16:[[48677917,{"by":"akashwadhwani35","descendants":6,"id":48677917,"kids":[48679474,48678072,48680060,48678015,48678309,48681442,48678937,48678014,48679258,48681415],"score":4,"text":"Sometimes I’ll ask Claude to think through a problem with me, and instead of talking, it immediately starts editing files and writing code.

Like… bro, I’m not asking you to do it yet. Let’s think first.","time":1782414654,"title":"Ask HN: What is one thing about AI that annoys you the most?","type":"story"}],[48578808,{"by":"gmays","descendants":9,"id":48578808,"kids":[48594956,48579041],"score":7,"time":1781741514,"title":"We Ran the Numbers. Remote Work Is Bad for Us","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/remote-work-depression.html"}],[48573153,{"by":"karakoram","descendants":10,"id":48573153,"kids":[48576994,48573304,48580024,48584185,48588052,48579490,48582681,48577486,48590089,48578251],"score":9,"text":"What Are The Opportunity Costs Of Being Fully Remote?

Many people recognize the benefits of fully remote work, and those advantages have been widely discussed on HN. What are some of the less obvious downsides?

What are some overlooked or unexpected disadvantages?","time":1781715306,"title":"Ask HN: What Are the Trade-Offs of Working Fully Remotely?","type":"story"}],[48542121,{"by":"baud147258","descendants":12,"id":48542121,"kids":[48542169,48554936,48542764,48542698,48549598,48543350,48542415,48555163],"score":14,"time":1781534894,"title":"Remote work is bad for you","type":"story","url":"https://mrmarket.lol/remote-work-is-bad-for-you/"}],[48468724,{"by":"iliashad","descendants":17,"id":48468724,"kids":[48470745,48470666,48474257,48468726,48470399,48473809,48471850],"score":12,"text":"$17","time":1781044362,"title":"Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choice for new students?","type":"story"}],[48443359,{"by":"infoinlet","descendants":11,"id":48443359,"kids":[48446912,48443509,48445456,48445382,48444082,48443381,48445123,48444227,48444081],"score":8,"time":1780913245,"title":"Ask HN: How do you stay focused while working from home?","type":"story"}],[48420827,{"by":"Ekami","descendants":765,"id":48420827,"kids":[48421063,48421820,48428522,48422401,48420937,48428675,48422553,48421848,48421846,48423298,48421229,48430560,48428224,48421155,48428629,48426862,48422058,48423572,48421128,48421180,48424011,48431654,48421433,48421499,48421766,48422229,48420851,48422395,48420961,48421262,48420935,48422397,48421234,48421647,48421708,48421669,48421501,48422694,48428882,48421466,48422755,48434991,48429015,48424287,48421339,48421430,48433939,48428377,48421662,48421781,48421203,48421516,48421559,48420857,48421444,48431337,48421512,48421103,48423520,48421562,48422842,48428795,48422665,48421235,48428902,48421971,48421427,48424028,48484872,48421384,48421407,48422539,48475208,48422106,48420852,48421194,48421169,48421326,48421716,48428625,48421144,48421142,48421972,48421423,48421424,48424938,48429328,48425978,48425700,48428440,48428700,48421570,48429208,48421404,48421978,48423626,48504197,48428403,48421318,48447986,48427491,48421583,48422615,48423483,48421673,48430561,48423869,48421232,48426227,48424493,48421838,48421700,48438410,48441322,48421496,48429721,48423404,48421735,48437974,48424836,48422815,48423690,48423533,48428720,48423274,48421878,48422528,48421137,48429545,48422211,48429871,48429633,48421623,48429968,48421974,48422610,48422134,48429440,48429844,48424243,48428491,48433774,48428351,48422526,48424000,48421428,48423061,48428028,48430530,48442794,48428564,48430250,48422761,48421627,48420863,48422028,48421492,48428543,48431240,48435304,48421363,48425374,48422008,48429490,48425344,48433484,48428230,48421612,48424049,48443568,48444906,48421982,48422703,48422707,48422664,48424558,48451955,48424171,48434870,48424340,48428493,48433450,48421380,48466388,48428380,48423434,48421320,48422017,48428657,48430833,48429449,48422007,48429004,48434338,48442784,48421954,48430128,48430592,48424183,48429997,48421795,48422579,48421219,48428047,48437867,48430347,48422421,48422265,48438544,48423439,48428733,48421653,48422544,48423586,48421998,48429272,48421272,48421237,48421486,48429124,48420982,48429841,48421594,48421688,48421634,48422071,48425818,48426334,48423201,48430011,48426121,48421510,48424160,48426343,48428650,48445498,48428348,48422127,48423525,48422595,48425373,48434358,48422289,48431722,48422714,48421633,48428312,48428613,48422024,48423496,48429572,48425281,48421875,48422232,48422814,48424537,48422118,48424802,48426017,48428982,48431308,48424194,48430522,48504119,48422090,48442059,48421885,48425160,48421374,48430163,48421421,48421883,48427737,48421790,48422804,48430916,48424070,48428603,48443536,48434663,48423680,48442718,48424617,48421498,48430774,48422124,48428931,48421150,48422019,48421687,48507515,48430701,48434164,48421804,48422435,48430026,48423445,48421606,48433352,48427130,48431330,48423878,48429402,48428715,48432415,48421095,48423801,48427057,48421805,48424025,48429249,48422107,48430948,48426725,48424638,48422679,48430504,48489902,48486342,48428478,48429978,48430681,48428770,48420840,48427784,48429931,48421574,48475726,48421359,48431124,48422042,48423559,48430337,48423420,48422269,48431929,48425721,48420934,48421709,48421239,48421811,48428744,48423765,48421409],"score":463,"text":"Genuine question.

Over the past six months, there hasn’t been a single day where I’ve checked the HN Best RSS feed without seeing a post about how AI “writes bad code,” “introduces bugs,” “creates technical debt,” or something along those lines.

I’ll probably make a lot of enemies by saying this, but do people realize that code is just a means to an end?

Users don’t care whether the code was written by AI or by hand, or which framework you used. They care that the product works.

I say this as someone who has spent more than 20 years honing their craft as a software engineer.

Let’s face it: by the time I manually ship version 1.0 of a product, the AI-assisted version could have been deployed 10x faster. By then, enough real-world feedback would have surfaced to identify the major issues, and tools like Claude Code would make it possible to fix and ship version 2.0 at an incredible pace.

At some point, execution speed starts to matter more than the elegance of the code.","time":1780713111,"title":"Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?","type":"story"}],[48362212,{"by":"hi41","descendants":7,"id":48362212,"kids":[48363519,48367599,48362787,48362220],"score":23,"time":1780345662,"title":"Remote work, not AI, has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds","type":"story","url":"https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5843076"}],[48101373,{"by":"holden_nelson","descendants":32,"id":48101373,"kids":[48101931,48103570,48140755,48103227,48111313,48103960,48103016,48101586,48118852,48103593,48110408],"score":12,"text":"Hey all, just wondering how you're preparing for interviews in 2026? I'm assuming system design plays a larger role and the bar is probably higher across all levels. Do I still need to grind leetcode?","time":1778537554,"title":"Ask HN: How are you preparing for interviews nowadays?","type":"story"}],[47884294,{"by":"lyfeninja","descendants":24,"id":47884294,"kids":[47884378,47884867,47884324,47894083,47884500,47884353,47900230,47903588,47893877,47897710,47904227,47889371,47884302,47894442,47897702,47884331],"score":29,"text":"I just passed on a job for a quality company in the Bay area because they wouldn't budge on remote work. I already work remote and have since the pandemic and it works for me and my employer. I do travel occasionally, but whenever I do I always think "wow, I'd get so much more done right now at home."

I've always been skeptical of the entire RTO storyline. I literally work on a computer all day with an Internet connection and can complete every aspect of my job remotely, no if, ands, or buts, about it. Also, at this point many are tracking our mouse movements and key strokes, and the work gets done, so they know we're working too

I'm used to the short sided mindset at this point, but the situation just got me thinking about it again.

Meanwhile, companies are throwing everything at AI (which works remotely), laying off employees to do so, and then having obsurd in office policies and skimping on benefits. Just makes you wonder why they distrust people so much.","time":1776992709,"title":"Ask HN: Why are companies so distrustful of remote employees?","type":"story"}],[47602040,{"by":"crcsmnky","descendants":43,"id":47602040,"kids":[47606484,47757291,47604363,47615038,47606273,47602493,47605600,47623383,47606159,47606742,47624543,47606173,47665730,47626163,47624664,47610971,47611329,47602613,47613107,47612397,47610329,47607986,47602867,47602359,47602319,47608199,47608767,47612859,47612862,47611121,47605716,47609509,47605165,47611408,47659977,47613991,47624267,47663735,47606360,47638956,47611410],"score":49,"text":"Curious to find those hidden gems that boost productivity or make dev work more efficient. Mired in my own processes and need a change/shift. I'm hoping there's still some non-AI stuff out there that's delightful to use (in a nerdy sense).","time":1775056572,"title":"Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?","type":"story"}],[47556554,{"by":"twoelf","descendants":33,"id":47556554,"kids":[47557569,47579394,47557929,47603960,47562549,47559446,47599889,47557261,47558665,47556800,47565789,47566167,47559383,47556983],"score":18,"text":"$18","time":1774718277,"title":"Ask HN: Is it just me?","type":"story"}],[47425470,{"by":"dominotw","descendants":14,"id":47425470,"kids":[47427052,47425619,47426612,47425512,47425495,47425849,47425694],"score":9,"text":"Every comment thread has turned into this

> Thoughts about X

>> X is great but checkout my shitty vibecoded project on github","time":1773840004,"title":"Ask HN: What can we do about explosion of self promotion in HN comments","type":"story"}],[47171961,{"by":"apparent","descendants":4,"id":47171961,"kids":[47175046,47172548,47189232,47172155],"score":15,"time":1772139754,"title":"The Remote-Work Dream Isn't Dead, but It's Slipping Away","type":"story","url":"https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-remote-work-dream-isnt-dead-but-its-slipping-away-a19ae9e8"}],[47025879,{"by":"firefoxd","descendants":22,"id":47025879,"kids":[47025995,47067412,47106965,47078193,47039043,47037620,47034054,47034436,47045232,47069547,47051415,47025918,47057598,47067963],"score":8,"text":"Many hn users often partially talk about their use case of AI. Orchestrating agents, managing code and PRs. But they rarely talk about the project itself.

If you have any of those projects, or just heavily AI assisted project, please share it here.","time":1771178829,"title":"Ask HN: Share your vibe coded project","type":"story"}],[46791613,{"by":"spenceXu","descendants":11,"id":46791613,"kids":[46795659,46791702,46794439,46792421,46809644,46793666,46796529,46804568,46793154],"score":13,"text":"The narrative is shifting: from “no-code” to prompts that generate full-stack apps. Reports suggest the future may belong to “Agent Platform Companies” with usage-based pricing, not traditional seat-licensed SaaS .

This leads to a two-part question:

Future of SaaS: If custom, “good enough” software becomes trivial to create for specific needs, does the traditional SaaS model collapse? Will value shift entirely to AI platforms and infrastructure, with most SaaS becoming commodities?

The New “Valuable Thing”: In a democratized creation world (like TikTok for video), what becomes the scarce asset? Is it distribution, vertical-specific data/models, or integration & trust? What would the “App Store” for these AI-generated micro-SaaS look like?

Looking for perspectives from builders, investors, and SaaS users.","time":1769579891,"title":"Ask HN: If Everyone Can \"Build\" a SaaS, What Becomes Valuable?","type":"story"}],[46678980,{"by":"primaprashant","descendants":5,"id":46678980,"kids":[46686558,46679822,46682082,46679315],"score":4,"text":"Curious what tools people are using that aren't GenAI/LLM-based. Things that have actually changed how you work, not just minor conveniences.","time":1768830799,"title":"Ask HN: What non-LLM tools have meaningfully improved your dev productivity?","type":"story"}],[46635345,{"by":"publicdebates","descendants":1245,"id":46635345,"kids":[46640332,46637802,46647213,46644978,46635610,46648442,46637299,46640257,46645293,46639221,46636983,46646517,46638930,46637351,46644415,46642236,46637304,46644291,46637569,46637259,46637442,46643115,46645645,46644143,46637095,46637944,46648431,46637691,46639400,46643940,46637459,46639737,46647396,46646730,46650673,46646198,46637496,46644555,46641376,46637166,46637998,46640303,46640057,46637472,46641758,46637919,46639161,46646754,46638441,46637222,46639497,46644100,46639585,46638939,46640111,46638333,46636953,46637563,46637280,46639367,46644526,46644708,46685293,46638157,46637195,46642191,46647969,46639501,46691098,46641822,46642105,46639134,46639092,46646515,46648230,46638557,46638233,46641958,46640315,46644938,46642030,46635483,46646344,46644206,46639369,46645095,46639763,46638130,46638035,46642639,46637962,46637783,46639643,46640098,46638071,46641503,46646728,46649319,46640477,46647799,46639632,46650578,46635857,46644229,46639668,46638338,46701812,46637817,46645684,46642663,46640830,46637964,46649986,46643582,46641099,46643583,46639174,46638316,46639209,46649215,46645071,46652892,46646065,46637102,46640656,46640833,46644028,46651782,46640947,46640269,46643006,46641773,46651068,46638789,46645013,46643020,46637008,46637115,46647801,46639614,46641184,46646033,46638667,46636901,46641343,46641260,46638406,46645008,46645948,46637312,46637836,46641714,46638615,46645438,46640258,46640468,46642787,46641381,46647735,46644161,46636956,46639792,46658694,46639272,46666664,46638626,46640340,46641546,46643669,46641300,46639689,46639911,46638295,46643180,46639944,46641632,46637702,46639345,46639938,46639030,46636972,46637225,46649188,46640368,46637552,46637502,46654540,46643693,46643665,46637536,46642557,46639328,46645059,46642201,46638851,46642517,46642996,46637667,46644965,46644916,46641374,46642561,46641838,46641474,46638220,46640573,46648122,46641954,46646193,46640968,46644307,46649248,46640651,46638236,46639310,46644205,46642511,46639902,46642895,46637193,46644277,46640023,46637034,46639513,46644079,46642807,46642681,46637491,46644462,46640508,46637768,46647394,46642872,46635484,46642155,46642544,46638479,46689530,46644488,46638216,46642505,46637818,46644750,46643958,46644172,46637765,46638711,46653777,46645290,46637666,46638266,46641052,46638566,46638521,46645398,46636153,46637390,46642348,46642594,46645419,46637928,46638925,46642977,46642692,46642007,46648187,46643552,46644174,46643895,46639556,46638056,46644933,46642069,46641265,46639219,46637533,46637607,46639929,46638597,46638873,46643784,46637971,46640197,46639121,46640083,46639617,46639046,46637642,46641230,46645350,46642130,46640185,46639771,46639220,46639165,46638349,46642591,46643572,46641320,46643309,46640749,46642222,46649160,46640464,46648547,46640993,46637416,46637967,46643297,46637215,46647549,46639704,46637544,46639649,46639431,46640279,46640722,46640884,46639678,46641952,46643213,46645080,46637163,46650056,46644654,46640191,46637110],"score":799,"text":"Countless voiceless people sit alone every day and have no one to talk to, people of all ages, who don't feel that they can join any local groups. So they sit on social media all day when they're not at work or school. How can we solve this?","time":1768495753,"title":"Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?","type":"story"}],[46491169,{"by":"libertyit","descendants":9,"id":46491169,"kids":[46492680,46492376,46495006,46495476,46492439,46491545,46491430,46492441],"score":10,"text":"Conversational AI presents (non-IT) people with the powerful illusion that it is conscious. (I personally have a friend who argues vehemently that ChatGPT is conscious - admittedly, he has a diagnosed mental illness, but still.) People become emotionally attached, over-trust it and rely on it for guidance. I understand teenagers are particularly prone to this. Real social interactions suffer.

That illusion is powerfully strengthened by the use of first-person pronouns. But "I", "we", "us" etc in LLM output have no referential object. There is no "I" in a LLM.

I want a mandatory ban on the use of first-person pronouns by LLMs. There's no impairment in meaning if it says "Would you like a list?" instead of "Would you like me to give you a list?"

Personally, I provide a system prompt with this instruction. Works well.

Why not?","time":1767554103,"title":"Ask HN: Why not ban first-person pronouns from conversational AI?","type":"story"}],[46453114,{"by":"edent","descendants":407,"id":46453114,"kids":[46454038,46455262,46458638,46455489,46454208,46454529,46459628,46455094,46460684,46458505,46454123,46462166,46453928,46458802,46454415,46455387,46455019,46454265,46454664,46455058,46455129,46459105,46456187,46456732,46454574,46454930,46455704,46467289,46463740,46462390,46458216,46463652,46466286,46456786,46454504,46456302,46474798,46454811,46454136,46457679,46463712,46455560,46455186,46455139,46455683,46456383,46457791,46459936,46454554,46455868,46458195,46455939,46454729,46454810,46458987,46454113,46454049,46462721,46460068,46454866,46453939,46454249,46454135,46455546,46453975],"score":528,"time":1767265298,"title":"I rebooted my social life","type":"story","url":"https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might-be-oversharing"}],[46458056,{"by":"bbsc","descendants":2,"id":46458056,"kids":[46458154,46462649],"score":3,"text":"I run a business. It's a small VPS and VPN host.

While it's just me at the moment, say if I grow and hire more people. For you startup owners, is there value in having an office with in-person/hybrid work? Or is all-remote the way to go (and in-person/hybrid simply a layoff technique)?

Reddit is very biased towards remote work, but is only a subset of the population.

Prior to starting my business I was mostly a remote worker, a lot during COVID. I did in fact hate the job. I was hybrid in 2022 but went back remote for various reasons, and moved back to NYC in 2024.","time":1767302085,"title":"Ask HN: In-person/hybrid vs. remote work: which is better for a startup?","type":"story"}],[46065185,{"by":"ymanagers","descendants":8,"id":46065185,"kids":[46068726,46067713,46070286,46070009,46069583,46069655,46071837,46068163],"score":10,"text":"We’re investigating a controversial hypothesis. We’ve seen almost every major function move outside the building: Marketing → Agencies Sales → SDR firms Legal → External counsel Product → Dev shops.

The pattern is clear. But does it stop at Management?

We honestly don’t know.

Is the "execution" side of management something that must stay in-house forever? Or is it the next function to be decoupled?

We’re running a survey to gather the data: “Can Management Be Outsourced?”

We want to hear from everyone—skeptics, believers, and the undecided.\nHelp us build the dataset. We’ll share the raw findings with everyone who participates.

Link: https://forms.office.com/r/7LxYpzHqKd

Time: 2 minutes.","time":1764213438,"title":"Can Management Be Outsourced?","type":"story"}],[46019081,{"by":"ludamn","descendants":8,"id":46019081,"kids":[46019787,46022355,46024369,46020299],"score":7,"text":"$19","time":1763852125,"title":"Ask HN: Can you share what you built using Cursor/Agentic IDEs?","type":"story"}]]

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