Best Vibe Coding Tools
What are the best tools available now? I’m currently experimenting with V0.dev. It’s impressive but wondering if there’s anything more advanced. Thanks!
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Why isn't Apple attacking the enterprise market?
There are few markets Apple can enter to continue its growth trajectory, given its size. Enterprise computing is such a market. With Apple silicon, supply chain, support infrastructure, and Mac laptops increasingly used on the client side, why isn’t Apple more aggressively attacking the enterprise market? Seems like a lost opportunity to me. Curious to hear thoughts on this.
Ask HN: SOP Development and Management
Standard operating procedures (SOP) and checklists have a significant positive impact on operations but I’ve found they are underutilized. Most processes are either understood in someone’s head or partially contained in IT system workflows. Does your company use SOPs and checklists for key processes? Is there any tech you use to create, store and maintain your SOPs and checklists?
Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions
on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @10:43PM (#41064284)
The UI is hilariously bad. I’m playing a NY Times podcast and say “Alexa, pause.” Two minutes later, I say “Alexa, play” and it starts playing some random news clip from ABC News.
Re:Introducing Copilot+ PCs
on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:33PM (#40423425)
Yes, and additionally the Copilot 360 user interface is a mess, processing time is slow, and the quality of results is poor. Using the Chat GPT or Claude interface produces much quicker/better results.
Re:Weekly 1:1s are a staple of management. I hated it and found it use...
on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @09:15PM (#40374238)
In my org, I customize meetings based on the specific report, their function, and their needs. With some reports, I meet with weekly, others biweekly, some monthly, some as needed. We adjust as needed based on turbulence, new projects, approaching deadlines, etc. It’s a very effective model.
Re:Predicted 25% Drop in Search Volume Remains Unclear
on Saturday April 27, 2024 @11:10AM (#40180569)
I strongly disagree. As a simple example, just this week I was looking for ice breaker questions for a work team event. I started with Google and was wading through a myriad of pages stuffed with ads and noise. I happened to have Claude open for an unrelated work experiment and thought to ask Claude for ice breaker questions. It provided 10 good questions and I selected the first two. It’s just a matter of time until we retrain our brains to first use LLMs before Google and then Google’s usage is going to drop like a rock. LLMs for many use cases is simply better, providing better results with far less noise.
Re:How to Start Google
on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @09:34PM (#39762125)
Yes, and doing a startup involves risk. If you fail, you’ll lose time and likely money. I’m now 10+ years behind on my retirement savings. I’ll likely need to work until 70-75.
Re:Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find
on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:35PM (#39036850)
Can anyone provide a single case of where a private equity majority owned business thrived, expanded, or at least maintained market share for at least three years? It seems private equity focuses on extracting every bit of value from a business, as quickly as possible, and then walking away via asset divestiture and bankruptcy.
Yesterday saw new record standard deviation (6.10σ) for sea surface temperature
Re:Quality of care declines after private equity takes over hospitals
on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @12:29PM (#38773783)
I’m struggling to understand how the standard PE model works, particularly the debt component. PE firms seem to target mediocre businesses, load them with debt, and then harvest returns and eventually the assets. Why would a bank loan money for such an arrangement, given how often these businesses end up in bankruptcy (Toys R Us as an example)? Is the debt collateralized and bundled with better performing debt or sold off to an unwitting buyer?
Re:Rising Temperatures in the Netherlands
on Saturday December 16, 2023 @10:56AM (#38665128)
It’s hard to believe how many visitors to HN are climate science deniers. This is equivalent to claiming the earth is flat, denying the value of vaccines, or arguing that we didn’t really land on the moon.
Harvard Shouldn't Be So Important
Re:New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics
on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:48PM (#38534339)
I’m not a physicist much less an astrophysicist and so take what I’m about to say with a hefty grain of salt. But I wonder if this new approach can also explain observations of distant galaxies. Distant galaxies either redshift because they’re moving away faster over time due to dark energy or redshift because their mass is changing. Can this new theory help explain why older galaxies might lose increasing mass over time?
Why I’m quitting Hacker News
I just shared a post about the world’s oceans setting record temperatures for 80 continuous days. After the post achieved 130+ upvotes and the top spot within several hours, it was nuked. My experience is that every post on Hacker News addressing climate change is removed or downvoted to oblivion. I don’t want to be part of a community that turns away from probably the most important threat...
Re:World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @02:35PM (#36188186)
Sounds like the MAGA movement in the United States. I share your sentiment of losing hope.
Re:World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:57PM (#36187770)
OP wouldn’t be so skeptical except for the fact that 99% of scientists have been raising the alarm bells about climate change for 50 years and mainly politicians and commentators, often with little to no expertise and significantly biased due to fossil fuel connections and donations, have been questioning and undermining the science.
Re:World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:54PM (#36187741)
How does the earth have a core if it’s flat? Taps head…
Re:World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:50PM (#36187708)
Yes, that’s my understanding.
Re:World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:34PM (#36187566)
Well said. I have two small kiddos and difficult to know how to engage with them on topics like AI and climate change.
As a related experience, I picked up my son from a birthday party and the birthday consisted of a rented massive trailer with big screen TVs and 7-8 different video game consoles for couch coop gaming. All powered by a generator. Very cool and very frightening all at the same time.
World’s oceans at record high temperature for 80 consecutive days
Quantifying the human cost of global warming
Re:Peloton CEO quit after laying off 2,800. A lesson about how not to ...
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:55AM (#36057339)
I don’t think the peloton is at all equivalent to the ronco(?) or bow flex. It’s an integrated experience with hardware, classes/instructors, and an active community.
Re:Peloton CEO quit after laying off 2,800. A lesson about how not to ...
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:53AM (#36057316)
Better integration with the classes and metrics and the leaderboard. I use power zone classes only and the metrics are key for that.
Re:Peloton CEO quit after laying off 2,800. A lesson about how not to ...
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:52AM (#36057304)
You can say what you want but from my vantage point there’s nothing “fad-ish” about the peloton. Do people buy it like the latest kitchen gizmo and then store it away and let it gather dust? Sure. But that’s not at all my experience.
Note, before the peloton I bought a Concept 2 rower. I used it routinely for a few months, then periodically, and then not at all. I still have it and going to try to use it again in conjunction with the peloton rowing classes now that they’re available in the app.
Re:Peloton CEO quit after laying off 2,800. A lesson about how not to ...
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:49AM (#36057278)
You’re paying the same or more for a regular gym membership. My wife pays $200/month+ for Pilates.
Re:Peloton CEO quit after laying off 2,800. A lesson about how not to ...
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:38AM (#36057171)
As a peloton owner, I strongly disagree. I have a peloton and went from not working out regularly, despite many attempts and gym memberships, to working out 4x a week (45 min or longer), going on 3 years now. I lost 15 lbs and in the best shape of my life. A $1,500 bike + $49/month subscription fee is a small price to pay for dramatically improved health and well being.
Re:Waymo and Uber partner to bring Waymo’s technology to the Uber plat...
on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @08:56AM (#36043559)
This seems to leave Lyft in a bad spot?
Meta’s next round of layoffs will start next week
Re:Tell HN: Putting mirrors around my desk improved my posture
on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:18PM (#35939524)
I thought about trying this exact same idea for my indoor bike. Posture is also key for cycling.