15:[[42682821,{"by":"ciconia","descendants":118,"id":42682821,"kids":[42682850,42682910,42682948,42682946,42682879,42683058,42683062,42683082,42683050,42682965,42683056,42683161,42686507,42687792,42683047,42683004,42693288,42683049,42693696,42683024,42683039,42682966,42683042,42693539,42683228,42682960,42684594,42683497,42683046,42683468,42689736,42683026,42682978,42682995,42683304,42687916,42683122,42683798,42682956,42683077,42683352,42683121,42682954,42685650,42683256,42683147,42692755,42686608,42683205,42682838,42682917,42686576,42687003,42683101,42683085,42683029],"score":140,"text":"I can't really explain why, but I find the recent AI developments, articles and news stories totally boring and lame. I can understand why people get excited with generative AI that can transform a text into an image etc, but otherwise the benefits of so called AI are completely lost on me, and all those AI articles on HN are just noise to me.

I don't need you to convince me I'm wrong. I just want to know if there are other people here that feel the same way. Thank you for commenting thoughtfully!","time":1736772243,"title":"Ask HN: Am I the only one here who can't stand HN's AI obsession?","type":"story"}],[42684521,{"by":"ignaciovdk","descendants":5,"id":42684521,"kids":[42692400,42684652,42692706,42684820],"score":1,"text":"$16","time":1736782420,"title":"Would You Use an On-Demand Designated Driver for You and Your Car?","type":"story"}],[42685330,{"by":"neo_doom","descendants":2,"id":42685330,"kids":[42685603,42692679],"score":1,"text":"Migrating to a new browser (back to Firefox after a 10 year hiatus) and setting stuff up again. Bitwarden and Authy have made the migration easy and secure but it got me thinking that if I lost access to one or both of those, I would be totally screwed.

How do you protect against these single points of failure?","time":1736786329,"title":"Ask HN: How are you backing up your password managers?","type":"story"}],[42685534,{"by":"namanyayg","descendants":161,"id":42685534,"kids":[42690864,42685835,42686135,42686239,42686003,42686053,42685842,42685795,42686241,42686413,42686046,42686033,42685841,42686124,42694160,42693538,42695520,42689771,42686108,42693268,42692452,42692859,42686120,42685891,42686438,42685796,42785211,42685938,42686523,42694676,42724054,42686491,42710493,42693998,42696166,42686290,42691647,42688550,42687020,42690790,42687281,42696403,42691239,42704714,42693936,42713260,42690942,42691209,42693774,42686376,42686315,42697229,42688343,42687294,42707506,42695554,42693518,42685911,42720265,42694906,42686086,42686303,42698719,42694380,42686064,42685965,42691191,42696936,42686088,42697577,42686244,42695706,42737595,42694997,42685583,42686327,42709408,42700379,42693978,42695436,42687700,42686184,42694935,42688283,42686274,42687514,42686336,42686006,42686279,42686623,42695576,42686209,42692211,42686022,42695986,42686079,42685865,42686263,42686730,42697821,42686286,42696363,42686257,42686188,42686192,42686287,42692671,42690893,42686365,42757472,42686934,42746921,42707557,42707843,42693568],"score":217,"text":"Remember when maintaining a blog was THE way to build your developer brand?

When thoughtful technical writing could lead to speaking gigs, job offers, and meaningful connections?

But in 2025, the landscape has shifted dramatically:

- LinkedIn's algorithmic feed heavily favors short-form "broetry" over substantive technical content\n- Twitter/X has become a battleground of AI-generated hot takes\n- Medium is drowning in SEO-optimized tutorials that all say the same thing

Unless you're already established or willing to play the AI-SEO game, it feels impossible to build genuine readership for a technical blog in 2025.

Yet part of me wonders if I'm just being cynical. Maybe there's still value in writing for its own sake? Or perhaps there are distribution channels I haven't considered?

For those still maintaining personal blogs: How do you find readers? Where do you share your content? And most importantly - why do you keep writing?","time":1736787240,"title":"Ask HN: Is maintaining a personal blog still worth it?","type":"story"}],[42692007,{"by":"gnabgib","descendants":35,"id":42692007,"kids":[42693234,42692495,42692393,42692799,42692722,42693609,42694443,42692339,42692014,42692655,42692711,42692526,42694764,42693867,42692726,42694663,42695044,42692549],"score":31,"time":1736816371,"title":"China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option","type":"story","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/china-discusses-sale-of-tiktok-us-to-musk-as-one-possible-option"}],[42671427,{"by":"ta988","descendants":192,"id":42671427,"kids":[42671767,42671925,42677246,42671798,42671756,42672165,42672272,42677097,42671945,42673968,42672747,42679391,42671810,42671949,42671753,42673903,42671857,42671769,42671735,42672139,42672643],"score":320,"time":1736658377,"title":"Aaron Swartz and Sam Altman","type":"story","url":"https://journa.host/@jeremiak/113811327999722586"}],[42581932,{"by":"toomuchtodo","descendants":3,"id":42581932,"kids":[42615882,42581935,42591870],"score":3,"time":1735873974,"title":"Fintech startup Level abruptly shuts down after burning through $27M","type":"story","url":"https://techstartups.com/2025/01/02/fintech-startup-level-abruptly-shuts-down-after-burning-through-17-million-of-investors-cash/"}],[42569641,{"by":"DoreenMichele","descendants":2,"id":42569641,"kids":[42569656,42571280],"score":5,"time":1735768566,"title":"A third of North America's birds have vanished (2023)","type":"story","url":"https://nautil.us/a-third-of-north-americas-birds-have-vanished-340007/"}],[42503661,{"by":"yoda97","descendants":6,"id":42503661,"kids":[42504860,42505356,42504524,42548875,42510419],"score":7,"time":1735063773,"title":"Some Bitwarden users are not enjoying the new UI/UX","type":"story","url":"https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bitwarden-password-manage/nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb/reviews"}],[42485780,{"by":"thunderbong","descendants":4,"id":42485780,"kids":[42486031,42485823,42489895,42485961,42487305],"score":3,"time":1734867845,"title":"Making a Website Is Hard","type":"story","url":"https://blog.cathoderaydude.com/doku.php?id=blog:making_a_website_is_hard"}],[42487301,{"by":"gpi","descendants":48,"id":42487301,"kids":[42487792,42490224,42487873,42491188,42487556,42487666,42497684,42488799,42487983,42489874,42488246,42487804,42490675,42487722],"score":181,"time":1734884700,"title":"The risk of cancer fades past the age of 80","type":"story","url":"https://www.sciencealert.com/the-risk-of-cancer-fades-as-we-get-older-and-we-may-finally-know-why"}],[42473134,{"by":"jmsflknr","descendants":3,"id":42473134,"kids":[42473391,42473829,42481258,42473162],"score":12,"time":1734716681,"title":"Sam Altman calls Elon Musk a 'bully'","type":"story","url":"https://fortune.com/2024/12/20/sam-altman-calls-elon-musk-a-bully-fights-billionaires-openai-lawsuits/"}],[42457271,{"by":"donkulous","descendants":3,"id":42457271,"kids":[42548873,42457272,42466755],"score":5,"time":1734570396,"title":"Bitwarden Usability issues (UX) in redesigned UI","type":"story","url":"https://community.bitwarden.com/t/usability-issues-ux-in-redesigned-ui-2024-12-0/76836"}],[42461558,{"by":"djha-skin","descendants":9,"id":42461558,"kids":[42461719,42465640,42461581,42463591,42462074,42462085,42466678,42462484],"score":5,"text":"I just had to change a password for another service, and access broke because I had trouble with my password manager. I had to hit "Forgot your password?"

Then I just opened up my laptop, entering the LUKS password for the disk. These passwords can't be changed without re-encrypting the disk, a huge pain.

I'm sure a good password would be able to last a while.

How old is the oldest password you're still using on a semi-regular basis?","time":1734617720,"title":"Ask HN: How old is your oldest password?","type":"story"}],[42445820,{"by":"Uptrenda","descendants":29,"id":42445820,"kids":[42450057,42446520,42446490,42445950,42446371,42477131,42454303,42494337,42448179,42446059,42488599,42457157,42447389,42458110,42445908,42461134,42454040,42456498,42448013,42486687,42473756,42451586,42448440],"score":21,"text":"It seems like the longer I use the Internet the more I'm aware of just how many people use it exclusively to act like ass holes without recourse.

Particularly insidious are people who seem to poison any positive outcomes by spreading falsehoods and doubt. Sometimes even simply by having a shitty attitude.

My question to HN is: how do you deal with people who seem to go out their way to spread negative comments.","time":1734473010,"title":"Ask HN: How do you deal with overly negative comments?","type":"story"}],[42425700,{"by":"wsieroci","descendants":5,"id":42425700,"kids":[42426032,42427174,42425829,42425872,42434062],"score":3,"text":"Hi,\nTaking into account current state of AI and the fact that it is harder and harder for ordinary captchas to really distinguish between bot and human I was thinking about idea of creating video captchas were people will need to use camera and show something on camera to prove that they are real humans. What do you think about such idea?

Best, Wiktor","time":1734294119,"title":"Ask HN: What do you think about creating video captcha?","type":"story"}]]

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