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Ask HN: Am I a bad person if I give up on Docker Compose? 2 by travisgriggs | 0 comments on Hacker News. I used to just put my servers together with some systemd files and scripts. But I recently decided to finally follow the herd and do the docker thing. It has been so frustrating for me. I get the supposed plus (encpasulation, isolation, etc), but I just had a build that regressed for reasons I can not figure out (it's just an Elixir Phoenix app with a timescaledb). Out of the blue, my db init scripts aren't running all of a sudden (I did apt update the servers). I just find myself staring at so many layers of tools. We're a (very) small team and I just need tech that can be understood and managed and that I don't have to arguments with LLMs about how to diagnose/fix. Is this just a rough spot, and I need to be cheered on and I'll eventually "get it all"? Or would I be better just using my oldtimer knowledge skills to set the thing up?

Ask HN: Are You Vibe Coding? 6 by vibe_coding | 12 comments on Hacker News.

Founder Ghosting After Investment – What Now? 3 by gehsuxye | 1 comments on Hacker News. I made a small investment in a YC startup and haven’t received any meaningful updates since. The founders have been inactive on LinkedIn and haven’t responded to multiple follow-ups. I’ve stayed supportive and founder-friendly, but the silence is worrying. Pivots happen—that’s fine—but radio silence is not. Any advice on how to move this forward?

Best Linux distro in 2025 for non-experts 10 by vvvnnnnvvv | 6 comments on Hacker News. This is about finding a good linux distro for my parents to use. Apparently, Windows now requires an outlook account in order to log into your computer. Well - his outlook account has been hacked. (In fact, it's the second time he's had a Microsoft account be hacked. He's pretty savvy about scams and phishing, but we can't figure how how this keeps happening.) Anyway, understandably, he's pretty freaked out about what they might have access to on his computer and will probably end up just reformatting it. He's open to switching to linux, but I've been out of the game for a while and not sure what to recommend. In olden times, Ubuntu was my go to - is that still a reasonable default or is there a new game in town? They primarily use the internet and I guess they might need to print sometimes (which I'm assuming is going to be a hassle no matter which distro we pick)...

Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) 14 by david927 | 26 comments on Hacker News. What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Ask HN: How do duplicates get posted to HN? 2 by donnachangstein | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've noticed that duplicate links are sometimes permitted to be submitted and posted within a short window, e.g.: https://ift.tt/lrdWLf8 I thought duplicate URLs were rejected and the existing link simply upvoted? It appears to not be the case. How is this possible?

IRC for Old Farts 2 by Turboblack | 0 comments on Hacker News. IRC chat.farted.net/6667 LOL - it works!

Any tools for a customizable trading dashboard (charts, order flow, news, etc.)? 3 by Abhimanyu21 | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’m constantly switching tabs while trading—charts, order books, news, Twitter. It’s inefficient. Is there a tool that lets you drag-and-drop these into one unified dashboard?

Ask HN: Data Usage for Family Exploding 5 by nytesky | 8 comments on Hacker News. How do people manage their household reams of data that our family generates? Each family member has their own laptops and phones, and take dozens of high resolution images every week, school presentations and projects, receipts, and tax documents, videos -- lots of videos. As a family of 5 with 2 working parents, I'm not really monitoring data use and want a mostly hands off solution to their data storage. And every new phone has a higher resolution camera though maybe JPEGXL will help us there. We pay for 2TB of icloud data, but I am already eyeing upgrading to 6TB -- but that adds another $22/month. Moving to other cloud providers may save somewhat, but then its another management of a cloud ecosystem, and I know my family will mostly stick to icloud. On a side note, we store alot of data on google drive too, and google takeout fails everytime I try to download a 50GB file -- so really its trapp...

Ask HN: Where is all the Chinese software? 7 by Havoc | 4 comments on Hacker News. [Forgive if this is culturally ignorant somehow] Apparently the USA has 1.6m programmers, while China has 7m. Yet I can't think of much Desktop software that is obviously Chinese i.e. the development house is chinese. Dyson Sphere Program and Black Myth: Wukong is the only thing that comes to mind - both games. Presumably they're producing lots so where is it all? Behind the GFW in some sort of parallel ecosystem that I just don't know about? Or am I using really well translated chinese software regularly & just not realising it? 7m people presumably many of them on 996 schedule must be producing a sizable LoC output...where is it going? Is all of it in the mobile space a la wechat miniapps?

Ask HN: What is happening? 3 by vlan121 | 0 comments on Hacker News. In the last few days, I’ve been feeling quite depressed. I don’t know how others feel about this, but it’s quite a shock that this is reality. We’re in the middle of a pandemic, yet it seems nobody wants to admit it, address it, or fight against it. Walking along my university aisle, sitting and waiting for the doctor, riding the train, or even driving my car—everywhere I go, everyone seems locked into their smartphones, chasing the next dopamine hit while doom-scrolling through "social media." What does this have to do with social media? The interaction is anything but social. I miss the days when Instagram was a place where you shared a slice of reality, not just generated content designed to grab your attention in the fastest way possible (to match your shrinking attention span) and satisfy your dopamine cravings. Even though I work in the research area of algorithms and complexity, I love interdiscipl...

Debian Testing/Trixie removes systemd-resolved 6 by iam-TJ | 0 comments on Hacker News. Debian's systemd maintainer today removed both systemd-resolved and systemd-nspawn packages [0] from Testing/Trixie/Debian 13 - soon to be in feature freeze - due to disagreements with the Technical Committee [1]. For operators already using Testing/Trixie/Debian 13 this will lead to dependency version conflicts and/or loss of existing service; for upgrades from Stable/Bookworm/Debian 12 likewise. systemd-resolved package depends on the exact same version of other systemd packages. When they try to upgrade to newer versions the installed-but-orphaned systemd-resolved package will prevent it unless it is removed. New installs can use resolvconf. [0] https://ift.tt/jYJno28 [1] https://ift.tt/yvxXNiS

Ask HN: What is the most secure way of baby monitoring? 3 by erkanerol | 3 comments on Hacker News. We are expecting a baby and we want to buy a camera to monitor the baby. I want to buy an offline one for domestic use but my wife wants to buy an IP camera so that we can watch even when we are out of home. I don't trust the companies like Xiaomi and services. What is the most secure way of monitoring babies? Is there a way to ensure e2e encryption?

Convergence of Limiting Cases of Continuous-Time, Discrete-Space Jump Processes 2 by nativeit | 0 comments on Hacker News. Free paper from professor Aaron Lanterman of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His YouTube channel is full of amazing work in audio engineering and synthesizers: https://youtube.com/@lantertronics

Ask HN: Best way to approach user-facing analytics 2 by superarch | 2 comments on Hacker News. I’m looking for advice on technical strategies for user-facing analytics features (think real-time customizable dashboard). I’ve ended up in a situation where I want to design some analytics dashboards for end users that display aggregates/historical data for a number of years. The queries I want to run take way too long to run on-the-fly so I’ve resorted to pre-computing the data I care about on a schedule. This approach works fine but it’s not real time and it adds some friction to introducing new features/views (every new feature requires backfilling years worth of data). I’m curious if others have better strategies for developing analytics software like this that’s real-time, responsive, and quick to iterate on? OLAP DBs like clickhouse? Reverse ETL? Better OLTP indexing?

Ask HN: Protecting confidential information while travelling to the US 3 by tartieret | 3 comments on Hacker News. I am the CTO of a small Canadian company, we build energy management and process optimization platforms for industrial clients. Many of our clients are large US companies, and some of our employees travel to clients' sites for implementation or consulting work. As a result, they have to cross the border with their company phone and laptop. In recent news, a French researcher traveling to a conference in Texas had his laptop seized by the US authorities, for reasons that are not well explained. It seems that the number of similar cases has increased at the US border. If a company laptop was ceased by the US customs, this will objectively represent a security breach and threaten the confidentiality of our clients' data. Consultants have to have a local copy of some dataset (like production data, energy related info... ) from facilities to perform analysis on their...

Reddit Looks Down 4 by dimastopel | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Tell HN: I forked and republished a popular, abandoned Python library 3 by zahlman | 0 comments on Hacker News. The `stringcase` package on PyPI [0] is fairly popular, on the order of 150k daily downloads [1]. However, there has been no sign of activity since June of 2023, and that was only to merge a pull request that breaks tests. The author's own last changes appear to have been a few days after the last PyPI release, in August 2017. A wheel was never distributed, despite being a single-file Python implementation with no dependencies. (If you think that shouldn't require a build step, please read [2].) And then, like many other "legacy" projects [3] not using a `pyproject.toml` file or distributing a wheel, it failed to build under Setuptools 78.0.1 , therefore also blocking the installation of all its dependents. As a future-proofing measure, I've re-released the project as `stringcase-new` [4][5]. (As "defense in depth", I've also migrated th...

Ask HN: What's the ideal stack for a solo dev in 2025 3 by kieloo | 2 comments on Hacker News. I’m a marketer turned dev. When I built my first SaaS 3 years ago, I went with ROR because it seemed like the ideal stack for a solo dev. But with all the development in AI, I wonder, is it still the best choice? Most AI tools have JS or Python integration but the Rails ecosystem seems a bit behind. But at the same time, a lot of the JS ecosystem feels all over the place. So what tech stack should a solo dev use in 2025?

Ask HN: Why are you sharing your work here? 3 by imvetri | 2 comments on Hacker News. The community seems strange. In my opinion, you are trying to get starred or points to showcase to an possible investor. The forum is with investors and creators. But no body is solving any problem. Don't take me wrong. If you are solving a real problem, you would have already helped someone who needs your solution,instead of being at HN. I used to be a continuous scroller. When I took a break, and come back, I realised it's a bad habit. Try this at home. Take break from internet. Quality of HN will improve.

Why is PostHog so in vogue? 4 by PranaFlux | 2 comments on Hacker News. I've noticed lately that a LOT of sites are using PostHog. Until now, I've never seen that many websites use it. Is there a reason why or is it just the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? Why PostHog and not Mixpanel, Amplitude and alike?

Ask HN: can Wireless-CarPlay dongles steal your data? 2 by concerned_citi | 1 comments on Hacker News. So I recently ordered one of the many wireless Carplay dongles from Aliexpress that work via USB in your car connecting your iPhone to the car's Carplay via Bluetooth (and/or Wifi) to the USB dongle. The instruction manual mentioned a firmware upgrade which had an interesting way of connecting to the internet. So when the dongle is connected to a power source you can connect to it via Wifi and an IP address in your browser. Now in the dongle's web UI, there is a button to upgrade your firmware. But how does this work when the dongle is not connected to the internet at all? Well as I learned, the dongle simply uses the iPhone's mobile connection to send/receive data from the internet. I wasn't aware this is even possible and there doesn't appear to be a way to stop this or be notified of an active connection (aside from the wifi connection obv). Now my concern is...

Ask HN: Good examples of ASCII data visualization? 2 by rishikeshs | 2 comments on Hacker News. I'm working on a project[1] where one constraint I have set myself is the use of plain text ASCII throughout the site. I have the data ready but I'm looking for inspiration for projects where ASCII format was used for visualizing data. I deal with plain text cricket data, so visualizations I'm thinking about include spider charts, score worms, bee swarms, wagon wheels, etc! Any good implementations of ASCII would be great to check out. [1] https://criclite.com

Ask HN: If you're an organization doing AI/ML what are you using? 3 by uptownfunk | 1 comments on Hacker News. Really a question on vendors and services less on techniques or research. Bedrock Zapier Glean If anyone has an atlas for trusted vendors for various use cases that would really help Thanks

Ask HN: How do you propose to rebuild industry in a post-apocalypse world? 3 by hnthrowaway0315 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Context: https://ift.tt/qIZKH0e https://ift.tt/ai8F5Ef I love the concept of Solarpunk or anything similar. However, I fail to understand how to reboot modern industry in a post-apocalypse world. Scenario: I think a deadly virus outbreak is far more likely and devastating than a thermal nuclear war. Let's assume that such an outbreak took out most of the governments and the population, and only local communities start to show up afterwards. How do you reboot modern industry? I'm sure we can scavenge stores and storehouses for a while, but eventually we need to rebuild a very large portion of modern technologies, if not all of them. For a start, how do we produce steel, aluminum and other common metal from raw materials? How do we actually mine them? How do we product antibiotics, needles and everything we need in a hospital? How do we build roads (I th...

Ask HN: Should I leave the company I co-founded? 9 by throwaway03902 | 5 comments on Hacker News. Longtime HackerNews user, but for obvious reasons doing from a throwaway account. I'm at a difficult crossroads and looking for outside perspective. I co-founded a company that’s now doing millions in revenue (with potential for a high 8 figure to low 9 figure exit). We’ve raised very little outside capital and there’s no independent board — it’s just me and my co-founder at the top. The challenge is: my co-founder and I are now headed in completely different directions. They’ve taken increasing control over key decisions and are steering the company in a direction I fundamentally disagree with. I’ve tried to influence things, but it's become clear that I no longer have real say in where this is going. Worse, I genuinely believe the path we’re on will run the company into the ground. I’ve been considering walking away and selling my stake — even at a discount — because if things...

Need help to identify if a provided credit number is real or virtual 3 by grahamgooch | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’m running into a particular problem that I’m not able to solve. I need to be able to identify if a provided. Credit card number is a real card number or a virtual card number. To be clear - I just need to know if the card is a virtual card. Is there any API service out there that can provide provide this information?: Real-World Example: Let’s say you have a real Bank of America Visa card. You go to the BoA app and generate a virtual card • primary/real card: 4111 1111 1111 1111 Virtual card (temporary): 5278 3412 9182 4470 Why Fraudsters Use Virtual Cards They can create many cards quickly using stolen or fake data Each card works long enough to pay fraud

Ask HN: Has anyone adopted or seen adoption of RFC8959 secret-token? 3 by unilynx | 0 comments on Hacker News. Has anyone seen adoption of the 'secret-token:' prefix to help prevent leakage of API secrets as described by RFC8959? Do API users understand its purpose and respond positively or negatively to it? See also https://ift.tt/2Sxkh9a and https://ift.tt/T9XJUuk

Ask HN: What's the quickest way to build a landing page? 3 by speakfreely | 3 comments on Hacker News. I'm assuming the landscape for this has changed a bit since generative AI has blossomed. I know you can grab some premade landing page templates from Tailwind and other UI libraries, but how would you put it together and host it somewhere? What's the "modern" solution for a quick and easy way to generate a nice looking "coming soon" product page?

Exploring a Conversational AI Solution for Loneliness 2 by omars_ | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, I recently shared my conversational AI journaling app (https://ift.tt/Aqw4KJL), a tool designed to help people reflect and process their thoughts through dialogue. Now, I’ve been thinking about broader ways conversational AI could make a difference. Loneliness is more common than ever—many people don’t have a single close friend (12% of Americans from a 2021 survey - https://ift.tt/jaVt7Ih), while others struggle to express themselves freely, held back by fear of judgment or social pressures. Building on the journaling concept, I’m exploring whether AI could provide a safe space for open conversation—a place to speak your mind without fear of being misunderstood. This isn’t about replacing real relationships or creating an AI companion for escapism. Instead, I’m picturing a virtual friend that listens, engages with your interests, and helps you build confidence—while gently nudging ...

Ask HN: I feel I can no longer trust my gut 7 by mertleee | 2 comments on Hacker News. I've done startups most of my 20s. Currently at a well known accelerator - but I feel like I can't really take the valley seriously anymore. Nearing 30, I don't have much to show for my one partial startup exit. I feel like I want something more, but idk if it's even in software. My gut lead me here, not sure where to go next. A 'normal' job would be nice, but not sure if I can even snag one of those these days with the current market. I haven't really made significant financial progress in the past two years - but still seem motivated to find something larger. Any of you experience this? At 30 seems like I should really move on from flash-in-the-pan startups and maybe work on more meaningful things?

Ask HN: Why did Reddit stop working on Safari? 5 by amichail | 2 comments on Hacker News. Do you have problems with reddit hanging on Safari?

Sustainable Future Self-sufficient towns? 3 by daly | 1 comments on Hacker News. Elon has suggested the vision of a "sustainable future" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkManNuuYog This is a technology-maximized future. However, in the book "This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire - and what lies beyond" we find that there are 3 likely near-term endgames for society (1) This civilisation could collapse utterly and terminally, as a result of climatic instability (leading for instance to catastrophic food short- ages as a probable mechanism of collapse), or possibly sooner than that, through nuclear war, pandemic, or financial collapse leading to mass civil breakdown. Any of these are likely to be precipitated in part by ecological/climate instability, as Darfur and Syria were. Or (2) This civilisation (we) will manage to seed a future successor-civil- isation(s), as this one collapses. Or (3) This civilisation will somehow manage to trans...

Urldn – A Free URL Shortener with Tracking and QR Codes 2 by lahcenassm | 0 comments on Hacker News. We built URLDN to offer a free and powerful URL shortener with analytics, QR codes, and branded links. Unlike Bitly, it’s affordable and transparent for all users. Would love feedback from the community!

Ask HN: Would you make an argument for the peak of human progress? 4 by techpineapple | 3 comments on Hacker News. Whenever I read about the Industrial Revolution, there’s often an argument that you would want to unquestionably live after the Industrial Revolution, and that the loss of jobs and culture that occurred is an easy trade off for the gains made after. But I’m not so sure, there was this change from working jobs like being a blacksmith or other job where you learned skills and owned the lifecycle, contrasted with the types of soul crushing factory jobs that came after. So in curious if there’s a certain time period that people look to and make an argument that the change wasn’t worth it.

Ask HN: How should junior programmers use and/or not use AI for programming? 3 by taatparya | 0 comments on Hacker News. I am observing at my company that junior programmers, who have been allowed to use AI for helping with their coding seem to be losing their coding skills and critical skills. However, the seniors have become slightly more productive. What has been your experience and do you have any suggestion on how to use AI and can we evolve some guidelines for juniors. Also, the mentoring and community ecosystem online as well as in juniors and seniors seems to be also taking a hit. Any suggestions how to sustain this? Wouldn't want to lose the social connection juniors used to have with seniors because of this.

Ask HN: What's Your Opinion on MCP? 2 by amrrs | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: What podcast episodes changed the way you think about startups? 3 by gls2ro | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am asking for episodes here and not the entire podcast. I feel like there are a lot of podcasts and in case of audio is very hard to find specific episodes that are really good or skim their content to assess if it is high-quality. I want to improve or better say upgrade my general knowledge about business/marketing/sales/startups.

Ask HN: What is the simplest data orchestration tool you've worked with? 14 by chordol | 5 comments on Hacker News. Along the lines of Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, Argo, etc. What produced the least WTF per minute?

The Home Office's Response to my questions about the removal of Apple's ADP 5 by azalemeth | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am a British citizen, and an academic. I wrote to my local MP, highlighting the problems associated with the removal of Apple's Advanced Data Protection, how it was previously recommended by the security services themselves as an example of good practice, and how E2EE can mitigate many cybersecurity risks that have historically caused huge amounts of harm thorough bulk data breaches. Much to my surprise, my MP agreed with me and forwarded my letter on to the home office, probably because it was lengthy and filled with citations. I thought the audience of Hacker News would be interested to read their response below, which is, unfortunately, as expected, and frankly indicates that they did not engage substantively with what I had to say. ------------ 20 March 2025 Dan Jarvis MBE MP Security Minister 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF www.gov.uk/home-offic...

Ask HN: Should I learn COBOL at 14yo in 2025? 2 by Genius_um | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've worked in many programming languages, but are older languages like COBOL or Fortran worth looking into? COBOL certainly has a job opportunity later on since the average age of developers is over 60, they will probably hire any young person who has learned a minimum of COBOL which is already quite rare

UK IT job searching broken 2 by c7THEC2DDFVV2V | 0 comments on Hacker News. Its been a year of searching, a handful of interviews at best, recent interviews have had disinterested interviewers reading a script and not listening to answers. Having worked and consulted over the past decade, I just don't understsnd how broken things are. how are people surviving in this environment, I feel being pushed to the edge and ready to snap.

Ask HN: What new tools are there for facilitating virtual conferences? 2 by retzkek | 0 comments on Hacker News. Five years ago we were all forced to take in-person events online, where technology was not quite up to the task. We are facing another situation now where international travel is not safe for many people. What new tools are there for facilitating virtual-only conferences and meetings? Has anyone solved/made progress on the "hallway conversation" problem? Any exciting startups in this space?

Ask HN: How does one break into a new industry? 4 by NewUser76312 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Let's say someone has been involved in e.g. B2B software roles and projects for most of their professional life. But they have a strong interest in a seemingly unrelated fields - something hardware-related like robotics, automotive, manufacturing, etc. How does one get involved in such an industry? This is the conundrum of one of my colleagues who is looking for an industry switch. There don't seem to be relevant conferences or meetups in his area, and job applying is quite awkward. He'd be junior in a new industry and expected to take literally 1/3 the wage. Of course he does his fair share of self-study, but no formal schooling for any of these different fields. I'm not sure what to recommend, what are some things would you do? Go back to school? Take a (much) lower paying job and go from senior to junior (or even intern)? Also, that option may not be feasible given exist...

Ask HN: Favourite resources for learning programming type theory? 3 by stephantul | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hello HN, Recently, I've been massively enjoying diving into type checkers and how to effectively use them (mostly in Python). I lack foundational knowledge about the topic (I never studied CS), however, so I am looking for introductory textbooks/blogs/resources on the topic. More specifically: I see terms being thrown around like "Algebraic sum type", "covariant", "contravariant", and I would like to understand more about what they mean and imply in a practical sense. Thanks!

Ask HN: I'm building to-do app for ADHD, what would you want in a ToDo app? 2 by tntpreneur | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have ADHD, and sometimes I spend too much time deciding what to do next. I have lots of things to do, but making decisions bores me. So I decided to create a to-do app that will calculate a score based on time until a deadline, the value of completing tasks, and difficulty parameters. And I'll do that first item by calculated score. This is the basic idea, but I would like to hear from you: What would you expect from a to-do app?

Ask HN: Have you ever been hired because of open-source contributions? 6 by mothhabit | 1 comments on Hacker News. One of the most publicized advantages of contributing to open-source projects are the (supposed) better odds at landing jobs. I think that people shouldn't be contributing to open-source just to land better jobs and then forget it, but I ask myself if that premise is true in the first place. Have you ever been hired because of some open-source contribution? Or do you know someone who was?

Ask HN: Is anyone with AI expertise analyzing JFK files? 4 by theoryofx | 2 comments on Hacker News. The JFK Files, some of which were just released today, are thousands of text-based PDF files. They seem like a really good match for the capabilities of current LLMs. Is there anyone who's making a serious attempt at extracting data and analyzing the JFK files?

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Extended ISS Mission 4 by Mudasir_Fayaz | 0 comments on Hacker News. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after spending nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled for a shorter stay, their mission was extended due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule. The astronauts finally made their way back via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, splashing down off the coast of Florida. During their extended time on the ISS, Williams and Wilmore continued contributing to scientific research and station maintenance. Their safe return underscores the importance of having reliable spacecraft alternatives and highlights the growing role of private companies like SpaceX in maintaining space operations. The mission also reinforces the critical collaboration between NASA and commercial partners in ensuring the success of future space endeavors.

Ask HN: NSF Is Imploding – Thanks to Trump, Science Is Being Gutted 20 by NSFInsider | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been with the NSF for a long time, and I’ve never seen morale this low. People are crying in the halls. Leadership is quietly preparing for massive cuts, and layoffs are already happening. The National Science Foundation is in freefall, and Trump’s budget cuts are ripping it apart. Layoffs have already begun—*16% of the workforce is gone*, and RIF (forced layoffs) is about to take that number to *50%*. Decades of institutional knowledge and scientific leadership are being erased overnight. People are *crying in their offices, breaking down in meetings*—the mood here is pure devastation. And it’s about to get worse: Trump’s budget proposal for FY26 could *slash NSF funding by 50–75%*, meaning: - *No new research grants for at least a year* - *Entire divisions shut down* - *Merging or elimination of critical programs* If you’re a researcher, you *cannot rely on NSF fu...

Ask HN: What agentic AI frameworks have you used, and did you like them? 3 by Gooblebrai | 0 comments on Hacker News.

How I Stay Motivated Working on My Solo SaaS (When It Feels Like Nobody Cares) 4 by Sayyidalijufri | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been grinding on my solo project—a little app to help remote workers find coworking spots nearby—for months, and some days it feels like I’m yelling into the void. Nobody’s signing up, and I’m burned out. But I’ve figured out a few tricks to keep going: Set Tiny Wins: I break it into micro-goals, like “fix that bug today” or “post on X once.” Hitting those feels good, even if the big picture’s slow. Talk to People: I hop on X, ask random remote workers what they’d want in an app like mine. Even if they don’t sign up, the feedback keeps me pumped. Track Progress, Not Just Users: I log every little improvement—code commits, design tweaks, whatever. Seeing a list of wins reminds me I’m moving forward, even if signups are slow. Take Breaks: When I’m stuck, I step away—go for a walk, play a game. Coming back fresh helps me see the project differently. It’s ...

Is Product Search Broken? Why Are We Still Stuck with Ads and Fake Reviews? 2 by nicola_alessi | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, I’ve been thinking a lot about how broken product search is today. You type in a query, and the first page is just ads, SEO-optimized blogs, or fake reviews. It feels like the system is designed to waste our time rather than help us. For example, I was searching for a decent pair of wireless headphones under $200. After an hour of scrolling through Google, Amazon, and forums, I found a thread on Reddit from 2019. Guess what? The recommended model was discontinued. This made me wonder: Why are we still stuck with ads and fake reviews? Why hasn’t anyone built a better solution? What would your ideal product search engine look like? I’ve been exploring some tools that claim to solve these issues, but I’m curious to hear how you handle it. Do you have any tips, tools, or tricks to share? Let’s discuss!

Ask HN: How to work with your response to people with a chip on their shoulder? 2 by thimkerbell | 1 comments on Hacker News. There are people with perhaps-interesting content but where I sense a fence of hostility that demotivates me from giving them sustained attention. What are good workarounds? (Maybe "translation" of the tone is a job for ChatGPT/ Claude / Grok etc?)

Ask HN: Best practices to put Claude Code and OpenManus and Windsurf together 2 by bv_dev | 0 comments on Hacker News. We are creating best practices in our company for doing vibe coding at scale. We have already begun deploying production code through Claude Code + Cursor. I want to see how can we leverage the rest of the pieces -- MCP, OpenManus or Windsurf in this mix.

Best social network/forum for a beginner self-taught developer? 3 by antoperezmed | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hi, I am medical student who recently discovered programming and I am learning on my own (I can see cool uses of these skills in the medical field). The thing is I would like to find a community of tech people (some social network/forum/whatever) where I can ask questions, recommendations, advice, etc. Or just share my progress. X (Twitter) is the closest thing I know, as there is a lot of tech people there, but it doesn't seem quiet the place I am searching for.

Ask HN: What Is the Ideal Keyboard / Layout for Programming 2 by irishmansevilla | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Tell HN: Wise makes all user phone email and name data discoverable by default 8 by wise-throwaway | 0 comments on Hacker News. I recently received an email from Wise advising me that their privacy notice had changed. Of particular concern was this: > Account discoverability: Our account discoverability feature allows other Wise users to send you money by just entering your phone number, email address or Wisetag. This feature is described in section 4.9 of our updated Privacy Notice. Clicking through to the article linked in the email [0]: > If someone finds you as a result of a successful WiseTag, email or phone search we’ll show them your full name and profile picture. > For customers in the EEA or UK: You need to opt in to receive money via phone number or email, if you haven't done so already. You can check if you're discoverable and change this this in your Privacy settings. > For customers outside the EEA and UK: You’re discoverable via phone number or emai...

Ask HN: What kind of whiteboard do you use that does NOT use dry erase markers? 3 by dandrew5 | 3 comments on Hacker News. I've been using a dry erase whiteboard for decades and am in the market for something different. Someone mentioned in another thread they were using some kind of magnetic board (maybe it wasn't magnets, I can't remember 100%) but I can't find anything like this online. Anybody have any recommendations?

Tell HN: An ode to the lost magic of the 2010s ZIRP startups 3 by rizs12 | 0 comments on Hacker News. ("ZIRP" means "Zero Interest Rate Policy btw) It really is incredible how suddenly the world changes. Many of us are now unemployed, facing layoffs, taking salary cuts and enduring grueling work environments to try and get through the worst tech recession since 2008. I myself now work in a fusty, old and stable government department in Europe. But I once worked for a couple of 2010s ZIRP startups. And what places they were. People from across Europe and the world would rock up to these places and bring their seductive cocktail of cultural insight, experiences and languages. And they were motivated primarily to create something new and cool. The types who would have hated the fusty corporate offices that many of us now flee to in search of job security. And the energy was explosive. Sure most of their companies didn't make much profit or, in many cases, even revenu...

Ask HN: How Do You Keep Up with Tech and Business News Without Wasting Time? 2 by nktskr | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, I often find myself overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tech and business news. Many articles feel bloated, and by the time I extract what actually matters, I’ve already lost minutes (or hours). So, I built Glimpsy, an AI tool that summarizes key insights from top publications. The idea is to make it easier for founders, investors, and tech professionals to stay updated without reading full articles. Check it out on X (Twitter): https://x.com/gglimpsy I’m trying to validate whether something like this is useful, and I’d love to hear from you: • How do you currently stay up-to-date with industry news? • Do you find existing sources too slow, too noisy, or just right? • Would a summary-first approach be helpful to you? Would appreciate any insights! Also, if you’ve tried similar solutions before, what worked (or didn’t)? Thanks!

Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store 17 by soumikmahato | 6 comments on Hacker News. Microsoft edge's latest build version 134.0.3124.57, just added a whole new web-store for Android user unlike google. Extensions are great for adding a tiny bit of functionality to a browsing experience without dedicating an entire app to run in the background. For instance, some users like to use VPNs securely tied in from the browser itself rather than running the full-scale app.

We're adding a new pooled storage model to G Suite legacy free edition 2 by dkjaudyeqooe | 0 comments on Hacker News. Dear administrator, Over the past few years, we’ve rolled out pooled storage to customers across Google Workspace. Pooled storage provides a simpler and more flexible way to manage storage, as all storage is shared across users within a plan. This removes the need to manage it on a per-user basis. In the coming months, we’ll start rolling out this pooled storage model to your G Suite legacy free edition plan, providing you with more flexibility to manage your storage. What this means for your organization Starting May 1, 2025, we will begin updating your services to include pooled storage with your G Suite legacy free edition plan. This change comes at no cost to you. Under the pooled storage model: - Storage will be pooled and shared across all users within your organization. - You can see storage usage and total storage pool on Google Admin Console under Storag...

Ask HN: Is human technology advancing faster than human wisdom sustainable? 2 by oatmeal1 | 1 comments on Hacker News. I think it is easy to argue human technology has advanced far faster than human wisdom. We can make vaccines, land on the moon, and use particle accelerators, but struggle to achieve peace, handle overfishing of the oceans, or just get enough exercise to be healthy. Our technology is often used to our detriment, whether it be used to create more powerful weapons to kill each other, or just to take advantage of our brain's reward system so we spend more time doomscrolling and clicking ads. It seems with already having potential extinction events likely only averted by the individual actions of Stanislov Petrov and Vasili Arkhipov, humans have already created technology far past what our wisdom allows us to safely use. Even at our current level of technology we are at substantial risk. With new technology such as AI being more difficult to understand, are we doome...

What's going on with Sublime Text? Is it dead? 6 by xyzmaximum | 2 comments on Hacker News. There are so many developers still using Sublime Text, but I'm really surprised by their lack of communication. Package Control’s been down for about a month, package updates have stopped, and we're seeing performance issues with LSP and a pretty mediocre sidebar. Sure, there are some dev updates, but in my opinion, nothing's significantly improved the user experience in years.

Ask HN: It's becoming easier to rebuild than to fix. Awesome or Dangerous? 4 by bamboriz | 2 comments on Hacker News.

MCP with Ubuntu 3 by Elbouyave | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hello new comer here, MCP are a pain in the ass on windows, do you know if dualbooting my laptop with Ubuntu would be a viable solution to be able to build and run MCP ? Thanks in advance. Joz.

Ask HN: Which X11 server do you use on Android? 2 by rahimnathwani | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have a Google Pixel phone. The latest (March) software update included the ability to enable a new 'Terminal' app which drops you into a debian shell. I looked in the Play Store for X11 servers. I found two: 1. Mocha X11: https://ift.tt/QzH5O81 2. RNX XIO X11 GUI: https://ift.tt/68EjV0y #2 seems to work only with a specific linux distribution. #1 seems to work fine, and I trust the company because ~25 years ago I used their 5250 emulator for Windows, and it was great. I also found an open source one in the IzzOnDroid F-Droid repo: 3. https://ift.tt/Etlujv7 That seems less cluttered than the Mochasoft one, but I can't get it to keep an app up for more than a few seconds: the terminal reports the connection to the X server was broken. I'm curious whether you're using one of these and/or whether there's a better option?

"It's never been easier to start a company, but never harder to be successful." 4 by NewUser76312 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Came across this interesting quote the other day... Do you agree or disagree with the quote? Why or why not? I should mention that the domain of interest here is primarily 'high growth technology companies', not necessarily something like a dentist office or a barbershop. I think data could also help here, so please feel free to share. My initial thoughts: the first part certainly seems true, as anyone with a laptop and a web connection has the power to at least prototype some potentially useful SaaS product for a potential customer. But then I also think there are some systemic factors that have really eroded this since the early or mid 2000s: - Low hanging fruit, especially in B2C, has been picked clean. - Outreach via advertising, social media, blogs, forums, etc, has made connecting with people online so much more difficult, due to ...

Ask HN: How do you have effective 1:1s with your manager? 5 by justsocrateasin | 2 comments on Hacker News. I'm about six years into my career now and I have no clue how to make my 1:1s with my manager more effective. How do you all prepare for your 1:1s, how do you conduct them, how do you see them as a tool for improving your career?

Ask HN: 2x Arc A770 or 1x Radeon 7900 XTX for llama.cpp 2 by danielEM | 1 comments on Hacker News. Can't find "apple to apple" comparison on performance on QWQ 32b (4bit), can anyone help me with decision on which solution to pick? From what I dig so far it looks like dual Arc A770 is supported by llama.cpp. And saw some reports that llama.cpp on top of IPEX-LLM is fastest way for inference on intel card. On the other end there is more expensive 7900 XTX on which AMD claims (Jan '25) that inference is faster than on 4090. So - what is the state of the art as of today, how does one compare to another (apple to apple)? What is tokens/s diff?

Ask HN: What is going on with Google Chromecast? 4 by herodoturtle | 4 comments on Hacker News. Ours stopped working yesterday out of the blue (we couldn't stream to it). I thought it was broken. Tried a factory reset, and following all instructions on Google Home, all to no avail. Checked out Reddit and it turns out lots of folks are experiencing the exact same issue across the world. It all started a couple days ago. Anyone have any idea what's up?

Ask HN: What is the actual cost basis of the stock market? 3 by whatever1 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Does anyone know what is the actual cost basis for the entire US stock market. I mean at what price did the current stock holders got/bought their stocks.

Ask HN: How to find intellectually challenging work? 4 by Tainnor | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hi fellow HN-ers, After working (mostly) as a backend developer since 2013, I was recently burned (or bored?) out a bit, quit my job and went on a sabbatical for half a year. Now I need to start looking for a new job. However, I'm not sure how to find something that feels more meaningful and intellectually stimulating to me. I enjoy programming and also maths, but I found most of the jobs I had before not intellectually challenging in the ways that mattered to me . I'm someone who really likes doing deep dives into a topic and thinking carefully about problems and to me it feels as if the industry isn't rewarding that most of the time - instead, you have to work with 20 different technologies, most of which you barely understand and you never get enough time to really become an expert in anything, and requirements are changing so often that designing an overall architecture of ...

Ask HN: What's to prevent someone from spoofing a website? 4 by EGreg | 4 comments on Hacker News. I just got an email from Backblaze about resetting my credentials, because they detected they were not secure enough. And I thought -- why can't the entire thing be done from a website with a very similar unicode character somewhere in there, such as a or the russian "B"? The entire website can be cloned (or just that one page). But they'll just ask you to enter your existing password, before changing it. Many people would fall for it. They see the green lock, the https://ift.tt/edJaf3A or whatever. And then what? Sites can mitigate this by sending a "magic link" to your email to authorize any important actions, like a password change. That way they won't be able to make use of "what you know", without also getting into your email ("what you have"). But instead, many sites ask you to confirm it on your authenticator app by enterin...

Ask HN: Best way to simultaneously run multiple projects locally? 3 by suralind | 3 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, I often work on couple of projects at the same time and am trying to figure out what’s the easiest way to run all of them at once. For example, let’s say that I want to run frontend and two backend services (each it’s own repo). My current approach is to run each on a different port, but I actually wonder whether setting up a small Kubernetes cluster with Traefik as proxy wouldn’t serve me better as I could then use Skaffold or something similar to deploy apps independently to the cluster. Basically looking for true and tested solutions. Thanks.

Is the job market for software devs starting to improve? 4 by rizs12 | 2 comments on Hacker News. Are y'all receiving more messages from recruiters? I'm hearing anecdotes here and there so it'd be good to hear your experiences.

Ask HN: Blocking "Login with Google"? 3 by chiefalchemist | 5 comments on Hacker News. The solutions I’ve found all seem to recommend a Google accnt setting. I don’t keep myself logged in to Google (for all the obvious privacy reasons). I barely use Google but have some legacy stuff on Google drive that I reach to from time to time. Login with Google feels like a twin of reCAPTCHA; less about a solution and more about tracking / surveillance. I don’t like Goggle or anyone following me around the internet. Certainly someone has addressed this, true? Cloudflare? A certain VPN vendor? Perhaps a VPN connection to the EU? If it matters, I’m currently using Vivaldi on laptop and mobile.

When chatting, do you perceive ChatGPT as male, female, or never considered? 3 by vinnyglennon | 3 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Best Approach for MongoDB-Like Experience in Deno? 3 by vfssantos | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been building serverless applications with Deno and really appreciate its built-in KV store for simple data persistence. However, I'm finding myself missing MongoDB's query capabilities and document-oriented model. For those using Deno in production: 1. How are you handling document-based data storage in Deno applications, especially for edge deployments? 2. Have you found any good abstractions over Deno KV that provide MongoDB-like querying (find with complex filters, update with operators like $set/$push, etc.)? 3. What's your approach to indexing and query optimization when using Deno KV for document storage? 4. If you migrated from a Node.js/MongoDB stack to Deno, what was your strategy for the database layer? I'm considering building a thin MongoDB-compatible layer over Deno KV, but I'm wondering if there are existing solutions or if this approach ...

Ask HN: Why do some posts on HN not have a user/submitter? 2 by rishikeshs | 6 comments on Hacker News. Example: https://ift.tt/o1Ja2yK

Ask HN: What do you use for analytics for a statically generated website? 3 by tombert | 4 comments on Hacker News. I recently deployed a Hugo blog that I'm locally hosting. I would like to know roughly how much traffic it's getting (almost nothing except friends right now, but I still would like some data). Obviously I could use Google Analytics or something, but I would rather not introduce any kind of Google tracking to my site. Honestly I think I'd be happy enough with one of those "counter" things from the 90's. Does anyone here have anything? It's been forever since I've done anything like this, I'm sure the state of the art has advanced.

Ask HN: What note taking app do you guys using as a developer? 2 by rahmansahinler1 | 2 comments on Hacker News. As a developer building my own product, I take a lot of notes—code snippets, Linux commands, and general technical info. I've tried many apps, but none feel just right. Here’s what I think a good note-taking app must have: A note section where I can add text and images Easy organization with sections A quick search to find related notes A bonus would be the ability to retrieve answers from my notes. Right now, I'm using MS OneNote, which works well for the first two. But as my notes grow, finding the right one becomes a challenge. Do you guys face the same issue? What methods or apps do you use?

Ask HN: Is Cursor deleting working code for you too or is it just me? 3 by namanyayg | 0 comments on Hacker News. Cursor seems to mess up 3 times a day for me. What kinds of hallucinations are you seeing? Any tips on fixing those?

Ask HN: Has Anyone Used Adamcad Yet? 2 by MattGrommes | 1 comments on Hacker News. I saw a compelling video from Make: about this new generative AI cad tool (https://ift.tt/jgmRNXL) from YC. It looks like it has possibilities but you have to pay to get even one model generated, which is fairly useless in my opinion. Has anyone tried it and seen if it's useful or not?

Tell HN: I am no longer worried about losing the use of my hands 4 by elliotbnvl | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have done well as a programmer. My biggest job-related concern has been sustaining an injury to my hands that prevents me from typing, which would prevent me from doing my job and end my career potentially. With Cursor, Claude Sonnet 3.7 and OpenAI's Whisper model, I am no longer worried about that. I'm aware there are solutions for people with voice to text already, but they seem very challenging to learn to work with, and I always wondered if I'd have to patience to work with one if the time ever came. I'm good now! Edit: I'm curious if anybody with hand-related disabilities has switched their workflow from one of the aforementioned tools to Whisper / Cursor?

Ask HN: How did internet discover my subdomain? 2 by govideo | 5 comments on Hacker News. I have a domain that is not live. As expected, loading the domain returns: Error 1016. However...I have a subdomain with a not obvious name, like: userfileupload.sampledomain.com This subdomain IS LIVE but has NOT been publicized/posted anywhere. It's a custom URL for authenticated users to upload media with presigned url to my Cloudflare r2 bucket. I am using CloudFlare for my DNS. How did the internet find my subdomain? Some sample user agents are: "Expanse, a Palo Alto Networks company, searches across the global IPv4 space multiple times per day to identify customers' presences on the Internet. If you would like to be excluded from our scans, please send IP addresses/domains to: scaninfo@paloaltonetworks.com", "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/534.20.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Safari/534.20.8", "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; An...

Ask HN: New job but feel burnout and disappointed 5 by thawawaycold | 3 comments on Hacker News. Hello everyone, I wanted to pose this question here as I know lots of people have probably experienced the same situation as I'm doing now and many others have success stories after having been stuck in a rut. I'm 30, embedded sw engineer by trade, have been working for 4-ish year in this field and some more in my spare time; I've switched industry from consulting to flight software engineering for satellites, though I don't have an aerospace background, and I've just switched companies from a small startup to a bigger-but-still-startupish company. The switch has been done for several reasons, including high employee turnover, toxic workplace, relentless workloads at times that left me severely burnout for a while (I would feel sick at my stomach just looking at code in the morning) and worst of all a complete lack of sense of accomplishment and organization within th...

Ask HN: Do you also see only one post per page? 6 by antfarm | 3 comments on Hacker News.

The platform for like-minded people 2 by chouaibyou | 0 comments on Hacker News. Done with talking to people who do not relate to you, your vision? we've got you. ConvoSphere brings you to a 10-min real-time chat with people that share the smae interests and passions as you. We are soon launching it. Join our waitlist: https://ift.tt/sf3ZAJo or our discord waitlist: https://ift.tt/y4fBKUm

Ask HN: Best Windows/Linux developer laptop in 2025 19 by edtech_dev | 10 comments on Hacker News. Requirements: * Macbook is not an option * I go through phases and switch between Windows and Linux as my primary OS. * Want to be able to mess around with some local LLMs. * I travel frequently, so portability is somewhat important. Currently own a 13 inch, but 14 inch should work too I think. Notes: * My current laptop is a 6yr old Dell XPS. It has generally served me well. * I bought an Asus Zenbook for a family member and I have been impressed with how well it has worked out. Anyone with any recent experience with Asus laptops for development? * I have had bad experiences with Lenovo twice, which makes me wary of Thinkpads, but willing to consider it if it makes the most sense. * Framework look very appealing but I have heard mixed reviews.

Apple M3 Ultra: Is Apple's Silicon Strategy a Game-Changer or Just Iteration? 2 by toxaco | 0 comments on Hacker News. Apple has just revealed the M3 Ultra, boasting 134 billion transistors, a 32-core CPU, and a more efficient GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The new chip promises up to 2x performance over the M2 Ultra and is designed for power users in creative industries, AI workloads, and high-performance computing. On paper, this looks like a massive leap, but is Apple really changing the game or just optimizing an already dominant architecture? The transition to Apple Silicon was revolutionary, but now the gains seem more evolutionary. While the power efficiency and unified memory architecture remain impressive, some may argue that Apple is locking pro users deeper into its ecosystem. Unlike x86 chips, there’s no external GPU support, and software must be optimized specifically for Apple’s architecture. The real question: Does M3 Ultra redefine the future of high-...

Tell HN: Brother printers no longer consumer friendly 9 by SimonPStevens | 2 comments on Hacker News. I dislike the tactics many of the other printer manufacturers employ such as subscription services, DRM on cartridges, etc. I've always used and recommended Brother laser printers as they seem to largely not employ these non-consumer friendly approaches. They have always let you continue printing even when one cartridge was empty. I've always brought official cartridges out of respect for their business model. But no longer. I have a newish Brother HL-L3230CDW, and it refuses to print because one colour cartridge is reporting as low. I've followed the reset instructions here [0] which has worked previously on this printer, but it doesn't any more. I don't know if it's a firmware update, or a limit to the number of resets it allows. So tonight I'm unable to print a black and white document I need for work tomorrow because my yellow toner cartridge is repor...

Ask HN: Are Forums Dead? 3 by skwee357 | 3 comments on Hacker News. I got a bit of nostalgia to the old days of phpBB forums about computers. I enjoyed the days when forum software was purely a forum software, without any real time messaging/chat, and where people would post longer content than 120 characters. Are forums dead? Do you know of any active forum on computers, software, hardware?

Tell HN: The most recent Chrome update seems to have deleted all my passwords 3 by anigbrowl | 0 comments on Hacker News. I typically run two browsers - my default for most web surfing, and Chrome for when I need to access /be logged into Google services, do financial transactions etc. Because it used to be my main browser, I have a lot of passwords there going back 10-15 years. Password storage is local only, no cloud. Occasionally I will switch to Chrome and open the password manager to look up a password a third party website I don't use very often. I went to do this yesterday and was surprised to discover that all my stored passwords had vanished without a trace. Ironically enough, the address bar still has a memory of the last time I looked up a password for a different site! All my other history is untouched. I can only assume this is tied to the most recent update which allows password sharing with mobile devices; the only extensions on this browser are Ad Block pro and a...

Does anyone use MCP servers in their dev workflow? 2 by htormey | 0 comments on Hacker News. I recently switched from VS Code to Cursor as my main editor. Been a software engineer for 15+ years, worked at big tech and early-stage startups. Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of hype around MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations with Claude on X/LinkedIn. Some cool demos, like MCPs for browser debugging and Firecrawl MCP, have caught my eye. That said, I tend to be skeptical of hype, so before I sink time into this, is anyone actually using MCP servers as part of their dev workflow? If so, which ones, and how are they actually helping? I feel like just adding a CLI tool to Cursor’s rules file and telling it how to use it might be just as effective. But maybe I’m missing something? Would love to hear from real users, not just polished demo videos made by people building MCP servers. If you use MCP servers in Cursor (or anywhere else), let me know what you use and why?

Ask HN: Any truly multi-modal transformer architectures? 3 by prats226 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Most of the multi-modal architectures consume images as tokens in same dimension. Any architectures which look at text and images as first class citizens and also produce image tokens interleaved with text?

Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting? 17 by entrepy123 | 8 comments on Hacker News. Just got email, Rackspace increases monthly minimum to $12 (was $10) for basic SMTP hosting. I barely use it, but I like having a solid, independent, third-party, basic SMTP host around for when it is useful. Name me a suggestion. I know 20% or $2 increase isn't much, but I don't want to pay that much for something I barely use, but I need something. This unwanted fee increase has me jumping ship, not sure where to yet. Thanks.

Ask HN: Any insightful historical books on the impact of automation? 3 by kirunso | 2 comments on Hacker News. In those troubled time of increased AI-based automation that could threat to replace countless jobs, I was curious to learn more about how similar events played out in the past. So I wonder if you know of any good book on the subject, either covering the subject in general throughout history, or focusing on a specific automation breakthrough. Specifically interested in books that analyzes in depth how such event unfolded over time, without oversimplifying the complexity and details.

Reddit became a hot mess of errors and account bans for no reason 5 by ZevsVultAveHera | 2 comments on Hacker News. Created account? Oh well, too bad we are banning you. And no, we don't feel you need to know why by default. We are not going to even inform you that we banned you before you log out. Sorry we, don't care about the fact that you spent an hour writing comments and posting long question in one of subreddits. It's all now gone. Sorry, we don't care. User experience does not matter. We are too busy making user interface overcomplicated and CPU heavy. Your electricity and time you spend waiting for things to load are free to us. We don't pay for that and we are happy that you do. What do you mean browsing reddit is not supposed to be as heavy on processing power as mining cryptos? Why are you even bothering that we made reddit horrible and unusable? Just go away!

Ask HN: A question about mentoring a junior developer 3 by Desafinado | 8 comments on Hacker News. So this is the scenario: I develop a SQL object which is being used by an application developer in an app I haven't seen before. The developer is a junior and it's clear that they have a poor understanding of the use cases they're dealing with, and likely haven't adequately tested their changes. This developer isn't on my team and isn't someone I'm directly responsible for mentoring. The application carries almost no risk if the developer breaks it, we can just revert our changes and no harm done. My question is: in this scenario what would you do, and why? Do I take the extra step and walk them through the entire testing process pre-emptively, or do I let them own their change and potentially experience the pain of breaking production? This isn't a critical question for me I'm just curious to get a few takes on it. It's really a question of lett...

Ask HN: Getting US tech out of your life? 18 by jimnotgym | 3 comments on Hacker News. Like many people I'm trying to avoid giving money to Trumps tech Bros and the US in general. I don't know if it is possible, but how are you avoiding giving money to US tech companies? I use my local book shop rather than Amazon, but I'm still paying for Audible. What are good European/Canadian/ROW alternatives? What about streaming services, cloud services, Office apps? How do I get away from Visa/ Mastercard/PayPal? Is there anything else I should be thinking of?

Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using? 4 by fuzztester | 3 comments on Hacker News. Less popular or less commonly used ones. By that, I mean, not including the usual suspects, such as C, C++, Rust and Go (I know the controversy about the last one being a systems programming language or not). I'm asking this because I used C for both application programming and systems programming, early in my career, before I moved to using other languages such as Java and Python. And of late, I've been wanting to get back to doing some systems programming, but preferably in a more modern language (than C) which is meant for that.

Ask HN: Any editor with semantic, not syntax, highlighting? 3 by teo_zero | 3 comments on Hacker News. I've recently realized that the reason I seem unable to find a satisfactory syntax highlighting strategy, is that I don't really need any help to tell keywords from variables, strings from operators and so on, but rather to catch subtle mistakes like undefined functions or mispelled variable names. These all look like valid syntactic tokens, but are semantically wrong. To recognize such cases, a tool should understand where some word is declared/defined and where it is merely used, which is a task much more complex than what can be accomplished by any regex. I wonder if any editor, or plugin for editor, but without having to invoke a real compiler, exists that can at least satisfy requirement #1 below. Bonus points if it can also satisfy requirements #2 and #3 (all examples are in C as the archetype of many similar constructs in other languages). Requirement #1 Given this s...