okcdz's comments

On: 2028: Two scenarios for global AI leadership

[okcdz]

This is just Anthropic doing what Anthropic does best: Manufacturing anxiety to push their agender.

Remember when they said AI would eliminate some absurd percentage jobs? Same trick, different topic.

These kind of scare tactics work for a while, but people do catch on eventually.

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

[okcdz]

I've been working on DeskTalk(https://www.desktalk.ai/), an AI-native desktop environment that runs in the browser.

The idea is pretty simple: I want an OS where people can just describe the app they want, have AI build it on the spot, keep tweaking it in real time, and also use AI to operate the whole thing. Not just chat with an assistant sitting off to the side, but actually let the assistant create apps, edit them in place, manage windows, and help you get work done.

So instead of installing a bunch of software up front, you can say “build me a tracker” or “make this app simpler” and the system just does it. If something feels off, you tell it what to change and it updates live.

Still early, but that’s the direction I’m excited about: software that feels less fixed and more malleable.

On: Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web

[okcdz]

I think WASM's real problem is language fragmentation. For 3D apps, C++ makes sense. But Go and other GC languages don't perform well on WASM - they implemented their own GC anyway. And honestly, I don't see the advantage of writing web apps in Rust over JS. The ecosystem, tooling, and debugging are all better with JS.

On: Solid-notion: The open-source CLI that turns Notion into a Git-like workflow

[okcdz]

A CLI that turns Notion into a Git-like workflow. Pull. Edit. Submit. Restore. Every change is revertable, observable, and auditable. Built for AI agents who need to touch your Notion without breaking things.

On: Quill Next: community-driven. The next evolution of Quill

[okcdz]

Quill's a fantastic project and widely used, but it's unfortunately been unmaintained for a while. That's where Quill Next comes in! This is a community-driven fork that we've been actively developing and refining.

We believe it's time for Quill to evolve, and we've put a lot of work into making that happen. Give Quill Next a try and let us know what you think—we're eager for your feedback!

On: NPM stylus package contained malicious code and was removed from the registry

[okcdz]

It seems this doesn't work. The package is empty, it can't function. It makes the world stop, which is terrible!

On: Sapphire: Rust based package manager for macOS

[okcdz]

Sounds good. But what are the advantages of implementing a package manager in Rust? I'd think languages with dynamic features would be more extensible and easier to iterate on.

On: Show HN: Handwriter.ttf – Handwriting Synthesis with Harfbuzz WASM

[okcdz]

If you just want to run locally. Why not using the native libharfbuzz directly? What's the purpose of WASM here?

[0x457 → okcdz]

Font includes WASM code that harfbuzz executes for shaping: https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/main/docs/wasm-sha...

It's an experimental feature, so it's not available unless explicitly enabled during compilation.

[bawolff → okcdz]

WASM is to libharfbuzz (when experimental compile time option is enabled) what javascript is to HTML.

So this is essentially native (albeit experimental) libharfbuzz. WASM is used because its how font files are scripted (when using this experimental version of lubharfbuzz)

Its important to keep in mind that wasm is a general technology and is not just used by web browsers.

On: Movable tree CRDTs and Loro's implementation

[okcdz]

There is a 3D modelling tool called Spline supports multiplayer editing. I suppose it's using OT

On: Top 1,000 Computer Languages

[okcdz]

I am surprised that there are still a lot of people using Perl. And I don't know why JSON an XML are listed in the ranking~