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Re:No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector
on Saturday October 24, 2026 @10:50PM (#50227816)
You can't use one successful technology in the past to justify every hyped technology from there on out
Re:NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
on Thursday August 20, 2026 @10:05PM (#49382821)
NSF will give about 30% fewer new research grants, with $1B allocated for special white house projects.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)
on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @08:52PM (#47608689)
The job posted here and on the actual careers page seem different? You also mentioned remote when none of the four available jobs are remote.
Re:CIO: Work-from-office mandate? Expect top talent turnover, culture rot
on Saturday January 24, 2026 @10:51PM (#46750526)
How do you justify this assertion of yours? I would contend that the most efficient method is written down and shared widely in a doc. Otherwise, everyone is relying on their memory of what was spoken. For anything non trivial, I would want it written down.
Re:Ask HN: Go all-in on AI Boom vs. enjoy parenthood?
on Friday December 12, 2025 @06:23PM (#46250281)
Wow, that's a great way to look at the issue. Thanks for the perspective.
Re:Ask HN: Go all-in on AI Boom vs. enjoy parenthood?
on Friday December 12, 2025 @06:23PM (#46250277)
Haha, I definitely think you've figured me out. I also tell people that I'm probably too cynical about tech to be a founder.
Ask HN: Go all-in on AI Boom vs. enjoy parenthood?
After many years of working hard, my wife and I finally decided to have a kid recently. I am looking forward to spending a lot more time with her, while working just a 9-5. However, the AI boom seems like a short-lived, once in a life-time opportunity. Now I am considering if I should dive in fully even if it means sacrificing time with family?Options: 1) Joining an AI startup 2) Founding an...
Ask HN: How are folks building debugging/DevOps agents?
There's a lot of discussions on coding agents - and best practices for building a good coding agent. How are folks building devops agents that debug production outages? Any useful resources?
Re:Backlash as Netflix cancels five shows at once including its 'best ...
on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:04PM (#38340130)
This is pretty similar to how korean dramas work with ten-twenty hour long episodes per show. The majority of shows wrap up in one season.
Re:A messaging app startup that raised $200M shuts down afters users w...
on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:50PM (#36475564)
How are messaging apps still getting these valuations when Telegram, signal, Whatsapp and lime chat exist?
Ask HN: App development in 2023 for C++ developer?
I have 10+ years of high-performance C++ development for distributed systems/databases/operating systems but have zero experience with web/app development. I wanted to try my hand at app development to prototype a few ideas. I looked at the landscape and I am struggling with the following questions:1. Native apps vs a PWA (web app)- what is the recommendation these days? 2. If I want to build...
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:16AM (#35903392)
How exactly did they obtain a monopoly on content? They don't name most content creators sign exclusivity agreements.
Re:New York City Shatters 50-Year Record for Snowless Winter
on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:13PM (#34573338)
Where do you usually go? I have done a lot of snowshoeing in the Midwest but a bit scared of going alone into the mountains now that I'm here in Utah.
Ask HN: Good implementations of query profiles in distributed databases?
Folks who build/use distributed databases, what are some good examples of query profiling infra/UI for understanding where time was spent in query execution?
Ask HN: Any tech communities in Salt Lake City?
I recently moved to Salt Lake City, Utah as a remote worker. I have heard about the tech scene here but I'm not sure how to find it given that I have no friends here.I looked on Meetup but I didn't find any active tech groups. I just want to meet fellow developers and chat about cool technology!
Ask HN: Experience working fully remote in a non-remote team?
I am thinking about moving to a fully remote role in my current team at one of the FAANG companies. I have been in my current team for 3 years and I have a good rapport with my colleagues.I have been working from home for the past year so I am used to it by now. However, the rest of the team will start going back to the office soon and that will change things going forward.Does any one with...
Ask HN: Coding Projects for high school grad with Java knowledge?
A friend of mine asked me for some advice regarding her son, who recently graduated high school and will be going to a good university seeking to major in Computer Science. Her son has completed an AP Comp Sci course that focuses on Java programming. Unfortunately, the summer job that he had lined up fell through at the last minute. I figured that maybe he could use the time to get some skills...
Re:Ask HN: I just wrote an O(N) diffing algorithm – what am I missing?
on Monday October 28, 2019 @08:06PM (#21383099)
Your approach is called hash join in databases.
Not sure about the diffing research though.
Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of 'sell shovels in a gold rush'?
on Monday January 28, 2019 @10:15AM (#19018010)
Selling co-working spaces during startup bubbles.
Re:Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess Championship
on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:16PM (#18625101)
I understand. No hurries. Your tool does seem very intriguing though :)
Re:Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess Championship
on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:14AM (#18600720)
I sent you a mail three days ago about this with the subject line 'Testing chess website?'. I am hoping you will get back to me.
Ask HN: Looking for applications that create/manage lots of files
I am currently doing research on a new abstraction for files. For usecases, I am looking for applications that create/manage a lot of files (perhaps temporary files). I know that some mail servers store each email as a separate file. Going by a previous post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12209028), Angular development involves a lot of files being created. Compilers seem like another...