Hacker News: 2afTqhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=2afTqHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:59:14 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by 2afTq in "Tracking down the 16-year-old WAL-reset SQLite bug"]]>New? The sqlite VSF shim is much older. Nice spin.

]]>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:23:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492864372afTqhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286437<![CDATA[New comment by 2afTq in "DeepSeek Harness developer preview"]]>Skill issue. Their models don't work for serious programming so everyone just copies Electron apps from each other.

]]>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:16:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492863372afTqhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286337https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286337<![CDATA[New comment by 2afTq in "Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview"]]>The AI boosters have driven away all experts. They are either financially invested or mindless power users on the level of the proverbial MacOS fanboys.

Experts related to real programming topics are gone or silent. AI experts have never even been here in the first place. It is all about Electron apps, prompts, agents and other bullshit.

]]>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:14:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492863152afTqhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286315https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286315<![CDATA[New comment by 2afTq in "Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview"]]>Spinning this as a generous Linux port misses the elephant in the room: This is spyware that drags your system down to the level of Windows.

]]>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:12:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492862722afTqhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286272https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286272