Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — syntaxbush

syntaxbush

HN member
Joined
Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 8:34 PM UTC
HN karma
50
Public activity
10 items

About syntaxbush

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. story
    Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?

    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). T…

  2. comment
    Comment #44912354

    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…

  3. comment
    Comment #44829921

    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 westw…

  4. comment
    Comment #44683522

    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.

  5. comment
    Comment #44678982

    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.

  6. comment
    Comment #44666503

    So there is nothing one can do to increase their odds of success? If there is, they can't write a book about it?

  7. comment
    Comment #44174441

    Thank you for sharing this. It’s an angle I didn’t explore, and want to now.

  8. comment
    Comment #44174425

    I wonder if changing your language every 5-10 years and/or location would help in sort of forcing a dictionary change.

  9. comment
    Comment #44174406

    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…

  10. story
    Ask HN: Why does time seem to speed up with age?

    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 m…