16:[[47978130,{"by":"tzury","descendants":1,"id":47978130,"kids":[47989064,47978191,47978794],"score":4,"text":"today is may 2026. all my apps are up to date. all the SaaS I use are up to date by definition. so where is the promised LLM software revolution?

all those super-on-steroids productivity boosts — where did they land? my banks, insurance, delivery apps, utilities... none of them blew my mind with killer features. not even the obvious long-awaited ones. if anything, I've noticed degraded quality in some apps from companies worth $T's.

am I the only one feeling this? have any of you actually noticed tremendous improvements as end users in your day-to-day apps — and I mean apps you actually rely on, other than the LLM products themselves (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI etc.)?

what are all those AI billions actually hiding?

I am asking this from the end user perspective, and I have no answer.","time":1777659515,"title":"Ask HN: Where is my UX after all those billions spent on LLM codegen?","type":"story"}],[47778475,{"by":"speckx","descendants":105,"id":47778475,"kids":[47779452,47780312,47780710,47782353,47779101,47786994,47782300,47784918,47779753,47780493,47784405,47780566,47778964,47792349,47782664,47779833,47784080,47781202,47779817,47779577,47788355,47781135,47782459,47786689,47778780,47779631,47779358,47778826,47779717,47785512,47780322,47779286,47779017,47782486,47789877,47784473,47779879,47778851,47779144,47779016,47779249,47780813,47780381,47780088],"score":569,"time":1776258490,"title":"God sleeps in the minerals","type":"story","url":"https://wchambliss.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/god-sleeps-in-the-minerals/"}],[47711588,{"by":"wrqvrwvq","descendants":1,"id":47711588,"kids":[47712936],"score":2,"time":1775776975,"title":"You know what I haven't ever seen? a good blogpost from an AI","type":"story"}],[47520861,{"by":"kelseyfrog","descendants":4,"id":47520861,"kids":[47524004,47521225],"score":2,"text":"Image generation models improved, but I missed the boat on how. Help me connect the dots. Any relevant publications or writeups on how these two former difficult problems were solved?","time":1774461207,"title":"Ask HN: Which breakthroughs fixed AI-generated hands and text?","type":"story"}],[47454341,{"by":"coinfused","descendants":765,"id":47454341,"kids":[47454614,47454673,47454557,47454595,47454687,47454617,47456698,47454591,47454867,47455725,47454725,47454737,47454642,47457216,47455145,47454872,47454562,47455671,47454577,47455328,47460831,47454477,47455766,47454817,47454982,47455910,47467347,47454871,47455601,47454766,47456063,47455543,47455498,47457670,47454586,47456340,47472283,47454627,47461134,47454576,47464841,47454796,47463196,47455729,47456729,47456002,47455532,47457749,47455346,47485552,47455941,47455939,47456903,47456500,47455244,47455335,47455507,47458127,47454628,47454909,47455985,47456120,47456312,47456141,47480816,47454540,47455641,47456589,47454528,47488129,47455880,47458632,47455318,47455308,47455013,47454716,47455855,47458799,47463829,47454831,47454800,47455805,47454638,47455077,47455191,47454968,47455886,47456867,47455039,47457783,47454548,47454755,47454566,47455478,47454826,47454921,47454676,47460718,47455348,47457759,47464046,47456677,47455979,47456571,47454637,47454556,47455369,47454858,47455128,47461645,47454728,47454915,47455333,47454587,47454612,47454816,47456580,47549758,47491874,47460602,47503569,47494705,47494320,47494711,47454913,47464203,47456718,47458184,47455742,47455827,47455430,47454654,47454975,47454481,47454474,47454553,47456239],"score":1000,"time":1774013936,"title":"I'm OK being left behind, thanks","type":"story","url":"https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/im-ok-being-left-behind-thanks/"}],[47421513,{"by":"Uptrenda","descendants":49,"id":47421513,"kids":[47421809,47422335,47422921,47424428,47423553,47435198,47422844,47423482,47422327,47421847,47423703,47421872,47423956,47437077,47422898,47422636,47423310,47422445,47421764,47424077,47423417,47423173],"score":60,"time":1773807080,"title":"Forget Flags and Scripts: Just Rename the File","type":"story","url":"https://robertsdotpm.github.io/software_engineering/program_names_as_input.html"}],[47434047,{"by":"signa11","descendants":334,"id":47434047,"kids":[47436202,47435238,47436293,47434846,47436323,47436302,47437094,47435556,47435511,47434651,47436352,47436319,47435677,47438770,47435847,47435617,47435837,47436180,47435666,47436353,47436144,47435961,47436631,47435246,47436449,47437066,47437501,47435680,47437369,47436055,47441141,47434754,47447761,47435377,47435306,47434752,47435851,47435539,47435195,47435430,47439082,47446022,47437019,47435236,47442825,47442744,47437775,47437953,47438328,47436516,47438561,47440197,47444751,47437459,47435285,47435907,47437296,47435759,47442796,47436128,47435877,47445402,47435085,47436223,47437064,47436841,47438458,47436909,47436326,47441147,47452385,47441120,47435979,47434817,47435748,47435547,47435056,47438297,47437131,47445105,47440692,47435538,47434993,47436728,47435263,47435402,47435596,47440657,47434829,47436415],"score":652,"time":1773886997,"title":"A sufficiently detailed spec is code","type":"story","url":"https://haskellforall.com/2026/03/a-sufficiently-detailed-spec-is-code"}],[47394979,{"by":"plutoh28","descendants":6,"id":47394979,"kids":[47395048,47395151,47395266,47395175,47395300,47395007],"score":3,"text":"I'll be graduating with a SWE degree soon and the thought of spending my career reviewing AI code just seems both awful and unsustainable.

Programming has been fun because it is difficult. It required skill which is continously grown by the act of writing more code.

Using code gen is boring, doesn't require much skill, and tends to atrophy your understanding of the subject.

Does anyone have any experience with nearby niches to software engineering which might have some inherent property that makes AI code gen not possible? OS development? Embedded? Computer Architecture? Something I've never heard of?

If possible, I'd like to pivot while I'm still young.","time":1773632391,"title":"Ask HN: Are there any CS niches safe from AI?","type":"story"}],[47143963,{"by":"2muchclout","descendants":25,"id":47143963,"kids":[47312429,47188551,47153580,47150820,47145544,47164873,47178179,47144823,47152593,47157868,47144425,47145067],"score":8,"text":"Hi HN, I have been learning Godot while making a game which involves pixel art, music, etc. While learning, I have been discouraged about strictly making everything by hand because of the influx of content about just vibe coding or AI-assisted everything. There also seems to be a stigma attached to using AI in games versus general software engineering (Steam’s AI generated tag, for example).

In conclusion, I guess my question is if it is a good idea to use the AI generated assets and such, or should I just learn all of the skills and if that will be beneficial in the long run. I enjoy game development, I’m just feeling discouraged towards the learning process.","time":1771970941,"title":"Ask HN: Is it worth avoiding AI while making a game?","type":"story"}],[46926245,{"by":"ColinWright","descendants":869,"id":46926245,"kids":[46926724,46927168,46927012,46926677,46937798,46927372,46936562,46926715,46926696,46926882,46927213,46936998,46934532,46928322,46928495,46927548,46926679,46942155,46926834,46927710,46927882,46927536,46934783,46926923,46926943,46926727,46927035,46937144,46927034,46927062,46926922,46926958,46927266,46937971,46927262,46927026,46936750,46926761,46936660,46929522,46929554,46939956,46928591,46926947,46926850,46932698,46926765,46926745,46926732,46948390,46950857,46927399,46929495,46941602,46927734,46927100,46944948,46927209,46927162,46927738,46946791,46926877,46927583,46926946,46927440,46927048,46927374,46935185,46975139,46926676,46944537,46927623,46927476,46954101,46927825,46927955,46926843,46941370,46927300,46944217,46926803,46927028,46935328,46927501,46937903,46928235,46927449,46927090,46927341,46927302,46927446,46926799,46927223,46926810,46933902,46941278,46927931,46928215,46927450,46928498,46928005,46927226,46927116,46940782,46926887,46935253,46926919,46927175,46935261,46937310,46932627,46935382,46931076,46927683,46927282,46927512,46927074,46927188,46928041,46927713,46928106,46926828,46941595,46927407,46930129,46934413,46927632,46944689,46928166,46927420,46926816,46927160,46928200,46932037,46934644,46937287,46926778,46957158,46926899,46926971,46928487,46927417,46926657,46941628,46935527,46931059,46936041,46927963,46928323,46936830,46927549,46926681,46927324,46926831,46928799],"score":824,"time":1770489147,"title":"We mourn our craft","type":"story","url":"https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/"}]]

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