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news.ycombinator.com 7mo ago

Tell HN: The Gospel According to forever list

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news.ycombinator.com 7mo ago

Ask HN: Is Next.js the New WordPress?

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news.ycombinator.com 1y ago

Ask HN: How to unit test AI responses?

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: Do you get a déjà vu after long programming sessions?

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

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jQuery 4 6 months ago

For us that started doing web apps as soon as the web was invented, JQ was a miracle.

Thanks guys!

Compliance. If you wanna sell your SAAS to big corpo, their compliance teams will feel you know what you're doing if they read AWS or Cloudflare on your architecture, even if you do not quite know what you're doing.

The AI coding trap 10 months ago

Not in my experience. I still spend much of the time thinking before prompting. Then I spend time reviewing the AI written code before using it. Does not feel like a trap. It mostly feels like having a super experienced pair programmer. I may be using it differently than others since I do not have it integrated to my IDE. I use it like I used google + stackoverflow before it.

I'd bet she was probably scrolling through the endless stream of fear (war, poverty, crime), guilt (diets, fitness, beauty), and shallowness (jokes, celebrities). In those moments with loved ones, I choose to engage, explain what's happening, and make them aware of how it's making them feel. Then I guide them toward alternatives. We play, we cook, we read, we plant, we dance.

It isn't entirely our fault. It's deliberately made and constantly adjusted to be addictive, for the sole purpose of selling ads, swaying votes, counting more MAUs, and increasing valuations.

Still, knowing something is bad for you isn't enough to make you stop, right? Yet, once you are out, you can choose to help others, especially the ones you care about.

Let them be rich. Stoicism would recommend you not try to control what isn't in your hands to control; just accept it. Can you imagine that centuries ago, the same rules of class, power, and money drove society, and some very smart philosophers came to the right conclusions? Let it be. Meanwhile, those hands, freed from frustration and fear, can build the extraordinary.

It's been many years without social networks for me. At gatherings, I'm often the only one without a phone in my hand, and it feels strange. Eventually, the "phoners" make eye contact and chat a bit, usually about something they all saw on a screen. But it never lasts. They always go back to the screen. It seems silence and quiet time make them uncomfortable. Even in a formal business meeting, screens are open, and attention is lost.

Will decentralized social networks fix this plague? I don't think so. The only thing that works is disconnecting. Just a few weeks into it, you'll realize you have so much free time. Time for hobbies, time for loved ones, time for finding peace and joy, time for creating and sharing. You will regret the thousands of hours wasted on that useless addiction. A few months in, you'll hear the birds singing again. You'll notice the evening skies. You'll find comfort and joy. The time you get back will help you build incredible things.

Did I read Firebase? I assume you stayed on the free side? Or your attackers were mean enough to have you wake up to a five figure bill?

The value is in keeping the code running. Unless you are doing something very complex from scratch, you are mostly writing code for hire or for your startup. Nowadays, that code does not really take that long to develop. You will be wrapping, mixing, and orchestrating several paid, free, and OSS APIs and frameworks to work together with your solution to the problem. This will take six to eighteen months to complete. Then the value starts. That code is making you or someone else money. If you stop efficiently and correctly managing the code, someone loses money.

Right on point. The same principle applies when deciding whether to use a framework or not. Coders often marvel at the speed with which they can build something using a framework they don’t fully understand. However, a true programmer seeks to know and comprehend what’s happening under the hood.

With 25 years of experience in software development, I’ve noticed that long coding sessions leave me feeling more fatigued than they used to. However, I’ve also become significantly more productive, as I spend far less time grappling with problems I’ve already solved. I’ve only just begun to explore AI-assisted coding, so that isn’t what’s driving my efficiency. Is it reasonable to assume that the natural decline in cognitive performance over time is offset by the gains in experience and expertise?

Restaurants serve the same menues and food taste the same

Music sounds the same

Clothes look the same

News outlets show/promote the same

Social apps have the same features

Movies are sequels, prequels, spinoffs of the same

Yeah, creativity is long dead