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megasergon Rabbit R1 source code [part 1]

Secretiveness in a startup at that stage is not a good sign. See e.g. Theranos or Magic Leap.

megasergon Ask HN: What is the current driver of tech layoffs?

Gergely Orosz's theory[1]:

> An IRS tax code change in Section 174. This change eliminates the ability for businesses to deduct R&D as an expense.

> Hear of lots of layoffs directly because of this, as a start.

[1] https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1735030983173230944?...

megasergon FunctionTrace: Graphical Python Profiler

Looks like it supports native stack as well, great! Most bottlenecks in seriously performance-sensitive programs are in the native code, which makes built-in tools like cProfile hardly useful.

megasergon Digital Needle: Ripping vinyl records with a scanner (2013)

I've made a simple encoder/decoder some time ago: https://github.com/megaserg/schallplatten

megasergon Feeling unproductive? Maybe you should stop overthinking

I think this was written by GPT-3.

megasergon A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them land on their feet

Hiring freezes and non-freezes: https://candor.co/hiring-freezes/