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Re:OccupySaaS on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:39AM (#50336041)
not the author, but somewhat yes. No sorry: very yes.

Users had to pay for saas but the price was justified by spendings of the saas company. Mostly to the dev/testers/support salaries. This is what you have been paying when you were paying for the saas.

Now when the management fires employees and replace them with ai they do this for one reason: greed. Have you noticed any price drops of any saas which fired the team? I haven't.

The AI changes the market on every aspect and Saas will die sooner or later.

I see it runs locally, yes? What are hardware requirements?
Re:DeepSeek Harness Desktop for macOS and Windows on Friday October 02, 2026 @03:05AM (#49930621)
> I wish there was a tool I could use to share my documents, activity, etc. directly with the world's major intelligence agencies.

oh, good old times of PRISM, rightly bygone. Of course they don't do this now.

Re:Ask HN: How do you manage skills files? on Monday September 07, 2026 @01:02AM (#49594076)
> I don't use any skills, what kinds of skills are people finding most useful?

I create/edit/delete at least one skill per day. I can't imagine working effectively without those files.

The most common case: if I see something took AI too much time and tokens and it is done, I ask my Cursor immedietly after to save it as skill. So next time I do the same I just refer to skill. I don't need to remember the name of the skill, I just mention something like "do {explaining briefly the task}, you have done something similar in the past and it is saved as skill"

Kagi, search engine that costs you to use has something against publishers who require a fee for their content. Interesting
Re:OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @08:42AM (#49005874)
I did something similar but in the form of just a group of ai skills and rules.

If I run `/post-license` inside of the project, it analyzes what SAAS it uses, how exactly, writes bespoke tailored version of this software, disables proprietary one and returns links to cancel licenses.

I already saved this way a few k USD but I admit I've just started offering this to my clients.

Why do they need to pay yearly licenses for ai generated code when it could be ai generated once just for them?

I am doing this trick.

https://neuronowa.pl/posts/porada-jak-wydajniej-kodowac-w-cu...

It is Polish so please translate. But tldr is: ask your agent at times to analyze last chats and update rules and skills to not repeat the same steps it repeats every time when you start a new thread. Simple as that.

Re:Can you see three trees? on Saturday June 20, 2026 @05:33AM (#48607795)
So somehow it confirms not seeing three threes is an indicator of the wrong plant coverage ;)
https://undsh.com/

in case you forgot instruct your ai text generating tool to do so: replaces — with -, removes emojis and changes quotes to look like human-typed (even though they are not grammatically correct)

could you give me example of task which takes 30 mins? out of curiosity.

at most I have a time to go make a tea for myself when I am waiting for agent to end the job.

at most I run 2-3, but usually one.

About token consumption and models: that's the thing. I hear this question often, but my answer is always the same. As I am Cursor user, I run it always in Auto mode (so Cursor decides which model to use, I don't even know which is in use).

Sometimes I switch from Auto to defined model but I found it quickly triggers "you are out of tokens" notices so nope: I stick to Auto :) 20 usd / month and that's it

> I currently subscribe to the $100/month Max plan from Anthropic and the $100/month Pro plan from OpenAI. If you are a heavy user of coding agents these plans are a fantastic deal.

Guys, what - in your opinion - does "heavy user" mean? I thought I am heavy user (I am using AI to code every day 8hr a day + side projects) but 20 USD/month Cursor plan is always enough. What should I be doing to extend my license to higher level?

Re:API proposed by Chrome: Declarative partial updates on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:59AM (#48254531)
I am puzzled then: so what would happen if the template will replace this island form your example with markup without closing `</em>`?
Re:API proposed by Chrome: Declarative partial updates on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:54AM (#48254495)
> The new element syntax is perhaps the boldest choice

Probably to not break anything in older browsers which hasn't adopted it yet: new tag will be simply ignored, that's my thinking

> I'm amazed that they even put this in chrome, let along are saying things like "let sites use this new functionality right away even before this lands in other browsers"

It is behind the flag, like every other new proposal they made. Even though some dev would like to use it right now (for regular site visitors, not for self testing), she can't.

Re:The last six months in LLMs in five minutes on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @02:03AM (#48189779)
sorry but how this comment refers to the commented post?

Show HN: I instructed AI to create tool to clean AI-generated text: undsh.com

https://undsh.com/

I can't say "I created a tool" because obviously I only had an idea, then asked Cursor to implement it and 15 minutes later it was ready ;)Often I found I was manually replacing em dashes with hyphens in AI-generated text before I use them in copy, PR descriptions etc. It still feels like a shame to flare the text "you wrote" was not really human made.To automate these removals, here it is:...

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Re:Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @08:27AM (#47778095)
...since you leaked my data away
fair point, but it is because the discussion drifted to legal while I wanted to discuss more "how do you feel about sharing your AI moat"

In terms of legal, f* no, I am not going to consider my tool adjustments as part of companies properties :)

We can discuss but I will stand my ground: my AI skills - even written on a disc - belongs to me. Same, if I go to car paint garage to have my paint fixed I am not expecting the painter will reveal his method to get the perfect color or give me his notes where he self-described "how to paint".

Before "AI era" we all had our own system scripts, manually crafted in bash/python, to make repeating task automated. And then it was never a question to share it: the scripts are the way how I configure/tune my computer and how I get advantage over other developers. The .cloude/.cursor directory is the same.

To elaborate: I have never been requested to share my prompts/skills, like: strongly demanded to do this. It has been vague suggestions from managers to all employees sometimes to share them but while many happily started doing this, I simply ignored it like I never heard it. Sometimes on dailies I hear PM cheer my AI skills and asks how I do this, but I only smile and joke "magic", at most tell them my prompts are always elaborative.

I am more surprised why people are sharing this without thinking.

what if this is a mix?

I am now independent contractor and parts are created on company A time, other parts on company B time and different parts at my own time. And so on, and so on. And you can't tell which one is which. For the new company I start as contractor I come with my AI framework, and I am adjusting it on daily basis. What then?

I am now hired by many companies because they know giving me task means it will be done in a day, not a week, and they know it is because I know "how to AI". (I am not perfect, but I work with other guys and I am surprised how inefficient they are when it comes to AI, but this is a different story)

I am not talking about code, the code obviously belongs to the company, this is something what I have in contract.

But I don't have anything in the contract about sharing my self-improvement skills and I consider my AI framework (cursor commands I created to not repeat myself, claude/cursor skills, system prompts - everything what makes me to generate code fast) as an acceleration of my work as developer.

If I leave without sharing this, company will continue develop the code I created/generated.

If I share this, I am losing my only handicap in the AI-era: they could take my A framework and the next developer will just type `/fix-issue gh 1243` and have the same result as I do have now.

The `/fix-issue` command is something I created months ago, and I am constantly improving so at this point the first, at most third, result is the code which goes through code review with suggestion-level insights and QA team can't find any bug.

I am not exaggerating. That command is really complex and loads plenty of skills (also mine) and md files (still mine, kept out of the repo) - in total it is like ~12 A4 pages text (I actually counted it now). This is basically my coding approach ported into AI.

Ask HN: Am I disloyal for not wanting to share my system prompts?

Let's say your employer requires you to share system prompts you've created for daily work with code: do you share them or not?Everywhere (at conferences, in various GH repos) I see people completely freely sharing their ways of using AI. Employees of several companies I've recently passed through without any second thought put their guardrails into shared repos, prompts for how to do code...

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @04:31AM (#47306245)
I’m working on WC Price Hostory, a plugin that handles price tracking and Omnibus Directive compliance for WooCommerce.

It’s been available as a free tool for years, growing to over 45k active installs. I just rolled out the Pro extension to offer more advanced features, and the early traction has exceeded my expectations. If you're running e-commerce in Europe, this is a must-have for staying compliant with EU law.

https://wcpricehistory.com/

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @04:26AM (#47306209)
NotifyButton - A simple script on the frontend of your site, a complete SaaS platform on the backend for DSA compliance.

If you operate in the EU and want to avoid heavy fines, this is for you. Once integrated, it allows users to report legal content issues directly to you, which you can then manage via a dedicated dashboard following official EU procedures. Without such a system, users are much more likely to file complaints through official state or EU channels, which can trigger investigations.

https://notifybutton.com/

For my own projects in private repos I would benefit from exporting the session. For example if I need to return to the task, it could be great to give it as a context

For my work as one of developers in team, no. The way I prompt is my asset and advantage over others in a team who always complain about AI not being able to provide correct solutions and secures my career

Just checked what Moore has done and found that quote of him (about Bush):

> “we live in fictitious times with a fictitious president”

it was 2003, but oh, dear Michael, if only you knew what the future would be like...

Tax exempts (I'm not a German, but I was curious about the same and this is what ChatGPT told me :) )
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Thursday January 15, 2026 @01:11AM (#46628693)
really personal blog: https://muzungu.pl (Polish)

I also started a new site for "me-as-a-business" https://kolibia.pl

Re:Visual regression tests for personal blogs on Sunday January 11, 2026 @04:32AM (#46573982)
> you have to first generate a screenshot by running your suite with --update-snapshots.

How is it executed? Is it something build in into the Playwright, or there is missing part of the code presented, responsible for executing it?

> So this is the 4th+ article I've seen on using a VPN to vibe code on your phone.

and all of them mentions Tailscale. I would not be surprised if we hear in a few days it got next big fund and all of this is just a preparation for it

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