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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to get started in electronic music

Ask HN: How to get started in electronic music 3 by A_Random_Nerd | 5 comments on Hacker News. I've been interested in learning how to make electronic music (e.g. Geometry dash, Undertale, Daft Punk, C418), but there doesn't seem to be any real documentation or tutorials on how to start. To summarize my question: a.) What are the first 3 steps (or more) to learn to compose music? b.) Any links, resources etc. to share? Thanks for your time and interest.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How are you preparing for interviews nowadays?

Ask HN: How are you preparing for interviews nowadays? 4 by holden_nelson | 4 comments on Hacker News. Hey all, just wondering how you're preparing for interviews in 2026? I'm assuming system design plays a larger role and the bar is probably higher across all levels. Do I still need to grind leetcode?

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Claude claims the AGPLv3 license violates it's content policy

Tell HN: Claude claims the AGPLv3 license violates it's content policy 9 by freedomben | 0 comments on Hacker News. On three separate projects, Claude has refused to add an AGPLv3 license to my project, telling me that it violates the content policy. Most recent reject gave: API Error: Output blocked by content filtering policy I've reproduced this a total of four times. It has also been reported for quite some time[1][2], including by myself a month or so ago (though I can't find the link), and it is clearly not just happening to me. This is unacceptable IMHO, and is beginning to feel like an intentional decision on their part. For myself at least, I'm going to start diversifying (or switching entirely to Codex) as I could see a day when Claude starts refusing to work on an AGPL codebase. It certainly wouldn't be the first time Anthropic has rug-pulled us with their lack of transparency. This is especially bothersome to me since I would be highly s...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What Wintel/AMD (Laptop) Harware are you liking?

Ask HN: What Wintel/AMD (Laptop) Harware are you liking? 2 by aagha | 0 comments on Hacker News. Everyone seems to be on a Mac with their amazing M1-4 chips and having a great time with local models[0]. I never made the move. Probably never will. I'd love to know what Intel/AMD (laptop) hardware people are liking for local AI models nowadays. 0 - https://ift.tt/zpuGNA8

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Which LLM are you using to evaluate your ideas?

Ask HN: Which LLM are you using to evaluate your ideas? 4 by Marius77 | 2 comments on Hacker News. Question as in the title. Curious about your experience and which LLM helped you out the most without saying yes to everything..

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Will low quality AI customer support be the new normal?

Ask HN: Will low quality AI customer support be the new normal? 2 by 0-bad-sectors | 1 comments on Hacker News. Now whenever I reach for customer's support chat or phone I get an AI agent replying to me and I get into a useless loop for a couple of minutes before I start begging it to link me to a real person. Will companies start losing customers because of that or people will eventually get used to this?

New ask Hacker News story: Best AI coding plan alternative to Claude and ChatGPT

Best AI coding plan alternative to Claude and ChatGPT 4 by Jsttan | 1 comments on Hacker News. With the lowering usage limit in Claude, I am thinking of jumping ship to Chinese AI, since the benchmark is already very near compared to Sonnet or Haiku 4.5 , but for a fraction of the price. I am not worried about where is my data ending up through, I am focused on performance and usage limit. I mostly use it for coding and research. However, I am currently deciding on which to use, and would love any recommendations from anyone that are using any or many of these AI, - GLM Coding Plan (Z AI): $18/month Lite Plan - BytePlus: $10 ModelArk Coding Plan - Kimi AI: $19/month Moderato Coding Plan - MiniMax: $20 Plus Standard Plan I would like to ask, is the performance good? Is it worth the value? And how is the usage limit? Also, if anyone have any good recommendation on AI plan that is only in Chinese language, I don’t mind too, as I can understand Chinese.