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New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:41:22 +0000

It's quad cab only though, unlike the S10 or O.G. Ranger.

Sandboxes and Worktrees: My Secure Agentic AI Setup

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:39:07 +0000

Article URL: https://mikemcquaid.com/sandboxed-agent-worktrees-my-coding-and-ai-setup-in-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48347727

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:12:06 +0000

We should brace ourselves to find less and less satisfaction from the process as we become more comfortable embracing AI. At least, that's what the first chapter in the evolution of the AI-assisted software developer role has taught me.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:55:21 +0000

Author sounds like they are missing meaning in what they do. If they had a life mission, AI is just an aid in accomplishing that mission, and they wouldn't get sidetracked by all the unfulfilling projects (modulus the ADHD, that has its own bearing on the experience using AI, and is the most interesting part of this post to me).

Perhaps at a population scale AI inhibits people from finding fulfillment.

But on an anecdotal basis, "just go find something meaningful". For some of us that "hate the AI timeline", we are still finding purpose and fulfillment by applying AI toward our personal missions.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 12 May 2026 02:48:53 +0000

> We’re flattening our organization because eight layers is too deep

Eight layers total

Compensation in AI Tokens?

CoffeeOnWrite — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:20:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=469693

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085228

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"

CoffeeOnWrite — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:39:36 +0000

Selection bias

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

CoffeeOnWrite — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:56:13 +0000

You're describing frontline management, not middle management. My 2 cents is that frontline management is the worst job in engineering, for the reasons you describe and more.

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:56:38 +0000

Do y'all non-sharers not have equity in your companies?

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

CoffeeOnWrite — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:45:05 +0000

When work was chill I went to decaf for the morning espresso on weekdays, and enjoyed real coffee on weekends. I took glee in withholding energy from work that I redirected to my personal time.

Then when work picked up, I went back to regular coffee everyday.

I don’t think there’s a hole in my soul though. And caffeine degrades my personality a little bit (to my own judgment).

New comment by CoffeeOnWrite in "Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive"

CoffeeOnWrite — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:12:37 +0000

IA makes the most sense in the spirit of preservation.

Etree (https://www.etree.org/ ) is the longest running torrent site for tapes. It looks like only about 5% of the hundred thousand torrents have any seeders at all. Not sure how reliable requesting a seed is. I’d expect long tail stuff to get “effectively lost”. Versus IA whose purpose and funding is preservation, in addition to sharing.

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.