16:[[44116074,{"by":"zwilderrr","descendants":33,"id":44116074,"kids":[44119434,44119626,44116329,44130122,44116152,44130227,44116290,44123660,44118973,44130590,44129543,44125630,44119061,44137560,44116142,44126916,44119319,44124248,44116126],"score":16,"text":"I don't think I'm old, but I get great joy in writing a simple utility function by hand, without ai. Just yesterday I wrote a function that removes the ending punctuation from a string, if present, and adds a period instead. I also wrote onDone, onSubmit, and onCancel handlers using more than my tab key.

Yet it seems to me that this is quickly becoming the stuff of an older generation, of people who move slowly, of a dying breed who care about silly things like craft and form.

Don't get me wrong--I'm all over AI, especially at work where speed also counts. But there's something so satisfying in writing code without AI that it makes me wonder if, in fact, I'm quickly becoming irrelevant.","time":1748440525,"title":"Ask HN: Am I old?","type":"story"}],[43655097,{"by":"TimTheTinker","descendants":26,"id":43655097,"kids":[43656391,43656141,43655538,43655852,43655714,43657853,43656405,43691018,43656422,43670553,43655857,43668258,43658347,43655407,43675002,43662596,43658622,43679310,43656179,43655782,43655516],"score":38,"time":1744385959,"title":"Ask HN: What made your favorite manager so great?","type":"story"}],[39620540,{"by":"NilsIRL","descendants":135,"id":39620540,"kids":[39625316,39627129,39624220,39632011,39621570,39625660,39621322,39628503,39621818,39626385,39623998,39622648,39626836,39621584,39626802,39623554,39626855,39627279,39624052,39622563,39621614,39624685,39628893,39623758,39625545,39625492,39638402,39624905,39622709,39622776,39623988,39627426,39621919,39622339,39625520,39624317,39621992,39626299,39625618,39622216,39623607,39623443,39649609,39625416,39624136,39622119],"score":374,"time":1709754922,"title":"Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable \"compiler\"","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/NilsIrl/dockerc"}],[37463750,{"by":"jorisboris","descendants":13,"id":37463750,"kids":[37463859,37470361,37476574,37476438,37469591,37473800,37478856,37466416,37475791],"score":5,"text":"Trying to see if it's only me, or many people.

I used to be able to go through a full day and still have 50% left. Now it's drained at the end of the day.","time":1694414764,"title":"Ask HN: Is your M1 Battery draining significantly faster in last week?","type":"story"}],[36345700,{"by":"damacaner","descendants":16,"id":36345700,"kids":[36345941,36345826,36360682,36350538,36359123,36345930],"score":12,"text":"$17","time":1686859208,"title":"Do you think writing backend with Python feels wrong?","type":"story"}],[36057997,{"by":"peteradio","descendants":294,"id":36057997,"kids":[36083070,36082472,36081501,36081000,36084116,36080878,36082416,36081720,36081482,36081714,36082458,36081157,36080790,36081110,36081459,36082211,36084003,36084440,36087293,36080791,36081280,36083212,36082607,36083128,36082499,36082736,36058378,36087960,36087466,36081153,36081421,36080953,36081862,36086198,36067808,36082869,36085178,36095516,36084426,36086074,36081065,36059932,36084074,36082302,36081578,36088039,36082931,36082332,36058734,36081694,36082498,36087318,36082120,36086409,36084185,36083732,36081317,36081079,36083676,36091816,36082525,36084574,36082356,36082183,36092099,36081448,36081996,36082892,36082721,36085192,36082843,36091427,36058418,36082172,36083163,36083672,36081706,36082328,36081747,36081746,36086146,36085782,36084857,36080994,36081083,36092656,36058795,36082397,36084694,36083972,36081783,36084568,36084501,36082856,36080982,36083121,36085264,36083395,36081595,36087381,36084235,36081244,36082695,36088211,36087857,36087531,36081300,36082773,36082999,36084052,36083245,36081169,36081260,36080899,36081613,36087588,36081358,36084438,36086674,36062053,36081798,36088649,36083603,36085762,36082447,36081659,36086450,36080871,36058775,36084284,36087333,36082634,36082699,36081106,36081619,36086477,36086920,36084589,36086670,36082972,36093408,36084447,36083028,36084370,36087017,36087974,36081150,36080997,36091015,36086282,36084659,36081038,36083527,36082728,36082693,36081444,36081238,36083156,36081357,36082948,36081752,36084971,36110372,36083826,36081833,36082067,36091681,36082413,36084862,36081424,36083114,36082544,36085421,36081527,36082996,36081826,36085495,36081438,36081229,36083480,36087903,36084998,36087599,36087484,36083838,36091224,36083362,36081245,36100258,36059224,36083694,36084405],"score":364,"text":"How do you battle against (self-inflicted) anxiety/paralysis when you are attempting to tackle a problem you are not sure has a solution? I have a very open mind to solving problems but it can make it difficult to come to conclusions. Anyone know what I'm talking about here? Have any advice?","time":1684936002,"title":"Ask HN: How do you approach a problem you are not sure has a solution?","type":"story"}],[34628386,{"by":"philosopher1234","descendants":500,"id":34628386,"kids":[34631181,34629624,34629739,34634613,34628720,34628789,34629093,34628989,34629269,34630204,34629145,34632852,34631180,34628810,34632918,34630805,34630466,34628565,34632045,34635209,34630458,34631231,34636864,34630597,34629426,34628617,34628557,34637560,34635033,34631605,34628711,34628958,34628740,34630415,34635268,34636891,34630774,34631699,34628502,34629972,34631385,34630510,34631905,34631080,34630962,34629793,34630255,34628487,34631334,34630165,34629539,34631538,34630182,34634748,34633292,34629742,34630986,34634713,34634201,34629883,34629138,34637563,34628668,34636064,34635583,34634566,34636739,34631112,34637759,34631758,34632029,34634011,34628659,34631330,34632982,34637582,34639783,34638427,34639673,34650429,34650431,34636531,34639786,34636521],"score":1345,"time":1675353615,"title":"Play Counter Strike 1.6, with full multiplayer, in the browser","type":"story","url":"https://play-cs.com/en/servers"}],[34579175,{"by":"coreyhn","descendants":1832,"id":34579175,"kids":[34579718,34580345,34583136,34580018,34579686,34579581,34579727,34580031,34581504,34584316,34579655,34579763,34580314,34584805,34586086,34584742,34580975,34580765,34583698,34580200,34580393,34581023,34579640,34581544,34579607,34582998,34582208,34579506,34580594,34585008,34579982,34583301,34580437,34582460,34581402,34581260,34581070,34585567,34580918,34580017,34581932,34580050,34581161,34579733,34582276,34581309,34580265,34581002,34584318,34580755,34583082,34580362,34580273,34580788,34580614,34580615,34583423,34583357,34581432,34584911,34583674,34581562,34580151,34581025,34580949,34581507,34586156,34580052,34588362,34581247,34583341,34579968,34582308,34580885,34582148,34580954,34579642,34581763,34581494,34593074,34579844,34582972,34581139,34580070,34580135,34585079,34586805,34586788,34580678,34590358,34579648,34579895,34582197,34585872,34602785,34581238,34580578,34579588,34581424,34580861,34579615,34585157,34617789,34579585,34587246,34585647,34581377,34582281,34584734,34579665,34579990,34589040,34599952,34585888,34586674,34587107,34585261,34583965,34583186,34582739,34580414,34583364,34579945,34581405,34581131,34580385,34581945,34583115,34580613,34584274,34590366,34579633,34598711,34579598,34586124,34580020,34583564,34581636,34637505,34580371,34586343,34582305,34602139,34581156,34596774,34582341,34590309,34583184,34580766,34579583,34580523,34591013,34589677,34580965,34592411,34582895,34584703,34580785,34586907,34581040,34584338,34583587,34582803,34588563,34582571,34586035,34581886,34580515,34583159,34581560,34585703,34582007,34580296,34580142,34583083,34581425,34580154,34585190,34581028,34583532,34583928,34588103,34579672,34581092,34580503],"score":691,"text":"I was helping my son learn to write and realized I’ve been holding the pencil wrong when I write. When I changed my grip to match how my son was learning, it was more comfortable. What have you learned that is different and better than something you’ve always done?","time":1675084613,"title":"Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?","type":"story"}],[33545788,{"by":"gkresic","descendants":115,"id":33545788,"kids":[33546710,33549026,33546685,33546744,33546797,33546663,33546509,33552308,33546485,33546861,33546611,33546560,33546701,33546602,33547756,33546808,33548650,33547029,33546817,33545796,33546844,33547116,33548853,33547303,33550900,33558511,33546597,33548834,33546574,33546253,33546822,33546336,33546632,33546724,33545927],"score":51,"text":"Based on: https://www.workatastartup.com/companies?role=eng&role_type=be","time":1668085199,"title":"Ask HN: Why do startups avoid Java?","type":"story"}],[33325474,{"by":"spencerchubb","descendants":107,"id":33325474,"kids":[33326359,33325876,33326206,33325530,33326623,33326733,33326277,33326318,33325900,33326078,33326251,33325956,33326347,33326456,33326099,33326785,33325919,33326402,33326040,33327843,33326730,33335534,33326034,33329683,33327103,33325890,33326779,33326245,33326290,33326176,33325930,33329876,33326849,33329433,33327619,33326620,33327981,33326953,33326051,33326674,33326103,33326876,33326761,33326317,33326472,33345893,33326267,33326822,33326703,33326254,33328981,33326641,33325823],"score":105,"text":"I have used Docker more than almost any other tool, and I have genuinely given it a fair shot. After all of that, I still don't understand the appeal.

Docker nearly seems to be an industry standard by now. Some people treat it like an obvious choice, but it's not so obvious to me.

People say that Docker can run anywhere. It solves the infamous problem of "works on my machine". Despite what people claim, I have not found this to be the case. I developed containers on windows and then I still had to debug the containers when deploying on Linux. There were formatting issues, filenotfound issues, and chmod issues. I have spent so much time configuring docker, and been able to complete the same task in a VM in a fraction of the time.

Am I alone here? Am I doing it wrong? Is it the case that I am not the intended audience, and it's meant for larger teams?","time":1666665118,"title":"Ask HN: What Is the Hype with Docker?","type":"story"}],[32493318,{"by":"robinweiss","descendants":24,"id":32493318,"kids":[32496493,32493461,32496064,32497015,32495143,32494266,32495907,32494394,32496851,32504678,32494358,32502869,32493388],"score":20,"text":"Hey everyone!

I just had an argument with a colleague that I feel like I had a million times before: Should the requirements.txt be manually created with only first-order dependencies or automatically created through `pip freeze` and hence contain all the transitive dependencies?

I am very strongly in favor of the `pip freeze` approach since it guarantees reproducible virtual environments (at least in theory). My colleague, who is, unfortunately, developing on Windows tells me that this regularly breaks on his machine and insists on the manual files with only the first-level dependencies.

Are there known cross-platform issues with `pip freeze` approach? I have searched the internet high and wide and I couldn't find a sound argument for either being right or wrong on this topic.

I would appreciate any input on this :)","time":1660721163,"title":"Python and manually creating the requirements.txt vs. pip freeze","type":"story"}],[31801462,{"by":"AndreyKarpov","descendants":194,"id":31801462,"kids":[31801637,31801853,31802135,31801693,31802455,31802207,31802165,31802179,31803104,31801916,31802939,31801577,31802076,31802607,31803196,31801633,31802151,31802201,31803334,31801968,31802290,31801662,31804270,31803181,31805395,31803014,31802110,31802167,31871471,31802307,31804744,31803915,31804051,31802275,31803468,31817970,31806859,31802294,31802658,31803234,31801942,31801865,31801632,31805611,31802501,31816205,31801673,31805891,31801886,31802027],"score":141,"time":1655659978,"title":"“Google” programmers. How one idiot hired a couple more idiots","type":"story","url":"https://pvs-studio.com/en/blog/posts/0952/"}],[31696447,{"by":"cedws","descendants":271,"id":31696447,"kids":[31699742,31697773,31697860,31699886,31697984,31699518,31699907,31697979,31699899,31701409,31697502,31699985,31701999,31699475,31698018,31699182,31697829,31699161,31699346,31697721,31696729,31697420,31697380,31697258,31702992,31699128,31701736,31698282,31807681,31701748,31702566,31701825,31697452,31698015,31699810,31698317,31707916,31699446,31697350,31698300,31701415,31701733,31698169,31696857,31702284,31700908,31700949,31777588,31700655,31698270,31699690,31701474,31698236,31698852,31699158,31697661,31700926,31697338,31697503,31697545,31697353,31701727,31699440,31702961,31701258,31701892,31699017,31700039,31700174,31699747,31700142,31703903,31699425,31715699,31701273,31697895,31697731,31702029,31698112,31699233,31703361,31699514,31705419,31700597,31698240,31699603,31697719,31700886,31699408,31708303,31704131,31701024,31702247,31697413,31697428,31701945,31700486,31699893,31698989,31713463,31703657,31699547,31698122,31700450,31699211,31697335,31699532,31732256,31711757,31700233,31699590],"score":223,"text":"$18","time":1654879191,"title":"Ask HN: How are you dealing with the M1/ARM migration?","type":"story"}],[30952648,{"by":"samh748","descendants":15,"id":30952648,"kids":[30954060,30952709,30952892,30953385,30957538,30952708,30952955],"score":13,"text":"$19","time":1649384525,"title":"Ask HN: What can I do about my messy/neurodivergent brain?","type":"story"}],[30942698,{"by":"dustinmoris","descendants":259,"id":30942698,"kids":[30943668,30945112,30943462,30943791,30943356,30943174,30943329,30944178,30943447,30948827,30944129,30943770,30945545,30951557,30943403,30942907,30944242,30945919,30946141,30951640,30944668,30943210,30944536,30943172,30948409,30948542,30944675,30943953,30954084,30943623,30943664,30944484,30943234,30943058,30944626,30945279,30944913,30944851,30950678,30949927,30943187,30943987,30949324,30948310,30944535,30946592,30943264,30954617,30948027,30974244,30945855,30983395,30951251,30945263,30952295,30943543,30944168,30952244,30952150,30951062,30950421,30952665,30943834,30942731,30953978,30945920,30946485,30943276,30949034,30945449],"score":274,"text":"Has anyone ever switched clouds from one service provider to another (e.g. AWS to Azure or vice versa), partially or entirely?

If so why? They all offer almost identical services. Do small (but maybe significant?) differences or unique products (e.g. Spanner) make such a big difference that it has swayed someone to switch their cloud infrastructure?

I wonder how much these little things matter and how such a transition (in partial or as a whole) went along and how key stakeholders (who were possibly heavily invested in one cloud or felt they were responsible for the initial choice) were convinced to make the switch?

I'd love to hear some stories from real world experiences and crucially what it was that pushed the last domino to make the move.","time":1649326866,"title":"Ask HN: Have you ever switched cloud?","type":"story"}],[29203718,{"by":"is-is-odd","descendants":7,"id":29203718,"kids":[29203928,29205689,29213383],"score":10,"text":"Would you recommend learning the tech stack? The stack at the company is primary TypeScript with some Scala. I have some familiarity with TypeScript - should I continue to build projects to learn more or pick up a textbook to take a deep dive?

I have ~6 months before I start working.","time":1636746375,"title":"Ask HN: How to prepare for first full-time software engineering job?","type":"story"}],[28161295,{"by":"noname2021","descendants":9,"id":28161295,"kids":[28162636,28162241,28163368,28161404,28176142,28170733,28162008],"score":4,"text":"I'd like to improve my ability to participate in a group of fast talkers. I typically find myself unable to jump into the pauses and get an opportunity to speak as well as other members.

It feels like my reflexes are a good bit slower.

Any idea how I can simulate that environment and practice those skills or maybe just solve the problem another way","time":1628801511,"title":"Ask HN: Improve my ability to participate in a group of fast talkers","type":"story"}],[28174710,{"by":"rolandtshen","descendants":16,"id":28174710,"kids":[28177316,28204109,28178167,28185233,28176605,28190879,28186845,28190571,28175468,28176414,28176117],"score":11,"text":"For a recent project, I've found myself writing quite a few one off scripts for database adjustments, SQL queries for analytics, etc. I've been manually running them myself in the command line, but it's a very messy process. New team members also don't know what scripts are available and where to look. Anyone know of any tools, or have any workflows to better organize these scripts?","time":1628889764,"title":"Ask HN: How do you manage one-off internal scripts?","type":"story"}],[27418577,{"by":"cercatrova","descendants":138,"id":27418577,"kids":[27418962,27419417,27418891,27418900,27418880,27418778,27419318,27418881,27418956,27424427,27418832,27418848,27419007,27420248,27418923,27420574,27418882,27419105,27424319,27419378,27422210,27419048,27419182,27419655,27419017,27418868,27420388,27422897,27424109,27419592,27427290],"score":249,"time":1623035046,"title":"If someone’s having to read your docs, it’s not “simple”","type":"story","url":"https://justsimply.dev"}]]

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