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selectedambient

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    Comment #48532398

    for sure; you can contribute to things you already use, or build things you will genuinely use every day that solves problems you struggle with. 90% of my builds are just things i …

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    Comment #48531793

    100% feel that, finishing my mscs in august. keep your head down and keep working on things that are genuinely useful to you and affect your daily life. often, if you're having a p…

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    Comment #48460705

    nice i’ve been using a program i built to listen to ytmusic for free from the terminal without a sub. i find so many channels now are just long form ads or the same 5 takes on “the…

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    Comment #48460648

    would be interested in checking out some of the rss feeds

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    Comment #48460630

    i 100% agree with what you’re saying, i’m just using a catch all term (news, entertainment ykwim). yes though, demonetize all reaction videos.

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    Comment #48456023

    that would imply i just let it go to town with no understanding.. so no.

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    Ask HN: Where do you like to consume content anymore?

    everything is the same regurgitated garbage i can get anywhere or from an llm myself. what are you reading/watching/following when it comes to programming or tech in general?

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    Comment #48455724

    here are a few i have put time and effort into. these are not “vibe coded”, but an agent was utilized at points to save copious amounts of time implementing my architectural decisi…

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    Comment #48405639

    accurate and they probably had access already.

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    Comment #48351576

    accurate, but i’ll keep building anyway

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    Comment #48351551

    okay i watched his video on it, i can definitely abide.

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    Comment #48350825

    did you not read the entire post? also correct the one file IS the entire thing. compiling one file on iSh on an iPhone actually works well.

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    Comment #48348642

    sure i can share it. it started as a text editor that i incorporated an agent into then moved to a standalone agent. now i’ve got the editor, agent, and have begun work on actual f…

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    Comment #48347587

    "gpt can you do these PRs for me"

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    Comment #48347562

    i write an agent in C, create my own models. crickets. pewdiepie gets into programming on a whim creates slop, 3k stars.

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    Comment #48347530

    i feel like regardless what you're doing, consistency is key, aside from actually learning right? you mentioned people running three sessions at once on projects they have no hope …

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    Comment #48322514

    if you’re not about to pay wp to read a billionaire’s opinion > http://archive.today/qzr0f

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    Comment #48296464

    this seems more like the very tip of the iceberg here v a complete database, anyhow very neat

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    Comment #48156760

    a king among men.

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    Comment #48156724

    lmao this analogy

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    Comment #48156709

    that's great and all, but i wonder how many of them are getting 50 year mortgages?

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    Comment #48149627

    i’d absolutely take them off peoples hands.