15:[[47282926,{"by":"hn_acker","descendants":4,"id":47282926,"kids":[47282984,47282997,47282927],"score":7,"time":1772842931,"title":"We're Training Students to Write Worse and to Use AI to Prove They're Not Robots","type":"story","url":"https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/06/were-training-students-to-write-worse-to-prove-theyre-not-robots-and-its-pushing-them-to-use-more-ai/"}],[47042431,{"by":"unodonut","descendants":12,"id":47042431,"kids":[47042609,47042516,47042603,47042495,47042475,47042476,47042618,47042670],"score":5,"text":"I still use a unique password for every site, and plan to educate myself on pw managers and switch myself (plus every family member who wants it) to a pw manager.

We don't have any special requirements; I'm into tech but others in the fam struggle with tech (hence, I think a pw manager would be a great help to them, as they constantly forget pws).

Everyone in the family has a smart phone, some have a tablet, most do not own laptops.

I'm starting to educate myself today, starting with a computerphile video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w68BBPDAWr8

Very keen for any recommendations/pointers from HN community.","time":1771290421,"title":"Ask HN: Which password manager do you use / would you recommend?","type":"story"}],[44583045,{"by":"tdhopper","descendants":1,"id":44583045,"kids":[44583350],"score":3,"time":1752677861,"title":"Why isn't packaging part of Python core development?","type":"story","url":"https://pydevtools.com/blog/why-isnt-python-packaging-part-of-core-development/"}],[43596498,{"by":"bookofjoe","descendants":2,"id":43596498,"kids":[43596536,43596552],"score":1,"time":1743884300,"title":"CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep","type":"story","url":"https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-scientists-find-evidence-quantum-entanglement-sheep"}],[43043074,{"by":"2ro","descendants":1,"id":43043074,"kids":[43043115],"score":2,"text":"If you notice, one of the most recognizeable features of the Mandelbrot set is a cardioid shape when completely zoomed out. Imagine looking for all the other patterns that are present in the Mandelbrot set which might be computational shortcuts describing features of the real world.

What if intractible mathematical puzzles could be solved just by measuring some aspect of this mathematical object?

Anyway, I'm going to try :)","time":1739491605,"title":"Ask HN: Can We Do Science on the Mandelbrot Set?","type":"story"}],[42578491,{"by":"tomohawk","descendants":1,"id":42578491,"kids":[42578648],"score":7,"time":1735849787,"title":"Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases","type":"story","url":"https://www.seangoedecke.com/large-established-codebases/"}],[42545273,{"by":"kaycebasques","dead":true,"id":42545273,"kids":[42545402],"score":1,"time":1735520547,"type":"story"}],[42498928,{"by":"bookofjoe","descendants":1,"id":42498928,"kids":[42499472],"score":2,"time":1735002968,"title":"'Security through obscurity': Swedish cabin on frontline of possible hybrid war","type":"story","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/swedish-cabin-frontline-possible-hybrid-war-undersea-cables-sabotage"}],[42492508,{"by":"zackoverflow","descendants":631,"id":42492508,"kids":[42500195,42499402,42500848,42500046,42499627,42500175,42504390,42500573,42500841,42502432,42500523,42500693,42499911,42499519,42500586,42492874,42500415,42503424,42499623,42499390,42499513,42501127,42500927,42503126,42500572,42499677,42500815,42500930,42503440,42499530,42504021,42505348,42499409,42501510,42506068,42500041,42499632,42499484,42500326,42505722,42499575,42501381,42501733,42501118,42500890,42499418,42498714,42502285,42512514,42500868,42502307,42505479,42500416,42500616,42501919,42501160,42500268,42505064,42501748,42501468,42500145,42499936,42499774,42499537,42500087,42502125,42499560,42499631,42499415,42502994,42500372,42504004,42500752,42499610,42499349,42502497,42499907,42504465,42501093,42502317,42499589,42508229,42502999,42503304,42501488,42501319,42510562,42506677,42502607,42503203,42503651,42502853,42501505,42501309,42500465,42500558,42499597,42500260,42500995,42508906,42506489,42500172,42499517,42499458,42492849,42500486,42502127,42506333,42503992,42499611,42515262,42500473,42506351,42501625,42504595,42503538,42500254,42500757,42501112,42503022,42500790,42503857,42499360,42500038,42506352,42504008,42500136,42500324,42509511,42500464,42499420,42501180,42500210,42505953,42499616,42521632,42500726,42502348,42505895,42493530,42500032,42500450,42500018,42492946,42502174,42500494,42499602,42506453,42502699,42500806,42510495,42499401,42500125,42501500,42500187,42506987,42501212,42500830,42515468,42500183,42503515,42500294,42499490,42501220,42501490,42501713,42505979,42500361,42514712,42504649,42499621,42509710,42507855,42508442,42504449,42500580,42512531,42512691,42510904,42504235,42506736,42500402,42501226,42504681,42499592,42503132,42504380,42499913,42499562,42500501,42503152,42502571,42500545,42501534,42500411,42501984,42502359,42502137,42511181,42503543,42500801,42501230,42510177,42502123,42505282,42499945,42500566,42512960,42500182,42501503,42500084,42506360,42499558,42494959,42500143,42506477,42500476,42508503,42499620,42503541,42504972,42506447,42502996,42509051,42505174,42500453,42503473,42500305,42511271,42506411,42501278,42501497,42506732,42502561,42502184,42500253,42499687,42505123,42500812,42502300,42501372,42501554,42507435,42502332],"score":355,"text":"I am totally fascinated by programmers who don't use many of the IDE features I take for granted today: autocomplete, language servers, and recently copilot

So to the devs who don't use these tools, how do you do it? Do you just remember every type and field in a codebase? What does your flow look like?

One example is that I cannot live without the language server go-to-definition feature. What do you do if you need to look up the definition/implementation of some function which is in some other file?","time":1734938608,"title":"Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?","type":"story"}],[42432950,{"by":"freedomben","descendants":1,"id":42432950,"kids":[42434811],"score":2,"time":1734368886,"title":"Free Old Time Radio Shows from \"The Golden Age of Radio\"","type":"story","url":"https://www.oldradioworld.com/"}],[42421387,{"by":"samclemens","descendants":1,"id":42421387,"kids":[42425384,42421471],"score":30,"time":1734235603,"title":"Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel","type":"story","url":"https://thebaffler.com/latest/kicking-an-open-door-robbins"}],[42263087,{"by":"M-Valentino","descendants":4,"id":42263087,"kids":[42267428,42263205,42272535],"score":3,"text":"https://sacred.neocities.org

I'm thinking about adding an MS Paint equivalent or an actual desktop that displays files and folders next. What would you like to see on it?","time":1732777322,"title":"What features would you like to see added my virtual web OS?","type":"story"}],[42225538,{"by":"teleforce","dead":true,"id":42225538,"kids":[42225882,42225586,42225670,42225630],"score":2,"time":1732415820,"type":"story"}],[41855552,{"by":"lr0","descendants":1,"id":41855552,"kids":[41856168],"score":1,"time":1729052226,"title":"If the Nobel Prizes were designed today, what would change?","type":"story","url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03279-4"}],[41743882,{"by":"dpatac","descendants":2,"id":41743882,"kids":[41745136,41744095],"score":1,"text":"Hello, I am a High School Teacher in The Northeast United States. I have a student who is quite good at programming. Going on to college to pursue a Computer Science Degree is not what he is interested in doing right now. He expressed an interest in going to a coding boot camp. I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a good camp that might possibly lead to a job. I am open to other suggestions as well. Just trying to guide this student in the right direction as he is probably the first in his family to go on to any higher education. Thank you.","time":1728064639,"title":"Coding Boot Camps","type":"story"}],[41490327,{"by":"herol3oy","descendants":2,"id":41490327,"kids":[41490432,41490392],"score":1,"text":"If you could change or improve one tool, technology, or process in frontend dev, what would it be, and why?","time":1725900025,"title":"What tool, technology or process in front-end development would you improve?","type":"story"}],[41440101,{"by":"trwhite","descendants":46,"id":41440101,"kids":[41440699,41440471,41451202,41440327,41442231,41449029,41441148,41440118,41445996,41462832,41440230,41451879,41444020,41452524,41440231,41442385,41440556,41440121,41447736,41440184],"score":35,"text":"To those who left software to do something else, what did you do?","time":1725403744,"title":"Ask HN: I don't want to be a Software Engineer any more. What else could I do?","type":"story"}],[41430143,{"by":"steve3242","descendants":3,"id":41430143,"kids":[41430210,41430193,41430200],"score":1,"text":"I have an engineering degree (but not computer engineering) and 15+ years experience working senior roles in product management but not writing code.) I can hack code together and I've got a good understanding of the basics but I'm not currently able to do anything production-grade. I've decided I want to learn how to develop web apps; with a focus on apps that leverage LLMs. I use a Windows computer and would prefer to not migrate to Mac.

I'm looking for a list of specific technologies and tools I should learn on this journey of building a proper production grade SaaS app.

My current list:\n- Linux

- Bash

- GitHub

- Python

- SQL

- PostgreSQL

- Docker

- Many things AWS

- Django

- LangChain

I plan to learn by doing. I've got an app in mind and will learn each of the tools in the process of building it. Anything you would add/subtract or recommend?","time":1725324769,"title":"Best stack to learn today for web apps?","type":"story"}],[41093561,{"by":"Corrado","descendants":39,"id":41093561,"kids":[41094063,41093835,41093680,41093812,41095225,41093657,41093662,41093973,41093670,41095297,41093908,41096461,41096223,41093914,41094033,41151277,41093663,41096465],"score":51,"time":1722178391,"title":"Tech companies can't find good employees, and it's their own fault","type":"story","url":"https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/tech-companies-cant-find-good-employees-its-their-own-fault.html"}],[40996377,{"by":"geox","descendants":3,"id":40996377,"kids":[40996692,40996483],"score":3,"time":1721315867,"title":"Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they're intelligent?","type":"story","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1249310672/plant-intelligence-the-light-eaters-zoe-schlanger"}],[40807523,{"by":"emseetech","descendants":6,"id":40807523,"kids":[40808095,40807667,40812721,40807707,40807734],"score":1,"text":"For now, Javascript remains king of the web client.

Sure we have WASM on the horizon but too much needs to be worked out before we can say that Javascript is no longer necessary.

But what if all the browser developers come to an agreement to natively support another language as a first class citizen.

Which language would get your vote?","time":1719465825,"title":"Ask HN: If an existing language had browser support, which is the best fit?","type":"story"}],[40729470,{"by":"rareitem","descendants":14,"id":40729470,"kids":[40749286,40729594,40729995,40729504,40754856,40729623],"score":8,"text":"Are there some HNers who lived/living in a war zone/instable country and still working in tech ? How was/is life ? Could you share some tips and tricks about working in tech while in war zone?","time":1718812483,"title":"Ask HN: Anyone lived/living in a war zone/instable country?","type":"story"}],[40707854,{"by":"blindprogrammer","descendants":10,"id":40707854,"kids":[40712124,40711830,40721021,40715175,40727003,40707870],"score":4,"text":"$16","time":1718642992,"title":"Ask HN: Is this the best way to build Google alternative?","type":"story"}],[40702165,{"by":"KBhati","descendants":2,"id":40702165,"kids":[40702618,40702301],"score":2,"time":1718596163,"title":"Where can I find a good software engineer to pitch my start up idea","type":"story"}],[40559385,{"by":"hiAndrewQuinn","descendants":14,"id":40559385,"kids":[40559406,40559559,40559766,40560080,40559699,40561405,40559412,40559995,40559521],"score":7,"text":"We all have 'em, sometimes they're version controlled nicely in a Git repo, other times they're just on a USB drive you keep on your keychain, still other times they're in Dropbox or Simplenotes or something.

Where do you keep them, and do you wish they were better organized, or do you get something out of the chaos?","time":1717389396,"title":"Ask HN: Where do you keep your messy stack of Markdown notes?","type":"story"}],[40493176,{"by":"nunodonato","descendants":33,"id":40493176,"kids":[40499877,40495042,40501966,40493209,40523277,40493951,40512227,40497532,40544425,40493980,40507367,40494420,40497780,40493292,40493938,40493510,40494465,40495435,40494410,40507810,40506117,40525151,40495987,40502147],"score":12,"text":"Wait, dont downvote me yet because there are thousand of note taking tools :) I have some very specific needs.

I really miss using Evernote back in the day, its exactly organized like how I want it.\nBUT, its too expensive for my needs (almost 10USD a month)

What I am looking for is something really simple, I want to take notes and archive them for later reference. This is mostly to act as a second brain for storage of stuff (guidelines, instructions, photos of business cards with contact details etc)

I need a tool that is smart, maybe AI powered, so I can search and find easily what I need (search for text inside images).\nI know Evernote does this but, again... too expensive for the usage I'm aiming for.

Is there anything out there I might have missed? I'm so close to start building my own, but I don't want another side project :P","time":1716833838,"title":"Ask HN: Looking for a simple note taking tool","type":"story"}]]

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