Hacker News with Generative AI: Anecdotes

The Origins of the "++" and "--" Operators (ycombinator.com)
TIL you cannot post retraction on a 4 month old comment on HN. I posted an upvoted comment about how these operators were invented in C due to the addressing modes available on PDP-11 computers, in the thread at <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41850017>. Wrong!
Programming, History, Computer Science, Anecdotes
45 points by wpollock 31 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: Trying to find a post about some OS developer in the 80s coding by hand (ycombinator.com)
Hi, as the title says, I tried everything, checking my bookmarks and chatgpt but cannot find a post about someone telling the story of some engineer using pencil and paper for a month or so and then typing the code in one go and it worked flawlessly.
Programming, Anecdotes, Retro Computing
46 points by lexoj 72 days ago | 64 comments
Software Folklore (tuxen.de)
Sometimes bugs have symptoms beyond belief. This is a collection of such stories from around the web.
Software, Programming, Bugs, Anecdotes, Technology
149 points by ColinWright 80 days ago | 32 comments
Ask HN: Share your "LLM screwed us over" stories? (ycombinator.com)
Saw this today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42575951 and thought that there might be more such cautionary tales. Please share your LLM horror stories for all of us to learn.
AI, Anecdotes, User Experiences, Warnings
91 points by ATechGuy 90 days ago | 95 comments
What are your worst on-call stories? (ycombinator.com)
Calling all engineers! I'm doing some fun research and would love to hear about some crazy on-call experiences.
Software Engineering, Work Stories, Anecdotes
18 points by holtonbeeps 194 days ago | 5 comments
The shortest, strangest engineering interview I've ever done (medium.com)
Engineering, Interviews, Anecdotes
82 points by bubblehack3r 229 days ago | 56 comments
The shortest, strangest engineering interview I've ever done (medium.com)
Engineering Interviews, Anecdotes, Career
22 points by bluepnume 230 days ago | 9 comments
A heck of a wild bug chase (georgemauer.net)
Software, Debugging, Anecdotes
66 points by togakangaroo 237 days ago | 56 comments
The saddest "Just Ship It" story ever (2020) (kitze.io)
Software, Product Development, Anecdotes, Humor
266 points by thunderbong 273 days ago | 300 comments
A camera-less iPhone issued to my buddy that works at a nuclear plant (reddit.com)
iPhone, Nuclear Industry, Reddit, Anecdotes
47 points by Faaak 289 days ago | 22 comments