Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Development

Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age (kiessling.net)
Over the past few months, I have been experimenting with AI-powered coding tools in both my personal and professional projects.

Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Programming

144 points by briankelly 7 hours ago | 102 comments

Declarative Schemas for simpler database management (supabase.com)
Today we’re releasing declarative schemas to simplify managing and maintaining complex database schemas. With declarative schemas, you can define your database structure in a clear, centralized, and version-controlled manner.

Databases, Software Development, Data Management

57 points by kiwicopple 9 hours ago | 47 comments

I stopped using AI code editors (lucianonooijen.com)
In late 2022, I used AI tools for the first time, even before the first version of ChatGPT. In 2023, I started using AI-based tools in my development workflow. Initially, I was super impressed with the capabilities of these LLMs. The fact that I could just copy and paste obscure compiler errors along with the C++ source code, and be told where the error is caused felt like magic.

AI, Software Development, Programming, Code Editors

96 points by kiyanwang 20 hours ago | 76 comments

The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023) (idiallo.com)
"So, is everyone losing their minds yet?"

Software Development, Tech Industry, Employment, Reality

114 points by foxfired 1 day ago | 120 comments

Show HN: Exponent, a collaborative AI programming agent (exponent.run)
Exponent is an AI programming agent capable of collaborating on software engineering tasks in any environment.

Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Software Development, Collaboration Tools

24 points by sthupukari 1 day ago | 5 comments

GitHub found 39M secret leaks in 2024. Here's what we're doing to help (github.blog)
If you know where to look, exposed secrets are easy to find. Secrets are supposed to prevent unauthorized access, but in the wrong hands, they can be—and typically are—exploited in seconds.

Security, Data Breaches, Software Development, GitHub

7 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects? (ycombinator.com)
How would one go about being a 'rogue' OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect?

Open Source, Software Development, Career, Financial Independence, Funding

78 points by Brysonbw 1 day ago | 64 comments

Why Git is no "good" for AI-generated code (github.com/specstoryai)

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Version Control, Git

35 points by SnootyMonkey 1 day ago | 11 comments

Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy (manager.dev)
As a developer, fake deadlines drove me crazy.

Project Management, Software Development, Productivity

54 points by stryhx 2 days ago | 91 comments

Don't Bother with Vibe Coding (soeren.codes)
Vibe coding is everywhere nowadays, ever since Andrej Kaparthy from OpenAI coined the term on X. Silicon Valley is already jumping on the trend and hiring Vibe Coders. As with a lot of things AI, I think it's a trend that's actively harmful. I'd even go as far as saying that you should reject anyone applying for your startup if they claim to have vibe coding experience.

Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Trends, Opinions

53 points by CER10TY 2 days ago | 128 comments

Ask HN: Struggling with Anxiety as a Developer – What Are My Options? (ycombinator.com)
I'm a senior web developer (10 years), but in the past three years, I’ve struggled with anxiety, and my performance has suffered because of it. I started a new job last year but I was let go due to performance and am now wondering how to move forward.

Mental Health, Software Development, Career Advice

23 points by devwithanxiety 2 days ago | 47 comments

Software Engineering Laws (manager.dev)
Some of those are famous, and some are quite niche. ALL of them are super useful to engineers and managers.

Software Engineering, Management, Software Development, Best Practices

11 points by thunderbong 2 days ago | 1 comments

The state of binary compatibility on Linux and how to address it (jangafx.com)
At JangaFX, we make several products that run natively on Linux. We love the flexibility and power that Linux offers our developers, but shipping software on it is a whole different challenge.

Linux, Software Development, Operating Systems, Compatibility

197 points by generichuman 2 days ago | 142 comments

Silicon Valley, Halt and Catch Fire, and How Microserfdom Ate the World (2015) (grantland.com)
Douglas Coupland’s novel Microserfs is about the spiritual yearnings and time-frittering activities of youngish coders immersed in the drudgery of the software-development process, and how those activities become an expression of those yearnings.

Silicon Valley, Books, Culture, Technology, Software Development

111 points by Apocryphon 2 days ago | 102 comments

In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea (rethinkingsoftware.substack.com)
In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea.

Software Development, DevOps, Opinion

6 points by aard 2 days ago | 0 comments

In Defence of TypeScript Enums (yazanalaboudi.dev)
In the past few years, there’s been a growing trend of criticizing TypeScript’s enum feature.

TypeScript, Programming, Software Development, Enums

19 points by romellem 2 days ago | 5 comments

Zig is a general-purpose programming language (ziglang.org)
Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software.

Programming Languages, Software Development, Toolchains

3 points by doener 2 days ago | 0 comments

Why F#? (batsov.com)
If someone had told me a few months ago I’d be playing with .NET again after a 15+ years hiatus I probably would have laughed at this.1 Early on in my career I played with .NET and Java, and even though .NET had done some things better than Java (as it had the opportunity to learn from some early Java mistakes), I quickly settled on Java as it was a truly portable environment.

.NET, Programming Languages, Software Development

438 points by bozhidar 3 days ago | 406 comments

Growing Buffers to Avoid Copying Data (johnnysswlab.com)
We at Johnny’s Software Lab LLC are experts in performance. If performance is in any way concern in your software project, feel free to contact us.

Software Development, Performance Optimization, Programming

6 points by ingve 3 days ago | 0 comments

My Book's Pre-Sale Just Barely Succeeded (mtlynch.io)
For the past few months, I’ve been working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers.

Writing, Books, Software Development

16 points by hyperbrainer 3 days ago | 7 comments

In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea (rethinkingsoftware.substack.com)
In retrospect, DevOps was a bad idea.

DevOps, Software Development, Software Engineering

14 points by aard 3 days ago | 0 comments

JEP draft: Prepare to make final mean final (openjdk.org)
Issue warnings about uses of deep reflection to mutate final fields. The warnings aim to prepare developers for a future release that ensures integrity by default by restricting final field mutation; this makes Java programs safer and potentially faster. Application developers can avoid both current warnings and future restrictions by selectively enabling the ability to mutate final fields where essential.

Java, Programming Languages, Security, Software Development, Open Source

206 points by mfiguiere 3 days ago | 140 comments

John Ousterhout and Robert Martin Follow-Up to Aposd vs. Clean Code [video] (youtube.com)

Software Development, Programming, Best Practices, Software Design

17 points by funcimp 3 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Are You Vibe Coding? (ycombinator.com)
Are You Vibe Coding?

Software Development, Coding, Work Habits, Productivity

12 points by vibe_coding 3 days ago | 23 comments

Vibe Coding and Kodak Cameras (stevedylan.dev)
I’m sure many who read this are familiar by now with the term “vibe coding,” a euphoric style of programming where you prompt AI models or IDEs to write software and just “vibe.”

Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Software Development

3 points by jhunter1016 4 days ago | 0 comments

Custom AI Chatbot Development Services: Restrictions and Opportunities (belitsoft.com)
Companies know that off-the-shelf solutions can force them to adapt their processes to the tool, while custom solutions let them preserve those unique processes.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Software Development

3 points by Aninay 4 days ago | 1 comments

Debts, Tech and Otherwise (newardassociates.com)
While people debate the validity of "tech debt", others are asking, "What other sorts of 'debt' do we have in software development and delivery?"

Software Development, Technical Debt, Software Delivery

44 points by BerislavLopac 4 days ago | 17 comments

Taming the UB Monsters in C++ (herbsutter.com)
The C++ community broadly has a lot of hardening work well underway.

C++, Programming Languages, Software Development

87 points by ingve 4 days ago | 123 comments

Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) (ycombinator.com)
What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Programming, Software Development, Community, Ask HN, March 2025

384 points by david927 4 days ago | 965 comments

Karpathy's 'Vibe Coding' Movement Considered Harmful (nmn.gl)
Last Tuesday at 1 AM, I was debugging a critical production issue in my AI dev tool. As I dug through layers of functions, I suddenly realized — unlike the new generation of developers, I was grateful that I could actually understand my codebase. That’s when I started thinking more about Karpathy’s recent statements on vibe coding.

Software Development, AI, Programming, Opinion

6 points by namanyayg 4 days ago | 0 comments