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Re:Ask HN: If you left tech, what would you do next?
on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @03:28PM (#49088748)
I'd become a project manager if I decided to leave tech.
Re:Future Shock
on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @11:03AM (#47249476)
Claude is a bicycle of the mind.
Re:Learning new libraries feels pointless and has destroyed my love of...
on Friday January 30, 2026 @07:46AM (#46823824)
I've had that same sense starting years ago, and this is the first time I've seen another programmer articulate it. For me, the disillusionment started with Microsoft Foundation Classes and J2EE. They made creating systems challenging in all the wrong ways, and the learning not really learning. Now that it no longer matters whether I learn the latest fad or not, I'm happy to let AI work the libraries. But I'm grateful I'm not entering the field today and that AI wasn't around when I started, because I never would have learned what it really takes to create something from nothing. Still, ML is and damn fun, or more accurately, seductive.
Re:Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig
on Friday December 05, 2025 @12:20AM (#46157079)
As we used to say, and what this discussion again reminds me of is: We don't need higher level languages, what we need is higher level programmers.
Re:Why are mothers in the developed world are having less kids?
on Monday October 20, 2025 @11:25AM (#45645006)
fewer kids
Re:Ask HN: What is the fastest open source single-node SQL database?
on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:56PM (#21467164)
See Omnisci: https://www.omnisci.com/
Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:57PM (#19089145)
Hold my beer ... "The Bible (KJV)"
Re:Ask HN: What is a good book on how to negotiate?
on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:00PM (#16978263)
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In