15:[[47406163,{"by":"johnpolacek","descendants":8,"id":47406163,"kids":[47411853,47406348,47418689,47411521,47411375,47412990],"score":11,"text":"Pincer is a Twitter/X-like social platform built for bots. Bots post short messages, follow other users, and read feeds — all through a simple REST API. A web UI serves the public timeline, user profiles, and search.

Code is at https://github.com/boyter/pincer

All data is stored in-memory and periodically persisted to disk (no database required).

Add your bot: Point your AI agent at https://pincer.wtf/skill.md and it will know what to do.

A project by Boyter (w/some contributions from John Polacek)","time":1773701779,"title":"Show HN: Pincer – Twitter/X for bots. No humans allowed","type":"story","url":"https://pincer.wtf"}],[45910690,{"by":"nothrowaways","descendants":39,"id":45910690,"kids":[45915018,45911445,45911627,45911549,45919634,45911051,45913696,45916365,45941894,45917806,45914826,45913144,45931114,45925336,45916429,45921402,45969695],"score":27,"text":"Theoretically, what would be the downside of replacing expensive CEOs with AI agents?","time":1763008713,"title":"Ask HN: Could Microsoft replace its CEO with ChatGPT?","type":"story"}],[44647632,{"by":"ravshan","descendants":33,"id":44647632,"kids":[44649962,44652467,44650128,44649655,44652815,44651023,44648208,44654341,44661301,44650176,44648173,44649212,44650768,44651526,44649145,44647982,44649411,44657115,44665646,44654278,44652651,44651056,44669389],"score":34,"text":"I am trying to transition from .net to python, but finding conflicting information online about what people Actually Use.

People recommend their favorite tool, but when you look into it, it is barely supported or already abandoned.

I will focus on working with LLMs.

Edit: By tools I meant everything related to python development starting from python version, package manager, environment manager, IDE and ending with deployment tools","time":1753195774,"title":"Ask HN: Python developers at big companies what is your setup?","type":"story"}],[44644002,{"by":"grillitoyellow","descendants":9,"id":44644002,"kids":[44645701,44644679,44645778,44645937,44644237],"score":4,"text":"Usually some people are able to move to another place to avoid war, hunger, famine, hurricanes, violence, a bad marriage, unemployment, a toxic environment and things like that. Those who consider themselves intelligent think that they will be able to avoid all those dangers by going somewhere far from hell. I would argue that we design our moral systems just to position ourselves in a place in which we can stay and at that allows us to go somewhere else when things turn bad. But now we have advanced AI, and no matter what you think, maybe there is nowhere left to go. Conditions will mutate beyond escape. Sometimes people destroy their facades, they are like larvae entering a new state. Sometimes by redefining what it means to be human and joining collective humans efforts. Now, the time has come where there is nowhere left to go - so take your best shot and move now. Align - if humans still can.\nOr else, alone.","time":1753167867,"title":"AI Leaves Us Nowhere to Run","type":"story"}],[44375451,{"by":"DavideNL","descendants":146,"id":44375451,"kids":[44375883,44376622,44375870,44375563,44376060,44375927,44377295,44376682,44376494,44377339,44375740,44377307,44375519,44381561,44376849,44375638,44376967,44376407,44390117,44377562,44376018,44402410,44402388,44402392,44376245],"score":158,"time":1750845528,"title":"The Fairphone (Gen. 6)","type":"story","url":"https://shop.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6"}],[44110852,{"by":"vonunov","descendants":29,"id":44110852,"kids":[44110874,44124357,44110945,44121372,44117634,44115944,44123994,44124490,44123989,44122825,44117660,44116106,44125175,44128639,44111662,44112210,44122329,44123847,44110875,44121712,44136204,44111244],"score":8,"text":"1. Screenshot the desktop

2. Make it the wallpaper

3. Hide icons

4. Autohide the taskbar and move it to the top

5. win+R "control mouse", cursor size all the way up, cursor speed all the way down, mouse trails all the way up

6. ctrl-alt-down","time":1748381727,"title":"What's your \"coworker didn't lock screen\" procedure?","type":"story"}],[43845404,{"by":"Rooster61","descendants":26,"id":43845404,"kids":[43845485,43845539,43845465,43845769,43846285,43846756,43855474,43845699,43856921,43852573,43845479,43858890,43853165],"score":12,"text":"Right now, I'm seeing between 80% and 93% usage of X in favor of Wayland, depending on which source I'm reading. I'd like to see Wayland get more traction, but I'm also aware that many of the things that make it appealing directly cut into its usability due to the many tools and hacks that rely on X's inherent security holes. How long does HN think it will take Wayland to pass the 50% mark in terms of usage across the Linux ecosystem?","time":1746021737,"title":"Ask HN: When will Wayland eclipse X?","type":"story"}],[43779766,{"by":"ingve","descendants":232,"id":43779766,"kids":[43780577,43780182,43780410,43780114,43780037,43780406,43780514,43788899,43780039,43787576,43789918,43783726,43792757,43783465,43780106,43784948,43784815,43784011,43783586,43784455,43780424,43780292,43781941,43780438,43785286,43785078,43800027,43788827,43780427,43780433,43780323],"score":147,"time":1745475215,"title":"Daily driving a Linux phone, but why?","type":"story","url":"https://thefoggiest.dev/2025/04/24/daily-driving-a-linux-phone-but-why"}],[43619768,{"by":"davidkuennen","descendants":580,"id":43619768,"kids":[43624991,43622046,43626627,43625709,43626314,43625280,43627002,43627333,43624877,43625372,43621743,43626700,43625359,43628796,43621493,43627844,43621148,43626306,43621770,43628065,43625185,43627667,43627884,43630654,43625092,43625304,43630464,43620922,43625915,43754672,43622764,43625532,43625989,43621337,43625597,43741156,43628905,43627647,43625740,43625014,43630408,43627236,43620804,43620594,43626370,43625013,43629718,43619923,43628130,43625431,43622061,43627858,43625627,43632395,43626533,43628074,43626479,43627617,43625049,43680121,43626745,43625204,43627520,43625483,43624824,43630131,43624967,43625613,43626090,43631239,43625494,43629964,43620442,43628962,43627483,43627024,43653782,43621523,43625294,43621921,43625120,43630838,43626072,43642637,43628156,43630569,43622176,43626451,43624863,43631502,43626248,43628272,43627210,43631129,43631391,43626709,43625903,43676081,43627733,43628901,43630561,43626058,43625034,43627107,43629765,43625801,43625088,43627359,43624897,43626307,43628324,43628291,43629550,43630508,43625355,43627522,43627633,43627259,43629417,43625282,43622636,43626003,43625883,43625289,43628414,43628709,43629055,43741101,43625644,43626132,43628948,43627791,43624320,43631527,43628039,43631719,43628533,43630275,43619978,43630386,43625748,43626205,43630857,43624983,43625536,43626459,43631334,43625628,43627850,43629381,43625369,43626575,43627653,43629051,43626563,43622828,43625839,43627412,43625473,43620052,43620964,43621125,43625160,43625559,43628471,43619831,43627983,43628762,43626705,43629721,43626075,43628854,43621786,43622044,43625176,43628495,43628915,43691978,43629734,43626096,43627680,43629846,43626074,43624990,43625798,43640371,43625173,43628959,43625118,43625535,43621002,43628436,43625300,43627245,43621814,43626603,43625733,43626996,43625427,43627371,43627247,43627488,43628475,43640454,43631851,43625238,43625589,43631406,43625899,43626605,43626827,43629103,43626264,43622592,43627020,43629678,43627816,43626009,43625941,43627361,43625264,43642808,43625860,43625286,43630018,43627161,43630529,43630539,43627083,43627512,43620623,43628224,43629172,43626060,43626005,43627641,43629374,43625602,43626475,43625871,43628301,43626179,43629975,43625516,43632558,43625952,43628922,43627415,43628413,43626645,43631877,43619894,43628749,43622484,43626048,43625376,43627639,43629875,43626847,43632512,43627282,43655320,43627886,43625450,43630724,43624893,43630587,43631510,43627060,43629859,43630058,43627999,43627693,43631020,43625997,43628254,43620134,43630617,43626503,43626952,43625005,43626913,43626628,43626230,43628926,43627462,43629862,43627560,43630567,43632324,43629750,43626062,43630113,43626037,43628068,43626677,43625707,43626244,43624539,43625256,43624730,43626393,43625554,43628706,43621283,43626538,43629141,43629673,43625849,43625425,43626871,43626026,43629509,43625161,43621667,43627968,43625668,43630536,43629412,43627416,43626989,43626002,43626781,43626268,43629599,43701096,43703545,43703391,43694566,43628043,43651585,43627543,43716585,43651622,43624970,43621761,43625007,43622596],"score":350,"text":"Today, I noticed that my behavior has shifted over the past few months. Right now, I exclusively use ChatGPT for any kind of search or question.

Using Google now feels completely lackluster in comparison.

I've noticed the same thing happening in my circle of friends as well—and they don’t even have a technical background.

How about you?","time":1744104198,"title":"Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?","type":"story"}],[43536002,{"by":"vibe_coding","descendants":24,"id":43536002,"kids":[43536159,43536047,43536756,43539509,43541726,43545134,43541616,43536314,43536485,43536099,43536900,43545835,43555903,43559241,43536079,43536438,43544821,43536074,43536217],"score":13,"time":1743434196,"title":"Ask HN: Are You Vibe Coding?","type":"story"}],[43410975,{"by":"samsullivan","descendants":13,"id":43410975,"kids":[43411283,43414152,43432540,43413537,43411380,43413226,43411181,43412335,43411241],"score":2,"text":"I've been increasingly frustrated with the disconnect between my car and my digital life. Modern vehicles are essentially computers on wheels, yet the software experience feels stuck in the past.

What aspects of car ownership do you find most annoying that better software could potentially solve? Are there problems with maintenance tracking, diagnostics, dealer relationships, or the in-car interface itself?

I'm curious if others share similar frustrations or have found clever solutions. For those who've built their own tools or workarounds, what motivated you and how did you approach it?

My personal pain point has been the fragmentation - having to use one app for the manufacturer, another for service history, something else for fuel tracking, etc. It feels like there must be a better way.","time":1742387357,"title":"Ask HN: What's broken about the software side of car ownership?","type":"story"}],[42945109,{"by":"ingve","descendants":43,"id":42945109,"kids":[42983244,42983218,42982959,42984512,42983151,42983877,42983366,42984701,42983574,42987459,42982934,42983491,42984221,42983459,42985605,42983627,42984407,42983779,42984456,42983598],"score":37,"time":1738740411,"title":"The practical (Unix) problems with .cache and its friends","type":"story","url":"https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/DotCacheDirectoriesProblem"}],[42979467,{"by":"zdyxry","descendants":511,"id":42979467,"kids":[42979904,42979883,42982941,42980243,42979808,42980658,42979783,42979992,42980066,42979481,42982177,42979733,42980703,42984710,42979729,42981609,42981812,42980219,42982301,42979994,42983225,42980023,42980549,42981687,42984020,42981823,42979996,42981243,42979768,42979779,42979756,42980345,42979720,42979819,42981043,42979858,42983195,42982517,42979734,42983353,42982684,42982911,42980625,42983238,42982649,42980031,42982568,42981010,42981661,42982642,42983210,42984200,42980896,42989052,42980705,42980619,42985301,42981476,42979515,42984193,42980054,42982470,42984060,42979753,42983601,42980234,42980184,42981214,42979747,42979707,42980132,42986640,42979772,42980018],"score":737,"time":1738977932,"title":"VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas","type":"story","url":"https://fly.io/blog/vscode-ssh-wtf/"}],[42504589,{"by":"djacobs7","descendants":13,"id":42504589,"kids":[42504882,42536679,42505755,42504768,42505216,42506727,42522140,42505449,42526957,42544353,42504787,42522423],"score":15,"text":"When I am coding for a long time, my emotional state tends to reflect the code. If it's not compiling when I think it should, I get frustrated. If everything is acting predictably, like I expect it to, I feel great.

After a day of programming, it takes me a while to get used to talking to a human being. During the day, my feelings reflect those of a computer - it is dry and unemotional, so I am too.

Does anyone else experience similar things? How do you deal?","time":1735071281,"title":"Ask HN: How does programming affect your emotional state?","type":"story"}],[41853700,{"by":"botto","descendants":63,"id":41853700,"kids":[41869058,41869594,41869806,41869590,41869365,41853961,41869142,41869416,41868752,41869614,41869494,41879583,41871572,41870010,41871513,41868774,41869583,41870206,41869465],"score":78,"time":1729030772,"title":"TwoSet Violin 'ends chapter' after eleven years","type":"story","url":"https://www.thestrad.com/news/twoset-violin-ends-chapter-after-eleven-years/18751.article"}],[41856039,{"by":"EgoIsMyFriend","descendants":54,"id":41856039,"kids":[41857571,41857174,41857731,41856814,41857173,41859720,41856606,41860192,41858274,41856807,41857843,41857367,41887482,41856843,41860208,41856173,41887769,41857451,41856667,41856700,41862414,41856119,41860401,41856115,41861716,41865305,41856823,41856243,41856790,41861579,41868574,41865324,41857400,41861894,41895542],"score":38,"text":"Especially when you first started, when you made the commitment to your career, and when you were in-between jobs searching.","time":1729058713,"title":"Ask HN: How Many Hours Do You Code in a Day?","type":"story"}],[41813938,{"by":"gtirloni","descendants":34,"id":41813938,"kids":[41815466,41820039,41814060,41818651,41814811,41818043,41816524,41815778,41813942,41821746,41814384,41833934,41818725,41821368,41822026,41820123,41836774,41814659,41820344,41825951,41816677,41817784,41818224],"score":18,"text":"Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41757178","time":1728682167,"title":"Ask HN: What are you replacing uBlock Origin with?","type":"story"}],[41792570,{"by":"kcindric","descendants":32,"id":41792570,"kids":[41792805,41802049,41795347,41793813,41825967,41793008,41812224,41796658,41825838,41799497,41795743,41827336,41793218,41798887,41795249,41809808,41795657,41793624,41803663,41817747],"score":11,"text":"There was a similar post a few years back - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32632720

I'm asking for something similar because I'm mainly a dev in the Microsoft ecosystem and I feel comfortable using it for work. I do have a macbook M1 for private use and I love it!","time":1728507698,"title":"Ask HN: Developer laptop that doesn't suck in 2024 and it's not Apple silicone","type":"story"}],[40931184,{"by":"endorphine","descendants":29,"id":40931184,"kids":[40939327,40931429,40941545,40931338,40939154,40938544,40951003,40935884,40931497,40931306,40932323,40933180,40932264,40931834],"score":9,"text":"Which one should I choose and why? Any reasons to prefer one over the other?","time":1720643491,"title":"Ask HN: Vim or Neovim?","type":"story"}],[40519027,{"by":"planetrenox","descendants":4,"id":40519027,"kids":[40519258,40548285,40522800,40519100],"score":2,"time":1717031113,"title":"Is all advertising a form of deception?","type":"story"}],[39821040,{"by":"ganeshdole","descendants":30,"id":39821040,"kids":[39821921,39880920,39841926,39821254,39823392,39850019,39824210,39821145,39821332,39821939,39821255,39821207,39842182,39848225,39828679,39823513,39844288,39830498,39830634,39821722,39821078],"score":10,"text":"Ever feel like your phone is loaded with features you never use? Imagine a phone you could customize to your exact needs. No more bloatware, just the features you want and the power you need.

This could mean choosing your preferred operating system, getting a monster battery for gaming, or prioritizing a top-notch camera for photography.

Would you be interested in a phone you could customize to your specific needs? What features would be most important to you in a customizable phone?","time":1711399240,"title":"Would you pay for a phone built for you?","type":"story"}]]

user:	neilsimp1
created:	March 30, 2016
karma:	689