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Re:Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production? on Friday September 04, 2026 @06:58AM (#49562913)
I assume the target audience for the question is developers. That will generate many responses along the lines of ”just use a CLI”.

The current, main driver I see for MCP servers are non-technical people who want to securely connect data sources to their AI application.

Hosted by Apple or not, but isn’t the biggest feature of iOS 27 LLM integration?
Re:Substack writers, you need a website on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:47PM (#49089703)
You mention RSS, but Substack is about paid subscribers, is it not? What do you think converts a Substack user to a subscriber; is it just a numbers game?
Do you feel the output could've been yours, or is it about the output feeling more humane?
Re:Trunk Based Development on Saturday February 21, 2026 @03:56AM (#47098842)
We're organized in small teams around specific products. That leads to mob programming being a good fit, so code reviews and knowledge sharing is organic. This gives us an opportunity to commit to main and do direct deploys to production. Treating every commit as deployable is key, but it drives good practices.
Re:Mob Programming on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @01:35AM (#45022646)
The largest benefit of mob programming (or software teaming or ensemble programming) is the continuous knowledge sharing. Instead of trying to figure out context during code reviews or syncs, you do it organically all the time. Developing together builds a tight team where people grow together.
Nice job! Pretty fun game.

Only improvement ideas I have are for a smoother start for new players:

1. Let the user start the game themselves so that they have a chance to read the rules without a stressful first impression.

2. Use a different label text than "Build your word here" as it sounds like a drag and drop target rather than an output.

Re:MessagePack: It's like JSON, but fast and small. on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:11AM (#42663966)
I'd argue the value goes up with larger payloads. The tradeoff is ease of use vs efficiency.
Hence my question was about programming rather than engineering. Composition could, for a long time, be a task humans do whereas the components are generated by AI.
They're likely on the hype train, I'll give you that. Doesn't mean next generation won't be doing software engineering completely different from how it's done now.
Re:Chiptune.app on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:21PM (#36740593)
Lizardking’s stuff is great, e.g. Triton Theme: https://chiptune.app/?q=lizardking
Re:How to Corrupt an SQLite Database File on Saturday April 30, 2022 @06:31AM (#31214861)
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Re:Building a data team at a mid-stage startup on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:42PM (#27778530)
Done well (like here), The Goal like storytelling, is both educational and interesting.
Re:Show HN: Data Driven Tech Radar on Thursday May 12, 2016 @12:00PM (#11684368)
Great work! Mashing up data based on tweets, HN posts and real-world projects (i.e. from GitHub) would be an interesting dimension.