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Re:What shall I teach my son? on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:22PM (#50170479)
Teach them to backflip. Nothing will replace the body they are born in.
Re:'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey on Monday October 12, 2026 @04:11PM (#50062297)
I’ve used coding agaents and more than once in the chat I found myself saying: “oh no, why’d you do that? you are such a tool!” so that’s it!
Re:Show HN: I wrote Dependency Hell 5 years ago. Today I updated it fo... on Saturday October 10, 2026 @09:52PM (#50039052)
Original here: https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Dependency%20...
Re:Mea Culpa – Dark Hours on Sunday August 09, 2026 @12:18PM (#49232781)
"I know where my code came from — but where did all you zombie's code come from?" -- Temporal Code Agent

(from All You Zombies, by Robert A. Heineken, 2026, ebook)

Re:Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @11:18PM (#48379487)
I wrote a short story about life expectancy last year.

https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Base%20Rate.p...

Inspired by some random HN comment.

Re:Show HN submissions tripled and now mostly have the same vibe-coded... on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @11:50AM (#47865362)
I try to submit short (tech related) stories (https://github.com/jaronilan/stories) and never get any traction. (Might be time to write one about a vibe coder... ;))
Re:EFF is leaving X on Thursday April 09, 2026 @02:02PM (#47707128)
Everything old is new again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tSOTQPUQoU
Re:Slow on Thursday July 31, 2025 @03:54PM (#44749432)
It takes 9 month, baby, 9 full months. Always have been. Always will. That’s human pace.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) on Sunday June 29, 2025 @05:30PM (#44416590)
Nothing actually. Feels nice.
Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else just done with the industry? on Thursday June 26, 2025 @11:37PM (#44393493)
Now Hiring: Not You (2017): https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/now-hiring-not-...
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025) on Sunday May 25, 2025 @05:33PM (#44091375)
Finished my 4th short story. This one is about Life Expectancy. I wrote it after reading something on HN.

https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Base%20Rate.p...

Will now move at the usual snail pace to write the next one.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2025) on Monday February 24, 2025 @01:53AM (#43156521)
Almost finished a short story I started writing when I read something on HN. It is about life expectancy.

Edit: Three from prior published here: https://github.com/jaronilan/stories

Re:Escaping Google's Manual Reputation Penalty and Resuming Business a... on Saturday December 21, 2024 @10:55AM (#42480357)
OT: earlier this year I wrote a short fictional story about SEO….

https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Duplicitous.p...

Re:From where I left on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:35PM (#42381819)
I find, even in the short stories I write, that managing the story arc is so much harder than managing code execution…
Re:The Age of PageRank Is Over (2022) on Monday October 14, 2024 @02:23AM (#41834742)
Always found the concept of PR intriguing and the original paper to be “foundational”.

I wrote an alternate reality fiction short story about PR and SEO. It is here: https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Duplicitous.p...

Not the most “popular topic”, but thought people around HN might find it interesting.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)? on Sunday September 29, 2024 @07:44PM (#41691944)
Just finished a third short story.

It is about SEO: https://github.com/jaronilan/stories/blob/main/Duplicitous.p...

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:03PM (#41343708)
Almost finished a short story I started writing about a year ago. It is about SEO.

Edit: Two from prior published here: https://github.com/jaronilan/stories