Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — golddust-gecko

golddust-gecko

HN member
Joined
Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 7:15 PM UTC
HN karma
43
Public activity
10 items

About golddust-gecko

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #49006204

    > I think it's ultimately about finding the organization that fits the workflow you want. This is a key point, and one that is rarely articulated. The problem -- for me, anyway -- …

  2. comment
    Comment #48672524

    This is I think a very common issue. The term "startup" has two connotations: a nascent business trying to find its product/market fit and "a private business whose capital structu…

  3. comment
    Comment #48556169

    > Yet I am immensely grateful that my ancestors chose to build homes and marry and have children I think this premise is questionable. I double that choice had much to do with it, …

  4. comment
    Comment #48266023

    I feel like this part is either a mistake, or a whole story in itself: > This premise was based on the results of a 1940 study by Ichiro Tani, a Japanese scientist who demonstrated…

  5. comment
    Comment #48097366

    100% this. I'll also add another factor: it's become increasingly clear at our company that AI-enabled humans are getting to the bottom of the backlog of feature ideas much quicker…

  6. comment
    Comment #47948715

    > "GitHub only gets better if people who give a shit stick around to make it better" At best that's half of the equation. You also have to continually hire new people who give a sh…

  7. comment
    Comment #47223852

    This is 100% true. You might wonder why, if businesses are the target, why not just make Windows a no-frills, solid base for the other offerings? Why slop it up? The answer there i…

  8. comment
    Comment #45377584

    100% -- the conventional wisdom was that the x86 architecture was too riddled with legacy and complexity to improve its performance, and was a dead end. Itanium never met an exotic…

  9. comment
    Comment #45055146

    Agree 100% with this. It gives the illusion of understanding, like when a precocious 6 year old learns the word "precocious" and feels smart because they have can say it. Or any mo…

  10. comment
    Comment #44868314

    Perhaps it's nothing, but: > “GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsoft’s CoreAI organization, with more details shared soon,” says Dohmke in a …