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josh-styloon Ask HN: What are your digital end-of-life plans?

I think the biggest edge case is not having a way to test the process. I also think that if you're concerned about it, you should have a recurring (annual perhaps) exercise to make sure everyone involved remembers what to do.

josh-styloon Project Euler

Completely agree! Google + Project Euler was how I learned to code

josh-styloon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)

Engineering leader who builds high-performing teams that ship AI products with measurable impact. At Stylo, led a remote, cross-functional team of 12 to the #1 AI app in Zendesk’s marketplace. At Walmart IRL, led applied computer-vision programs, including a self-checkout loss-prevention system that resulted in $250M+ annual savings and a patented real-time SKU recognition platform. Builds and develops senior engineers, aligns teams on clear outcomes, and ships reliable platforms at scale.

Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Open to all

Willing to relocate: Yes, to New York

Technologies: Python, TypeScript, Go; PyTorch, Hugging Face, ONNX; NVIDIA Triton, TensorRT, DeepStream; Kafka, Spark, Airflow, BigQuery; Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch; Kubernetes

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yr0ErgnHYNem9OEz7hIy6Nlq...

Email: joshua.m.horowitz@gmail.com

josh-styloon Large Language Models Are Neurosymbolic Reasoners

Not sure what he's referring to in terms of modern physics saying we're just a lookup table but at the very least, you could say the same thing about the conversation that we're having now. You read words, those words map to meaning representation in our heads, we then generate a response.

josh-styloon Waymo will start testing self-driving cars in New York City

I've heard this before but I'm not sure how it'd work. Would it just be trucks doing deliveries? Wouldn't they still need parking and roads? What's gained by banning the cars if you can't reclaim the roads?

josh-styloon Evil programmer's tip: avoid “easy” things (2016)

I'm not sure how old you are but if you're planning on working for another 5-10 years, you may as well try to make it enjoyable for yourself. Perhaps you can find a way to line things up so that your manager looks their best by giving you credit. If you can frame them in a positive light, they'll want you at the presentations making it hard for others to steal credit and giving you more exposure within the org. If you feel so negatively about your manager that you can't speak highly, maybe you're at the wrong job or on the wrong team? It's a sellers market for software engineers right now so I'd encourage you to see what the market wants to offer you. Just some thoughts - I'm sure I'm missing most of the nuance of your situation.