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Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning by yoyohello13 on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:50PM (#47050505)
Maybe. It's basically "people who know how shit works" vs "people who don't know how shit works". I hope we still have at least some people in category 1 or else we just end up with Wall-E.
Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning by epolanski on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @07:23PM (#47055403)
Many people that really know their shit use AI too.
Re:Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning by yoyohello13 on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @07:40PM (#47055537)
Of course. People tend to conflate ‘using AI while coding’ with ‘vibe coding’, but they are very different. That’s why I like the framing of “understanding” vs “not understanding”