Hacker News: MontgomeryPy

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Tech Firms Aren't Just Encouraging Their Workers to Use AI. They're Enforcing It"

MontgomeryPy — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:18:24 +0000

Ha, resonates for me. I wonder if a solution is to pitch the APIs (or an MCP) to customers at the same cost as cloud solution and tell them to vibecode away on top of it. I guess that's IaaS.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Nepal's Mountainside Teahouses Elevate the Experience for Trekkers"

MontgomeryPy — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:56:02 +0000

Just another 80s trekker passing along a hello. I had the same experience as you describe nearing the top of Kala Patthar. Trekked outside of Pokhara too but did not do the circuit. Maybe we passed along the trail though ;)

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "AI and the Next Economy"

MontgomeryPy — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:06:55 +0000

The comments on early Google circulating value resonate. As a web developer then it was great to add free Google services that enhanced my site/shared revenue (e.g site search, adsense, maps, analytics, etc). It's what I see really lacking in OpenAI's centralized approach. They've extracted all my old site data for their use but have offered no complementary value in return. Which is what this article speaks to in part.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Jimmy Cliff has died"

MontgomeryPy — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:10:34 +0000

RIP Jimmy. ...one of the rare cases of a cover song being better than original imo. I Can See Clearly Now at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Oldest woman to finish Ironman World Championship in Kona"

MontgomeryPy — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:36:10 +0000

Along these lines I wonder how many people have been able to do triathlons for multiple decades (started in their 20s and still doing in 60s). This impressive woman started late and wondering if that gave her an advantage relative to joint stress...i.e. if you only get so many years

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:33:34 +0000

Relevant: The End of the Rip-Off Economy https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/10/27/t...

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Ask HN: Who reads the "newest" feed, and what do you look for there?"

MontgomeryPy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:29:47 +0000

I'm here. The Front Page doesn't seem to change much intraday (to me) and feels heavily moderated.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:33:12 +0000

This seems like a big shift for OpenAI into an enterprise applications vendor to me.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "The buyer-pull and seller-push theories of sales"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:50:19 +0000

It's optimized for the seller. The sales person that can actually determine good fit/bad fit can't also be making 100 calls a day. The BDR making 100 calls a day cannot determine good fit/bad fit on their own on the first call.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Snapshots of Kids Bike Jumping in the 1970s"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:08:22 +0000

It all started with Evel K. in the 70s I think. We'd see him on Wide World of Sports, get his cycle jumping toy as presents, etc. Everyone started building wooden ramps to emulate Evel. It was actually a lot of fun so long as you didn't add too much speed or ramp height.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Did Craigslist decimate newspapers? Legend meets reality"

MontgomeryPy — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:50:34 +0000

I'd say it most certainly killed the sort of dedicated small print classified ad publications you'd find at store checkout counters. But maybe those small pubs like The Want Advertiser (in Boston) were few and far between.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "The Disappearance of Saturday Morning (2003)"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:25:07 +0000

Yes. It was the only time and place to see cartoons as a kid then. Missed Saturday AM TV? Gotta wait until next Saturday AM. As for ad effectiveness, wow, every single kid in your class saw that new HotWheels car advertised.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Financial lessons from my family's experience with long-term care insurance"

MontgomeryPy — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:55:43 +0000

In speaking with my republican father in law on his opposition to universal healthcare, it dawned on me that he views it as a sort of zero sum game. If he has healthcare today, and then universal healthcare offers it to folks that don't have it today, it is a loss for him.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience"

MontgomeryPy — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:40:06 +0000

Yes (and tip of the hat to my fellow 00s Saab owners!)

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Gabe Newell thinks AI tools will result in a 'funny situation'"

MontgomeryPy — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:24:38 +0000

Yes I think so. People who have can now more easily add basic coding to their skillset using AI tools. Perhaps AI gives the developer other skills too but maybe less of a force multiplier given their role.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Gabe Newell thinks AI tools will result in a 'funny situation'"

MontgomeryPy — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:56:36 +0000

Gabe Newell thinks AI tools will result in a 'funny situation' where people who don't know how to program become 'more effective developers of value' than those who've been at it for a decade

Gabe Newell thinks AI tools will result in a 'funny situation'

MontgomeryPy — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:55:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/gabe-newell-reckons-ai-tools-will-result-in-a-funny-situation-where-people-who-cant-program-become-more-effective-developers-of-value-than-those-whove-been-at-it-for-a-decade/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44614755

Points: 5

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New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Ask HN: How to Make Friendster Great?"

MontgomeryPy — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:04:24 +0000

Use it to promote making friends in person. Perhaps a curated and editable list of actual 3rd spaces in the real world. All anonymous users (like HN), popular 3rd spaces can be voted up/down per city/town. Maybe each venue could include posts for meet times or events.

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Show HN: I taught AI to commentate Pong in real time"

MontgomeryPy — Sun, 04 May 2025 12:44:59 +0000

Tom Brady's job as a color commentator may be in jeopardy ;)

New comment by MontgomeryPy in "Om Malik – Has Search Become Just a Feature?"

MontgomeryPy — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 02:53:28 +0000

It's interesting to ponder that Chat might simply replace browsers and web pages. Not entirely for everyone, but I can see younger folks starting out online just using a chat interface (like Capt Kirk)