calebm's comments

On: iPhone 17e

[calebm]

I've still got my 12 mini. Just got a new battery replacement too. Back in my day, phones were cooler if they were smaller.

[randusername → calebm]

My iPhone 12 mini is hobbling along. A few rare apps are not usable because UI is clipped, the battery is throttling and making it sluggish, and it overheats all the time as a GPS.

Many mobile websites are unusable.

But I love the form factor and I'm going to keep it going as long as it is reasonably secure.

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I just eBay'd a 12 mini after my camera started getting blurry. There isn't a viable flagship replacement.

[g_delgado14 → calebm]

curious, did changing the battery make the phone faster under the latest OS?

If find that after the upgrade to the latest iOS my 13 mini has been struggling with framerate and just overall feeling laggy.

[euroderf → g_delgado14]

Liquid Glass has totally screwed up my 13 mini. Needing frequent soft reboots.

On: Launch HN: Cardboard (YC W26) – Agentic video editor

[calebm]

This seems like a great idea. Tools like video editors (and CAD) often impose a big learning curve - there is a big differential between "I want to do X" and actually knowing all the right buttons to press to do X. Good luck.

[sxmawl → calebm]

appreciate your support!

On: Gwtar: A static efficient single-file HTML format

[calebm]

Very cool idea. I think single-file HTML web apps are the most durable form of computer software. A few examples of Single-File Web Apps that I wrote are: https://fuzzygraph.com and https://hypervault.github.io/.

On: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)

[calebm]

Small lenticular holograms of math equations: https://gods.art/store.html

On: LLMs could be, but shouldn't be compilers

[calebm]

My biggest AI win so far was using ChatGPT as a transpiler to convert from vanilla JS code to GLSL. It took 7 prompts and about 1.5 hours, but without the AI, I would have been thrilled to have completed the project in a week.

On: The Codex App

[calebm]

Thanks for asking this - I had the same question.

On: Kiki – Accountability monster for people who are easily distracted

[calebm]

For those unfamiliar, the name is based on the Kiki/Bouba effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect

[reconnecting → calebm]

This must be about Kiki and Jiji by Miyazaki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service

On: Ask HN: Share your personal website

[calebm]

http://gods.art

On: Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)

[calebm]

https://fuzzygraph.com - aspires to be the most beautiful equation graphing app

On: Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20

[calebm]

It's interesting to consider that the same phenomenon may also hold true for humanity's psychological software.