<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: JohnCClarke</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=JohnCClarke</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:20:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=JohnCClarke" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "For the first time in the U.S., renewables generate more power than natural gas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant hasn't been bombed because (1) the Russians control it right now (it's behind their lines) so why would they, and (2) the Ukranians live downwind so why would they?<p>Russia has bombed the switchyards and trandformers of other NPPs though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:36:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768655</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768655</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "A Rave Review of Superpowers (For Claude Code)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Online reviews indicate that Superpowers is best for people who are not already experienced SW development managers.<p>Is that true? What is your experience of it?<p>For me, I am a solid KISS believer, so I have not yet found a better framework than just plain old Claude Code. But happy to move to a better workflow, if it's real.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:52:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624814</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624814</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Isn't this just Dale Carnegie 101? I've certainly never had a salesperson tell me that I'm 100% wrong and being a fool.<p>And, tbh, I often try to remember to do the same.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:14:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555325</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555325</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "The whole thing was a scam"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, the wives.<p>But women are generally ignored in our society.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:46:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205874</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205874</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright typographic mystery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you ever want to watch a movie again, do NOT work on codecs. Just saying.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:41:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205853</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205853</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright typographic mystery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A long and venerable litany of spaceflight disasters would beg to differ:<p>- Apollo "Little Joe" A-003 (May 19, 1965): A roll gyro
- Proton-M Launch Failure (July 2, 2013): Yaw sensors
- Genesis Space Probe (2001): Accelerometer<p>Getting things the right way round is very important.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:40:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205844</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205844</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Srsly? People actually watch all the chatter in the little window?<p>Pro tip: "git diff"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:41:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040058</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040058</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Clay Christensen's Milkshake Marketing (2011)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This example is always cited as different from the "demographics" approach. But it literally started by segmenting the buyers, and then focussing on a previously unrecognised demographic sector (car commuters).<p>Clay Christensen is smart, and one of the many things he is smart about is marketing Clay Christensen.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:41:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987528</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987528</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "AI doesn’t reduce work, it intensifies it"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When developers who were comfortable as individual contributors start using agentic AI they necessarily start to work somewhat as managers.<p>The workflow and responsibilities are very different. It can be a painful transition.<p>There has always been a strong undercurrent of developers feeling superior to managers and PMs and now those develoeprs are being forced to confront the reality of a manager or PM's experience.<p>Work is changing, and the change is only going to accelerate.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:31:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959483</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959483</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well that's full of really useful tips. I'll get the builders in to construct a 1.37m (4.5ft) thick spine through the middle of my house. Obviously.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:22:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661670</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661670</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "The recurring dream of replacing developers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Consider what happened to painters after the invention of photography (~1830s). At first the technology was very limited and no threat at all to portrait and landscape painters.<p>By the 1860s artists were feeling the heat and responded by inventing all the "isms" - starting with impressionism. That's kept them employed so far, but who knows whether they'll be able to co-exist with whatever diffusion models become in 30 years.</p>
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<p>+1 - I made the same technology choice back in 2014. Seems like nothing has changed.<p>TL;DR: You can't keep things too simple.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:35:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374335</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374335</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Claude in Chrome"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I definitely want this for QA. And luckily I haven't quite finished spending this Sunday setting up Claude Code in a container...<p>Instead I'm just going to give Claude a separate laptop. Not quite air-gapped, but only need-to-know data, and dedicated credentials for Claude.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:20:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345890</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345890</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Vacuum Is a Lie: About Your Indexes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm (genuinely) curious about the overwhelming preference for PostgreSQL on HN. I've always used MySQL for OLTP, and been very happy with it.<p>If you've seriously considered both and then selected PostgreSQL please comment and tell me what drove that decision.<p>Note: I'm only talking about OLTP. I do see that PostgreSQL adds a lot for OLAP.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:00:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265731</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265731</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Stoolap: High-performance embedded SQL database in pure Rust"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Excited for this! A couple of questions:<p>1. What is the resolution of timestamps (milli-, micro-, nano-seconds)?
2. Any plans for supporting large data BLOBs (e.g. PostgreSQL TOAST)? This would open up a lot of use cases and would be really interesting to make compatible with the in-memory emphasis for the atomic data types.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:07:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243764</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243764</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "The past was not that cute"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not 100 hours a week. More like 50. Taxes to the local baron, lord, monastery, or whoever took the other 50.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181414</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181414</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Tom Stoppard has died"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, "Arcadia" is good, but "Tron Legacy" & "Star Trek" are better. Famously he hated ghost writing, so I hope he can make his peace with it now.</p>
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<p>FWIW: I think we've all been there.<p>I certainly did the same in my first summer job as an intern. Spent the next three days reconstructing Clipper code from disk sectors. And ever since I take backups <i>very</i> seriously. And I double check del/rm commands.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:43:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108724</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108724</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written by AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What percentage of the papers where written by AI?<p>And, if your AI can't write a paper, are you even any good as an AI researcher? :^)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:56:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088963</link><dc:creator>JohnCClarke</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088963</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JohnCClarke in "Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written by AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The question is not are the reviews AI generated. The question is are the reviews accurate?</p>
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