong. They won't give you time to retrieve your data. They just delete everything and wish you well finding another provider. Here is their response when I asked for an explanation: Hello, Greetings from DigitalOcean! Thanks for reaching out, my name is Raveel from DigitalOcean Support. We reviewed the information you have shared with us so far and we have...

New ask Hacker News story: Skunk: a Rust based language that compiles to Go

Skunk: a Rust based language that compiles to Go 2 by stickynotememo | 1 comments on Hacker News. There isn't really. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was. Rust is Rust. Go is Go. These sorts of languages aren't necessary. Please use your Claude tokens for something else.

New ask Hacker News story: Claude Code limits are starting to feel like a psychological trick

Claude Code limits are starting to feel like a psychological trick 2 by trinsic2 | 3 comments on Hacker News. I signed up for the Claude Code Pro Subscription about a month ago. and I have been really careful about my limits because I burned through them pretty easily about two weeks ago, but this week Im already at 10% and have been barley using it.. Since there is no transparency around the metric for these limits they could easily change the metric and it wouldn't be easy to measure it. I'm thinking about canceling my sub because there is no clear way for me to understand this metric but wanted to see what others thought about this.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder?

Ask HN: How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder? 4 by lazarkap | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've shipped multiple products over the past few years. Every single one followed the same pattern: build, post, get 12 likes from friends, a bit of organic traction, then nothing. Back to coding a new thing. I know I need marketing help but giving equity to someone I met online feels like a huge risk. At the same time hiring a paid marketer when you have zero revenue feels just as scary. And I'm not dancing on TikTok, that's for sure. Have any of you actually taken on a marketing co-founder? What made you say yes to that person specifically? Was it their track record, the way they pitched, a trial period first?

New ask Hacker News story: Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different

Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different 5 by tinchox6 | 0 comments on Hacker News. There are essentially two established ways to use zooming in web interfaces today. They serve different purposes and make different tradeoffs. I built a third one, so I'll try to be fair about what each does well and where it falls short. * Prezi Prezi pioneered the zooming canvas for presentations and remains the market leader in that space. It recently added AI-powered generation and text editing tools. It's a polished product with real traction. But Prezi is a closed platform, not a library. You can't use its zoom engine in your own app. Pricing starts at $15/month for meaningful features, and exporting to PowerPoint flattens all zoom effects into static slides. A recurring complaint from users is that the zooming and panning transitions cause motion sickness. And fundamentally, Prezi uses zoom as a storytelling device between pre-arranged frames. It...