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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What will happen as AI costs increase?

Ask HN: What will happen as AI costs increase? 3 by MetaWhirledPeas | 0 comments on Hacker News. We are living in the "penetration pricing" phase of AI, where costs are absorbed by seemingly endless investment. What will be the practical fallout when prices inevitably rise?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What is your go-to solution for a personal wiki in 2026?

Ask HN: What is your go-to solution for a personal wiki in 2026? 5 by ex-aws-dude | 4 comments on Hacker News. I've used Notion for a long time but I'm interested to hear what other alternatives exist in 2026? For me the main requirements are: * Backed up to cloud * Has a mobile app that is easy to make small changes (for example if I'm doing an oil change on my car I need to be able to pull out my phone and log it in the wiki easily) * Simple file format like markdown so that you're not locked into something proprietary (no need for crazy formatting options like MSWord) * Option to export data out as a backup * Allow uploading arbitrary files like PDFs, images, etc... * Nice to have but not essential: support for tables of data with simple calculations (e.g. sum this column)

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What do you still do manually in 2026 that should be automated?

Ask HN: What do you still do manually in 2026 that should be automated? 4 by lishunsheng | 0 comments on Hacker News. I'm researching pain points around manual workflows that haven't been automated yet. Specifically looking for tasks where: - You do the same thing 5+ times a week - You've looked for a tool but nothing good exists - You'd pay $10-20/month if something just worked What's yours? Curious to hear both technical and non-technical answers.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Terafab – Smart move or insane financial risk?

Ask HN: Terafab – Smart move or insane financial risk? 3 by imheretolearn | 0 comments on Hacker News. SpaceX has submitted plans to build Terafab. https://ift.tt/jui0teW It is smart strategically and financially risky - very on-brand for Musk. Given how hard it is to build, let alone scale a fab without considering existing competition(TSMC) which is light years ahead I’m curious to know what HN thinks of this move? SpaceX is already targeting a trillion dollar IPO and as an investor if you believe in this long term vision a trillion dollars might not seem too unreasonable.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: The death of software development as a job?

Ask HN: The death of software development as a job? 14 by piratesAndSons | 24 comments on Hacker News. A lot of programmers I read here and elsewhere say LLM isn't going to change much, some say LLM is just going to make them more productive, and some even say not using LLM makes you some sort of relic. What is not debated is that LLM has changed our industry. Programming is a lot more accessible to a lot more people than five years ago. Someone who has never coded anything could sit in front of Claude and produce an entire app ready to be used today. Assuming software development becomes a commodity and the job becomes something like a fast food job where practically any adult who wants it can do it, what is your next move? Anthropic and OpenAI are working hard to redirect the salary you earn to themselves in the form of API costs, so let's assume that in the year 2030, the average yearly wage for a programmer is around the same as a McDonald's worker, because companies...

New ask Hacker News story: Time to add option in Hacker News "AI excluded Show HN"

Time to add option in Hacker News "AI excluded Show HN" 8 by tukunjil | 1 comments on Hacker News. Bored of AI advertisement. Thinking to stop visiting hacker news just because these LLM projects and updates. There should be an option to users which will exclude AI related things. Even if that going to be done using artificial intelligence in backend, no problem. I’m satisfied!