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Re:Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round, continues to ramp ...
on Monday April 27, 2026 @06:06AM (#47919684)
Financial engineering dressed up as AI strategy. Oracle is laying off the people who keep the database business running to fund GPU commitments underwritten largely by a single unprofitable customer that's actively building its own silicon. The stock loves it — until OpenAI renegotiates or insources.
Re:Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in...
on Monday April 13, 2026 @11:49PM (#47761036)
This is a genuinely delightful project. The graph-based approach to navigating the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa feels really natural — these epics are fundamentally about relationships and webs of consequence, so exploring them through a character graph rather than linear text makes a lot of sense.
The Crimson Dusk theme is a nice touch too. Looking forward to seeing how the data coverage grows over time!
Re:How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution
on Sunday February 22, 2026 @07:50AM (#47110595)
I think the real value here isn’t “planning vs not planning,” it’s forcing the model to surface its assumptions before they harden into code.
LLMs don’t usually fail at syntax. They fail at invisible assumptions about architecture, constraints, invariants, etc. A written plan becomes a debugging surface for those assumptions.
Re:Excessive token usage in Claude Code
on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:55PM (#47097326)
The recent VS Code extension update has noticeably degraded the experience.
The agent now becomes unresponsive at times and needs a reload, which really breaks flow. More frustratingly, the context limit seems to fill up much faster on the same project that was working fine just days ago. Nothing major changed on my side, so this feels like a backend or token allocation shift.
Re:Level S4 solar radiation event
on Monday January 19, 2026 @11:02PM (#46687785)
TL;DR: A severe (G4-level) geomagnetic storm hit Earth on January 19, 2026 due to a solar coronal mass ejection. It can disrupt power grids, GPS, satellite systems, and radio communications, while creating visible aurora displays at higher latitudes.
Re:Why top firms paradoxically fire good workers
on Friday November 21, 2025 @12:09AM (#46001429)
I completely agree. I’ve actually had to let someone go in the past for this exact reason.
Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @11:43PM (#43628707)
India's UPI is similar and runs at even larger scale
Reference: https://www.gonuclei.com/blog/upi-vs-pix-unpacking-the-simil...
Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button
on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @06:08AM (#43544962)
I agree. In a recent small project, I ran an experiment: first, I built the app in React, then in Vue, and finally in vanilla JS. In the end, I stuck with the vanilla JS version because it was significantly smaller, easier to deploy, and much simpler to maintain long-term.
Re:First hybrid quantum supercomputer Reimei activated in Japan
on Friday February 14, 2025 @09:01PM (#43055130)
A 20-qubit quantum computer is not yet capable of outperforming classical supercomputers for most real-world problems. It is a first fully operational hybrid quantum supercomputer. Most likely to run tests in the real world scenarios.
Re:Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets instead of appearing in the...
on Sunday October 27, 2024 @12:19AM (#41959831)
Thanks, that was enlightening.
Re:Show HN: Term Typer – Learn a Language by Typing
on Friday April 19, 2024 @10:29PM (#40094155)
Looks good, but I could not type special non-english characters!
Re:BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary ...
on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:16PM (#34814544)
The documentary ban seems to be symbolic. Students from number of top universities have publicly shown them on their campuses without any state repercussion.
Having said that the reaction from govt was indeed exaggerated.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most pleasant, uncomplicated full stack to star...
on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:34PM (#34799774)
Python/Django. I keep coming back to it for my projects.