17:[[46762027,{"by":"zarathustra333","descendants":10,"id":46762027,"kids":[46766116,46766100,46765130,46774669,46794194,46765133,46762984,46770497,46776494],"score":9,"text":"While many are focusing on AI chatbots / {x} AI for B2B, I am particularly excited about useful technology that can now be built in small teams thanks to AI (hardware telemetry platforms , new encrypted messaging apps, etc)","time":1769403390,"title":"Ask HN: What software / applications can you now build thanks to AI","type":"story"}],[46370178,{"by":"postit","descendants":15,"id":46370178,"kids":[46370367,46371929,46372844,46378721,46372472,46371921,46372852,46374057,46370655,46371937,46373780,46374443,46375917,46370771,46371910],"score":15,"text":"A friend and I were talking about a DOS POS system we wrote decades ago. It was crude, handwritten using Turbo Pascal DBF files and somehow still running in a few places since it got pirated.

We no longer have the source. No install disks. No backups. The software survived longer than our memory of it.

It made me realize how often "temporary" work outlives its creators, while the source vanishes.

What’s the most important thing you lost because you assumed you’d back it up later? Code, data, research, art, configs, anything.

Did that loss permanently change how you handle backups?","time":1766528618,"title":"Ask HN: What did you lose forever because you had no backup?","type":"story"}],[46337414,{"by":"akmittal","descendants":12,"id":46337414,"kids":[46337854,46369715,46339476,46341319,46340903,46339493,46338764],"score":11,"text":"I am a full stack developer with a full time job. I try to work on side projects like a lot of other developers.

In last ~10 years I have started 20+ projects and for each project spent anywhere between 2 weeks to 6 months. I have completed just 2 projects which were fairly short(~4 week). So recently when started some big side project, There was almost no chance of me completing it. I was just doing it for fun.

All this changed with AI code assistants. I picked a fairly big project which involved writing crawlers for multiple sites. There was no chance of me completing it, until I started using AI code assistant. It sped up the development by 5-10x(can I call myself 10x developer now?). Completed the project in ~3 weeks.

Curious if others were able to do the same.

(This is not an Advertisement for AI code assistants. These has their own problems. I have less confidence in my product, Code reviews are difficult and I have go and make sure all security best practices are handled.)","time":1766248945,"title":"AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy","type":"story"}],[46326261,{"by":"par","descendants":47,"id":46326261,"kids":[46353337,46361445,46326331,46361572,46361479,46327848,46361433,46326484,46361608,46361369,46326269,46369570,46361522,46361270,46361226,46326360,46328408,46364310,46361453,46361245,46326376,46361403,46361519,46361595,46361434],"score":19,"text":"I use Automator (mac os app) to do this, but it seems like such a dumb thing to do so regularly. If i transfer a photo on my iphone via google drive or some other cloud service, it inevitably needs to be changed to jpg.","time":1766154717,"title":"Ask HN: How are most people converting HEIC to jpg?","type":"story"}],[46288517,{"by":"terabytest","descendants":6,"id":46288517,"kids":[46306558,46308452,46305141,46289359,46306191,46303547],"score":5,"text":"I’m using gpt-5.1-codex-max comfortably for coding and hitting the weekly limit sometimes (but a few extra credits usually cover it).

I’ve heard Opus 4.5 might be better for coding. SWE-bench shows an 8% improvement but I'm having a hard time guessing what kind of effect that maps to in reality. For those who’ve switched, what changes have you seen, and how has it affected your work? Is the $100/month upgrade worth it?","time":1765893371,"title":"Ask HN: Claude Opus 4.5 vs. GPT 5.1 Codex Max for coding. Worth the upgrade?","type":"story"}],[46264491,{"by":"david927","descendants":1470,"id":46264491,"kids":[46267172,46266467,46266659,46266762,46271401,46266594,46272925,46266792,46268176,46270360,46274509,46264952,46273066,46268104,46265588,46271198,46270268,46266170,46267046,46270329,46271381,46274955,46276064,46269766,46268022,46265292,46271238,46269327,46267913,46272783,46266900,46267863,46267280,46271822,46266343,46268987,46268212,46266542,46267548,46266614,46266794,46271419,46279654,46271627,46270795,46270242,46266395,46269011,46279758,46266406,46276368,46271092,46268930,46267050,46277805,46267128,46267567,46267986,46270225,46265115,46378010,46271169,46286745,46274981,46275932,46266278,46273068,46266350,46275566,46266368,46277691,46281759,46266725,46266815,46278093,46374571,46267814,46266534,46268981,46270784,46267959,46266652,46266304,46283830,46272372,46283224,46326590,46271471,46271392,46268707,46275868,46277524,46270433,46276468,46276724,46269416,46271283,46272737,46270457,46278031,46271081,46266320,46271184,46268775,46266528,46271113,46274159,46270454,46267821,46269008,46266225,46267971,46280360,46279735,46268049,46267343,46264738,46270986,46268427,46266193,46269580,46267134,46266989,46276874,46266234,46268642,46266514,46266389,46273966,46277153,46280861,46266933,46270102,46274443,46270623,46270627,46272894,46271818,46264677,46271278,46266384,46272801,46286158,46266275,46282083,46267831,46267415,46272423,46279850,46275930,46270167,46273247,46272709,46279946,46267497,46304243,46266263,46279504,46265187,46295385,46272057,46270452,46271033,46274449,46273279,46271638,46264664,46278219,46266862,46280922,46266735,46270937,46269119,46272593,46275886,46269974,46290926,46271395,46271064,46266066,46268242,46267540,46267769,46267248,46274951,46268711,46268873,46270760,46268230,46271911,46281623,46267857,46274407,46267034,46267660,46271906,46270243,46268363,46267741,46272663,46271120,46271375,46274322,46270714,46267152,46318208,46271221,46266714,46278198,46267963,46273870,46266892,46267456,46290682,46276146,46270427,46269963,46267399,46284328,46271889,46270359,46268145,46275822,46268260,46271938,46270479,46266544,46266442,46268141,46273176,46273217,46300743,46269217,46267875,46270697,46274543,46280726,46270131,46274855,46269605,46285696,46273004,46269219,46287926,46277171,46266317,46279744,46270805,46270132,46282639,46313683,46272236,46299420,46267529,46270363,46270077,46277702,46266949,46295149,46310152,46273050,46284326,46269425,46266416,46266885,46275817,46278016,46319719,46270378,46269717,46283700,46269065,46271640,46267169,46270171,46266759,46267262,46284905,46270960,46282239,46268434,46268619,46272506,46266782,46284736,46270080,46266697,46269843,46272343,46284271,46269126,46290401,46276230,46269333,46271872,46266494,46274256,46275617,46268546,46313085,46267944,46281496,46286419,46268652,46273467,46281227,46269440,46273208,46266562,46271678,46271995,46267364,46267331,46268438,46267111,46287313,46271569,46267446,46270246,46280720,46266642,46266828,46267204,46267527,46273142,46266789,46270629,46266161,46266386,46272023,46268814,46270310,46273288,46271025,46266723,46272524,46273104,46289385,46266422,46278911,46300676,46272271,46267516,46272147,46277388,46274252,46282415,46268915,46272166,46271848,46272344,46272643,46268123,46266092,46267269,46273700,46273424,46273458,46271144,46370640,46270515,46269132,46273436,46271403,46276172,46267303,46271181,46274310,46274086,46267617,46274613,46275541,46270827,46268958,46269412,46272197,46277881,46269953,46278344,46266948,46267613,46275451,46270155,46267025,46326475,46272815,46282172,46274938,46322841,46270946,46275933,46266707,46272353,46281491,46270835,46266604,46280840,46269593,46270057,46276075,46268148,46268527,46266927,46270915,46274300,46271469,46266509,46266686,46273012,46266677,46266682,46272677,46270172,46309610,46274080,46266150,46266185,46270669,46267419,46273322,46267950,46271624,46272542,46271234,46273411,46333890,46268432,46278515,46268374,46320720,46276309,46266194,46266590,46267353,46266400,46269153,46274774,46270358,46264637,46274406,46265599,46274658,46283463,46301125,46273640,46283586,46276507,46268028,46268477,46267227,46310862,46298682,46272075,46290306,46266108,46271631,46301541,46275757,46269088,46277949,46270001,46274640,46277068,46283631,46268285,46268318,46279473,46271915,46271683,46273738,46267296,46272203,46266527,46272493,46281715,46267458,46266435,46281860,46306233,46266541,46270680,46299015,46266721,46268838,46277733,46269847,46276033,46283039,46270858,46266924,46276789,46279272,46273728,46272052,46268339,46273262,46269957,46265196,46269500,46287991,46281644,46266388,46290256,46273634,46267208,46272065,46268639,46273435,46268117,46273602,46270860,46270046,46283566,46274491,46293097,46270244,46271053,46270216,46274708,46269204,46278821,46282131,46276994,46267748,46268223,46267137,46267266,46267802,46266427,46276915,46275454,46266553,46285657,46270987,46266669,46277844,46267317,46274230,46273732,46271632,46276251,46269778,46270068,46278506,46282087,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are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?","time":1765731325,"title":"Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)","type":"story"}],[46239529,{"by":"JamesSwift","descendants":43,"id":46239529,"kids":[46242287,46240031,46247465,46240046,46244214,46239564,46248795,46254449,46252236,46240674,46245902,46241252,46245585,46242891,46240010,46239991,46240356,46245148,46246018,46241057,46242039,46248800],"score":38,"text":"I thought this would be a helpful thing to read what others on the site were getting for their kids, along with the age of those kids. Doesnt have to be tech-oriented.

EDIT: besides robux : D","time":1765500488,"title":"Ask HN: What are you buying your kids for Christmas?","type":"story"}],[46185230,{"by":"seinecle","descendants":12,"id":46185230,"kids":[46188802,46194944,46242328,46191580,46205651,46188691,46191481],"score":21,"text":"The combination of the two delivers on the promise: fast and clever editing of multiple files in a codebase, with minimal human intervention.

No other model I tried in Cursor comes even close.

Question: did anyone tried Claude Codex: as good as Cursor?","time":1765142167,"title":"Cursor and Claude Opus 4.5 is a game changer","type":"story"}],[46144113,{"by":"defcc","descendants":32,"id":46144113,"kids":[46145495,46145726,46144790,46144794,46147079,46144218,46144590,46145508,46153892,46145630,46146021,46161581,46144934,46144591],"score":94,"text":"Hi HN,

I built a tiny tool because I couldn’t find a clean, distraction-free monthly planner that:

1. shows a clean monthly task view\n2. doesn’t require an account\n3. doesn’t sync or store anything online\n4. works offline\n5. is printable\n6. and keeps a minimal, distraction-free aesthetic

So I made https://printcalendar.top/\n — a minimal monthly task planner.

It’s intentionally simple. No logins, no integrations, no dashboards.\nJust a small tool for people who want structure without clutter.","time":1764826191,"title":"Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)","type":"story","url":"https://printcalendar.top/"}],[46118229,{"by":"burgerquizz","descendants":28,"id":46118229,"kids":[46119208,46118712,46132927,46118728,46118699,46119917,46186103,46192589,46252037,46137984,46151408,46119799,46120948,46123389,46140631,46121256,46120762,46130738,46128953,46118590,46160746,46166236,46121814,46119569,46123164,46142864,46119662,46121606],"score":20,"text":"What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking","time":1764656699,"title":"Ask HN: What are you working on? (Dec 2025)","type":"story"}],[46150436,{"by":"lepetitpenguin","descendants":4,"id":46150436,"kids":[46150528,46150733,46150597,46150572],"score":2,"text":"Hello HN. I’ve always worked in tech startups but on the business side rather than product.

For years I’ve wanted to try my hand at coding and making things but have always struggled to get started from 0.

How would you recommend starting to learn today with all the new tools and things we have available.","time":1764870154,"title":"Ask HN: Best way to start coding with tools available today?","type":"story"}],[46128404,{"by":"superconduct123","descendants":30,"id":46128404,"kids":[46129114,46130213,46132236,46135665,46128725,46133335,46150517,46136691,46149074,46172552,46132828,46179430,46129065,46128489,46132887,46160959,46128622,46139970,46161500,46206202],"score":16,"text":"What are some fiction books that you think programmers especially would enjoy?

Doesn't have to be but I'm interested as well if there are any that are written by programmers or engineers","time":1764718433,"title":"Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers?","type":"story"}],[46108071,{"by":"ferguess_k","descendants":208,"id":46108071,"kids":[46117402,46108828,46115250,46117407,46115715,46108669,46109352,46116423,46108866,46109078,46115195,46109887,46111169,46117024,46108223,46108628,46127156,46108730,46110292,46108532,46160639,46115518,46127098,46114927,46126252,46108634,46112628,46108687,46115572,46114918,46108584,46108925,46117706,46168279,46122022,46120552,46170273,46116877,46120988,46116325,46118498,46125137,46117781,46150456,46109095,46130405,46116395,46115468,46131686,46117124,46118080,46118844,46114848,46110700,46109263,46118094,46119962,46117722,46122573,46120005,46110797,46117723,46118261,46171965,46117778,46117339,46131369,46121283,46117116,46117463,46142325,46112696],"score":113,"text":"$18","time":1764600468,"title":"Ask HN: Quality of recent gens of Dell/Lenovo laptops worse than 10 years ago?","type":"story"}],[46135395,{"by":"meifun","descendants":18,"id":46135395,"kids":[46135796,46137619,46138678,46159171,46135844,46137605,46150357,46138171,46138681,46136490,46135825],"score":11,"text":"Hell HN,

I haven't had to buy a Windows computer in 20 years. I am back in school for stenography. As I get older I wanted to learn a "trade" that would ensure I could work into my older years. The school requires Windows as they work with Stenograph hardware.

I've looked everywhere to buy a laptop. I need ram mostly and a few USB ports.

I bought a cheap $200 laptop (16gb ram) at Walmart and after a few months of nothing but troubles I need to acquire something better that is budget friendly but reliable. The problems have been with using the stenography hardware and everything freezing up. The company that makes the stenotype machine is blaming my laptop.

I could spend $500-$1000 (perhaps more if it is compelling). I don't really need all the fluff that comes when you buy a machine these days.

Can anyone recommend a path to finding a reliable, laptop with lots of RAM that will last for several years?

Thank you for clarifying my confusion in the market.","time":1764774743,"title":"Ask HN: I haven't had to buy a Windows computer in 20 years","type":"story"}]]

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