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Re: on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @05:12AM (#50256403)
Maybe I'm just more aware, but I've been noticing a proliferation of small bugs across apps and other software.

For example, Claude cuts off the top of the speech bubble of my first message, if it is over three lines. Or, Android's language switch menu disappears before I can tap on the language I want. Or, the Google Books API has become very flaky.

Hard not to attribute this to vibe coding.

Re:Ask HN: What're You Reading? on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @09:00AM (#49908313)
Only tangentially related shameless plug but... For the readers here, could you give www.bertieapp.com a try? Would love feedback!
Re:Best of British Design on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @03:53AM (#49889662)
Brief write up of the stats so far: https://logos.substack.com/p/the-best-of-british-design
Re:Best of British Design on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:47AM (#49889158)
I mean, almost all these are S tier! But there's something a bit... basic... about S tier lists.
Re:Best of British Design on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:44AM (#49889126)
What's sad is that though (as this demonstrates) the British punch way above their weight in design, they make so many bad decisions! Look at council estate signature, for instance...
Re:Best of British Design on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:42AM (#49889116)
Yeah that was a bit lazy, updated!
Re:AI analysis for UK Parliament bills on Sunday February 15, 2026 @03:48PM (#47027384)
What data though? The website doesn't show me a summary assessment, like what the AI one does.
Re:AI analysis for UK Parliament bills on Sunday February 15, 2026 @03:20PM (#47027154)
Few people are aware of what bills are put before parliament, much less of their impact. Most of us don't have time to read every bill; but seeing a snapshot like this can help us decide which ones we want to look into more closely.
Re:AI analysis for UK Parliament bills on Sunday February 15, 2026 @03:19PM (#47027134)
Repo here: https://github.com/acatsambas/ukparliament
Re:Political belief clusters on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:51PM (#44492901)
We built a web app to test how correlated people's political beliefs are. We need more responses to calibrate it - please have a go!
Re:Modern business adventures: short stories of techno-optimistic folly on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:23AM (#43945424)
I mean yes, mine doesn't hold a candle to that.

Ask HN: For people who've gone viral] which channels lead to virality?

Posted by ArisC on Thursday May 08, 2025 @12:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I imagine anyone who publishes stuff on the web is thinking 'I know my stuff's good, if only I could go viral once...'So - if you have gone viral, which channels sparked it off? X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Reddit, something else? How did you do it?And, bonus points, which channels reward quality instead of tricking algorithms with slop?

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Agency vs Intelligence

Posted by ArisC on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @02:55AM
from the self-post dept.

Just a thought for discussion. Karpathy's comment that agency > intelligence has blown up on X, but I think he's generalising from his own experience.In a chaotic environment (in which most start ups and even huge tech companies operate) it's true agency matters a lot. But in more structured environments, where outcomes are driven by well-establishes processes, intelligence is much more...

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Re:How Banking Works – A FAQ on Thursday August 29, 2024 @07:06AM (#41389528)
What do you mean by arbitrage? Re card services, I included interchange - which others do you have in mind?
Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in English on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:44PM (#41372073)
Bit unkind mate. It's normal for ELO rankings to update by many points.
Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in English on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:33AM (#41366047)
I think someone hacked my sql table :(
Re:Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in English on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:28AM (#41365005)
Some context here: https://logos.substack.com/p/cellar-door