Hacker News: ColinEberhardt

GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos

ColinEberhardt — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:25:35 +0000

Article URL: https://noma.security/blog/gitlost-how-we-tricked-githubs-ai-agent-into-leaking-private-repos/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827858

Points: 470

# Comments: 180

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "Writing your own static website generator"

ColinEberhardt — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:22:59 +0000

I created my own static site generator about 10 years ago. It was only around 100 lines of code:

https://github.com/ColinEberhardt/tiny-ssg

I used it for a few websites, viable replacement for Assemble and other SSGs of that time.

Ponytail, Yagni, and the Problem with Prompt Benchmarks

ColinEberhardt — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:49:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2026/06/16/ponytail-yagni-and-the-problem-with-prompt-benchmarks.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558151

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Is this sustainable?

ColinEberhardt — Fri, 29 May 2026 10:14:43 +0000

Article URL: https://jamiehurst.co.uk/2026-05-24_ai-sustainable

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321264

Points: 93

# Comments: 101

Drones crash into Sydney harbour after light show glitch

ColinEberhardt — Tue, 26 May 2026 20:55:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d330wqq2zo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285828

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Twelve Ways to Be Wrong About AI-Assisted Coding

ColinEberhardt — Tue, 26 May 2026 19:09:36 +0000

Article URL: https://third-bit.com/2026/05/20/twelve-ways-to-be-wrong/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284430

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

AI didn't kill your junior pipeline. You did

ColinEberhardt — Fri, 22 May 2026 09:28:22 +0000

Article URL: https://andrewmurphy.io/blog/ai-didnt-kill-your-junior-pipeline-you-did

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233693

Points: 12

# Comments: 2

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back"

ColinEberhardt — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:51:48 +0000

I presume it only recognised the BBC journalists efforts as satire due to the article in which he clearly states that this was his intention? Without that, I’m am confident it would have fallen for it.

Finding Your Voice: A Guide to Technical Communication

ColinEberhardt — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:08:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2026/05/18/talking-about-tech.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48184862

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Knitting bullshit

ColinEberhardt — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:13:58 +0000

Article URL: https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032461

Points: 489

# Comments: 207

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "Agent Skills"

ColinEberhardt — Tue, 05 May 2026 05:59:33 +0000

Agents Skills are built upon “Five design decisions [that] are the load-bearing ones”

And Open Design (HN front page yesterday) is supported by “Six load-bearing ideas”

The similarities in the way these prompt libraries are documented doesn’t feel coincidental.

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "Six years perfecting maps on watchOS"

ColinEberhardt — Mon, 04 May 2026 07:48:45 +0000

Funny coincidence - I visited that valley for the first time just last week, on my way to the Isle of Skye.

And as a further coincidence, I met Jimmy Saville about 25 years ago. I was in Leeds hospital after a heart operation, and this old and somewhat scruffy track suited guy just walks in to the ward and starts talking to me. I had no idea who he was. After he left, a nurse asked “did you speak to Jimmy?”. It was creepy and unnerving seeing first hand how he just got to roam around.

I can confirm, the graffiti-covered Saville residence has almost completely been demolished.

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "Open Design: Use Your Coding Agent as a Design Engine"

ColinEberhardt — Sat, 02 May 2026 13:17:40 +0000

Agreed, I could just about bear it until I hit the “ Six load-bearing ideas” section. Very off-putting.

Earning the Right to Have an Opinion on AI in the SDLC

ColinEberhardt — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:08:42 +0000

Article URL: https://sashankav.substack.com/p/earning-the-right-to-have-an-opinion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47985703

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

My local agentic dev setup today

ColinEberhardt — Fri, 01 May 2026 07:03:50 +0000

Article URL: https://willemvandenende.com/blog/engineering/my-local-agentic-dev-setup-today

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971982

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Video: Software Fundamentals Matter More

ColinEberhardt — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:22:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4F1gFy-hqg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918659

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "The biggest advance in AI since the LLM"

ColinEberhardt — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:32:22 +0000

Very true, with the right feedback loop AI would do a wonderful job of refactoring.

But if AI is the primary author and consumer of this code, that would be an unnecessary step. No need to clean it up for our feeble little human minds.

I was just interested in what this file actually does - and am finding it hard to grok, scrolling through on a mobile device!

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "The biggest advance in AI since the LLM"

ColinEberhardt — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:03:34 +0000

Can someone please use AI to explain this code smell?

New comment by ColinEberhardt in "The biggest advance in AI since the LLM"

ColinEberhardt — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:58:14 +0000

I used to find Gary Marcus a good antidote to the AI hype, and followed his critique. But honestly, his more recent writings are clutching at straws. This article feels like desperation.

It’s a bit like saying that driving cars still requires human muscles to operate the controls, so human strength has ‘won’, when it is clearly the internal combustion engine that has created the speed advantage of the car.

Dancer with MND performs on stage again through digital avatar

ColinEberhardt — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:30:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqkz5lzvnwo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728363

Points: 2

# Comments: 0