Hacker News with Generative AI: Mistakes

Even after using Linux for a decade I made this blunder (reddit.com)
In my home directory I had a bunch of zip files I needed to delete, so of course I did this:

Linux, Software, User Experience, Mistakes

5 points by Koshcheiushko 3 days ago | 2 comments

Citi Hit Another Wrong Button (bloomberg.com)
Generally companies like to deal with all their problems at once.

Finance, Business, Mistakes, Citigroup

4 points by feross 53 days ago | 1 comments

Struggling with Errors, Doge Deletes Billions More from List of Savings (nytimes.com)
For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.

Elon Musk, Government, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Mistakes

16 points by xnx 54 days ago | 8 comments

Citigroup Makes (and Then Fixes) an $81T Mistake (nytimes.com)
Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with $81 trillion when it meant to send only $280, the latest mistake at a bank that is struggling to repair its reputation after a string of errors in recent years.

Finance, Banking, Mistakes, Business

7 points by reaperducer 57 days ago | 2 comments

Shades of Blunders (lichess.org)
A post about why blunders happen to all of us, even though they shouldn't.

Chess, Mistakes, Strategy

45 points by fzliu 84 days ago | 9 comments

Basel has to buy domain name in the Bahamas after mishap (bluewin.ch)
A small mistake with consequences: Due to incorrect information on a flyer, the Basel tax administration had to purchase a web address in the Bahamas.

Government, Domain Names, Mistakes, Bahamas

67 points by lukasgelbmann 85 days ago | 54 comments

AI Mistakes Are Different from Human Mistakes (schneier.com)
Humans make mistakes all the time. All of us do, every day, in tasks both new and routine. Some of our mistakes are minor and some are catastrophic. Mistakes can break trust with our friends, lose the confidence of our bosses, and sometimes be the difference between life and death.

Artificial Intelligence, Human Error, Mistakes

6 points by scarface_74 94 days ago | 2 comments

Top Mistakes Made by IT Architects (florat.net)
In this previous article, I highlighted some of the worst mistakes a Product Owner (PO) can make.

IT Architecture, Mistakes, Software Development

8 points by Andugal 94 days ago | 4 comments

AI Mistakes Are Different from Human Mistakes (schneier.com)
Humans make mistakes all the time. All of us do, every day, in tasks both new and routine. Some of our mistakes are minor and some are catastrophic. Mistakes can break trust with our friends, lose the confidence of our bosses, and sometimes be the difference between life and death.

Artificial Intelligence, Human Error, Mistakes

9 points by mdp2021 95 days ago | 1 comments

Oh Shit, Git? (ohshitgit.com)
Git is hard: screwing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is fucking impossible.

Git, Programming, Developer Tools, Mistakes

464 points by Anon84 100 days ago | 264 comments

AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes (ieee.org)
Humans make mistakes all the time. All of us do, every day, in tasks both new and routine. Some of our mistakes are minor and some are catastrophic. Mistakes can break trust with our friends, lose the confidence of our bosses, and sometimes be the difference between life and death.

Artificial Intelligence, Human Error, Mistakes

11 points by pseudolus 102 days ago | 0 comments

Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases (seangoedecke.com)
Working in large established codebases is one of the hardest things to learn as a software engineer.

Software Engineering, Codebases, Mistakes

811 points by BerislavLopac 109 days ago | 368 comments

A career-ending mistake (bitfieldconsulting.com)
You came for the schadenfreude, but you’ll stay for the thought-provoking advice

Careers, Advice, Mistakes

362 points by gus_leonel 153 days ago | 207 comments

Thing Deleted 3 Months of Work (github.com/microsoft)
I had just downloaded vscode as an alternative and I was just playing with the source control option, seeing how it wanted to stage FIVE THOUSAND FILES I clicked discard... AND IT DELETED ALL MY FILES, ALL OF THEM, PERMANENTLY!

Software, Mistakes, Version Control, Development Tools

6 points by jatwork 157 days ago | 4 comments

Undergrad thought he had mastered Unix in weeks. Then he discovered rm -rf (theregister.com)
Miles’ version of the .logout file included the notoriously dangerous rm -rf ~* command, which erases everything it can find in a user’s home directory.

Unix, Programming, Mistakes, Security, Software

25 points by thesuperbigfrog 159 days ago | 27 comments

How to Ruin an Engineering Organization (avivbenyosef.com)
Some of the best leaders I’ve worked with told me they’ve spent years observing things in their work. As part of their growth, they were mindful and took notes. Specifically, notes of the kind of “things not to do when I’m in charge.” I realized that I have a few good examples to share. Let’s go over how to lose an engineering org in 10 ways.

Engineering Management, Leadership, Mistakes, Business

13 points by mooreds 184 days ago | 1 comments

How to Turn Your Mistakes into Masterpieces: The Art of Happy Accidents (2023) (medium.com)
Have you ever made a mistake while painting, drawing, or sculpting and felt like giving up? Have you ever wondered how some artists can turn their errors into creative opportunities? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this blog post is for you. In this post, I will share with you some examples of happy accidents in art history, and some tips on how to embrace your own mistakes and turn them into masterpieces.

Art, Creativity, Mistakes, Learning

3 points by squircle 190 days ago | 0 comments

Qantas apologizes after R-rated film plays on every screen during flight (cnn.com)

Airlines, Mistakes, Entertainment

18 points by peutetre 199 days ago | 24 comments

Correcting the Record for Continue and PearAI (twitter.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Companies, Mistakes

4 points by shcheklein 204 days ago | 1 comments

Pear AI founder: We made two big mistakes (twitter.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Mistakes

188 points by tosh 208 days ago | 234 comments

Lessons from MKBHD's App Brouhaha (om.co)
If you have a long career in media and writing in public like I have, you’re likely to make some mistakes. And you’re going to have some regrets.

Media, Mistakes, Public Writing, Technology, Regret

10 points by herbertl 209 days ago | 9 comments

Common mistakes when using the metric system (nayuki.io)

Metric System, Mistakes, Education

44 points by stereoabuse 227 days ago | 98 comments

My Cloud Billing Screw-Up (beehiiv.com)
You know that one time that you screwed up and did something that ended up skyrocketing your cloud bill?

Cloud Computing, Billing, Personal Stories, Mistakes

11 points by mooreds 228 days ago | 19 comments

A/B testing mistakes I learned the hard way (posthog.com)

A/B Testing, Mistakes, Web Development

110 points by Lior539 262 days ago | 23 comments

CrowdStrike admits faulty content update wasn't tested on a real machine (theverge.com)