MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by hedgehog | 2025-07-02 16:08:15+00:00
Over the last couple months I've gone from highly skeptical to a regular user (Copilot in my case). Two big things changed: First, I figured out that only some models are good enough to do the tasks I want (Claude Sonnet 3.7 and 4 out of everything I've tested). Second, it takes some infrastructure. I've added around 1000 words of additional instructions telling Copilot how to operate, and that's on top of tests (which you should have anyway) and 3rd party documentation. I haven't tried the fleet-of-agents thing, one VS Code instance is enough and I want to understand the changes in detail.

Edit: In concrete terms the workflow is to allow Copilot to make changes, see what's broken, fix those, review the diff against the goal, simplify the changes, etc, and repeat, until the overall task is done. All hands off.
by ck2 | 2025-07-02 16:08:45+00:00
Well they could do that for theater but they don't need it anymore

They've already illegally cross-linked all the federal databases and banking data

People would have to be 100% off the grid which is nearly impossible and miserable these days

The real question is after they run out of 15 million "undocumented"

will ICE be used again 25 million naturalized citizens (yes likely with new $140 Billion budget)

And then there is the question how many millions of birthright citizens will ICE go after, how many generations back, where on earth would they deport them since they've never lived in any other country?

US won't be recognizable by 2028, going to be a horror show
Ask HN: 7 months out from CS bachelor's degree. Advice on next steps?
by Max_Ehrlich | 2025-07-02 16:09:04+00:00
I've been on the job hunt for a while now, and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. I would greatly appreciate any and all advice you might have in this matter.

Age: 22 Visa: Permanent Work Authorization Location: NYC, open to relocation

University: University of Maryland, College Park Graduated: December 2024 Degree: Bachelor's in Computer Science Internships: 1 GPA: 3.631 / 4.000

Time spent searching for work: 7 months Spammed applications: 1,046 Targeted applications: 230 Total: 1,276

Responses: approx. 16 Final rounds (then rejected): 2

Here is what I'm considering:

Maintain finding a tech job without studying more as my top priority. But also prepare master's in computer science applications on the side.

1. July - Sep (next three months): intense job hunting, trying to rely on the network that I've acquired through networking to find a job. The goal is to have a job offer by the end of September.

2. Backup/Pivot: While intensively looking for a job between July and September, I'll prepare applications to master's programs.

Further study/career pivot ideas:

- CS master's programs (standard progression due to my background) - Master's in Financial Engineering (out of interest + potential)

Apart from waiting out the clock and getting a shot at two more internships (and so jobs) during the master's degree, the other benefit can be to change fields into finance or otherwise.

Apart from tech, I've always been fascinated by finance and law. Law is a massive commitment so I have deprioritized it for now.

However, a MFE would not be just a casual backup plan. I will have to spend significant amounts of time grinding math and the pre-MFE certifications to have any chance at a top MFE program. The MFE curriculum and the idea of being a quant, or at the very least being in finance somehow seems exciting.

There is the MBA which I will not qualify for since I do not have work experience. There's also a Master of Finance but that seems to be a watered-down version of a MFE, with less math.

Other possible programs: operations research and industrial engineering. But these are also math-heavy like the MFE.
by aerostable_slug | 2025-07-02 16:09:10+00:00
It's a fantastic way to avoid crowds at Wal-Mart, the county fair, car shows, etc. Just a few clicks and the lines shrink. Great app!

Sarcasm aside, with no gates to avoiding spoofed ICE sightings the usefulness of the app seems questionable at best. This is doubly true when observers in this area have historically been unable to differentiate non-ICE Federal law enforcement from ICE (so even users who mean well are filling the system with bogus data). There have been numerous "ICE sightings" in this area when in fact no immigration enforcement actions have occurred in the county (DEA and HSI have been at work, though).
by neither_color | 2025-07-02 16:09:50+00:00
I don't see what's so bad about wanting to avoid an area where there's police activity going on. It has nothing to do with whether or not you're doing anything wrong, it's as simple as not wanting to get hassled at a DUI checkpoint or get stuck in traffic because they need 8 squad cars taking up a lane to k-9 search someone. As a more tan law-abiding US citizen, the possibility of some agent asking me for papers and then asking probing questions to "prove myself" anywhere that's not an airport is enough for me to want a heads up not to be in area where that might happen.
Show HN: We built an AI powered unified notification management app
by lmbrndev | 2025-07-02 16:09:55+00:00
Pingsy is an AI powered unified notification management app. You can integrate your tools that you use daily like Gmail, GitHub, Jira, Slack and you can easily manage your notifications in just one platform and tab. You can create fast AI replies, swipe left to dismiss, right to respond with Tinder style UI but instead for productivity. So that, you don't get lost or any headache when dealing with every notification.
by nbbaier | 2025-07-02 16:10:13+00:00
- Location: Chicago, IL, USA - Remote: Yes - Willing to relocate: No - Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, SQLite, PostgreSQL, SPARQL, HTML/CSS, Tailwind, Git, Node.js, Bun, Deno, React, Astro, HTMX, Hono, Cloudflare, Vercel, MCP, AI - Résumé/CV: https://bit.ly/4cXoofS - Email: nico.baier@gmail.com - Github: https://github.com/nbbaier - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicobaier - Website: https://nicobaier.com

I'm a former academic researcher (in linguistics) turned self-taught software engineer who'd like to transition into professional software development. I'm experienced across the stack using Javascript/TypeScript, Python, and SQL with platforms like Cloudflare and Val Town. I bring a research-driven approach from my Ph.D. in linguistics. I'm especially interested in working on AI tooling and integrations.
by its_down_again | 2025-07-02 16:10:13+00:00
I used to have plenty of energy running 40-50miles per week, but when I ramped up to 80mpw I started nodding off in my chair by 1 PM. Then despite the higher mileage and more intense training, my race times slipped. My half went from 1:23 to 1:28, and I felt drained, irritable and angry unless I took a long break. After digging in, I learned that very high mileage can deplete iron levels. Once I focused on improving my iron absorption, I finally got my energy back and everything clicked. Even while holding 80+ mpw for the upcoming SF Marathon, I still knocked 5% off my Bay to Breakers time (48:51 this year) and cut my 5K PR from 19:17 to 18:37.
by granzymes | 2025-07-02 16:10:44+00:00
Manual labor, going back to before LLMs were a thing. I just like reading S-1s.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27701617#27702669

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26362443#26363190

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25143334#25143800
by xoralkindi | 2025-07-02 16:10:56+00:00
Its like chess in that white has an advantage because they get to play first. The rich get richer because you need capital to efficiently participate in capitalism and it has a compounding effect. It than becomes a zero-sum game where the poor are trying to play catch up with the rich. For example if you start an innovative company the rich can simply buy it or start a competing company that is hard to compete against because of their resources.
by WD-42 | 2025-07-02 16:11:14+00:00
I think people are rightly hesitant to share code that has their name on it but for which they know nothing about.

I have seen a few of these full blown llm coded projects and every one of them has has some giant red flashing warning at the top of the README about the project being llm generated.

So I think it’s probably a mix of avoiding embarrassment and self preservation.
by jameslk | 2025-07-02 16:11:29+00:00
Are you selling top down or bottom up? That makes a world of difference.

Top down means you’re trying to sell managers and above who don’t directly use the tool. Usually they care about seeing case studies, logos of other companies, testimonials from their peers, etc. They want to look good and the way you help them with that is making one of their metrics look good, or giving them more budget to work with. Safe decisions are easier for them to make because they don’t want to get fired by making a risky bet, even if the risky bet offers more for less (“nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM”). Usually the way in with them is through partnerships, relationships, and education. Start with friends who work in that industry to get you a case study and logo or you could try to make friends at a conference if you don’t have any already. Or create some educational material around the problem and sell them consulting, using your tool as a solution. Almost always this starts off as more consultative as a relationship.

If it’s bottom up, you’re selling to the individual contributors who don’t get a say about paying for the tool. That means you have to start with a generous free tier and try to get as many seats filled or usage as possible. It should bring enough value to the ICs and the organization that by the time they hit their usage caps in the free tier, the ICs are begging their managers to put a credit card in or asking to set up a sales call. If you’re not getting any usage at the free tier, then it comes back to finding where the ICs hang out and trying to integrate your tool as part of a workflow to common problems they solve. This is again about educating and making/leaning on friends to help spread the word and convince others to use your tool.

In both cases, relationships matter a lot to get initial traction (existing customers, friends in the industry, partners). They will help you figure out what’s needed to sell into the market you want to sell into, what’s holding you back, and getting you early validation. I didn’t see you mention existing relationships you have, so maybe that’s a good place to start.
Working on a smart search/filter tool for CMS and e-commerce sites
by Aduttya | 2025-07-02 16:11:31+00:00
I’ve been building a tool that brings text based search and filtering to webflow websites especially CMS content like blogs and e-commerce, etc. Instead of navigating through pages,applying complex filters users can ask simple questions like,

Who’s on the team?

Find ceramic dinner sets with 4+ star ratings, available for delivery this week.

and get instant answers from any part of the site, including CMS content.

It doesn’t rely just on schema like traditional solutions and integrates easily—similar to Finsweet filters, but more dynamic.

It's useful in my own projects. I want to explore more use cases from others so I can make it even more useful.

If you are interested let me know would love to connect, get ideas and test with you.

Here is a basic demo: https://neue.blr1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/LLMquery.mp4
by Workaccount2 | 2025-07-02 16:11:39+00:00
Well look at this US, we are in the end-game.

The problem is the concentration of money and talent (the US trajectory is basically just software and finance now) leads to an inability to react to changing conditions and a deep dependence on foreign nations.

If China did something wild and pulled the plug on all US exports, the great minds filled with years of software and finance would be pretty much useless for stabilizing the situation. You want a diversity of smart people in many industries.
by lenerdenator | 2025-07-02 16:11:45+00:00
> An assumption which ignores marginal value, individual preferences, innovation and other things that make real markets.

If those things mattered we'd have a lot fewer people mad about the state of things.

> The capitalist wants to be left to trade as he sees fit without state intervention.

If that were true you'd see a lot fewer lobbyists in DC and state capitols. Non-compete and non-disparagement clauses wouldn't exist. Patents and copyright wouldn't either.
by a3w | 2025-07-02 16:11:46+00:00
About the icons: Original book looked best: we have lots of pixels, why not use them? The icon has a non-standard shape, making it easy to spot. Or if you actually need to have icon-shaped outlines, top-right one is beautiful, too. Although the shading should perhaps be removed if some OSs have their own shade logic for the whole images.
by maeln | 2025-07-02 16:11:48+00:00
From my anecdotal evidence (so it proves nothing), it seems like being poor / middle class in France is better than in the U.S. But being high-middle class / rich / in the owner class, is better in the U.S, since you already don't need the socialized healthcare, you actively seek segregated places to live, you do not take the public transport (or at least that often), etc, but you do get to enjoy all the amenities for rich people that the U.S offer, which is way more than France since it has a higher volume of rich people.
by ldoughty | 2025-07-02 16:11:55+00:00
This might also be hampered by the desire to not store any device info if they stores device info, they might be able to build a reputation system for believing reports. They claim this is for user privacy, but it really just shifts the privacy defense to Apple -- so will Apple fight the gag order and subpoena for names of users of this app? At least if the developer did it themselves there could be a canary[1].

1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
by Const-me | 2025-07-02 16:11:56+00:00
I’m using ChatGPT (enterprise version paid by my employer) quite a lot lately, and I find it a useful tool. Here’s what I learned over time.

Don’t feed many pages of code to AI, it works best for isolated functions or small classes with little dependencies.

In 10% of cases when I ask to generate or complete code, the quality of the code is less than ideal but fixable with extra instructions. In 25% of cases, the quality of generated code is bad and remains so even after telling it what’s wrong and how to fix. When it happens, I simply ignore the AI output and do something else reasonable.

Apart from writing code, I find it useful at reviewing new code I wrote. Half of the comments are crap and should be ignored. Some others are questionable. However, I remember a few times when the AI identified actual bugs or other important issues in my code, and proposed fixes. Again, don’t copy-paste many pages at once, do it piecewise.

For some niche areas (examples are HLSL shaders, or C++ with SIMD intrinsics) the AI is pretty much useless, probably was not enough training data available.

Overall, I believe ChatGPT improved my code quality. Not only as a result of reviews, comments, or generated codes, but also my piecewise copy-pasting workflow improved overall architecture by splitting the codebase into classes/functions/modules/interfaces each doing their own thing.
by negativepanda | 2025-07-02 16:12:05+00:00
There's one very simple "nootropic" that I've discovered many years ago and have been doing most days of the week. Buying a cup of coffee and taking a walk in nature. It makes me feel better than just coffee or just walking in nature. Another benefit is that in the days I can do this, I have something to look forward to since waking up.
by amendegree | 2025-07-02 16:12:42+00:00
Is a journalist still a journalist if he’s launching rockets, carry a gun and grenades? Hamas and PIJ has filmed themselves wearing “press” vests while doing these things.

Many of the journalists in Gaza are Hamas operatives until they die. When suddenly their twitter or fb account is used to claim they’re a journalist.

You’re being lied to on a regular basis about nearly everything that comes out of Gaza. Aside from 3rd party medic accounts we have zero evidence of any of these supposed crimes. This is the most filmed war in history and yet after 3 weeks of claims by Hamas that GHF is shooting and booby trapping aid there is literally zero actual evidence to support that.
by motorest | 2025-07-02 16:13:14+00:00
> Anecdotally - working with Azure has been hell on earth for me. Insanely unintuitive and buggy interface. Many cryptic errors preventing me from doing anything.

What pisses me off the most about Azure is now they designed it as the 90's view of what a cloud provider is. With Azure you don't just provision a VM or God forbid a web service. No no no. You need to provision an app service plan first, where you have to provision what computational resources you allocate to it, and then assign services and even gasp function-as-a-service apps. And even with FaaS stuff you don't just provision a handler. No, that would make too much sense. First you need to provision a function app running on your service plan, and you provision whatever azure functions you need as part of the function app. How much accidental complexity is that? Can't I just deploy an app or God forbid a function?

The same think applies to storage, but it's even worse. You get your storage account, and you need to providion a storage account to be able to provision one or more blob storage containers, azure tables, even simple queues. But wait, you need a storage account to store data in a nosql services, but if you opt for the other nosql service then that's an entirely different thing. For that you can simply go ahead and create an account. You can use the same SDK for both? That's nice. Wait, why do they have two nosql services?

Azure, man. It exists to make every single alternative look good.
by globular-toast | 2025-07-02 16:14:01+00:00
> I suppose once LLMs get really good at that skill, will be when we really won't need developers any more.

I don't really get this argument. So when LLMs become "perfect" software developers are we just going to have them running 24/7 shitting out every conceivable piece of software ever? What would anyone do with that?

Or do you expect every doctor, electrician, sales assistant, hairdresser, train driver etc. to start developing their own software on top of their existing job?

What's more likely is a few people will make it their jobs to find and break down problems people have that could use a piece of software and develop said piece of software using whatever means they have available to them. Today we call these people software developers.
by strogonoff | 2025-07-02 16:14:49+00:00
An issue with regulation of something as public good is stagnation. When companies can make money and compete for serving the customer best, this drives innovation.

I used to think that a good alternative could be making it mandatory to provide feature-complete API for interoperation. Third-party cross-platform clients would remove lock-in and make ads unprofitable, demoting Big Social from platforms to pipes, like mobile providers, and force them to charge for service. It would no longer be in their interest to serve aggravating content to keep us glued to screens if we can just switch to a more mental health friendly competitor, and besides it would lower their server load.

However, I am not sure anymore whether it would do much to other shady practices like all sorts of data mining and sale, including the new practice of using private data for training commercial ML models.
by danielbln | 2025-07-02 16:14:53+00:00
I'm in that last bracket. I don't really have LLMs do tasks that given enough time and scouring docs I couldn't have implemented myself. I set hard rules around architecture, components, general design patterns and then let the LLM go at it, after which review the result in multiple passes, like I would a junior's code. I could not care less about the minutiae of the actual implementation, as long as it conforms to my conventions and style guides and instructions.
by 0xbadcafebee | 2025-07-02 16:15:08+00:00
I'm fully aware. I grew up with a kid who was almost blind.

Images can contain alt text metadata, but links can't. Why? Because some genius with an opinion decided links aren't allowed to have alt-text. The rationale for why links can't contain alt-text:

Using alt text on a hyperlink would be redundant and potentially confusing for screen reader users, who may hear both the hyperlink text and the alt text

Except we see here a great example of why this is wrong. We could tell a sighted user to click here, and simultaneously add alt-text that describes "this is a hyperlink which downloads the software". (which, by the way, would also help sighted people!!) An author drafting the link could choose what text is shown for the link, and what (if any) is shown for the alt-text. It doesn't have to be confusing.

Yet with the current mandatory design examples, it is confusing! The suggested link text is just the name of the product!! What's the link going to do when you click it? Download something? Render a page? Show an image? Something else? How is that helping a blind person OR a non-blind person?!

The spec should allow you to decide how the content is presented, in a way that works for both blind and non-blind people. But we see here that, in order to make a "beautiful engineering design" that supports blind and sighted people, it's actually making it harder for both. If they took away their arbitrary restriction, the content creator could be free to craft it however makes sense, in a way that supports all people well, rather than all people poorly.
by hardwaresofton | 2025-07-02 16:15:33+00:00
> Union may save job for few who have job but people who don't (and they are lot more and increasing) are not gonna get helped by any union.

Note that in some countries, unions extend to cover workers who are not even part of the union. Heard about this from some french friends:

> Collective bargaining agreements (conventions collectives) may be negotiated between employers and labour unions covering a company or group of companies (accords d’entreprise), or between employers’ associations and labour unions covering an industry as a whole; in the latter case, the government may decide that the collective agreement covers even those employers who are not members of the employers’ association and is therefore mandatory throughout the industry.

https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publication...

Not saying it's the right solution for $COUNTRY, but I was certainly surprised when I heard of this
by daft_pink | 2025-07-02 16:15:43+00:00
So my work is client based and it really makes sense to divide almost all the email into client folders. Superhuman lets me quickly move stuff from my inbox into the client’s folder. It’s just very very quick.

I actually used spark mail for a while, because it would export to my crm, but eventually I wrote a script that converts all my emails to pdf to drop into my crm.
by 0cf8612b2e1e | 2025-07-02 16:15:49+00:00
Eh, it can take a lot of political willpower to actually get rid of a low performer. We had an infamous case where it took two years to finally kick some deadweight to the curb. Wanted multiple years of underperforming performance reviews, I guess. Despite what some may claim about market efficiency, this is a public, wildly profitable company, not government.

Unfortunately, I have never seen a layoff only remove weak people. Plenty of good gets thrown out with the bad every single time. The only signal I take from someone being laid off is that they were unlucky and probably not a total sycophant.