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Re:Tell HN: Scribd Breached on Saturday October 31, 2026 @01:53AM (#50313543)
Was the text light grey before you clicked the comments? Typically the link turns from almost black to light grey after you visit the site, just like a normal link will turn from blue to purple after you click the link to indicate you have visited the site. In this post for example the link goes to the 'Tell HN:' so the link goes directly to the comments. Could it be you did not pay attention until you had visited the comments once already??
Got an email that the Jetbrains AI Assistant is eventually going away and will be replaced by Air in all Jetbrain's IDEs. Used Junie with a few different LLM providers and seemed to work OK (had $40 free credits). Seems Junie `Lite` will be free for awhile not sure what that means exactly.

Anyone have any predictions on how this roll out will be received? Use AI Assist chat window with Codex for quick fixes so interested to see how AIR is integrated into the IDE out.

Re:Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @01:31PM (#49730310)
I hope not Chat is still all you can eat and Work uses Codex tokens. I can see why they would want people to think they wanted this without thinking about how it currently works. If Chat starts eating tokens then there is not much reason to use Chat other than most people don't live in the command line like developers. Claude Chat / Cowork already eats tokens either way so not much of a change really. I have never used Work since if I want access to local files the CLI is a much better interface combined with an IDE, but can see the appeal to non-developers.
Re:Electric rain can eat through metal on Sunday August 30, 2026 @01:35PM (#49500848)
Whoops! thanks, guess I should have clicked it to double check thought it look familiar lol
Re:Hacker News but for Independent Blogs on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @02:43PM (#48574818)
wow, always right clicked then clicked open in new tab. Middle click now saves me one click - thanks!
Re:Music for Programming on Monday April 06, 2026 @10:40AM (#47661556)
Do not see this one in the thread yet, found this on HN years ago and always in the weekly rotation

https://poolsuite.net/

Re:GPT-5.3-Codex on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:30PM (#46919618)
If you are already using Volta in your project Codex will use the correct version assuming you are running in the same directory as your .json file and the json file has the” volta”:{ “node”: “xx.x.x”, “npm”: “xx.x.x”} configured. Personally use a Dockerfile to setup the container with volta installed. Need to set up Volta and configure at least one version of Node then install Codex in the docker. One caveat is you need to update codex with the initial version of node assuming it’s not the same as your project. If you are using one image per project you should never run into this but I have been using one image and firing up a container for each project, so it was great to see Codex able to use the correct version configured for the project via Volta.

From other comments sounds like Codex using mise for internal tools can cause issues but not sure that is 100% Codex fault if the project is not already defining the node/npm version in the json “engines” entry. If it’s ignoring that entry then I guess this is a valid complaint, but not sure how Codex is supposed to guess which version of tools to use for different projects.

Would you mind adding more details as to the exact setup where Codex is using the wrong version?

Re:Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:28PM (#46727608)
At the big box stores absolutely they have it worked in to the prices. I have no idea if the local mom and pop shops are working that 2-4% into their prices or not.
Re:Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:32PM (#46727310)
You do realize that 2-4% is not left on the 'table' its taken from the merchant you are shopping at. If you are at a big box store sure but when going to local merchants its best for them if you use debit or cash. One could argue the merchant 'choose' to accept CC but in this day and age its more like extortion because the CC lobbyist were able to make it illegal to pass that charge onto the customer.
Re:Text-Based Web Browsers on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:45AM (#46599344)
"What is the recommended way of hiding features that require JavaScript on browsers that do not support JavaScript, e.g., on w3m?"

You can try the <noscript> tag.

Re:Show HN: Hacker Book – All the HN Belong to You 2006 – 2025 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:02AM (#46444684)
Strange now the first few days load (getting a new error) 'Ignoring inability to install OPFS sqlite3_vfs: Cannot install OPFS: Missing SharedArrayBuffer and/or Atomics. The server must emit the COOP/COEP response headers to enable those. See https://sqlite.org/wasm/doc/trunk/persistence.md#coop-coep'

But when go back to the 26th none of the shards will load, error out.

Using Windows 11, FF 146.0.1

Since you tested it seems its just a me problem and thanks for fixing the GitHub link

Site does not load on Firefox console error says 'Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: can't access property "wasm", sqlite3 is null'

Guess its common knowledge that SharedArrayBuffer (SQLite wasm) does not work with FF due to Cross-Origin Attacks (i just found out ;).

Once the initial chunk of data loads the rest load almost instantly on Chrome. Can you please fix the GitHub link (current 404) would like to peak at the code. Thank you!

First off sorry to hear about your daughter's situation and how it seems to be affecting every aspect of your family life. Without telling my life story, a lot of us were in a similar situation in the early 2000’s (Graduated in 2000 and laid off from my intern job in 2001, where I worked for 3 years). As others have said luck and who you know are 50%, right place / right time are another 50% (75% luck IDK). Programming jobs are not going away (think legacy systems / retirements). Will all new jobs be the same as the old jobs, probably not. It might be 5 – 10 years before many new grads find great jobs (to answer your question on how long it lasts). They should, however, be able to find ‘jobs’ (today). Will these be the high pay WFH? Probably not. My advice would be this:

    Start an LLC in your state.  Normally a couple hundred dollars and some paperwork. 

    Create a bank account for the LLC and put a couple hundred dollars in the account. 

    Contribute to Open Source or make an open-source project 

    Make ‘free’ software for yourself, friends and family – something is better than nothing – show and tell 

    Make ‘free as in beer’ software for local business or non-profits 

    Get a job at a local mom and pop outfit, do the job you are hired to do, but also become the ‘IT’ person.  Install software / hardware, do backups, make helpful ‘apps’, automate and innovate 

    All of these will count towards experience when you do get a ‘real’ job, increasing pay range and giving ‘experience’ with ‘x’ technology. 

    Host on a cheap VPS to learn about Linux / system admin, install something like Dokploy (PaaS), configure Traefik (Reverse Proxy / Load Balancing / HTTPS / DNS), then build your own SaaS apps.  Full Stack? 

    CERTS – GCP ACE, CISSP, Azure AI, ChatGPT, etc.... 

    With the help of a good LLM there is no better time to build something when you really have nothing to lose and no family to support, no house payment, etc... 

 
Do this for 5 – 10 years as projects under the LLC umbrella. Most start-ups do not make money; it's ok to show a loss. On the resume you focus on the tech portion leaving out the parts you do not want to focus on. Who knows, maybe one of these projects even makes a few hundred a month's side money. The best time to find a job is when you have a job (any job). Sitting around looking for a ‘great’ job is going to leave gaps in your resume. Any job can teach you about problem solving, working with others (conflict and how did you resolve the conflict), leadership, in the end a programmer is hired to help make the business money learning how businesses work in general will lead to new insights that a fresh grad (most likely) does not have. There are lots of smaller software shops no one has ever heard of that are also entry level options for new grads. It's ok to live at home making less money and saving it, sometimes we need to lower our expectations on what we are worth money wise. It's not easy out there right now, and I will not pretend that it is. For some (like me), it never was easy, but you need to keep up on the latest tech and have something to show / talk about.

Everyone knows someone who went to school for ‘x’ who is the local bartender or barista. If the new grads decide money now is more important than gaining ‘tech’ experience any way they can then they may never get that job in the ‘x’ degree. Tech includes everything from hardware to software, with more jobs being ‘full stack’ the more you know about the better.

Hoping you and your family the best. There is still time to celebrate Christmas even if dinner is Chinese food and the only gifts are each other.

Re:Show HN: Picknplace.js, an Alternative to Drag and Drop on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:03PM (#46321060)
Great work building something and having the courage to show HN ;-)

Interesting design. Even though I read the instructions still could not get it to work for 30 or so seconds. Might want to show some text 'Now Scroll' with up/down arrows to the left or right of the list.

Seems ok when the list is in the middle of the page and you already have room to scroll up and down, but how is it going to work when the list is at the top or bottom of the page?

Or when the page is so short it does not scroll at all? I suppose you could have the container scroll but then it needs to be considerable larger than the list.

Honestly when you click 'Pick' all of the others should say 'Place' would be more intuitive and give the user options to support both. As they use it they will pick up they can scroll if they want.

Only had a minute to install, build and use the app; but wow this is great! Thank you for building and showing us Wirebrowser. Are you building this because other tools do not meet your needs? I have not run across any tool(s) that combine all of these features into one package so hoping you all success with this release.
Scrolled for like a minute in both Chrome and FF nothing happened except my finger got really tired. The numbers moved but all I see is a picture of a young child. Not sure what is supposed to happen.....
Re: on Thursday December 04, 2025 @12:53AM (#46144226)
Just installed on both pop_os and windows 11. On Linux everything seems to work ok. On Windows 11 the mouse only moves to the start of a line, cannot select text at all click anywhere but the very first part of a line. Every now and then it will select some random word on the line but mostly just column 1. Installed with Cargo if that matters using rustc 1.91.1, looks like 1.88.0 is min supported. On pop the mouse works as expected. Will check it out more when I get time just wanted to give you the heads up.
Thanks for the link. Its always helpful to have new ways to describe tech dept. The term is too overloaded and most people roll their eyes when hearing it since it can be used to describe anything from real issues to things that are fine but you just do not like for whatever reason. Look forward to reading the section on what issues are worth paying down and those that are fine to live with. Its not any easy decision to make, but having concrete examples is always a bonus. For .99 cents pre-ordered a copy and if there is going to be a real book would love to have it sitting on my desk. It could sit next to Software Estimation by Steve McConnell ;) Cheers!
Re:Ask HN: Difficult Interview Question on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @05:04PM (#45120409)
If nothing else would assume they have used GitHub or say 'drop it in teams'. Even if they have only ever used the cloud there is send a link from my Google or One Drive. My first answer would be FTP or rsync. Maybe they are over thinking it and assume they need to get it on another machine without the owner knowing about it IDK. Maybe it needs to be reworded. Or follow up if there is no answer and say how did you turn in your homework to the professors or think about how you collaborate with other developers on a project.
Do not quote me either but you are correct. Prairies depend on fire as do most native forests. Many trees are dependent on fire for their off-spring to succeed (Jack Pine, Red/White Pine, Bur/Northern/Pin Oak) and to kill off invasive species (prairies). Prescribed burns are critical in maintaining these eco-systems and are an under utilized resource. They require 'perfect' conditions (temp, humidity, timing, human resources), so are rarely done correctly if done at all. Source wildland firefighter in another life.
'benign tumor' maybe some Salmon Lipomas with crackers and cheese.
Re:Optimizing My Sleep Around Claude Usage Limits on Monday August 11, 2025 @12:04AM (#44860680)
"To be fair, computer science is famous for people rearranging their sleep schedule around when the compute time was available." - Duanemclemore Interesting take, not the mind set I went into reading the article but the one I wish I had...
Thank you! The timing of this comment is perfect
Re:PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @04:04PM (#44370452)
Its a next.js site using Tailwind -- https://departuremono.com/ -- https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Mono -- some other fonts mixed in

Other that that just styled HTML based on a quick look at the debugger window if there was another framework used its not obvious...

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