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Re:Official Claude Code extension compromise on Friday October 30, 2026 @03:03PM (#50308667)
I chuckled at this, thanks
Re:OpenAI Is Slowing Down Its AI Training on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @04:13PM (#49351986)
LLM diminished returns are here, disguised as intentional slow down
Re:Ask HN: Where is our profession (programmer) going? on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:43AM (#48757908)
Also interested in knowing this. The freelancer market has been wiped out from my experience.
I agree, we are still waiting to see the billion dollar valuation startup that fully vibe-coded their product
But I was hired as extended team (basically an employee, sprints, etc). Is not that I had any idea they were looking for a replacement in other companies (Accenture and the like...)

Ask HN: Did your client ever replace you by a more junior freelancer?

I got a client for 3 years and out of the blue they picked a more junior freelancer and did not renew my contract. The problem is that my code and architecure were really good there, so much so that adding new functionality was extremelly easy (due to the well architected code). The client most likely wanted a confirmation that my job could be done cheaper, and the easy to maintain and extend...

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In my case, the freelances and lawyers are actually not the cheap ones, that's why it is so frustrating...

Ask HN: How do you extract professionalism out of your freelancers,lawyers, etc?

I'm a one man show on a startup for a SaaS I'm about to launch. I'm having the most trouble not with any of the technologies I'm delaing with, but with the work I can't do myself. I am not sure in other countries but in Spain, someone will adevrtise himself as master of its craft. Then he is hired to do 10, he will deliver 5 and not even with enough quality. This applies for lawyers, graphic...

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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future on Monday March 12, 2018 @12:15PM (#16569125)
Re:On Starting a Software Business on Monday June 26, 2017 @03:54AM (#14634868)
I stopped reading after the "lol". I tend to do not get advice from lols lmaos & company...