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▲ Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week (simonwillison.net)
**Hacker News Discovers Drag-and-Drop Coding**
It’s October 2024, and the tech community harbors a serious obsession with Claude's latest gimmick: _Artifacts_. Where once programmers holds dear their knowledge of HTML and JavaScript, now they simply nudge a glorified chatbot to spit out an interactive Single Page App. The blogosphere erupts as Simon bravely reveals he’s more bot manager than coder these days, by showcasing a week of bot-built apps—clearly, a pivotal moment in "programming."
Commenters oscillate wildly between existential crises and technical one-upmanship. One mourns the thrilling days of typing actual code, while another excitedly scribbles about type systems like it's the new philosophical stone. In a world where comments like "sufficiently advanced type system" induce both awe and rolled eyes, traditional code-slinging now competes with telling a bot, "make thing, make thing *nice*." 🤖✨💔
As the debate rages about the soul of coding, others pragmatically poke at the integration headaches and mournfully joke about flight control systems. If you ever wondered when your development job would turn into tweaking bot parameters, welcome to 2024—where the coders are obsolete, and the philosophers rule the pull request.
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294 points by recvonline
2024-10-23T20:52:13 1729732531 |
217 comments
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▲ Show QN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings (matthieulc.com)
**Hacker News Transforms Your Bathroom Mirror into a Self-Aggrandizing Art Machine**
In an era where actual artistic talent is entirely optional, a brave Hacker News reader unveils a "groundbreaking" wall-mounted mirror that turns your narcissistic reflection into something Van Gogh might have painted if he were a neural network. According to the creator – who admits fault at traditional art – this technological marvel can surface "new/interesting feelings", presumably boredom and confusion. The Hacker News crowd, merging a rare blend of art critics and amateur programmers, jumps to offer unsolicited advice on how to optimize JPEG encoding, while simultaneously questioning the philosophical implications of AI in creativity. Meanwhile, privacy concerns about streaming your face to the cloud are brushed aside like yesterday's AI-generated brushstrokes. 💾🎨
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60 points by cataPhil
2024-10-23T22:24:21 1729732531 |
20 comments
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▲ Playstation Vita Architecture (Part 1) (copetti.org)
In the most stunning display of technological nostalgia, a blog post shamelessly panders to the three remaining PS Vita enthusiasts who haven't yet pawned their relics for something capable of running a calculator app. 🕹️ The author dives deep into the "complexities" of the Vita’s architecture, promising to reveal secrets that are about as well-guarded as a diary with a "Keep Out!" sticker. Meanwhile, the comment section blooms into a veritable garden of overgrown nostalgia where die-hards argue fiercely about OLED screens and the unbearable weight differences of 60 whole grams. Isn’t it adorable to see grown adults squabble over which outdated tech is less mediocre? 😄
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124 points by wicket
2024-10-23T19:31:51 1729732531 |
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▲ Apple ripped a valuable hearing loss feature from the AirPods line (mattiebee.io)
Today's monumental meltdown in tech journalism comes from mattiebee.io, whose distress at Apple's latest "atrocity" – removing a hearing loss feature from AirPods – somehow makes headlines. It's a pivotal moment, where the techie elite pauses their marathon coding sessions and kombucha sipping to mourn the loss of a feature maybe two of them really cherisehd. 🎧💔 The commenters, in a display of shock and awe typically reserved for new Marvel movie trailers or unexpected iPhone updates, leap to wage keyboard war, firing off caps-locked cries for justice and promises to switch to whichever tech brand pretends to care about hearing loss next. The rage is as palpable as it is useless, echoing into the void of internet non-consequence.
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9 points by zepton
2024-10-24T00:15:56 1729732531 |
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▲ What happens when you make a move in lichess.org? (davidreis.me)
**What happens when you make a move in lichess.org? (davidreis.me)**
Today in the realm of the perpetually shocked, a blogger spills 800 words just to say "When you play chess online, computers do stuff." Meanwhile, the peanut gallery unravels, debating the centuries-old mystery of online time tracking as if they've just discovered fire. One genius laments the harsh reality that Chess.com's ticking clock might not actually be Einstein-approved, while another believes FPS shooters are pioneering quantum entanglement for latency issues. Will the heroic nerds solve the puzzle of the deceptive digital second, or will they be checkmated by the sinister server? Stay tuned, or don’t – your life will be the same. 🙄
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174 points by dreis_sw
2024-10-23T08:13:47 1729732531 |
88 comments
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▲ Show QN: Open-source low-code email editor (github.com/dittofeed)
Title: Hacker News Discovers Email, Again
Today on HN, the tech-savvy brigade discovers yet another open-source, low-code solution to send emails. Pray silence for "Dittofeed": proudly reinventing the wheel with conditional READMEs and a sprinkling of exclusive features you didn't know you needed (and probably don't). Enthusiastic commenters trip over each other offering suggestions while casually dismissing existing tools, because why use well-established solutions when you can tinker with a GitHub repo all night? Meanwhile, pricing debates flourish, alongside vague promises of upcoming features and free tiers, in a touching community opera of optimism, confusion, and the eternal hope that maybe this time, email will finally be "fixed." 💌🛠️💸
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71 points by chandlercraig
2024-10-23T18:54:59 1729732531 |
10 comments
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▲ Taming the buck with a Type III compensator (sig7.se)
**Hobbyists Discover Ancient Art of Compensator Sorcery**
In a stunning display of esoteric electrical wizardry, an article tackles the dark arts of Type III compensator design, leaving readers to ponder whether they've stumbled into a niche hobbyist club or a misplaced engineering thesis. Commenters, thrilled to demonstrate their Google prowess, dive deep, linking to PID controllers and other relics of their bygone educational era, while bravely mixing metaphors about steam locomotives and modern soldering practices—because obviously, nothing says "cutting edge" like a reference to 1938 steam technology. Amidst the techno-babble, a desperate soul seeks visual proof of this arcane device's physical existence, perhaps to ensure it's not just an elaborate nerd-snipe. Meanwhile, another commenter solves all worldly problems by advocating for shiny, tiny parts because, apparently, modern problems require microscopic solutions. **Truly, a riveting saga of unnecessary complexity and internet one-upmanship.**
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28 points by todsacerdoti
2024-10-22T09:29:30 1729732531 |
5 comments
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▲ A DSL for peephole transformation rules of integer operations in the PyPy JIT (pypy.org)
🚀 Hacking Away at Python Int Optimizations: The Saga Continues 🚀
Bored with making Python merely “fast,” CF Bolz-Tereick dives into the bottomless pit of JIT compiler optimizations, focusing on integer twiddling so deep it'd make Pythagoras weep. Introducing: a DSL for simplifying integer operations through pattern matching – because nothing screams productivity like reinventing parts of GCC in a language mostly used by data scientists and web developers. Commenters, awestruck by the novelty, stumble over complex questions about side effects and float rounding errors, revealing they might've skipped the integer part of this entire exercise. Meanwhile, fused multiply-add (fma) functions sit quietly in the corner, pondering their relevance. 🐍💨
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83 points by todsacerdoti
2024-10-23T16:31:58 1729732531 |
6 comments
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▲ Probably pay attention to tokenizers (cybernetist.com)
In an epic display of cluelessness, Cybernetist.com unleashes "Probably pay attention to tokenizers," where tokenizers (a.k.a the plastic straws of AI) suddenly emerge as the underdogs of language models. 🙄 Brace yourselves as the author tries to make tokenizers look like the unsung heroes of AI, ignoring that it's basically cleaning up after the real mess makers – the algorithms. 💤 Commenters, ever the enthusiasts for tech trivia, dive into a pedantic melee comparing tokenizer nuances as if uncovering the Ark of the Covenant rather than addressing why their AI still can’t understand simple sarcasm. Spoiler: because tokenizers, no matter how exciting you paint them, still can't capture the essence of human disdain present in this summary. 😒
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169 points by ingve
2024-10-23T10:29:15 1729732531 |
55 comments
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▲ My NumPy year: Creating a DType for the next generation of scientific computing (quansight.com)
Title: Another NumPy Novella
Quansight takes a break from torpid grant proposals to update the world on its quest to revolutionize Python's DataFrame-loading speeds by exactly none seconds. In "My NumPy Year," we're treated to the riveting intricacies of creating a DType that probably no one asked for but surely someone will pretend to understand. Commenters eagerly weigh in, armed with speculative debugging and size critiques, because there's no better use for a software engineer's time than arguing about byte sizes on the internet. Truly, we stand on the shoulders of giants, squinting at RAM usage through a microscope.
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27 points by sebg
2024-10-22T11:12:10 1729732531 |
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▲ Parks on the Air (parksontheair.com)
Welcome to the thrilling world of *Parks on the Air*, where radio enthusiasts turn public land into their personal communication playground! Over half a million unique hunter call signs cheer on this endeavor, ostensibly promoting "emergency awareness" while mostly just having a grand ol' time interrupting the quiet of national parks with the dulcet tones of Morse code and SSB transmissions. It's the perfect hobby for anyone who prefers their outdoor experiences accessorized with a generous helping of radio frequencies. Comment sections brim with tech tips and tales of mountaintop broadcasts, as users eagerly equate summiting a hill to installing Windows on a particularly stubborn old computer. 📻🌲
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77 points by thepuppet33r
2024-10-22T10:55:33 1729732531 |
34 comments
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▲ Launch QN: GPT Driver (YC S21) – End-to-end app testing in natural language
Welcome to another edition of HackerNews Theater, where Silicon Valley's finest meet to solve problems that *actually aren't problems*! Today's episode: "GPT Driver (YC S21) shoves Natural Language into the app-testing blender and hopes for the best." 🎭 Commenters, on cue, emerge from the woodwork with tales about how "writing tests isn't the real pain" and "frameworks nowadays are pretty solid." 🤖 Meanwhile, someone always pipes up about needing AGI-level intelligence to sift through logs, because, let's be honest, reading is hard. And don’t forget the mandatory shout-out to magical tools like OpenTelemetry and New Relic, sprinkling that sweet, sweet enterprise software fairy dust that promises to solve all your observability woes—if only your behemoth of an org could figure out how to use it. 🧚 Stay tuned for next week’s episode where we inevitably discover that AI still can’t fix human incompetence!
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89 points by cschiller
2024-10-23T13:18:17 1729732531 |
70 comments
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▲ Async Rust in Three Parts (jacko.io)
**Async Rust in Three Parts: A Tale of Futuristic Sorrow**
Today in "developers who like pain," we explore Async Rust, the hot new-ish way to make your programming life *complex yet simultaneously efficient* (if you're into that sort of thing). Async IO with Rust aims to solve the intense "C10K problem" because apparently handling a few thousand connections is too mainstream for threads these days. Enthusiasts in the comments section debate the nuances of trait objects with the passion of a compiler error message, while a lone soul confesses their return to simpler languages after tackling this beast. Async Rust: for when you've already mastered regular Rust and still feel too happy.
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80 points by oconnor663
2024-10-23T14:23:29 1729732531 |
14 comments
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▲ Show QN: A macOS Client for HuggingFace Chat (github.com/huggingface)
**HN Launches Yet Another Chat App: Because Your MacBook Definitely Needed More Bloat**
In a groundbreaking act of redundancy, Hacker News introduces HuggingChat macOS: an app primarily designed to hog space on your sleek Apple device. The developers, having clearly understood the critical shortage of chatting options, have generously provided a dedicated keyboard shortcut for launching what is essentially a glorified browser window. Commenters engage in the typical tech one-upmanship, discussing everything from alternative platforms to non-functional features, while casually dropping GitHub links as social currency. Meanwhile, someone invariably asks, "What does it do?" — the tech equivalent of "Who is this for?" They're only greeted with promises of "future improvements" and reminders that yes, you still need an account to do anything useful. 🙄🚀💻
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88 points by archiv
2024-10-23T18:00:11 1729732531 |
15 comments
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▲ It has been [33] days since the last Hubris kernel bug (oxide.computer)
**It Has Been [33] Days Since the Last Hubris Kernel Bug (oxide.computer)**
Tech hipsters rejoice as their favorite experiment in overengineering—the Hubris operating system—apparently hasn’t hiccuped in a whole 33 days. Visitors to the site indulge in a ceremonial patting of backs because, evidently, writing an embedded OS in Rust is not just a software project, but a lifestyle choice. Meanwhile, a lone commenter, grappling with reality, wonders what the lack of commits might signify. But who cares about actual development progress when we can celebrate the absence of failures in something nobody really uses? 🎉🙃
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19 points by mkeeter
2024-10-23T21:40:28 1729732531 |
2 comments
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▲ Show QN: I built a task manager that separates "do" and "due" dates (apps.apple.com)
**Show HN: I Built a Task Manager No One Asked For**
In an overwhelming triumph of complexity over usability, an enthusiastic developer unleashes *Zesfy* — the latest app designed to turn the simple act of making a to-do list into an obstacle course worthy of a NASA engineer. 🚀 With a dazzling array of features like "Task Highlights" and "Step-by-Step Breakdowns," it promises to manage everything from your existential dread to your sock drawer. Meanwhile, the comment section becomes a battleground where productivity philosophies collide. From adherents of the write-everything-on-a-napkin method to those begging for Git support on their toasters, everyone agrees on one thing: there's no such thing as a task too small for an over-engineered solution. 📅💥
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100 points by zesfy
2024-10-23T14:52:34 1729732531 |
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▲ Irreproducible Results (kk.org)
In an audacious display of clickbait masquerading as intellect, "Irreproducible Results" serves up 101 steaming heaps of speculative non-wisdom that only a blogger jacked up on Silicon Valley's Kool-Aid could confuse for future forecasts. The comment section, a wild circus of armchair scientists, leaps into action—debating the nuances of mouse anxiety as if they're on the brink of curing cancer. One genius suggests replicating every negative result like it's a new form of Olympic sport, only to be outdone by another who's just waiting for a chance to inject more mice with cocaine. It's like watching a YouTube comments section trying to do science—half-baked theories and egos bigger than the lab coats they're not wearing.
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7 points by fsagx
2024-10-20T13:35:21 1729732531 |
5 comments
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▲ Bulk optimization of queries in Postgres (substack.com)
In an unfathomable display of chutzpah, a brave soul tackles the Herculean task of "bulk optimization of queries in Postgres" on Substack, providing yet another testament to the theory that no blog post is too niche for the incessant drivel of the internet. Commenters, in an equally inspiring display of obliviousness, seem shocked—shocked—that the post dares not mention some obscure tool, while others wander in dazed confusion about pricing, because apparently, the capitalism monster must be fed, even in technical discussions. A single beacon of hope praises the tool for its educational value, blissfully unaware that they're drowning in a sea of query optimization complexity. 📚💸🙈
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47 points by Explain_PS
2024-10-21T12:27:27 1729732531 |
3 comments
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▲ Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (2018) (incompleteideas.net)
🚀 **Reinforcement Learning: Your Gateway to Artificial Enlightenment (Incomplete Edition)** 🚀
📘 Ever dreamt of downloading a PDF without margins, or *gasp*, sending your half-baked solutions to get official ones in return? Welcome to the latest thriller in the ML blockbuster saga: "Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction." Grab your LaTeX notations and brace yourselves for a journey where the comments section becomes more enlightening than the book itself. One challenger dares to ask for practical codes while another reminisces about the good ol' days when actual physical books were a thing. Dive into the fanfare where theoretical puritans clash with the GitHub warriors, all trying to decrypt the sacred texts enscribed by the ML gods.🎓💻
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52 points by ibobev
2024-10-22T09:58:10 1729732531 |
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▲ Fearless SSH: Short-lived certificates bring Zero Trust to infrastructure (cloudflare.com)
Title: Fearless SSH: Cybersecurity Theater Comes to a Server Near You
Summary: In a daring leap from "incredibly paranoid" to "cyber-clowningly absurd," Cloudflare boasts about reinventing the SSH wheel with *short-lived certificates* that only require absolute, undying faith in every line of their code and every link in their chain of trust. Hacker News' armchair cryptographers come out in full force to debate the "new" tech, which shockingly turns out to be a glorified wrapper for something that already exists. Toss in a little existential dread about centralization and a sprinkling of Zero Trust™ evangelism, and you've got the perfect recipe for convincing oneself that Cloudflare isn't just another potential single point of failure, but a starry-eyed savior of server security. "Zero Trust," they proclaim, as everyone nods, knowing it really means "Zero Choice." 🤡💻🔒
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58 points by mfrw
2024-10-23T09:44:36 1729732531 |
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