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syntaxbush on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @10:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I had been running a small (3 people) software company for about 4 years. Since closing down, I recently hung out at a friend's company to see what they were working on (15 ppl). To preface: I'm a heavy user of Claude (rarely write code by hand), but what I'm seeing in person has been rather shocking to me, and I wanted to calibrate with others.In particular:
- the code is not the source of...
Applying this "strict reading" would that mean the majority of chrome extensions are violating copyright. They would not be allowed to modify the DOM to translate web pages, to add price history, check for coupons, etc. as they all modify the original creator's "program"?
Mine "thought" for 8 minutes and its conclusion was:
>So the “best possible” plan is: sit still all summer near a pole, slow-roll around the pole through equinox, then sprint westward across the low latitudes toward the other pole — with a peak westward speed up to ~1670 km/h.
Is this to your liking?
Good point. I tell Claude in the claude.md to use a linter and formatter which helps it get rid of its own dead code while it develops.
I found if you are tightly in the loop, keep the code highly modular, and are developing new functionality alongside tests, Claude works much better.
So there is nothing one can do to increase their odds of success? If there is, they can't write a book about it?
Thank you for sharing this. It’s an angle I didn’t explore, and want to now.
I wonder if changing your language every 5-10 years and/or location would help in sort of forcing a dictionary change.
I really appreciate you taking the time to share your wisdom. This hits home because I often catch my mind thinking about a background problem (or anxiety) instead of being present. I would like to try being more present and see how it helps.
Posted by
syntaxbush on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @04:01PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I've been struggling with the observation that as I age it feels like my life is compressed into a few brief moments instead of feeling like some long chronology. I thought doing more unique activities throughout the year would help as it would create "markers" in my memories, but it hasn't.Have others struggled with similar thoughts - and as a rather odd question - how can one make their life...