Hacker News with Generative AI: Technology Trends

On "Vibe Coding" (tante.cc)
The hype about the potentials (it’s always future potential, never real current use) of AI has discarded its last cycle (“reasoning models”/”deep research”, both terms being factually untrue and deeply deceiving at best) and moved to a new double whammy of “agentic AI” and “Vibe Coding”.
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, AI Hype, Technology Trends
28 points by cratermoon 35 days ago | 29 comments
The Future of Junior Software Engineering Roles (adventuresincoding.substack.com)
Over the last few months, I have had conversations with people from all over the tech world about various and sundry subjects related to our fields — Professors, Undergrads, Ph.D. students, CEOs and CTOs, Senior Software Engineers, Junior Engineers, Data Scientists, and everything in between. From all of these points of view, we have observed one particular issue: the role of the junior engineer is disappearing.
Software Engineering, Technology Trends
40 points by pootietangus 38 days ago | 84 comments
The case against conversational interfaces (julian.digital)
Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go “This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We’ll only use natural language going forward!”. But then nothing actually changes and we continue using computers the way we always have, until the debate resurfaces a few years later.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology Trends
279 points by nnx 88 days ago | 217 comments
What the heck is MCP? And why is everybody talking about it? (pieces.app)
If you haven't been living under a rock the last few weeks, you've probably seen people talk about MCP (aka Model Context Protocol). It's popping up everywhere: on X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, in dev forums on Reddit, and even in random coffee chats.
Social Media, Emerging Technologies, Technology Trends
18 points by Nik09 94 days ago | 14 comments
Ask HN: What will be the next trend after AI? (ycombinator.com)
Past big data, ML, Metaverse, crypto, blockchain, and now AI. But what do you believe will be the next trend?
Technology Trends, Artificial Intelligence, Predictions
17 points by vtr1130 157 days ago | 19 comments
If not React, then what? (infrequently.org)
Over the past decade, my work has centred on partnering with teams to build ambitious products for the web across both desktop and mobile. This has provided a ring-side seat to a sweeping variety of teams, products, and technology stacks across more than 100 engagements.
Web Development, JavaScript Frameworks, React, Technology Trends
370 points by pier25 210 days ago | 738 comments
The Part of PostgreSQL We Hate the Most (2023) (cs.cmu.edu)
There are a lot of choices in databases (897 as of April 2023). With so many systems, it’s hard to know what to pick! But there is an interesting phenomenon where the Internet collectively decides on the default choice for new applications. In the 2000s, the conventional wisdom selected MySQL because rising tech stars like Google and Facebook were using it. Then in the 2010s, it was MongoDB because non-durable writes made it “webscale“.
Databases, PostgreSQL, Technology Trends
51 points by thunderbong 251 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What have been the previous trends in tech? (ycombinator.com)
Now it's clearly AI.
Technology Trends, Artificial Intelligence, Ask HN
5 points by Gooblebrai 266 days ago | 13 comments