Hacker News with Generative AI: Personal Reflections

Tell HN: A realization I've had about working with AIs and building software (ycombinator.com)
What I've realized is this: AI is an amplifier of what you are. It's not a substitute - it just reflects and scales whatever you bring to the table.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Personal Reflections

20 points by keepamovin 11 days ago | 15 comments

What I would do if I was 18 now (2016) (levels.io)
Somebody asked me what I would do if I was 18 in 2016. It’s a good question because it’s such an odd time where old institutions and traditional thinking don’t really make sense anymore. I can’t say I’m an expert on this though, because when I was 18, I really had no idea what I was doing. I might be able to give you an original perspective though.

Life Advice, Personal Reflections, 2016, Technology, Millennials

13 points by gmays 24 days ago | 23 comments

Open WebUI creator about his life purpose (jryng.com)
It’s February 6th, 2025, and I’ve never been clearer about my purpose in life.

Open WebUI, AI, Personal Reflections

8 points by nasvay_factory 44 days ago | 1 comments

Commodore 64 PETSCII Image (2022) (medium.com)
It is said that life begins at the age of 40 — I hope it is true … After 23 years of working in IT and spending the last 12 years in a company I co-founded, my contract was terminated, I lost my job and I suddenly found myself almost overnight in a situation where I have all day ahead with no schedule, no deadlines, no important phone calls, no one is waiting for my analysis, consultation or technical specification.

Commodore 64, Retro Computing, Pixel Art, Image Processing, Personal Reflections

57 points by erickhill 51 days ago | 12 comments

What I've Learned from Hacker News (2009) (paulgraham.com)
Hacker News was two years old last week. Initially it was supposed to be a side project—an application to sharpen Arc on, and a place for current and future Y Combinator founders to exchange news. It's grown bigger and taken up more time than I expected, but I don't regret that because I've learned so much from working on it.

Startup Culture, Hacker News, Learning, Personal Reflections

5 points by Freedom2 52 days ago | 0 comments

Reflections on 25 Years of Blogging (interconnected.org)
I started blogging here precisely 25 years ago on 19 February 2000. I was 22 when I started and I am now 47.

Blogging, Anniversary, Personal Reflections

18 points by genmon 60 days ago | 12 comments

No AI December Reflections (rybarix.com)
It started as a joke, but after finishing it, I started thinking about the impacts technology has on me and what actually matters.

Artificial Intelligence, Personal Reflections, Technology

54 points by sandruso 76 days ago | 46 comments

Beyond the golden age: reflecting on 12 years at Google (pnote.eu)
I joined Google in 2012, in the middle of what turned out to be its long golden age of post-IPO growth. The company was doing great, steadily expanding both its revenue and the engineering footprint.

Google, Technology, Business, Personal Reflections, Nostalgia

3 points by kerneis 76 days ago | 2 comments

In the trenches: on being an Engineering Manager (digital-horror.com)
This post is a collection of personal reflections from my time working as an EM and similar roles. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive guide but rather a snapshot of the lessons I’ve learned and the challenges I’ve faced. For those looking to transition into leadership, or even for engineers wanting to understand management better, I hope this offers some insight into the realities of the role.

Engineering Management, Leadership, Personal Reflections, Career Advice

82 points by juxhindb 79 days ago | 49 comments

Software development topics I've changed my mind on (chriskiehl.com)
Four years ago I posted about the same topic. A kind email reminded me its time for another check in.

Software Development, Opinions, Personal Reflections, Trends

873 points by belter 80 days ago | 774 comments

A Billionaire's Biggest Regret (nytimes.com)
Bill Gates recently described the dissolution of his 27-year marriage as a painful “mistake.” As he’s learned, you can’t put a price on a relationship that’s seen you through it all.

Relationships, Personal Reflections, Billionaires

4 points by RyanShook 81 days ago | 0 comments

My 25-year adventure in AI and ML (austinhenley.com)
I never intended to work with AI or ML. It more so happened along the way naturally from using whatever tools I needed for the task, and eventually it took over. I didn't even realize it at the time.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Personal Reflections

194 points by ibobev 114 days ago | 37 comments

Ten things in tech I found joy in during 2024 (rubenerd.com)
Neil Brown posted about what brought him joy in computers and the Internet this year. I agree that it could be a cathartic exercise among the gloom and doom, so I thought I’d give it a shot as well.

Technology, Personal Reflections, Internet, 2024

37 points by Tomte 119 days ago | 17 comments

Ghostty: Reflecting on Reaching 1.0 (mitchellh.com)
This isn't a release announcement. Ghostty 1.0 is out. You can download it and read about it on the Ghostty website. This is a personal reflection on the project.

Software, Personal Reflections, Development

38 points by robenkleene 119 days ago | 7 comments

After twelve years of writing about Bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed (blogspot.com)
What follows is an essay on how my thinking on bitcoin has changed since I began to write on the topic starting with my first post in October 2012.

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Personal Reflections, Long-Term Trends, Financial Markets

27 points by bookofjoe 128 days ago | 24 comments

Money was never the end goal – mrdoob – threejs creator (twitter.com)

Software, Web Development, Interviews, Personal Reflections

119 points by greatgib 168 days ago | 42 comments

Personal reflections on moving from Canada to NYC (danfrank.ca)
I’m moving from Canada to New York City this week, and I’m having a mini-existential crisis. There are the personal reasons I feel torn—what if I’m lonely, what if I don’t fit in, what if New York doesn’t magically fix the frustrations I had in Toronto, forcing me to confront the horrifying possibility that there’s no “better place”? But there’s also a bigger reason I’m feeling this way.

Personal Reflections, Moving, Canada, Life Changes

9 points by danielmichaelyc 202 days ago | 2 comments

Four Years Ago Today (tracydurnell.com)
I’ve taken to ignoring all the autogenerated “memories” that my phone would like to show me from four years ago — because while the system simply matches the date, *I* know that four years ago was the depths of despair of the pandemic.

Personal Reflections, Pandemic, Technology

15 points by surprisetalk 212 days ago | 2 comments

Move Fast and Abandon Things (engineersneedart.com)
Maybe it’s the change of weather. Fall often finds me looking backward, to the past — and anyway it is as good excuse as any as to why I have found myself peering into old hard drives trying to recover old bits and bytes from games that I wrote some thirty-five years ago or so.

Software Development, Nostalgia, Personal Reflections

10 points by msephton 221 days ago | 0 comments

I wish I didn't miss the '90s-00s internet (rohan.ga)
I am 18, born in 2006. This is generally a good thing as I am in the prime of life currently. I am not one of those people who think they were “born in the wrong decade”, I think I was born at the perfect time to take advantage of superlinearly growing technological advancements.

Nostalgia, Technology, Personal Reflections

236 points by ocean_moist 227 days ago | 283 comments

We've had a good day, haven't we? (papanotes.com)
We've had a good day, haven't we?

Personal Reflections, Blog Posts

5 points by pmzy 228 days ago | 0 comments

Please Don't Idolize Me (Or Anyone, Really) (scalzi.com)

Social Commentary, Personal Reflections, Self Improvement

31 points by Tomte 254 days ago | 5 comments

Things I learned from teaching (2023) (claytonwramsey.com)

Education, Teaching, Personal Reflections

117 points by mooreds 255 days ago | 74 comments

Below the Root: A story, a computer game and my lifelong obsession (2015) (stahlmandesign.com)