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Re:Grok 4.6 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:21AM (#49284340)
I had a few interactions with it through cursor and first impression is: I'm underwhelmed.

The plans it produces are all over the place and hard to follow. They have a "rambly" feel to it. Worse, they start becoming self contradictory after a few rounds of trying to steer it. Also it seems to be bad at instruction following.

Grok 4.5 produced better plans.

Blocked it is then
The article starts with this:

"Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny pollutants, according to a University of Michigan study."

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024) on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @02:26AM (#41717743)
Lancom Systems | Senior Data Platform Engineer | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU - Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands) | Full-time | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems provides cloud-managed networking solutions.

My team is responsible for processing metrics and logs sent by the devices. Our stack consists of ClickHouse, Kafka, K8s, Helm, Argo, Kotlin and Vert.x (and some Spring).

We are looking for a data platform engineer that is comfortable evolving SQL schemas, optimizing our deployments and extending our data pipeline. Previous experience in all technologies is not required, but you should have a high interest in working with data-intensive applications and a willingness to learn.

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024) on Friday August 02, 2024 @04:10AM (#41136996)
Lancom Systems | Senior Data Platform Engineer | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU - Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands) | Full-time | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems provides cloud-managed networking solutions.

My team is responsible for processing metrics and logs sent by the devices. Our stack consists of ClickHouse, Kafka, K8s, Helm, Argo, Kotlin and Vert.x (and some Spring).

We are looking for a data platform engineer that is comfortable crafting SQL queries, optimizing our deployments and extending our data pipeline. Previous experience in all technologies is not required, but you should have a high interest in working with data-intensive applications and a willingness to learn.

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024) on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:57AM (#40582121)
Lancom Systems | (Senior) Backend Engineer | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU) | Full-time | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems is the leading European manufacturer for network equipment.

My team is responsible for collecting and storing metrics and logs sent by the devices. Our stack consists of ClickHouse, Kafka, K8s, Kotlin and Vert.x (and some Spring).

Previous experience in all technologies is not required, but you should have a high interest in working with data-intensive applications and a willingness to learn.

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021) on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:06AM (#29413660)
Lancom Systems | Senior Frontend/Backend Engineer| Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU) | Full-time | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems is the leading European manufacturer of network solutions for companies, authorities and institutions. You will be working on the Lancom Management Cloud (Hosted/On-Prem) through which Lancom devices are configured and monitored. We aim for European autonomy, e.g. use a purely European hoster. We’re split between two locations and have an increasing number of remote engineers. We offer a nice package of benefits and training (conferences/..).

We are looking for Senior Frontend and Backend Engineers willing to take on responsibility in our growing team. Ideally you’re knowledgeable in another area, e.g. Devops.

Our tech stack consists of Angular, Typescript, a custom UI-Kit, d3.js in the Frontend and Kotlin/Java, Spring/Vert.x , Postgres, Clickhouse, Kubernetes in the Backend.

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de or go through https://www.lancom-systems.com/career/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021) on Saturday October 02, 2021 @11:22AM (#28729287)
Lancom Systems | Senior Frontend/Backend Engineer, Scrum Master | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU) | Full-time, €70k-90k | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems is the leading European manufacturer of network solutions for companies, authorities and institutions. You will be working on the Lancom Management Cloud (Hosted/On-Prem) through which Lancom devices are configured and monitored. We aim for European autonomy, e.g. use a purely European hoster. We’re split between two locations and have an increasing number of remote engineers. We offer a nice package of benefits and training (conferences/..).

We are looking for Senior Frontend and Backend Engineers willing to take on responsibility in our growing team. Ideally you’re knowledgable in another area, e.g. Devops.

Our tech stack consists of Angular, Typescript, a custom UI-Kit, d3.js in the Frontend and Kotlin/Java, Spring (and others), Postgres, Kubernetes in the Backend.

We’re also looking for Scrum Masters willing to work with our teams to find “our” agile way. We currently got a Scrum umbrella, but our teams are free to experiment (Kanban/Basecamp/..).

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de or go through https://www.lancom-systems.com/career/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021) on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:39AM (#28389574)
Lancom Systems | Senior Frontend/Backend Engineer, Scrum Master | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU) | Full-time, €70k-90k | https://www.lancom-systems.com

Lancom Systems is the leading European manufacturer of network solutions for companies, authorities and institutions. You will be working on the Lancom Management Cloud (Hosted/On-Prem) through which Lancom devices are configured and monitored. We aim for European autonomy, e.g. use a purely European hoster. We’re split between two locations and have an increasing number of remote engineers. We offer a nice package of benefits and training (conferences/..).

We are looking for Senior Frontend and Backend Engineers willing to take on responsibility in our growing team. Ideally you’re knowledgable in another area, e.g. Devops.

Our tech stack consists of Angular, Typescript, a custom UI-Kit, d3.js in the Frontend and Kotlin/Java, Spring (and others), Postgres, Kubernetes in the Backend.

We’re also looking for Scrum Masters willing to work with our teams to find “our” agile way. We currently got a Scrum umbrella, but our teams are free to experiment (Kanban/Basecamp/..).

Interested? Email me at jonas.vonandrian … lancom.de or go through https://www.lancom-systems.com/career/