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New ask Hacker News story: Practical Tips for Gemini 3

Practical Tips for Gemini 3 3 by xiaoru | 0 comments on Hacker News. 1. Turn Any Screenshot into a Structured Note Screenshot (meeting notes/webpage/paper/etc.): Extract key text; Summarize as clear bullet points; Create 3–5 to-dos with due dates & owners (TBD). 2. “One‑Click” Spreadsheet Analyst “upload a spreadsheet image / CSV of your data. Describe the main patterns in plain language. Suggest 3 charts that best explain the data and describe what each chart should show. Point out anomalies or data quality issues.” 3. Context‑Aware Refactor Coach for Code “From screenshots/pasted text, infer code architecture and file roles. Suggest a step-by-step refactor plan. For Step 1 only: provide exact code changes—await your approval before Step 2.” 4. Auto‑Generate Test Cases from Real UIs “Upload app/web screenshots → Identify interactive elements → Generate test-case table: [Element, Expected behavior, Edge cases] → Suggest automated test ideas for Playwright/Cypress/Appium (no full...
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New ask Hacker News story: Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes

Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes 3 by Noel04 | 3 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN! I built console.text() - a tool that texts you when specific code paths execute in production. The idea came from Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products. I'd been stuck in tutorial hell for months, so I decided to just ship something. What it does: npm install @holler2660/console-text const { init } = require("@holler2660/console-text"); init({ apiKey: 'ct_live_xxx' }); console.text('Payment failed', { userId: '123' }); // → SMS arrives in 5-10 seconds Try it: https://soorajdmg.github.io/Console-text/ Why this vs Sentry/PagerDuty? Those are great for teams. This is for solo devs and side projects who want dead-simple alerts without the setup overhead. If you know console.log(), you already know how to use it.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What hard problems are still underexplored?

Ask HN: What hard problems are still underexplored? 2 by brihati | 0 comments on Hacker News. Problem with ambiguous boundaries, messy constraints and no linear path to a solution
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is it still worth learning a new programming language?

Ask HN: Is it still worth learning a new programming language? 5 by xparadigm | 5 comments on Hacker News. I have been writing Python code for a few years now. But I feel like LLMs can write much better code than me. I used to keep myself updated with newer technology. But now I am loosing interest. I was interested in learning Rust. But I don't find any motivation now since I can just vibe code with Rust. Any thoughts in that?
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) 5 by mchaver | 3 comments on Hacker News. What is everyone working on?
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New ask Hacker News story: Is any of you using LLMs to create full features in big enterprise apps?

Is any of you using LLMs to create full features in big enterprise apps? 2 by not_that_d | 1 comments on Hacker News. Let me be clear first. I don't dislike LLMs, I query them, trigger agents to do stuff where I kind of know what the end goal is and to make analisys of small parts of an application. That said, everytime I give it something a little more complex that do something in a single file script it fails me horribly. Either the code is really bad, or the approach is as bad a someone who doesn't really know what to do or it plains start doing things that I explicitly said not to do in the initial prompt. I have sometimes asked my LLM fan's coworkers to come and help when that happens and they also are not able to "fix it", but somehow I am the one doing it wrong due "wrong prompt" or "lack of correct context". I have created a lot of "Agents.md" files, drop files into the context window... Nothing. When I need to do green fie...
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New ask Hacker News story: Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?

Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE? 4 by ftonato | 1 comments on Hacker News. Throughout 2025, I've been following job boards like YC Jobs, RemoteOK, NoDesk, WeWorkRemotely, and others. Across all of them, I keep seeing a recurring pattern: Many companies advertise "remote" roles, but hiring is limited to the US, Canada, UK, or Germany. Sometimes they add one or two more countries, but rarely anything beyond that. Given that it's the last quarter of 2025 and remote work is more established than ever, I'm trying to understand the reasoning behind this. A few questions I'm hoping founders, hiring managers, or people with international hiring experience can shed light on: - Is the main blocker regulatory complexity? (employment law, compliance, local registrations, PE risk, etc.) - Is it primarily about taxes and payroll overhead when hiring abroad? - Are there security or liability concerns that make certain ju...
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