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New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:53:56 +0000

Indeed. I directly ask my reports to discover and surface conflicts, especially disagreements with me, and when they do I try to strongly reinforce the behavior by commending and rewarding them. Could anyone recommend additional resources on this topic?

Agentic AI Infrastructure for magnifying HUMAN capabilities

CoffeeOnWrite — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:25:55 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/danielmiessler/Personal_AI_Infrastructure

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47462708

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

California startup's plan to sell sunlight at night sparks controversy

CoffeeOnWrite — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:48:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-night-solar-startup-22071228.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351370

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Don't become an engineering manager"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:45:14 +0000

> The real reason not to become an EM in 2026 is because AI makes our jobs 10x harder.

This is true, but our job was getting kind of boring anyway. Time to lead, not manage. We should be having just as much fun as the ICs, and the best I know are having the time of their lives.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:44:24 +0000

While I too am only seeing a boost on the order of 20% so far, I think there are more creative applications of LLM beyond writing code, that can unlock multiples of net productivity in delivering product end to end. People are discovering these today and blogging about them, but the noise about dark factories and agents supervising agents supervising agents, etc, is drowning out their voices.

Every one of us is a pioneer if we choose to be. We have only scratched the surface as an industry.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:31:50 +0000

Again, not security theater. Signs of general dysfunction yes. Embarrassing. Fun to tease about for sure.

Aside: the more times I re-read the article the more annoyed I am with the self-righteous tone. It feels like the author is mimicking the style of legendary Usenet posts, but the story just isn’t that interesting and the writing not that witty, it falls flat.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:41:05 +0000

Allegations of security theater should start with discussing the threat model. This is just somebody complaining about a crappy key card system.

The Last Skill

CoffeeOnWrite — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:24:30 +0000

Article URL: https://derrickburns720047.substack.com/p/the-last-skill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069507

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Poor Deming never stood a chance"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:58:18 +0000

Just wanted to point out that you may be arguing for the article.. IE US style management is heavily inspired by Drucker and resistant to Deming.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Expensively Quadratic: The LLM Agent Cost Curve"

CoffeeOnWrite — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:01:41 +0000

Tests are not free, over proliferation of AI-touched tests is itself a problem, similar to the problem duplicative and verbose AI-generated code.

And tests are inherently imperfect, they may not test the perfect layer, so they break when they shouldn't, and they certainly don't capture every premise.

I'm on board with the tactics you suggest, but they are only incrementally helpful. What we really need is AI that removes duplicative code and unnecessary tests.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:58:42 +0000

Destroying the inventory has a cost though.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Heroku is not dead"

CoffeeOnWrite — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 03:15:31 +0000

I love this article but don't understand the conclusion. Heroku is dead as a doornail, of course.

Salesforce's core product was on bare metal up to a couple years ago. What they should have done is adopt Heroku as their internal Platform-as-a-Service. That would have solved three problems: 1) provided a ready and proven foundation for cloud adoption by Salesforce business units, 2) stimulated Heroku's product roadmap by giving it a very large and loyal design partner, and 3) eliminated the opportunity cost in terms of headcount, developer productivity, and poor imitation that came with the alternative "Falcon" aka "Hyperforce" project that became Salesforce's albatross and black hole for developer energy and goodwill going on 7+ years now.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:42:47 +0000

It's based on this paper BTW: https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison

Startup founder behind San Francisco pro-billionaire rally

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:25:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/march-for-billionaire-rally-san-francisco-21339827.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938167

Points: 17

# Comments: 7

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

CoffeeOnWrite — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:47:34 +0000

It’s more than just money, it’s how you set up your life to be resilient to contingencies. For example finding a compatible life partner. For example finding happiness without lifestyle inflation and breaking free from the hedonic treadmill. Or perhaps having a good lifestyle business for some people. Or having extended family support nearby. I call these things unfuckwithability. Money is a big part of it, but may not be the biggest missing piece for many people.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:26:14 +0000

My PS4 Slim was not capable of this at the device level. An individual app could choose to expose the choice of audio format, but many do not :(

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:46:55 +0000

> My meeting notes usually get shared or used as references by other participants.

How are you transcribing, or are you sharing photos?

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Angel Investors, a Field Guide"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:13:50 +0000

What? The scout doesn’t risk capital, of course they get only limited return.

'Dangerous design choices' trapped teens in Cybertruck crash, lawsuit claims

CoffeeOnWrite — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:14:05 +0000

Article URL: https://oaklandside.org/2025/10/14/dangerous-design-choices-trapped-piedmont-teens-in-cybertruck-crash-lawsuit-claims/

Hacker News: CoffeeOnWrite

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

Agentic AI Infrastructure for magnifying HUMAN capabilities

California startup's plan to sell sunlight at night sparks controversy

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Don't become an engineering manager"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

The Last Skill

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Poor Deming never stood a chance"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Expensively Quadratic: The LLM Agent Cost Curve"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Heroku is not dead"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday"

Startup founder behind San Francisco pro-billionaire rally

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Show HN: I built a system for active note-taking in regular meetings like 1-1s"

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Angel Investors, a Field Guide"

'Dangerous design choices' trapped teens in Cybertruck crash, lawsuit claims

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "A queasy selling of the family heirlooms"