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hugodan··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
Do not assume I haven't read.
hugodan··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
I regret not going with bash or even sh when I had the chance. Nothing beats that for ubiquity and getting shit done.

Go is behind, specifically, you have no guarantees that a given machine has Go installed, and doing stuff like gluing commands together, inspecting some files, pipe output around, or automate the boring thing in 30 seconds.

Sure Go beats bash or sh when the thing you are doing starts to become real software, but that is a problem that sits between the chair and the keyboard.

hugodan··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
the Go runtime comes along for the ride when producing a wasm file, if you are interested in "minimal" (as in small or without extra cruft) then languages that do not require such a thing might be more adequate
hugodan··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
So you are using Go with LLMs for the objective and destination of token consumption for token consumption sake?

what would be the purpose then?

hugodan··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
Who cares? Languages are tools, LLMs are tools. Use the ones more appropriate for what you are trying to do.

Is Go better than CSS if you are doing web layouts? Is it better than zig if you are outputting minimal wasm deliverables? Is it better than swift if you are doing iOS specific development? Is it better than bash for OS scripting?

Think about what you are doing and choose appropriately. This was true before LLMs.

Are you having fun? Chose LISP then

hugodan··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
I am looking into ways to make UIs in the AI age, where text is their natural substract
hugodan··on The Hacker's Renaissance (2025)
Here is an exercise, find one character usage that the original didn't have and that this new one is littered with...
hugodan··on That post never existed. Stop listening to that thing
No, its this: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2013/05/20/stack/

it exists.

hugodan··on There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days
Their more recent works are amazing pieces of entertainment: DOOM, Eternal and Dark Ages
hugodan··on Google Hits 50% IPv6
In Portugal one of the biggest ISPs (NOS) still does not have IPv6
hugodan··on Claude Fable 5
mankind has reached its final destination
hugodan··on Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software
Just use openrsync instead. And OpenBSD for that matter. There goes the bazar…
hugodan··on Magnifica Humanitas
Yes, but can the pipe draw a pelican riding a bike?
hugodan··on Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons
Aren't these increases offset by the quality of the responses and reducing the iterations needed to fine-tune the responses?
hugodan··on Show HN: Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders
Amazing work, I am a fan of unicorn studio, it was the first real try I saw at these no code design tools that have shaders as their output.

I wonder what makes you unsure that you would have not bothered in building it today? or what would you do different with todays knowledge?

hugodan··on Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)
I would love to have a way to switch sessions easily, like with panes where I just click or have more shortcuts available
hugodan··on Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]
Isn’t AI affecting the demoscene as it is affecting other programming hobbies? Why?
hugodan··on The future of code search is not regex – 100x faster than ripgrep
Why do all vibecoded sites look the same? Same black on neon vibes and button styles
hugodan··on If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
and it is not end-to-end encrypted if you don't own the keys, avoid bullshit
hugodan··on I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk
we are experiencing marketing at its best
hugodan··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
Also Netherlands, also France, also Denmark, also Spain (melila and ceuta)... actually Portugal kinda is still the first global empire that managed to shift away from it
hugodan··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
...and yet you speak portuguese while trying to dismiss (and rewrite) a post about 15th century events with data from the 17th century
hugodan··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
and just how did they got the gunpowder? ;)
hugodan··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
...more than 160 years after the portuguese navy was founded, and 20 years after Henry the Navigator was dead. Still not as big of a gap as those 19th century references that you linked to reply to a post about 15th century events
hugodan··on Portugal: The First Global Empire (2015)
Spain didn't exist back then
hugodan··on The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us
this is sponsored content, not journalism
hugodan··on Repatriate the gold': German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults
War is coming. Act accordingly
hugodan··on 2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results
Shame on Apple. And thanks for making me consider alternatives for me and my relatives
hugodan··on Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
“I never thought leopards would eat my face,”
hugodan··on All it takes is for one to work out
That’s an aggressive problematic gambler mentality.
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