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New comment by 0xd3af in "The Hidden Engineering of Niagara Falls"

0xd3af — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:28:24 +0000

So happy to see Practical Engineering on HN! One of my all time favourite channels. I implore anyone to go back through the back catalogue of seemingly mundane subject matter (sewers, for instance), you'll be surprised. Great channel, very well done.

New comment by 0xd3af in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"

0xd3af — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:52:16 +0000

[insert joke about vibe coding a shit auth service]

New comment by 0xd3af in "Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills"

0xd3af — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:32:47 +0000

As a dev of nearly 20 years, a phrase I've often found useful when justifying my hires...

"We can teach them to code, but we can't teach them not to be a dick"

I generally try and decline "tech tests". Ive contributed to open source, and I've got 100 projects I've built from scratch, or as part of a team. I will happily bring my own, and walk through my decisions, and a potential employer can go through them with a fine tooth comb if they like, but honestly, I think those arbitrary tests don’t show off anything about my skillset that I'd actually want to show off.

New comment by 0xd3af in "Minecraft Snapshot 25w03a"

0xd3af — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:11:15 +0000

Great, now even Minecraft wants me to write tests.