@fortsignal1 · X

hackitup7 · HN

TLDR built a Chrome site blocker that lets you into distracting sites only after you do some math or simple coding (JS only right now). Direct link to extension (the site just gives you more context): https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sphinx-earn-your-di... Philosophically it's a speed bump rather than a hard gate, because you'll eventually tear a gate down but you'll leave a speed bump. I've always eventually removed site blockers, or just had them become a nuisance that I reflexively dismiss before getting to distracting sites. Site blockers don't really reduce the "start navigating to a distracting site" muscle memory, and they eventually just become annoying. Dopamine is a hell of a drug. At the same time, I've been getting frustrated that my intermediate/advanced math skills have atrophied, and becoming more senior in my career (plus AI...) has caused my coding skills to atrophy even further. Realistically I'm not going to force myself to do math or coding exercises aft

@iASHeeesh · X

fran-mora · HN

I gave 5 AI coding agents one prompt: grow a banana plant through its whole life in three.js: sprout, leaves, flower, fruit, rot, then pups that restart the loop. It's deceptively simple and yet very hard to get right from procedural code: you have to write working three.js and understand how the plant is actually built; how it hangs, ages and decays. Get the biology wrong and the code renders something weird. These are agents, not bare models (Claude Code and Codex for now). They can use tools, including playwright to check their work and improve it.

@zuess05 · X

Shipped some banger updates to