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Re:The Cost of a Closure in C on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:22AM (#46229298)
The breakdown of lambda, blocks, and nested functions demonstrates how important implementation and ABI details are in addition to syntax. I think the standard for C should include a straightforward, first class wide function pointer along with a closure story to stop people from adding these half portable, half spooky extensions.
Re:But why is AI bad? on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:49AM (#46119886)
AI isn’t inherently evil, it’s just a tool. the real problem is when companies use it to cheap out or replace people entirely. indie dev using AI to document a side project isn’t the villain, that’s just survival. the convo should be about power + intent, not blanket “AI bad” takes.
The extension for text writing copies that model mate. I just used to correct the sentence flow. Yeah, it must be totally off.
Re:LLMs are mortally terrified of exceptions on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:40AM (#45538908)
It’s like LLMs freeze up at the slightest exception, like they’ve never seen anything go off-script before. Seriously though, exceptions are part of the game, they’re how we learn and improve. We need to give these models some better coping mechanisms for those edge cases
The conversation really brings up some serious issues. AI is not merely a productivity enhancer—it is pure wage battle. What is happening is incredible—AI is being used to reduce the skill level of workers and hence their wages, all in the name of efficiency. The analogy to the Luddites is quite fitting. It is a pity that technology is only making work less expensive for the employers and not better for the workers.
the hype surrounding AI is exaggerated, but a good deal of the tools is not providing real value. Customers are observing that their costs are increasing without the expected productivity gains or layoffs. The absence of quantifiable ROI and obscure pricing structures are major deterrents. It will be difficult to convince people about the real potential of AI until the sellers establish unmistakable advantages and fix the pricing.
Re:Two things LLM coding agents are still bad at on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:15AM (#45528028)
Large language models can help a lot, yet they still lack the human touch, particularly in the areas of context comprehension and question formulation. The entire "no copy-paste" rule seems strange as well. It is as if the models were performing an operation solely in their minds rather than just repeating it like we do. It gives the impression that they are learning by making mistakes rather than thinking things through. They are certainly not developers' replacements at this point!
Re:Show HN: I built a web framework in C on Thursday October 09, 2025 @10:14AM (#45528005)
This looks cool
If AI’s handling most jobs, it could def help us bounce back from stuff like brain fog. But also, kinda scary if AI takes over too much, ya know? Definitely food for thought
Re:You Want Technology with Warts on Friday October 03, 2025 @07:52AM (#45461851)
It’s easy to forget that warts are often just features that prevent breaking things down the line. SQLite may not be perfect, but it’s been around forever for a reason. Definitely prefer a solid, slightly imperfect tech stack over something that could change with every update.
Re:The AI Emperor Has No Clothes on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @08:34AM (#45424655)
It feels like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon without much substance behind it
Re:Disqus Turned My Blog into an Ad Farm – So I Killed It on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @08:30AM (#45424617)
Ugh, i feel u. Disqus ads have gotten way out of hand. It’s such a shame because the platform used to be so clean and user-friendly. It’s almost like they’re trying to ruin the experience. Definitely time to ditch it for something better. Any better alternatives?
Re:I used AI to spot my skin cancer – it saved my life on Monday September 29, 2025 @06:03AM (#45411987)
AI-powered tools like this are truly life-saving; it’s amazing how technology is becoming more integrated into healthcare to help catch serious conditions earlier!
Super interesting breakdown, really feels like we’re moving from “SEO for Google” to “SEO for every AI personality,” which makes content strategy way trickier but also kind of exciting.
I’ve found Docker works well with resource limits, a small critic agent helps break error loops, and summarizing diffs beats raw vector search for context; adding auto-tests can also help escape trivial bug-fix loops.
Re:The AI coding trap on Monday September 29, 2025 @05:56AM (#45411943)
This really nails the tension I’ve been feeling with AI coding tools. They make spinning up prototypes feel effortless, but the cleanup and long-term maintainability can be brutal if you don’t put structure in place from the start. Treating them like “hyperfast juniors” that still need guardrails feels like the most practical mindset shift I’ve heard so far.
Re:Queueing to publish in AI and CS on Monday September 29, 2025 @05:54AM (#45411929)
The real issue is careers valuing where papers are published over what they contribute, and incentives won’t change until hiring and funding reward depth over volume.
Re:Generative AI is hollowing out entry-level jobs, study finds on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @09:51AM (#45262275)
This makes me think the conversation around AI and jobs is too focused on total employment, when the real story is how it shifts opportunities within companies. If juniors are getting fewer chances to enter, that could create long-term bottlenecks for talent growth.
Re:Ask: What do you think of my AI task manager? on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @09:47AM (#45262224)
Just checked it out looks super clean and intuitive, definitely something I’d use to stay organized.
Re:Fixing AWS Architecture Diagrams: AI Document Processing on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:26AM (#45261320)
Really liked this breakdown switching to sequence diagrams makes way more sense for showing the actual flow. The marketing vs reference goal difference is such an important point too.
Re:RustGPT: A pure-Rust transformer LLM built from scratch on Monday September 15, 2025 @08:29AM (#45248876)
Very cool project, always nice to see deep learning built from scratch in Rust without heavy frameworks.
Re:Ask HN: What's new in operating systems these days? on Monday September 15, 2025 @05:54AM (#45247936)
A lot of work is happening around security hardening, better sandboxing, and microkernel based designs.
Re:I Built an Event-Sourcing Database Engine: Meet Genesis DB on Monday September 15, 2025 @05:52AM (#45247923)
Congrats on hitting 1.0. love the focus on simplicity and real world dev workflows
Re:Built an AI news agent that stops information overload on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @05:24AM (#45179612)
Really interesting approach. Using AI to filter nd organize news seems like a smart solution to info overload
Re:Semantic Highlighting for Emacs Lisp on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:02AM (#45178935)
Love this! The semantic highlighting and hover text make Emacs Lisp way easier to work with.
Re: on Monday September 08, 2025 @10:42AM (#45168930)
The blog explores the evolving role of Agentic AI in improving AI-generated summaries by introducing advanced evaluation frameworks that ensure accuracy, clarity, and relevance. It emphasizes how these systems can transform industries like life sciences by automating the summarization of complex research and regulatory documents, enhancing decision-making, and fostering innovation, while highlighting the challenges of evaluation accuracy and the need for continuous human oversight.

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