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Re:AI promised less work. I've never worked more on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @03:06PM (#50264159)
I like to compare AI to the advent to spreadsheet software. When we look how accountant were working before computing and then with calculators and later how computer and spreadsheets changed the game - we still have have accountant but the one we have today don't do what they did 80 years ago - name is still here - function roughly the same - but the daily work is different
TLDR AI can write the code, but you still need enough technical knowledge to recognise bad decisions and fix problems.
I am sure there is an audience for it, even if 12$/m for a journaling template feels a tad pushy. But great if someone find this useful
Re:Arch Linux AUR package repository is being DDoSed on Thursday September 18, 2025 @07:59AM (#45288541)
what is wrong with people? why someone would go through the hassle of doing this... beyond me...
Re:A Beginner's Guide to Extending Emacs on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:49PM (#45225296)
long time vim user, doomemacs was my door into emacs's world and I don't regret it, it is a wonderfull tool but compared to vim, you need a good config - it's really to barebone out of the box. Doomemacs (or similar) are doing a great job at getting you started. Orgmode was really was kept me inside of emacs.
Re:Tell HN: Use "-f**k" to kill Google AI Overview on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:59AM (#45091255)
I can concur - google search product is not usable for a long time. Kagi is probably the only search product that work like a search product is supposed to.
Re:Claude Code Router on Monday July 28, 2025 @12:17AM (#44707195)
Feels very similar to Aider[1]

1: https://aider.chat/

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) on Sunday July 27, 2025 @08:27PM (#44705998)
awesome project!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) on Sunday July 27, 2025 @08:17PM (#44705947)
it's somehow on a block list in ublock. Hence white screen here too, I have to disable adblock to see your site. Maybe the domain used to be for something else before.
Re:OpenCut: The open-source CapCut alternative on Monday July 14, 2025 @04:42AM (#44557751)
Used it instead on Davinci Resolve on a few computer because Davinci Resolve require GPU and doesn't always recognize it - so it doesn't even start. Kdenlive doesn't have this issue.
Re:Why are there no good dinosaur films? on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @11:10AM (#44500753)
well there is Denver the last dinosaur...
Re:Show HN: WhatsApp Contact Exporter on Sunday July 06, 2025 @10:04PM (#44486051)
Nice but without source code, it's very hard to trust that's not just a way to collect people's contact.
Re:opencode: AI coding agent, built for the terminal on Sunday July 06, 2025 @08:08PM (#44485355)
aider has an emacs integration
Re:Are We the Baddies? on Sunday July 06, 2025 @08:13AM (#44480073)
America also was once Terra Nova...
Re:Open source can't coordinate on Friday June 20, 2025 @10:42AM (#44328176)
Seems to be a pattern - take a general then apply to open-source. You know what else can't coordinate - most of the corporate world.

The article doesn't bring up any critical issue that the world world opensource should suddenly deal with - feels more like a morning rant after his shower - which is also how the post starts - it's basically on the front-page because its title is trying to be provocative.

That's really awesome. I am implementing something similar inhouse for a learning platform, I'd love to have a look at the code, I am sure there are plenty of interesting things to learn from it.
[IANAL and usual disclaimers apply] (edit - misread the end of the post - slight correction)

"if someone had an idea you believed in" but didn't have any meaningful contribution to its realisation? Well, if you are going to build everything, why bother partner with them.

- "How do you vet a potential partner?" Test the trust on simple things, do they acknowledge their own error? Do they pay their share (either in sweat or cash)? Do they lie? It doesn't have to be hardcore, but with the wrong people it is.

- "Is it possible to partner early without formal agreements?" Sure, but again, with or without contracts, it all comes down to relationships. Contracts are a fail-safe, in case things goes wrong. Having a contract doesn't mean people will abide by the contract. When things go wrong, a contract is nothing more than a piece of paper that can use in court. Until you go to court and judgement is made people can do a lot of things that have nothing to do with the contract.

That's why the more important thing you need when partnering with someone is a healthy approach to work and a good relationship.

In general it is hard to find a good partner, especially for a first venture, it is easier when you have a network and people you worked with in a client relationship, and then they usually bring more to the table than sweat equity, or pure cash.

Re:What Is Open Source? on Saturday June 14, 2025 @12:44PM (#44277359)
> Free and open source software movements have no shortage of problematic unempathetic leaders

True of democracy, True in the business-world, True in religion, True in philosophy... People are not code, so open source can define a licence but when people are interacting with each other, there will always be problematic people.

it depends which release of the english language you are using
Nobody got fired for building an app in React? When something is an accepted as an industry standard, it's safe to make a decision that goes with the flow. Also, nobody is doing devrel for html/css/vanilla js - if you search how to do things you will find nearly only exclusively framework related content.
Re:Building a community for software product builders on Sunday September 29, 2024 @08:41AM (#41686938)
it seems that's a recurring theme:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40924936

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40313423

they also tend to close quickly... but hey good luck with yours!

This is really cool, I wish I could already use it in production. I will wait until we can add/modify components, but this looks really awesome.
Re:Ledger on Saturday February 24, 2024 @01:55PM (#39494138)
Do you have a good guide to start that you could recommend? It sounds quite simple when you mention it, but every time I tried to get started with Ledger with or without emacs, it always seemed too much of an undertaking and stalled pretty early... if you have a good workflow to recommend, that would be very helpful.
Let me guess, France?
This sounds correct. My only hope is since AI will be regulated in the US, there is still a chance that given other countries do not have the same leverage as the US, they will keep AI unregulated as a way to avoid being controlled by the US.
Re:Generate Invoices from the Command Line on Monday June 26, 2023 @05:40AM (#36477616)
Love it.

Would be great if we could integrate this with some go template language, would make customization easier.

Re:Ways to Say No – With Grace and Style on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:28PM (#36472760)
It has to do with how resources are allocated (both human and financial resources). It creates a very unhealthy environment where relationships and who has your back or not has more influence than the actual work you are able to deliver.
The short answer is yes, it is.

Aside for Django projects.

I would also point to SQLModel[1] by the same dev who made FastAPI

But it is just wrapper on top of SQLAlchemy.

1: https://sqlmodel.tiangolo.com/

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