Stories by ianberdin

Show HN: I've built the best online Python Compiler

Show HN: I've built the best Python Playground

Show HN: I've built a best JSON formatter app

Show HN: 3 yrs later, my JS sandbox has 11M users and an AI agent

Opus 4.5 is 2x cheaper and 2x better relative to Sonnet in reality. A quick demo

Show HN: Boing #2

Show HN: I built a browser-based Cursor alternative as a solo dev

Show HN: I've built a Cursor alternative in browser. AI Coding Agent.

Zig is so cool, C is cooler, but JavaScript everywhere

I spent $1,800/month on Cursor for a year to rewrite playcode.io from scratch

Vite + Rolldown. 78 seconds to 3.5 seconds build time reduction!

Flow state is the best pleasure in life. How to keep it sustainable?

I need two addictions, not one to fight burnout

I've spent 4 months and $800/mo AI bill on Cursor, Claude Code. Later is better?

I've spent 4 months with $800/mo AI bill on Cursor, Claude Code

Never update to the beta version of iOS. It's a damn nightmare

Why I Refer to Myself as "We"

I've been fighting with burnout for 18 years

Sounds weird, but how to stop working?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): When Every Task Feels Like a Threat