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Re:Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing on Sunday June 28, 2026 @04:05PM (#48711042)
Loop "engineering" has now become a thing now apparently (a la prompt "engineering") https://github.com/topics/loop-engineering
Re:Layoffs at Block on Friday February 27, 2026 @12:03AM (#47176752)
> I’m starting to feel that a lot of people in the tech industry have never learned empathy

I see you haven't visited the absolute delight that is team blind or you would have figured this out already.

Also from DHH: microservices were a zero-interest rate phenomena https://youtu.be/iqXjGiQ_D-A?t=924
Re:Ask HN: What are some of your favorite documentaries? on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:57AM (#45604283)
The Way of All Flesh https://youtu.be/cTXaJOk_bjQ
Re:Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and Coolify on Sunday October 05, 2025 @12:41PM (#45483025)
Since this is a beginner's guide I would mention this docker/ufw pitfall [0] when publishing container ports. Many a containers have been erroneously exposed to the public net because of this.

[0] https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/packet-filtering-fire...

The price of the US being more "business-friendly" vs Europe. The problem with the race to the bottom is you might win, as they say.
Re:Nobody Knows How to Build with AI Yet on Sunday July 20, 2025 @10:44AM (#44625666)
The MBA hears ya. The MBA don't care.
Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:42AM (#43252039)
> The hyper-wealthy seem oblivious to the fact that you can't both be a trillionaire that's causing societal economic desperation and live in a society where people politely do their business and leave you in peace.

They have been well aware of it. See Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8

We seem to be in the bread and circus phase for the time

Re:Ask HN: Good References on Agentic AI? on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:56AM (#42933141)
I found Google's agents whitepaper[0] helpful as a starting point

[0] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oEjiRCTbd54aSdB_eEe3UShxLBW...

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever? on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:00AM (#41924078)
Veritassium's "the most common cognitive bias" in my list - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKA4w2O61Xo
Re:Adam Curtis on the dangers of self-expression (2017) on Saturday May 11, 2024 @07:34PM (#40331278)
+1 for Pandora's Box. The conclusion sums it up nicely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s