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Hello HN! This was a weekend experiment to see what is possible with long horizon agents, which is the pattern of using role-based agents on top of some sort of task store. As some…

Heads up that you have a typo - "Unscensorable"

Hi HN, I understand how mechanical prompts that shape the process or output, such as "list out the steps to do x, y, z" can lead to a better output. I'm skeptical of techniques suc…

I love what Resend are doing and am a customer. I can also absolutely empathise as our lead engineer did exactly the same thing at a startup I was running a decade ago. It's a horr…

Unfalsifiable speculation has no place in a publication calling itself "Scientific".

I would recommend Spark by John Ratey for a brilliant look at the mechanisms at play here.

The last section on "Don't smear political institutions" is ever more relevant today.

I wrote up a few ideas on reducing cognitive load for devs just last week: https://twitter.com/willrftaylor/status/1686769507048546304?... Certainly a non-exhaustive list, and I'm …

My company recently ran a survey of UK-based Creatives on the topic of their working preferences (n=250, July 2023) - so I compared our data to responses provided by Roundtable.ai …

Hi HN, I'm launching a plugin for Figma that reduces meetings in the design process. It works by letting designers share work through a link with a video intro attached - and then …

Hey hacker news I'm the founder and lead developer at Opine.cm, and we've just rolled out a new feature that hopefully will reduce the number iterations in your design or web-dev p…

The "Zone of Proximal Development" is a good concept for writing concise documentation too.

Hey HN. I'm looking to develop my typing skill, but I've found breaking my "6 finger" habit difficult. Would love to know any tips or resources. Currently on a Macbook Pro.

Hey, Will here! I've spent the last 6 months building a free project manager designed for creatives. The focus is on video feedback and keeping big projects organised (unlike the m…

I'm leading a team of web developers, and a number of the developers are writing unmaintainable code. Example: Mega objects that should be broken down; mega functions that should b…