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Re:MiniMax M2.7 Is Now Open Source on Sunday April 12, 2026 @07:20AM (#47738391)
If rumours OpenAI are doing 70% margins on inference and Anthropic doing 30% margins, then open weights models hosted on clouds happy with 10% margins increase competition and decrease cost. I’m game, like most. Much easier compliance with data sovereign concerns too.
The non-thinking Kimi K2 is on Vertex AI, so it's just a matter of time before it appears there. Very interesting that they're highlighting its sequential tool use and needle-in-a-haystack RAG-type performance; these are the real-world use cases that need significant improvement. Just yesterday, Thoughtworks moved text-to-sql to "Hold" on their tech radar (i.e. they recommend you stop doing it).
Re:Which SaaS have you been able to replace with AI? on Sunday July 20, 2025 @02:08AM (#44622400)
The way I read it:

Vertical: industry specific (functionality that can only be used in one or a few industries). The ultimate case of this would be a completely custom solution a bank uses to do x, with a custom integration to their databases etc.

Horizontal: Can be used by many industries as they all need it (accounting software, communication & marketing etc.) Office 365 or Slack are classic examples.

Which SaaS have you been able to replace with AI?

"We have stories today of a lot of people replacing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of SaaS with Replit. I think the vertical SaaS is in trouble." https://x.com/plzaccelerate/status/1946389738803335645Does the HN community have examples of this that doesn't come from someone selling AI tooling? I'm asking as someone who makes and sells a vertical SaaS, and we’ve seen no evidence of it...

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Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:54PM (#37005015)
Is there any indication of what the breakdown voltage of LK-99 might be?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023) on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:10PM (#34223716)
Utiligize | Data Engineer | https://www.utiligize.com/jobs/data-engineer/ | Full-Time | ONSITE (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Utiligize is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to solve one of the most difficult problems in decarbonization: building out power system infrastructure to support huge increases in electricity demand and production.

You will take on development of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, setting up task runners, optimizing queries and choosing the right infrastructure to support simulations based on petabytes of data. You will have significant independence in choice of infrastructure, cloud or self hosted, and a large part of the job will be experimenting with new technologies as we solve problems that haven't been solved before.

Desirable skills: Python, SQL and bash. Task runner and job scheduling software like Airflow or Luigi. Experience with Apache Spark, Google Bigquery, Clickhouse, or other columnar or distributed database technologies. Knowledge of spatial or topological data and time series data is great, but not mandatory.

You hold an EU working permit, or have Ukrainian citizenship. Competitive compensation and equity offered. Email your CV to [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Why is there no small Android phone? on Sunday February 20, 2022 @08:38AM (#30405579)
If you select 5.5in (iPhone 13 Mini is 5.4in), 3GB and launch year 2021 you get zero phones. So the poster's question is pertinent!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021) on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:24AM (#27034315)
Utiligize | Copenhagen, Denmark | React Engineer, Infra Engineer | Full time | Onsite | https://utiligize.com

Our software helps utilities invest in the right infrastructure to support challenges related to electric vehicle charging, heat pump and solar deployment. Our platform includes a mobile app for data collection and a dashboard for visualisation and control.

We're looking for a React developer to understand customer requirements and develop new features. It is preferable if you also understand Node.js, Postgresql and Typescript.

Having some mapping (GIS) experience with Mapbox or Leaflet is a plus, but it's also something you can learn on the job.

We offer competitive benefits packages (salary, equity, free lunch, 401K, fully subsidized personal healthcare, cell phone allowances, etc). Get in touch at [email protected]

If tractors with closed software are such a problem, why doesn't a company build old-school tractors? Heck, you could use a 1980 design, currently selling second-hand for $40-60k, based on expired patents.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Friday August 02, 2019 @04:17AM (#20591391)
As a neighbour in Denmark, it's not the case here. I think it's a mistake and he means visa.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:38PM (#20588092)
Why is Swedish citizenship required for all positions? That sounds like a violation of EU right-to-work rules.