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SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Visuals and animations look polished
From 3 comments
Are these animated visualizations in the sky-explainer all original? If so, I am blown away by the visual consistency and meaningfulness of these throughout the article.
webcoon on HNThe Fourier transform one is really cool. I loved the 5x oscilloscopes builder and the "draw your own wave" widget. Also, seeing the correlation coefficients of the 3Hz + 7Hz…
Otterly99 on HNLooking great, how did you standardized animations / canvas work? Did AI help?
coulix on HN
Audio widgets and Fourier interactives work well
From 2 comments
The Fourier transform audio examples fooled me. The example sounds and slider for them appeared consistent as far as I could tell... but then again I don't know much about…
kelseydh on HNThe Fourier transform one is really cool. I loved the 5x oscilloscopes builder and the "draw your own wave" widget. Also, seeing the correlation coefficients of the 3Hz + 7Hz…
Otterly99 on HN
Objections
Some facts are wrong, e.g. king-queen analogy fails in reverse
From 2 comments
Kinda funny, because on the surface it looks really pretty, but if you dig a little deeper the flaws emerge. For example in the llm explainer section 3: king - man + woman =…
datguyfromAT on HNPretty much, Ive tried the other examples and none of them work
syl5x on HN
Accuracy of generated text is hard to trust without checking
From 3 comments
There was a discussion yesterday that LLM generated “Show HN” posts should be moved to another thread :) Nevertheless, it looks nice but I can’t be sure that texts are correct.…
sixtyj on HNAre they accurate? How do you verify?
verdverm on HNOne-shot - how did you review that the output is accurate?
chinathrow on HN
Requests
Share prompts or md files
From 1 comment
Please share prompts or md files so we can generate more!
yu3zhou4 on HN
Link to primary sources like arXiv instead of generated citations
From 1 comment
There was a discussion yesterday that LLM generated “Show HN” posts should be moved to another thread :) Nevertheless, it looks nice but I can’t be sure that texts are correct.…
sixtyj on HN
Questions
How were the outputs verified for accuracy
From 2 comments
Are they accurate? How do you verify?
verdverm on HNOne-shot - how did you review that the output is accurate?
chinathrow on HN
How does calling Codex from Claude Code work
From 1 comment
> Asking CC to verify its plan via codex How does this work? You tell it to call `codex exec`?
energy123 on HN
Alternatives named
jezzamon.com Fourier explainer
From 1 comment
If you liked that explanation of Fourier transforms, you'll probably like this one: https://www.jezzamon.com/fourier/index.html
rstuart4133 on HN
explainextended.com
From 1 comment
For the LLM explainer, did you point Claude at this one? https://explainextended.com/2023/12/31/happy-new-year-15/ This page Claude assisted page rhymes with that one. Sorta.
rstuart4133 on HN