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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @05:12PM (#49528272)
resume link is broken fyi
Re:The University as We Know It Is Finished on Thursday August 20, 2026 @08:48PM (#49382301)
I like the critique of the problem - unclear how many model releases the proposed solution helps (or should help, looks at student loan balance) the economic structure of a university survive.
Re:PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works on Monday July 27, 2026 @12:46PM (#49072270)
I frequently have asked Claude to explain different software architecture things that I don’t know because I’m not formally technically trained - like “explain Django as though it’s a city with different parts having different roles”. I’m a visual learner so this helps a lot and gives me ideas for how to have similar visualizing for other stuff at various levels of abstraction.
Re:PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works on Sunday July 26, 2026 @09:42PM (#49064265)
Yea on mobile especially
Re:PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works on Sunday July 26, 2026 @09:25PM (#49064160)
Love this
Re:It's Death on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @09:05PM (#48469921)
Great
Re:Learning Software Architecture on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:52AM (#48106931)
I think there is huge space for architecture case studies that help a non coder learn how to critique llm architecture decisions.

I’m a NP - lots of learning came in clinical rotations where you see real life situations and how they are addressed. I want something like this for software architecture.

The closest I’ve seen is the open source case study books referenced previously but these are older.

I’d like to be able to see explanations at various layers of abstraction about why certain decisions are made or not.