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srameshc··on Just talk to it – A way of agentic engineering
Everytime I read something like this, I question myself, what I am doing wrong ? And I tried all kinds of AI tools. But I am not even close to claiming that AI writes 50% of my code. My work which sometimes include feature enhancements and maintenance is where I get even less. I have to be extremely careful and make sure nothing unwanted or addition that I am unaware of has been added. Maybe it's me and I am not good yet to get to 100% AI code generation.
srameshc··on Nanochat
https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat
srameshc··on Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians
> Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform

You can spy but data is all mine.

srameshc··on Cap'n Web: a new RPC system for browsers and web servers
If you have ever had to use gRPC & web, then you will know how painful Protobuf is to make it work on the web. I love the simplicity of Cap'n Web https://capnproto.org/language.html , hopefully this will lead us to better and easier RPC.

Update: Unlike Cap'n Proto, Cap'n Web has no schemas. In fact, it has almost no boilerplate whatsoever. This means it works more like the JavaScript-native RPC system in Cloudflare Workers. https://github.com/cloudflare/capnweb

srameshc··on What if we treated Postgres like SQLite?
One of our web apps need a small subset of data from Postgres and we use DuckDB WASM to keep it clost to front end. Yes, I agree with not using it for for OLTP workloads. But instead of installing like author mentions in the post, this is a light replacement that works perfectly if you need a Postgres like DB in your app. Just have to add a new file, INSTALL postgres, LOAD postgres,

ATTACH 'dbname=mydb user=dbname host=25.25.25.25 password=aaaa AS db (TYPE postgres, READ_ONLY);

You can CREATE TABLE my_duck_table_stream AS SELECT * FROM db.table_stream;

It's just fun

srameshc··on What if we treated Postgres like SQLite?
When I want to treat my Postgres like SQLite , I use DuckDB using PostgreSQL Extension https://duckdb.org/docs/stable/core_extensions/postgres.html and this is one of may extensions, there is more and I love DuckDB for that
srameshc··on Show HN: Software Freelancers Contract Template
Very well done. Since this is open source, it can be customized further to make it country specific with contributions.
srameshc··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
That would be the best case and unless somoone seeking refuge, I am sure they aren't hated in their country but who know. Sometimes it takes a little more time to relocate as people build their lives in a different country over time.
srameshc··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
I can just feel for someone who travelled back home for a family emergency and hope they have the means and courage to leave the family and come back.
srameshc··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
This is going to kill H1B and immigration from countries like India, China and others for skilled workers. Even though $100K isn't a lot considering the overall investment that goes into hiring a full time employee, employers wouldn't risk that kind of money apart from all the document processing they have to. Maybe big tech will hire a few hundred every year but others won't even bother.
srameshc··on Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens
> Not a single Indian in tech that I know in my personal or professional life

Your dataset is very small. I come from India

srameshc··on Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens
Unless they have any personal advantage in doing so.
srameshc··on Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens
I don't think so. I feel Indian managers have a tendency to hire anyone else but Indians. If they have to favor Hindu, Brahmin, Muslim is very subjective, depending on that person's background, but I would say very rare. If they really have a prefrence, it will be "the connect", like if they both can connect based on region (ex: Delhi or that region) but very few Indians of current generation would care about caste or religion.
srameshc··on ApeRAG: Production-ready GraphRAG with multi-modal indexing and K8s deployment
> ApeRAG requires PostgreSQL, Redis, Qdrant, and Elasticsearch. You have two options:

> bash ./02-install-database.sh # Deploys PostgreSQL, Redis, Qdrant, Elasticsearch

Is this built on top of all databases ? I am just trying to understand.

srameshc··on US Holocaust museum removes anti-genocide post after being corelatted with Gaza
This will very likely get flagged and I am commenting this because I have noticed this pattern
srameshc··on 95% of AI Pilots Fail
I found this company today https://www.usemotion.com/ai-employees/ai-sdr and they are selling AI employees. I understand the need to sell. But if you are selling tools as employees, then there is something that will break eventually. I agree with most of the sentiment, that don't try to invest thinking people will be replaced. Make your employees efficinet with tools.
srameshc··on Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo
I was taking a dig , I have nothing against any tld :)
srameshc··on Ask HN: What is your average acceptance rate for code suggestions from an agent?
More like Claude Code diffs.
srameshc··on Say Bye with JavaScript Beacon
Interesting. Could you elaborate on the rationale behind disabling the Beacon API?
srameshc··on Claude for Chrome
Every AI wants to be everywhere. But this idea to make it a chrome extension doesn't feel right. Everysite I visit will be logged in someform and this could be another privacy nightmare. Never know which company will go rogue next because there would be psycopath billionar who wants to buy this one.
srameshc··on U.S. auto-safety regulator investigating delays by Tesla to submit crash reports
What's the potential maximum penalty for late reporting? Are there repercussions beyond financial fines?
srameshc··on Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears
It could be that, beyond the AI bubble, there may be a broader understanding of economic conditions that Meta likely has. Corporate spending cuts often follow such insights.
srameshc··on Show HN: Chroma Cloud – serverless search database for AI
I appreciate the straightforward pricing calculator and the pricing seems very reasonable.
srameshc··on EloqKV, a distributed database with Redis compatible API (GPLv2 and AGPLv3)
I like the idea, KV store but not a memory store with Redis simplicity
srameshc··on Do Things That Don't Scale (2013)
I wonder if Paul has a take about the same in this era of AI
srameshc··on How to Scale Proteomics
OP isn't being dismissive, likely just skimming past the less essential details.
srameshc··on Will data centers crash the economy?
I like your confidence, but you forgot to add your justification
srameshc··on Shrinking freshwater availability increasing land contribution to sea level rise
> New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts.

The title captures the crux of the story

srameshc··on Why Exercise Is a Miracle Drug
I don't drink in my spare time , but I can understand you comment and :)
srameshc··on Gemini 2.5 Deep Think
I've been using Gemini 2.5 Pro for a few months now and have found my experience to be very positive. I primarily use it for coding and through the API, and I feel it's consistently improving. I haven't yet tried Deep Think, though.
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