Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Development

Vibe coding for teams, thoughts to date (laughingmeme.org)
I’ve got Claude Code running in the background while I tab between writing this, sipping a Powers, and fielding phone calls from a team slightly panicked about the end of quarter QBR. This blog post is being written on May 27th, 2025, things may have changed by the time you read it. It was a toss up whether to post this on Notes on engineering leadership, or here, but eventually decided this was too loose for even Notes low standards.
Software Development, AI, Team Management
31 points by todsacerdoti 30 days ago | 26 comments
DWARF as a Shared Reverse Engineering Format (lief.re)
When reverse engineering binaries, we could want, at some point, to share the reverse-engineered information with others. The DWARF format, originally designed to hold debug information associated with the original source code, is also well-suited for storing reverse-engineered informations such as structure, function names.
Reverse Engineering, Software Development, Debugging Tools
109 points by matt_d 30 days ago | 19 comments
Uninitialized garbage on ia64 can be deadly (2004) (microsoft.com)
On Friday, we talked about some of the bad things that can happen if you call a function with the wrong signature.
Programming, Security, Software Development, Computer Science, Architecture
19 points by HeliumHydride 30 days ago | 0 comments
Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy (posixcafe.org)
I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine about some talking points that Jonathan Blow made regarding the "UNIX Philosophy" during his interview on Oxide's On The Metal podcast.
Unix Philosophy, Software Development, Operating Systems, Interviews
7 points by xelxebar 31 days ago | 0 comments
Companies will be able to deduct software development salaries again (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Tax, Software Development, Business
11 points by kappi 31 days ago | 1 comments
The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers (addyo.substack.com)
Developers are increasingly relying on AI coding assistants to accelerate our daily workflows.
AI, Programming, Software Development, Prompt Engineering
18 points by thenameless7741 31 days ago | 1 comments
Is the job market for software developers collapsing? (lemire.me)
Concerns persist that artificial intelligence (AI) could render software developers obsolete, particularly with tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor streamlining certain programming tasks.
Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Job Market
26 points by ingve 31 days ago | 19 comments
The Myth of Developer Obsolescence (alonso.network)
Every few years, a shiny new technology emerges that promises to make software developers obsolete.
Software Development, Technology
370 points by cat-whisperer 31 days ago | 401 comments
Pragmatic Dave Thomas: Testing might not mean what you think it means (pragdave.me)
I’d like you do stop and thing about the following question.
Software Testing, Programming, Software Development
7 points by vinipolicena 32 days ago | 0 comments
Non-Pointless Software Projects for New Devs in the LLM Age (cprimozic.net)
The issue is that it's often really hard to find an idea for a project to work on that feels worth doing.
Software Development, Programming Projects
17 points by Ameo 32 days ago | 0 comments
If AI Can't Code It, It's Already Dead (ycombinator.com)
The clock is ticking for a lot of frameworks and libraries.
Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Software Development
9 points by kayabuilds 32 days ago | 18 comments
Access Control Syntax (stuffwithstuff.com)
I’m still tinkering on a scripting language for my hobby fantasy console project. I’m ashamed to admit this, but up to this point, the language had absolutely no notion of modules.
Programming Languages, Software Development, Scripting Languages
40 points by todsacerdoti 32 days ago | 20 comments
AI Eats Software Testing (sabrina.dev)
In the fast-paced world of software, squashing bugs is a never-ending battle…
Artificial Intelligence, Software Testing, Software Development
4 points by sabrina_ramonov 32 days ago | 0 comments
Lisp in Space (corecursive.com)
Have you ever had a unique approach to a problem and been excited to use it, but you meet with skepticism. That’s today’s story. What happens if you take someone who’s passionate about a certain approach and put them in an organization where that’s just not the way things are done? Today is the story of getting LISP into space.
Programming Languages, Space Exploration, Software Development
10 points by tosh 32 days ago | 0 comments
Creating Debian packages from upstream Git (optimizedbyotto.com)
In this post, I demonstrate the optimal workflow for creating new Debian packages in 2025, preserving the upstream git history. The motivation for this is to lower the barrier for sharing improvements to and from upstream, and to improve software provenance and supply-chain security by making it easy to inspect every change at any level using standard git tooling.
Debian, Linux, Software Development, Open Source, Git
116 points by JNRowe 32 days ago | 26 comments
Ask HN: Building LLM apps? How are you handling user context? (ycombinator.com)
I've been building stuff with LLMs, and every time I need user context, I end up manually wiring up a context pipeline.
Software Development, User Experience
31 points by marcospassos 32 days ago | 18 comments
Demoting i686-PC-windows-gnu to Tier 2 (rust-lang.org)
In Rust 1.88.0, the Tier 1 target i686-pc-windows-gnu will be demoted to Tier 2.
Rust, Programming Languages, Software Development, Operating Systems
69 points by ingve 32 days ago | 36 comments
Show HN: We built an AI to review your pull requests (infinitcode.ai)
Watch how our AI reviews code in real-time, providing instant feedback and actionable suggestions through intuitive visualizations.
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Code Review, GitHub, Pull Requests
53 points by gentios 32 days ago | 5 comments
Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt (theregister.com)
The collapse of Builder.ai has cast fresh light on AI coding practices, despite the software company blaming its fall from grace on poor historical decision-making.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Bankruptcy, Software Development
7 points by yomismoaqui 32 days ago | 1 comments
The double standard of webhook security and API security (speakeasy.com)
Web Security, API Security, Software Development
122 points by mfbx9da4 32 days ago | 57 comments
Azul CTO: Java at 30 Still Rules Enterprise Dev (thenewstack.io)
Java, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Technology, Software Development
29 points by chhum 32 days ago | 10 comments
GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world (simonwillison.net)
GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world.
GitHub, Software Development, Tools, Productivity
314 points by ingve 32 days ago | 195 comments
Let's build a Garbage Collector (GC) from scratch (buildx.substack.com)
Programming, Garbage Collection, Software Development
10 points by elonx17 32 days ago | 1 comments
Domain Modelers Will Win the AI Era (0toreal.com)
“I knew what I wanted. I just couldn’t make it real.”
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Domain Modeling
15 points by nullhabit 32 days ago | 3 comments
Stack Overflow is almost dead (pragmaticengineer.com)
Programming, Software Development, Stack Overflow
20 points by spenvo 33 days ago | 8 comments
Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025) (ycombinator.com)
What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
Software Development, Community, Programming, Personal Projects
349 points by david927 33 days ago | 1085 comments
Design Pressure: The Invisible Hand That Shapes Your Code (hynek.me)
Ever had this weird gut feeling that something is off in your code, but couldn’t put the finger on why? Are you starting your projects with the best intentions, following all best practices, and still feel like your architecture turns weird eventually?
Software Development, Design Principles, Code Quality
212 points by NeutralForest 33 days ago | 69 comments
In defense of shallow technical knowledge (seangoedecke.com)
Building a shallow understanding about how technologies you use work is very helpful, because it lets you have useful insights (about performance, quality, when the technology is a good fit, and so on).
Software Development, Technology, Learning, Knowledge, Software Engineering
108 points by swah 33 days ago | 78 comments
Having your compile-time cake and eating it too (0x44.xyz)
As programmers, we like it when our programs run well.
Programming, Software Development, Optimization
32 points by signa11 33 days ago | 6 comments
The Ingredients of a Productive Monorepo (swgillespie.me)
So! Suppose you’re an intrepid engineer in a nascent Developer Productivity team. Your engineering organization has decided that it wants to move towards a monorepo. You’ve heard the stories told of Google, Meta, Uber - each a large technology company with developer productivity organizations consisting of hundreds of engineers - and you want to capture some of their magic in a bottle and give it to your users. You wonder - what work lies ahead of you?
Software Development, Engineering, Productivity, Monorepos
300 points by mifydev 33 days ago | 260 comments