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superconduct123··on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video]
Where was he was saying you could vibe code beyond a simple app?

He even said it could be a gateway to actual programming

superconduct123··on Ask HN: Why are PDFs so hard to edit?
I see, so its like a lower level format than say a word doc or markdown
superconduct123··on Show HN: Nexus.js - Fabric.js for 3D
Aerospace industry, watermelon industry
superconduct123··on Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wipe out its future
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/elon-musk-threatened-decom...
superconduct123··on My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
Your article comes across like you think every developer is the exact same as you, very egocentric piece

Not everyone is just cranking out hacked together MVPs for startups

Do you not realize there are many many other fields and domains of programming?

Not everyone has the same use case as you

superconduct123··on My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
I find the AI proponents have an insane level of egocentrism

They cannot possibly imagine someone has a different use case where the AI didn't work

"I crank out shitty webapps all day, therefore every single other dev does. Everyone obviously has the same use case as me because I am the center of the universe"

superconduct123··on My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
Its such an insane argument

Its like I can't just switch our whole 1-million line codebase on a dime

These articles act like everyone is just cranking out shitty new webapps, as if every software job is the same as the author's

superconduct123··on Ask HN: Are AIs intentionally weak at debugging their code?
The emperor has no clothes
superconduct123··on Ask HN: 3rd Week at FAANG and feeling imposter syndrome
Ask a senior person on your team to give you a walkthrough of how the system works

That should be normal process when starting a new job, its not a crazy thing to ask

The worst thing you can do is ask no questions and just spin wheels

superconduct123··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
Its because everyone is already locked in to use it
superconduct123··on The Side Hustle From Hell
I'm thankful I got to experience working at very early startup as a summer intern rather than full time

That gave me enough info to know I'd prefer working for a big company

superconduct123··on Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?
The thing is, as much as portfolio is important, experience is still more important
superconduct123··on Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?
That's funny, one of the best programmers I've ever know had a physics degree

I think those type of people just have really good analytical thinking

superconduct123··on Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?
That's something I found more and more as I get into my career

Stuff like programming languages, frameworks, tools all come and go throughout your career

Whereas the core concepts/theory you learn in a CS degree don't change from job to job

When I was in undergrad I wished we did more practical hands on work, but now later in my career I'm glad we didn't because its easy to self learn that stuff and it goes out of date anyway

superconduct123··on A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen
I've never had an issue with electric windows, or even know anyone who has

Was that more of a problem on older cars?

superconduct123··on Ask HN: Why so many companies reducing middle management recently?
Perhaps they just hit a limit on the number of ICs they could layoff so they looked to MM next
superconduct123··on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower
The lede is buried but the implication is downloading a huge amount of data on union organizers, which can then be given to a company to pre-emptively fire those individuals
superconduct123··on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower
Wow that's insane
superconduct123··on Dow plunges 2,200 points, Nasdaq enters bear market
Say hypothetically the Tarrifs are all reversed on Monday, does the market go back to normal?
superconduct123··on AI 2027
I mean either researchers creating new models or people building products using the current models

Not all these soft roles

superconduct123··on AI 2027
Why are the biggest AI predictions always made by people who aren't deep in the tech side of it? Or actually trying to use the models day-to-day...
superconduct123··on Ask HN: Why don't hiring managers provide feedback?
There is no way the money gained is worth doing that for a company

Paying to hear your own interview feedback would be a ridiculous system

superconduct123··on Ask HN: How will Trump tarrifs affect remote workers outside US?
Just one anecdote, but I heard of one company hiring more in Canada as the salaries are much cheaper with the exchange rate
superconduct123··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
That's the thing, there is an almost impenetrable media wall that no amount of "this is bad" news articles can get through

IMO the only thing that can get through is actual personal consequences for the voter themself

superconduct123··on Ask HN: Why don't hiring managers provide feedback?
As a hiring manager what would you gain from giving feedback?

That person doesn't work for your company?

superconduct123··on Ask HN: Is there a fast/performant alternative to Excel?
That's cool but seems overkill for processing 100K-1 million rows

I just feel like that is not really a lot of data for a single computer

For example you could write a python script that loops over an array of a million values and runs a calculation like its nothing.

Yet processing a column of 1M values in excel just falls apart and becomes really slow, even the UI becomes laggy

Something about the implementation just can't handle that

superconduct123··on “Normal” engineers are the key to great teams
Exactly, I'm not saying do the bare minimum

I mean more that the optimal amount of work to put in is still above average but way below 10x

superconduct123··on “Normal” engineers are the key to great teams
I think 10x is an exaggeration but I've found its really common to have 1-2 people who do a big bulk of the work

The thing I don't understand personally with these people is why they care so much about work when the rewards are not proportionate to doing so much extra work.

I get it if you're a founder of a startup but not if you're at a big company

Yet every big company I've worked at there are always 1-2 people on the team who seem completely obsessed with the project, like its their main hobby/purpose

It makes me wonder, if someone is so smart that they can do "10x" the work, would they not use that smartness to look at the meta of it all and wonder why they don't get 10x the rewards?

superconduct123··on EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games
Some funny comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izpkmh/...

superconduct123··on Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10
Agree, I use both Mac/Windows a lot and I feels like Apple usually has a couple OS features that make me want to upgrade whereas windows there's nothing
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