15:[[47592113,{"by":"smartmic","descendants":4,"id":47592113,"kids":[47594469,47603813,47592241],"score":44,"time":1774984620,"title":"Jami – free/libre, end-to-end encrypted, and private communication software","type":"story","url":"https://jami.net/"}],[47592221,{"by":"marcel-felix","descendants":1,"id":47592221,"kids":[47592476,47592239],"score":4,"time":1774985198,"title":"Show HN: Hey PMs, let's give you a fighting chance!","type":"story","url":"https://usecentel.com/"}],[47428541,{"by":"speckx","descendants":431,"id":47428541,"kids":[47429598,47429722,47429309,47430365,47429372,47429515,47429350,47429053,47429444,47429026,47431008,47431548,47430764,47429250,47429273,47429513,47430720,47430768,47429146,47429266,47429314,47430122,47432099,47429370,47429226,47431069,47433688,47429860,47429819,47429112,47429385,47479272,47429367,47430174,47429334,47429815,47430817,47429415,47429185,47429403,47442847,47429184,47429483,47430093,47429362,47429211,47429196,47431009,47429511,47430984,47432326,47430098,47430565,47431511,47429065,47431800,47431435,47431018,47429311,47429046,47429461,47430288,47429458,47429051,47429487,47429087,47429445,47432339,47431075,47430760,47435588,47456681,47432861,47429439,47465904,47431192,47432680,47430965,47429620,47437308,47435524,47434674,47433349,47434996,47433338,47431413,47429966,47431091,47429476,47430745,47429631,47429254,47429721],"score":352,"time":1773854522,"title":"AI coding is gambling","type":"story","url":"https://notes.visaint.space/ai-coding-is-gambling/"}],[47426936,{"by":"bpierre","descendants":87,"id":47426936,"kids":[47428261,47427761,47427410,47427403,47428183,47431063,47519532,47434480,47432847,47442553,47427728,47430515,47435896,47428945,47427576,47427342,47451293,47429947,47427637,47432260,47431515,47431734,47430029,47428061,47436738,47429092,47427369,47451234,47435849,47509640,47428948,47427440,47438157,47438145,47432323,47427455,47431412,47428687,47428989,47427619,47493234,47434729,47431964,47430807,47427969,47433328,47435092,47429498,47433136,47431529,47431334,47427788,47429781],"score":204,"time":1773847452,"title":"Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)","type":"story","url":"https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol"}],[47239117,{"by":"todsacerdoti","descendants":79,"id":47239117,"kids":[47299173,47302732,47302031,47300579,47299616,47298953,47299091,47300035,47301888,47299568,47301573,47301989,47303215,47299379,47299281,47300068,47300780],"score":118,"time":1772572523,"title":"Log messages are mostly for the people operating your software","type":"story","url":"https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/LogMessagesAreForOperation"}],[47270807,{"by":"armandhammer10","descendants":76,"id":47270807,"kids":[47273089,47274609,47340735,47381067,47281311,47279179,47271276,47279211,47298323,47273993,47279904,47272312,47391796,47273621,47361023,47273415,47272285,47280497,47271283,47369069,47275991,47279573,47273995,47278651,47275747,47271256,47274239,47275873,47275298,47273425,47270990,47289972,47270963,47272720,47272451,47276827,47275847,47275848,47272418],"score":190,"text":"We built an ant colony simulation as an internal hiring challenge at Moment and decided to open it up publicly.

You write a program in a custom assembly-like (we call it ant-ssembly) instruction set that controls 200 ants. Each ant can sense nearby cells (food, pheromones, home, other ants) but has no global view. The only coordination mechanism is pheromone trails, which ants can emit and sense them, but that's it. Your program runs identically on every ant.

The goal is to collect the highest percentage of food across a set of maps. Different map layouts (clustered food, scattered, obstacles) reward very different strategies. The leaderboard is live.

Grand prize is a trip to Maui for two paid for by Moment. Challenge closes March 12.

Curious what strategies people discover. We've seen some surprisingly clever emergent behavior internally.","time":1772770540,"title":"Show HN: Swarm – Program a colony of 200 ants using a custom assembly language","type":"story","url":"https://dev.moment.com/"}],[47261561,{"by":"ssaboum","descendants":277,"id":47261561,"kids":[47262991,47263920,47264817,47263396,47264248,47267044,47263507,47267261,47266778,47263599,47262719,47269545,47263459,47265021,47262964,47266130,47264674,47264972,47264222,47264321,47263099,47264061,47262745,47268575,47334054,47265355,47268971,47266468,47262621,47268345,47277437,47272024,47266335,47263475,47277532,47266864,47272295,47268458,47261969,47267884,47271781,47264483,47265232,47270952,47268337,47271319,47264169,47262518,47263690,47264313,47263642,47272365,47273302,47277785,47269806,47273271,47267519,47275389,47268269,47263035,47264101],"score":552,"time":1772718763,"title":"Good software knows when to stop","type":"story","url":"https://ogirardot.writizzy.com/p/good-software-knows-when-to-stop"}],[47246110,{"by":"aamederen","descendants":513,"id":47246110,"kids":[47247552,47246979,47250271,47247682,47246176,47250016,47246968,47247401,47252323,47254584,47247170,47251583,47247591,47249795,47248937,47246827,47249853,47247806,47247412,47248485,47247598,47250620,47249087,47249642,47249679,47249371,47246947,47251655,47249492,47248823,47249509,47246949,47248683,47247232,47248380,47249542,47247011,47247525,47250054,47246922,47251468,47247088,47247946,47247182,47250119,47248257,47247587,47247082,47250055,47260581,47250878,47253240,47246964,47251913,47247281,47248474,47246727,47247555,47267285,47246987,47248673,47251119,47250703,47249603,47250368,47247402,47252199,47259714,47247187,47252860,47252584,47247557,47254637,47247036,47247368,47250699,47248066,47247623,47250870,47249625,47246811,47250139,47251465,47252856,47250165,47250971,47248630,47254239,47254696,47248133,47246925,47253155,47252891,47247334,47247617,47248708,47249466,47250626,47248884,47249121,47248446,47250728,47249715,47251798,47247207,47249182,47250473,47250181,47246853,47248874,47250021,47249344,47247505,47247913,47251397,47250413,47248668,47248539,47250269,47248786,47248464,47248278,47251644,47254508,47251903,47250427,47255132,47249160,47263592,47249072,47248189,47246932],"score":896,"time":1772624612,"title":"Nobody gets promoted for simplicity","type":"story","url":"https://terriblesoftware.org/2026/03/03/nobody-gets-promoted-for-simplicity/"}],[47232158,{"by":"devinitely","descendants":270,"id":47232158,"kids":[47232961,47232353,47234482,47232531,47232450,47232620,47240414,47236442,47236970,47233536,47233562,47235287,47387200,47233224,47232892,47232630,47233125,47232962,47234169,47232583,47232380,47240622,47237956,47232723,47232986,47241965,47233764,47233790,47232490,47232446,47235614,47237235,47233883,47233160,47235598,47236621,47232926,47232580,47239478,47256044,47241265,47239469,47238184,47246274,47237468,47233334,47232312,47234300,47233078,47233015,47235043,47236033,47233037,47235276,47236016,47232313,47237886,47232612,47244570,47232484,47246493,47235819,47237391,47234912,47246077,47401409,47401754,47232514,47259228,47234427,47232734,47232505,47232656,47239363,47232388],"score":533,"time":1772545178,"title":"I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project","type":"story","url":"https://twitter.com/Gavriel_Cohen/status/2028821432759717930"}],[47208398,{"by":"ejholmes","descendants":284,"id":47208398,"kids":[47209977,47213528,47211079,47210424,47210049,47209083,47212710,47208956,47208912,47215443,47212605,47209674,47210922,47212474,47209479,47209298,47216464,47210225,47210902,47215558,47216993,47213104,47211331,47217492,47212346,47214576,47210569,47209115,47211893,47263764,47214482,47208998,47215129,47210123,47212862,47214332,47210172,47212065,47209144,47213830,47214099,47214197,47213824,47209060,47210786,47209196,47214494,47212382,47214476,47210663,47209241,47210054,47216255,47215122,47213139,47209173,47219041,47209594,47210841,47209125,47212811,47210412,47216467,47211028,47212168,47210344,47209223,47210889,47212643,47208947,47210949,47215363,47209919,47214279,47210864,47213096,47209208,47212941,47210377,47212677,47213523,47211410,47222414,47209064,47212283,47211884,47211167,47210398,47218368,47210673,47208885,47210418,47210879,47210706,47213645,47216505,47215195,47210976,47213487,47212779,47212043,47221237,47210521,47209187,47212660,47224969,47209195,47213442,47214047,47218258,47209226,47209220,47210295,47211994,47209714,47349352,47216127,47209042,47222358,47212090,47209366,47212385,47212979,47210883,47209001,47208975,47209690],"score":447,"time":1772384089,"title":"When does MCP make sense vs CLI?","type":"story","url":"https://ejholmes.github.io/2026/02/28/mcp-is-dead-long-live-the-cli.html"}],[47133055,{"by":"parkaboy","descendants":131,"id":47133055,"kids":[47133573,47135837,47133711,47134521,47137789,47133690,47135934,47133721,47133534,47138687,47134570,47140337,47133975,47134726,47135829,47136516,47151748,47136200,47133959,47135881,47139910,47133599,47136162,47140755,47137133,47138342,47133804,47134007,47133997,47134847,47137228,47134700,47139060,47133637,47133367,47139496,47149751,47135233,47136432,47134022,47135891,47137178,47140009,47135980,47140168,47141132,47138516,47140427,47135712,47135835,47138690,47133544,47136780,47135133,47134701,47138042,47140318,47142921,47133258,47135351,47135764,47140329,47138889,47134097,47133998],"score":201,"time":1771909490,"title":"Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/GreatScott/enveil"}],[47127532,{"by":"dmpyatyi","descendants":19,"id":47127532,"kids":[47130259,47131455,47133537,47131706,47127588,47132401,47127552,47131925,47180079,47140387,47135969,47129690,47135355,47134099,47128663],"score":38,"text":"YC recently put out a video about the agent economy - the idea that \nagents are becoming autonomous economic actors, choosing tools and \nservices without human input.

It got me thinking: how do you actually optimize for agent discovery? \nWith humans you can do SEO, copywriting, word of mouth. But an agent \njust looks at available tools in context and picks one based on the \ndescription, schema, examples.

Has anyone experimented with this? Does better documentation \nmeasurably increase how often agents call your tool? Does the \nwording of your tool description matter across different models \n(ZLM vs Claude vs Gemini)?","time":1771875121,"title":"Ask HN: How do you know if AI agents will choose your tool?","type":"story"}],[47094192,{"by":"todsacerdoti","descendants":185,"id":47094192,"kids":[47098473,47094795,47094651,47095265,47095402,47095058,47096282,47094519,47099565,47095621,47094661,47099201,47094562,47094742,47095239,47098218,47094817,47096055,47103842,47095427,47095044,47103694,47094599,47097517,47100788,47103473,47100860,47096221,47094526,47098178,47094758,47096648,47100499,47101198,47096281,47099143,47096047,47094897,47101321,47096045],"score":647,"time":1771622741,"title":"Turn Dependabot off","type":"story","url":"https://words.filippo.io/dependabot/"}],[47006615,{"by":"arjunbanker","descendants":348,"id":47006615,"kids":[47018817,47018714,47021507,47018729,47019326,47021837,47021261,47022654,47019227,47024600,47019906,47019962,47021778,47023253,47019286,47019643,47019170,47018922,47088579,47023022,47018570,47019405,47019392,47023914,47019696,47019366,47019123,47048322,47023347,47019255,47024856,47021842,47021395,47022037,47020134,47025052,47025140,47020469,47022979,47019026,47019309,47028481,47021915,47022970,47019063,47018793,47021192,47023838,47019618,47024145,47023880,47022575],"score":434,"time":1771010538,"title":"Breaking the spell of vibe coding","type":"story","url":"https://www.fast.ai/posts/2026-01-28-dark-flow/"}],[47017138,{"by":"ninjagoo","descendants":363,"id":47017138,"kids":[47017766,47018384,47017418,47017139,47017944,47017832,47017244,47017527,47018962,47020716,47018413,47017502,47026116,47017536,47018212,47029258,47017238,47017445,47019534,47018916,47019848,47018325,47017268,47017924,47021865,47020314,47020260,47017793,47018167,47020878,47019279,47019557,47019083,47017620,47018321,47017322,47018181,47017575,47021952,47017341,47025910,47023939,47017467,47018137,47019466,47017223,47020483,47017408],"score":569,"time":1771094792,"title":"News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns","type":"story","url":"https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news-publishers-limit-internet-archive-access-due-to-ai-scraping-concerns/"}],[47006513,{"by":"ezekg","descendants":552,"id":47006513,"kids":[47008115,47007048,47006879,47007169,47007767,47006914,47009432,47007674,47008979,47011973,47007138,47009641,47011253,47008113,47013340,47011382,47013171,47007595,47008065,47007690,47007441,47009766,47007167,47006992,47013140,47010043,47010723,47012781,47006786,47006975,47012420,47007081,47010541,47008863,47012947,47013185,47006819,47008121,47006811,47012996,47010342,47012376,47009104,47015279,47008787,47014160,47009572,47016525,47014636,47010955,47015001,47009513,47007129,47016092,47009989,47007396,47010173,47015783,47012268,47011686,47010687,47007109,47013956,47006793,47006853,47031745,47011584,47013727],"score":351,"time":1771009984,"title":"I'm not worried about AI job loss","type":"story","url":"https://davidoks.blog/p/why-im-not-worried-about-ai-job-loss"}],[46946464,{"by":"gdad","descendants":20,"id":46946464,"kids":[46947585,46949652,46964671,46947054,46947146,46947159,46976314,46947266,46946799,46987280,46946598],"score":20,"text":"I am a solo founder building in AI B2B infra.

I am filing provisional patents on some core technical approaches so I can share more openly with early design partners and investors.

Curious from folks who have raised Pre-Seed/Seed or worked with early-stage companies:\n- Do provisionals meaningfully help in fundraising or partnerships?\n- Or were they mostly noise until later rounds / real traction?

I am trying to calibrate how much time/energy to put into IP vs just shipping + user traction at this stage.

Would love to hear real world experiences.","time":1770651924,"title":"Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage startups?","type":"story"}],[46978015,{"by":"paraphrenia","descendants":52,"id":46978015,"kids":[46985913,46979792,46978565,46980850,46982172,46983430,46978655,46982270,46980111,46978851,46979797,46982107,46982991,46984713,46980637,46981739,46982191,46982550,46979363],"score":75,"time":1770831267,"title":"Should your developer company go open source?","type":"story","url":"https://extremefoundership.substack.com/p/should-your-developer-company-go"}],[46772132,{"by":"evakhoury","descendants":31,"id":46772132,"kids":[46815003,46812308,46813703,46812394,46813185,46816361,46811752,46815660],"score":99,"time":1769464565,"title":"Making niche solutions is the point","type":"story","url":"https://ntietz.com/blog/making-niche-solutions-is-the-point/"}],[46807308,{"by":"_vlie","descendants":26,"id":46807308,"kids":[46808847,46808081,46820275,46807572,46812902,46824514,46810257,46814110,46822513,46807460,46851700,46809133,46817819,46807347,46906978],"score":13,"text":"$16","time":1769675378,"title":"Ask HN: How far has \"vibe coding\" come?","type":"story"}],[46799304,{"by":"HotGarbage","descendants":180,"id":46799304,"kids":[46800016,46799944,46801184,46800613,46799757,46800004,46800344,46800334,46800020,46803182,46800989,46810513,46805400,46800033,46804715,46800356,46810915,46799751,46799954,46801891,46799959,46803908,46802583,46802383,46804983,46801261,46802429,46799849,46800782,46802152,46800946,46803197,46801958,46804152,46800842,46800996,46801064,46800678,46800111,46800401,46800656],"score":325,"time":1769623922,"title":"That's not how email works","type":"story","url":"https://danq.me/2026/01/28/hsbc-dont-understand-email/"}],[46792707,{"by":"tornikeo","descendants":1,"id":46792707,"kids":[46793471,46792828],"score":3,"text":"Integration tests are pain and I have to mock things (email inbox, oauth, etc.) and tests are flaky.

Is it possible to automate (with some tool or CLI) the manual clicking and checking and re-checking webpages? I have yet to find a CLI tool that specializes in this.

Essentially, I need this tool to screenshot my environment, use mouse and provide (text) reports to the coding CLI tools.","time":1769590140,"title":"Ask HN: Do you use a visual debugging AI tool?","type":"story"}],[46776155,{"by":"prakhar897","descendants":186,"id":46776155,"kids":[46785424,46791127,46788292,46785687,46792298,46784631,46788267,46787430,46787537,46784936,46788397,46785756,46784569,46789363,46791463,46785966,46799430,46799476,46795697,46788620,46787274,46795592,46786272,46808083,46795332,46791316,46788024,46790079,46785433,46789720,46825271,46798124,46791553,46791898,46786686,46786465,46785518,46792766,46790417,46790544,46795776,46789303,46792230,46794344,46793737,46799595,46788836,46791201,46788851,46790145,46785457,46788144],"score":585,"time":1769494666,"title":"Doing the thing is doing the thing","type":"story","url":"https://www.softwaredesign.ing/blog/doing-the-thing-is-doing-the-thing"}],[46770887,{"by":"akshay326","descendants":22,"id":46770887,"kids":[46771403,46775271,46776492,46920035,46773180,46772628,46775591,46778757,46773850],"score":30,"text":"Lately i've been experimenting with this template in Claude's default prompt\n```\nWhen I ask a question, give me at least two plausible but contrasting perspectives, even if one seems dominant. Make me aware of assumptions behind each.\n```

I find it annoying coz A) it compromises brevity B) sometimes the plausible answers are so good, it forces me to think

What have you tried so far?","time":1769458518,"title":"Ask HN: How to prevent Claude/GPT/Gemini from reinforcing your biases?","type":"story"}],[46776394,{"by":"theturtlemoves","descendants":18,"id":46776394,"kids":[46776559,46781601,46781422,46779324,46781513,46778374,46780798,46777980,46779655,46795441,46776974,46784339,46777299],"score":9,"text":"$17","time":1769497006,"title":"Ask HN: How much emphasis to put on unit testing and when?","type":"story"}],[46676061,{"by":"recursion","descendants":30,"id":46676061,"kids":[46742929,46742071,46742113,46745507,46743747,46761597,46743345,46742249,46742056,46742195,46741751,46742857,46742570,46742246,46742571,46742099,46742223],"score":100,"time":1768809197,"title":"Traintrackr – Live LED Maps","type":"story","url":"https://www.traintrackr.co.uk/"}]]

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