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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Best use / examples of agents / OpenClaw that you saw recently?

Ask HN: Best use / examples of agents / OpenClaw that you saw recently? 3 by simonebrunozzi | 0 comments on Hacker News. Please share - video, blog post, tweet, etc. Thanks.

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: GitHub Having Issues

Tell HN: GitHub Having Issues 25 by Sytten | 14 comments on Hacker News. Another day, another Github outage. Files are not loading, cannot create repos, etc.

New ask Hacker News story: Google just killed my project

Google just killed my project 3 by othmanosx | 0 comments on Hacker News. For the past year, I’ve been building GM Pro — a Chrome extension that upgrades the chat experience inside Google Meet. It started simple: reactions, replies, mentions, dark mode for chat. Then I added auto-join, auto-mute, transcription tools, lobby notifications, attendee shuffling. Basically all the things you wish Meet chat had by default. People loved it. 5-star reviews. Steady installs. Real usage. And then, after many years of lackluster chat, Google announced they’re integrating Meet chat directly with Google Chat — persistent conversations, reactions, file sharing, the works. Which means… the exact surface area I built on top of is becoming a first-party feature. On one hand, this validates the idea. The direction was right. The need was real. On the other hand, platform risk just punched me in the face. When you build on top of a giant platform, you’re effectively prototyping features for them. If th...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Would engineers be interested in a technical prep consultant?

Ask HN: Would engineers be interested in a technical prep consultant? 3 by TechPrepper | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hi, apologies if this is the wrong thing to post, please delete as needed. I've been a technical recruiter for 10+ years at major FAANG companies and startups, working on niche specialized roles. I used to come to Hacker News regularly to check "Who Wants To Be Hired," as I always like a more independent hacker mindset in engineers. Would engineers here on Hacker News be interested in any interview prep consultation? I've been thinking about taking a sabbatical to travel, but I would stay active with work by offering consulting on technical prep and interview help. I'm more just testing the waters here, but I would be open to doing a few free prep calls with anyone who has interviews lined up. The only ask is I would want updates on how thing went, and what you think the helpw as worth.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) 34 by whoishiring | 106 comments on Hacker News. Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format: Location: Remote: Willing to relocate: Technologies: Résumé/CV: Email: Please only post if you are personally looking for work. Agencies, recruiters, job boards, and so on, are off topic here. Readers: please only email these addresses to discuss work opportunities. There's a site for searching these posts at https://ift.tt/AQMq4hL .

New ask Hacker News story: Cellular service providers are charging 10x what the network costs

Cellular service providers are charging 10x what the network costs 3 by huntsmans | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been thinking about this for a while and the economics of cellular service providers in the US are genuinely fascinating once you dig into them. The infrastructure reality: Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile have largely sunk their tower infrastructure costs. The marginal cost of adding one more subscriber to an existing network is close to zero. Yet retail pricing for cellular service providers averages $60-80/month. The math doesn't reflect underlying costs — it reflects market power and consumer inertia. Where MVNOs expose the economics: MVNOs lease wholesale capacity from the big three and resell at dramatically lower margins. Same towers, same spectrum, same coverage. The only difference is QCI priority levels — postpaid gets slightly higher priority during peak congestion. For everyday use this is largely imperceptible. When you pay $65/month to Verizon you...