Hacker News with Generative AI: Personal Reflections

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 12 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 12 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 15 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 16 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 18 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 51 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 55 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 56 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 65 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 104 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 139 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 148 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 158 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 164 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 164 days ago | 0 comments

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

Social Commentary, Personal Reflections, Self Improvement

31 points by Tomte 190 days ago | 5 comments

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

Education, Teaching, Personal Reflections

117 points by mooreds 192 days ago | 74 comments

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