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Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by nozzlegear on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:02AM (#47779102)
> he out-earns me fairly frequently in his circle of gaming programmers

Can you expand on this? Your teenage son makes more money than you do professionally, by vibe coding video games?

Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by llm_nerd on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:22AM (#47779391)
Who said anything about "vibe coding"? Using coding tools like Claude Code as just another tool in the belt is something the overwhelming bulk of professional devs do now (and given that my son managed to find a number of clients paying for his work, he qualifies as professional). Pejorative "vibe coding" nonsense doesn't change this.
Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by nozzlegear on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:27AM (#47779474)
Call it whatever you want then, I'm still interested in the question at hand – your son makes more money than you do professionally, using Claude Code to make something video game related?
Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by llm_nerd on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:30AM (#47779518)
He makes solutions for people and they pay him money for doing so. I mean...pretty much exactly how we all operate? He's excellent at networking and has built an enormous connection tree.
Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by nozzlegear on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @11:45AM (#47780745)
That's interesting, good for him! When I was a teenager I spent all my time playing Halo 2, I didn't write my first line of code until my early 20s.
Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by jazz9k on Friday April 17, 2026 @07:32PM (#47811738)
This sounds so sketchy and vague. Why do you need to keep defending it, if it's complely legit?
Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by llm_nerd on Saturday April 18, 2026 @09:54PM (#47821188)
"Defending it"? Sketchy and vague is similarly hilariously pathetic language, and you sound like an absolute creep.

I have zero obligation to detail the work my minor son does to random weird foot-stomping, entitled creeps on HN, and these bizarrely insecure demands by professional failures is...telling.

In this case I assume you're keying off of the other clown who, based upon absolutely nothing (but apparently their own professional failure), is certain it must be "cheating software".

How pathetic. If this is your lot in life, Jesus Christ find a different career. Maybe the trades or something.

Re:Claude may require identity verification in some cases by paradox242 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @08:24PM (#47787164)
Almost certainly referring to cheating software.