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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What did onboarding training look like in OS kernel teams?

Ask HN: What did onboarding training look like in OS kernel teams? 6 by markus_zhang | 2 comments on Hacker News. Context: I'm wondering how did OS kernel teams provide training to their new hires. I'm mostly curious about: - NT kernel / XNU kernel / Android kernel teams, or anything that is not OSS like Linux, e.g. some prop RTOS team would also count - When teams still hired new graduates from targeted schools into kernel teams. Not sure whether your team is still doing this so I put up a past tense. Questions: - How much time do new hires work on the training? Do you give e.g. 3 months to catch up and start to work on small tickets, or it's a swim or die strategy? - If there is any structured training, what material do you use? Is it mostly reading internal docs, or shadowing seniors, or published books about the kernel, or something else? - How does the training address code quality? What kind of exercises/material does it lay on the new hires to work on code quality...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What has been your experience with Agentic Coding?

Ask HN: What has been your experience with Agentic Coding? 3 by grandimam | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have been experimenting more deeply with agentic coding, and it’s made me rethink how I approach building software. One key difference I have noticed is the upfront cost. With agentic coding, I felt a higher upfront cost: I have to think architecture, constraints, and success criteria before the model even starts generating code. I have to externalize the mental model I normally keep in my head so the AI can operate with it. In “precision coding,” that upfront cost is minimal but only because I carry most of the complexity mentally. All the design decisions, edge cases, and contextual assumptions live in my head as I write. Tests become more of a final validation step. What I have realized is that agentic coding shifts my cognitive load from on-demand execution to more pre-planned execution (I am behaving more like a researcher than a hacker). My role is less about 'precisely...

New ask Hacker News story: Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending

Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending 7 by Javin007 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Two years ago, a $24 autopay charge on my Azure account failed. The invoice is now marked "Locked" in their billing portal. I cannot pay this invoice. There is no button to pay it. There is no button to dismiss it. There is no way to interact with it at all. Azure displays a banner: "You must pay all previous invoices before creating new subscriptions." Fair enough. I would love to pay it. Microsoft won't let me. So I tried to contact support. The Azure portal requires a "paid support plan" to create a support ticket. To purchase a paid support plan, you must create a subscription. To create a subscription, you must clear outstanding invoices. To clear outstanding invoices, you must contact support. Azure on Twitter, as well as the website claims to have a "free support ticket" option for billing issues, but every poss...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Does cross-posting to Medium still help, or does it just dilute SEO now?

Ask HN: Does cross-posting to Medium still help, or does it just dilute SEO now? 2 by StealthyStart | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’m building a small tool that syncs WordPress posts to Medium using canonical URLs to preserve SEO. Before I go further, I’d love perspectives from people who actively publish: • Is Medium still worth distributing to in 2025? • Have canonical links actually protected your SEO in practice? • Do you cross-post manually, with scripts, or not at all? I’m trying to avoid building something people used to want but no longer do.

New ask Hacker News story: My 2016 iPhone SE got an update after 9 Years

My 2016 iPhone SE got an update after 9 Years 2 by vigneshesan | 2 comments on Hacker News. Just got iOS 15.8.5 in India

New ask Hacker News story: Regarding Thien-Thi Nguyen

Regarding Thien-Thi Nguyen 14 by SmolCloud | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hello, please forgive any grammatical errors on my part for I am not an English native speaker. I found this thread regarding the death of ttn https://ift.tt/XmYlQiF I am Thien-Thi's daughter, my dad was a very private person, so I found out about the thread only recently. Since I can't leave a comment, I'm making a new thread to thank everyone for the kind words regarding his passing.