15:[[48798058,{"by":"yesitcan","descendants":7,"id":48798058,"kids":[48798104,48798922,48798116,48810475,48798429,48798782,48803169,48798080],"score":6,"text":"My friend wants to learn software engineering and eventually land a job at FAANG / big corp.

Trouble is, they have zero engineering or leetcode experience.

They also dropped out of their bachelors degree a decade ago.

Do I point them to a intro Python book? Something else?

Edit: big corp job would be a dream end goal. They just want to know how to take their first steps.","time":1783286406,"title":"Ask HN: How to get a non-technical friend into tech?","type":"story"}],[48771515,{"by":"yehiaabdelm","descendants":206,"id":48771515,"kids":[48779784,48780140,48779017,48782072,48771907,48779404,48780818,48771922,48774103,48772037,48772023,48779308,48772274,48780664,48771844,48771558,48771908,48780254,48772049,48771846,48772031,48773615,48780323,48781568,48772067,48779870,48774635,48813788,48782539,48779198,48772655,48772050,48779159,48779429,48780572,48771813,48865107,48801622,48779519,48780725,48776921,48780615,48772171,48780665,48771940,48779774,48780635,48780512,48781102,48774147,48773463,48861468,48773801,48779629,48772253,48779307,48780148,48780663,48781607,48772551,48814494,48779953,48772025,48779985,48781823,48780687,48771836,48771910,48779833,48771969,48773778,48840418,48779215,48780877,48781699,48772203,48771683,48804058,48781629,48790124,48772113,48771785,48772201,48786954,48772226,48782641,48771738,48790263,48779375,48785505,48772149,48780190,48780621,48779767,48779892,48772247,48786289,48771982,48773409,48772574,48831094,48806894,48782296,48780544,48785971,48794004,48782408,48772013,48771644,48772527,48800273,48772632,48788537,48792568,48791893,48771945,48812754,48793079,48799908,48780848,48787253,48787133,48781470,48862733,48784499,48780079,48780259,48772301],"score":212,"text":"I'm a bit annoyed by the feeling that we're kind of stuck when it comes to using LLMs for programming.

I use Claude Code and Codex, but I haven't been able to enter flow state like I can when I hand write code.

This is kind of ironic to me since AI should be a bicycle for the mind, but right now it feels like a bicycle that just brakes abruptly every couple minutes. I stop, wait, review, prompt again.

Is there anyone exploring something fundamentally different than the prompt response loop we have today?

I actually think the idea of a tab model is directionally better than prompt response.

Would love to hear about any startups, personal experiments, etc.","time":1783059704,"title":"Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?","type":"story"}],[48775562,{"by":"steelebillings","descendants":13,"id":48775562,"kids":[48776938,48776945,48777304,48778158,48783468,48777995,48776872,48803106,48777878,48783467,48785111,48781462,48776578,48787715,48776905],"score":18,"text":"I think I just launched my 14th. No, buying a domain and doing nothing with it doesn't count.

To count as a startup you:

- You launched a website or\n- You turned on Stripe payments or\n- You formed a LLC or Corp\n- You started paid advertising\n- You got 1+ paying customer\n- You raised $1+ dollar from outside funders","time":1783089188,"title":"How many failed startups have you launched?","type":"story"}],[48770319,{"by":"sollawen","descendants":53,"id":48770319,"kids":[48772794,48770958,48773125,48773528,48772685,48773804,48771999,48772239,48778768,48773914,48862742,48772314,48772221,48772575,48772403,48781296,48794080,48771956,48774363,48774238,48772103,48774938,48770429,48772706,48771049,48773788,48774644,48772435,48772310,48772479,48770775,48777038,48772857,48770534,48771518,48773535,48776934,48772241],"score":64,"text":"$16","time":1783048722,"title":"AI coding is a nightmare. Am I the only one experiencing this?","type":"story"}],[48740942,{"by":"mixfox","descendants":3,"id":48740942,"kids":[48752269,48758686],"score":5,"time":1782865085,"title":"Show HN: Live face swap and outfit try-on in the browser","type":"story","url":"https://vivify.video/realtime-face-swap"}],[48735446,{"by":"abelgvidal","descendants":53,"id":48735446,"kids":[48739927,48740303,48738414,48740445,48739542,48747341,48740197,48759379,48742255,48743949,48743972,48759383,48745232,48745746,48747593,48748229,48740244,48740539,48741783,48738723,48739617,48744764,48739800,48740084,48743204,48740490,48745920,48741234,48745606,48739916,48739733,48742298,48741144],"score":74,"text":"He's 13 years old. He wanted to track his own ant colonies — growth, feeding, humidity, and other metrics. He built the whole app himself with some help from AI tools; I just helped him deploy it to a server. Would love to hear your feedback!","time":1782838127,"title":"Show HN: My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker","type":"story","url":"https://formicarium.es"}],[48739038,{"by":"bhaktatejas922","descendants":2,"id":48739038,"kids":[48741618,48743196,48739880],"score":20,"text":"$17","time":1782852724,"title":"Show HN: Morph Reflexes – Multi-head classifiers for agent traces","type":"story"}],[48737226,{"by":"zkldi","descendants":34,"id":48737226,"kids":[48737795,48740610,48737982,48737546,48737399,48739463,48737975,48737483,48737772,48741856,48737426,48738621,48744308,48743137,48766922,48742885,48739357,48748379,48738189,48737516],"score":249,"text":"$18","time":1782844439,"title":"Tell HN: Installing Cursor on iOS irreversibly changes your privacy settings","type":"story"}],[48732627,{"by":"rjzzleep","descendants":19,"id":48732627,"kids":[48738188,48733327,48737544,48746428,48772339,48737339,48751378,48758588,48740831,48740890,48734348,48848092,48755822,48742482,48752919,48741978,48746754],"score":20,"text":"I believe someone recently posted sort of a secure harness/wrapper for running coding agents in a secure sandbox. I can't find the project.

Of course I can make my own wrapper with systemd-nspawn, kata or bspawn, but I believe I saw a decently well-maintained project just a while back. Does anyone have a suggestion or link? It's become extremely hard to find things on GitHub with all the generated projects.","time":1782826811,"title":"Ask HN: Secure wrapper for coding agents?","type":"story"}],[48698621,{"by":"11shyam11","descendants":6,"id":48698621,"kids":[48698756,48698946,48717062,48730095,48699414,48700626,48701245,48699554,48700079,48711579],"score":4,"text":"What’s the best Postman alternative if privacy is a concern — Postmate Client vs. Thunder Client?","time":1782570681,"title":"Data Privacy while using API tools","type":"story"}],[48680504,{"by":"mellosty","descendants":22,"id":48680504,"kids":[48700473,48684534,48703737,48680665,48736079,48742551,48680621,48694798,48681407,48682622,48694974,48681473,48680663,48695667,48688860,48694438,48689883,48685179],"score":20,"text":"What is your opinion on this? Norway banned smart phones and now AI.

> Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre argues that using AI could increase the risk that young children miss important steps in their education.","time":1782429899,"title":"Ask HN: Norway bans AI in elementary schools","type":"story"}],[48668199,{"by":"syntaxbush","descendants":183,"id":48668199,"kids":[48668880,48668459,48682100,48668492,48696115,48669185,48669898,48668968,48669009,48691307,48685925,48669065,48669435,48668728,48668973,48669625,48675953,48742512,48669183,48716674,48670213,48669340,48668626,48679345,48683983,48682323,48729755,48668883,48685375,48731525,48670229,48668600,48671375,48680137,48669462,48728230,48677878,48677614,48671587,48688274,48738329,48668594,48668694,48729453,48679371,48669266,48668923,48669232,48669450,48669167,48679545,48694625,48672554,48668791,48677288,48679970,48705604,48670829,48673227,48704468,48669116,48668752,48668617,48670632,48668929,48670840,48705772,48678259,48732899,48790093,48684062,48698441,48738255,48679263,48680799,48703797,48668782,48692023,48678828,48746758,48680452],"score":166,"text":"$19","time":1782355307,"title":"Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?","type":"story"}]]

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