Hacker News: McScrooge

New comment by McScrooge in "Docker Agent"

McScrooge — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:38:27 +0000

https://docker.github.io/docker-agent/configuration/sandbox/

If, like me, you couldn't find any security-related info on the linked page.

AI-generated “workslop” is destroying productivity?

McScrooge — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:07:13 +0000

Article URL: https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45337253

Points: 245

# Comments: 170

New comment by McScrooge in "AI is going to hack Jira"

McScrooge — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:21:11 +0000

I think a major part of the frustration is more the _assumptions_ around the work complexity. Like decision-makers more easily make invalid assumptions regarding the complexity of the software portion. A good PM will listen to the SWEs when forming these assumptions and good SWEs must be able to communicate about them.

This could be bias talking, though. Is it common for sales or support teams to be given milestones that are off by 50%?

New comment by McScrooge in "A flat pricing subscription for Claude Code"

McScrooge — Fri, 09 May 2025 14:22:22 +0000

Treat them as resources for remembering/exploring code libraries and documentation. For example, I needed to import some JSON files as structs into Unreal Engine. Gemini helped me to quickly identify the classes UE has for working with JSON.

New comment by McScrooge in "Ask HN: How can I grow as an engineer without good seniors to learn from?"

McScrooge — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:34:21 +0000

I've been in a similar position of having to learn solo for 10+ years and lesson #2 above has been FAR more important than #1 in my experience. Clients and bosses care much more about communication, dependability, etc. than whether a product has been coded elegantly via best practices.

New comment by McScrooge in "Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out"

McScrooge — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:42:06 +0000

Screens typically have much more horizontal space but ideal page text width has a limit so the sides end up as unused space. Also tab nesting can be very useful for organization.

A Dead Star Will Soon Spark a Once-in-a-Lifetime Display in Earth's Skies

McScrooge — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:01:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-nova-will-soon-erupt-as-a-once-in-a-lifetime-new-star-in-the-night-sky/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39833356

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt

McScrooge — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:20:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/unity-overhauls-controversial-price-hike-after-game-developers-revolt-1.1973000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37564580

Points: 20

# Comments: 23

New comment by McScrooge in "San Francisco could collapse – what should California do about it?"

McScrooge — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:05:08 +0000

"This is the city where it can take 87 permits, 1,000 days of meetings and $500,000 in fees to build residential housing projects. This is the city — the only one in the state — that allows housing permits to be appealed even after projects are entitled. This is the city where it costs an estimated $100,000 to build one tiny home for the homeless — up to 10 times more than in other Bay Area cities — and almost $1.2 million to build a single unit of affordable housing. This is the city that at one point celebrated plans to build a single public toilet for $1.7 million."

"1,000 days of meetings" sounds like the ultimate office horror movie.

New comment by McScrooge in "Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?"

McScrooge — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:41:27 +0000

How has Lenovo dealt with the malware fallout from years past? I've wanted to purchase a thinkpad recently but I don't see how to trust them again.

New comment by McScrooge in "Finding your home in game graphics programming"

McScrooge — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:44:54 +0000

I highly recommend this course "3D Graphics Programming from Scratch"[0] to dive into software rendering. It uses the SDL and basically starts from first principles.

https://courses.pikuma.com/courses/learn-computer-graphics-p...

New comment by McScrooge in "AWS is playing chess, Cloudflare is playing Go"

McScrooge — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:06:40 +0000

Are there any examples of an org creating an internal competitor to disrupt external competitors and potentially replace itself?