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Re:I'm Becoming AI-Blind on Saturday August 22, 2026 @01:56AM (#49396960)
Same. Also when I see a spec for example or some summary I always have the impression it doesn't get to the point. Like, the core ideas are in there but also somehow lost and I have to work them out again which makes me wonder if the person generating it understood what is going on or if it would just have been fast to just write it by hand (you still use LLMs for research and such).
Re:There's no such thing as a small software team anymore on Saturday August 22, 2026 @01:34AM (#49396858)
The potential I see with LLMs is that a single team or even IC can now deliver whole feature end to end. Having just more services only means I get bogged down in PR review by other teams. Or I lose time waiting on them to do the change. In other words, any gain I got I lose tenfold because of inter-team coordination.

I think if you want to see delivery speed up focusing on what a team can own is more relevant than if you have merge conflicts.

Ask HN: Is there some Wiki or database for book translations you know of?

Posted by pheymann on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:24AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a fan of old books, for example, Plato's "The Republic", or books where the author speaks none of the two languages I can read like Camu or Lem. That means every time I am on the lookout for a book it takes me sometimes hours to find the "right" translation. Usually, it comes down to finding the right Reddit post.Is someone aware of some kind of Wiki or database that collects translation...

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Ask HN: What Is in Your Library?

Posted by pheymann on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @03:01AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a fan of books and recently put together a digital collection of books I read and that I liked a lot[1].To me it seems, there are a bunch of people in this community who enjoy a good book too and I would be interested in what is in your library.Maybe as a start a short list of books I really enjoyed:* A Treatise of Human Nature; David Hume, 1739 * Meditations; Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 *...

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Re: on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:42AM (#36432039)
Hi,

extending my previous post on uncertainty in software projects I wrote another one focussing on how to actually navigate that space.

Let me know what you think.

Re:Potential Space as another Mental Model on Monday June 05, 2023 @08:40AM (#36195384)
Hi,

over the last few years an intuitive mental model formed in my mind that helped me deal with uncertainty in technical projects. I started out articulating it and this is the first installment. Would be interesting to know if it brings anything new to the table.

Re:Show HN: Introduction into FP and Scala – workshop materials on Saturday October 20, 2018 @07:29AM (#18262770)
Unfortunately no. We only provide you with slides, exercises, and projects. But I put a reference to Scala books into the README which should fill the gaps.