Hacker News: NDizzle

New comment by NDizzle in "Claude Code uses Bun written in Rust now"

NDizzle — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:11:01 +0000

The company I work for is about 15mm into what is effectively a rewrite. Just a lone data point…

New comment by NDizzle in "Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)"

NDizzle — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:08:15 +0000

Leadership asks us if we have friends who are skilled looking for a change. We do. We hire those people. They do great work. They then get laid off 8 months later. Leadership then asks (the few we have…) skilled people in India if they have friends who are skilled looking for a change. They say to find the job postings for the laid off people to use verbatim for the India roles.

New comment by NDizzle in "Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)"

NDizzle — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:07:54 +0000

Maybe we should start a support group.

New comment by NDizzle in "Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)"

NDizzle — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:06:20 +0000

I think about quitting every single day. I have too many little responsibilities running around the house in order to pull it off. Layoffs impacting us big time. Brain drain. Off shoring. 7,000 line PRs. 12 hour shift coverage. Project count tripling. Not sure how long I’ll make it before I have heart issues and become one of those late 40s guys who keels over and is forgotten by the company in 6 weeks. Stressful.

New comment by NDizzle in "Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)"

NDizzle — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:55:01 +0000

There are schools. For example, in Bentonville AR I know the head butcher instructor at Brightwater. https://brightwater.nwacc.edu/

New comment by NDizzle in "GTA 6 will cost $80"

NDizzle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:10:55 +0000

I think this is a reasonable compromise. Let's face it - they could have made this a $100 game (or even more) and many people would have bought it. I would have bought it. I'm not sure if it needs to go to Neo-Geo game costs ($200+?) but Rockstar has earned enough of my trust to buy in.

That said, I think I've bought GTA5 two or three times for various platforms over the years. I doubt we'll see GTA6 on sale for years.

As they say in the automotive industry, buy once, cry once. (Pay more for the known good thing, rather than buying the cheap third party things... I'm looking at you, $30 clockspringexperts.com that I have replaced 3 times in the past 4 years... instead of buying the $300 toyota part once)

New comment by NDizzle in "Slate EV truck starts at $24,950"

NDizzle — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:55:54 +0000

$200 oil change?! I pay $85 for a 5.7L V8 with a 7.5 quart capacity. Who is paying $200???

New comment by NDizzle in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

NDizzle — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:00:14 +0000

While there are some interesting design choices for things like the lights and wheels (across all Hyundai models, IMHO) the Hyundai EV9 is a pretty normal looking SUV.

New comment by NDizzle in "Men Who Stare at Walls"

NDizzle — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:20:23 +0000

The same video showed up on my feed last week. I didn't try wall staring, but I did try a day (last Tuesday) with only a single screen active for the entire work day. I was extremely productive that day... but, and I know this is bad, I don't want set expectations too high. So here I type to you on a screen / device that should be turned off.

New comment by NDizzle in "Music for Programming"

NDizzle — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:25:44 +0000

Everyone is linking the stuff they use, so I will add as well. I like the ambient/electronic as well, but this one might be new/exciting for some of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnk_b_7trII

This is an extended edition of "it might just be a one shot deal" from the waka/jawaka album by Frank Zappa. The extended part is the pedal steel played by Sneaky Pete Kleinow.

If you have never heard any Zappa stuff and this is interesting to you, listen to waka jawaka itself if you like instrumentals. If you want something more commercial, listen to the Apostrophe/Overnite Sensation album. If you want more odd, listen to the Bongo Fury album, featuring Captain Beefheart. Happy exploring.

New comment by NDizzle in "Show HN: Moongate – Ultima Online server emulator in .NET 10 with Lua scripting"

NDizzle — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:10:46 +0000

Really. I wonder if there are any historical videos about it. I have stories, but they are mostly exploit stories…

New comment by NDizzle in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

NDizzle — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:37:53 +0000

This past week I found and fixed a bug that happens once in 40,000 transactions working with Claude Code - Opus 4.6. Our legacy app was designed around 2008 and has had zillions of band aids added since then. Nobody (~700 person company) has been able to reliably reproduce this issue to confidently claim that they know what the cause is and how to definitively fix it. That all changed yesterday. I spent today writing up summaries that were shared far and wide. My wizard status is yet again renewed.

New comment by NDizzle in "Show HN: Moongate – Ultima Online server emulator in .NET 10 with Lua scripting"

NDizzle — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:35:38 +0000

Well, it was kind of the only game in town. Sure, you had Dark Sun Online and Meridian 59, but in 96/97 you were playing UO if you liked the idea of online worlds.

I think the barrier to entry is the equivalent of several complete, fun, balanced single player games operating together in balanced harmony. Not impossible, but highly improbable.

New comment by NDizzle in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

NDizzle — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:32:35 +0000

At what European tax rate will China and India work on reducing their CO2 emissions?

New comment by NDizzle in "Toyotas and Terrorists: "Why are ISIS's trucks better than ours?" (2023)"

NDizzle — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:47:10 +0000

I, too, am waiting to execute my master plan to import a 70 series Land Cruiser. Late 90s/early 00s model. It's almost time. Last car I'll ever need to buy.

New comment by NDizzle in "Two kinds of AI users are emerging"

NDizzle — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:33:57 +0000

I feel you. I’m 46 and now on the hunt for the right company to work for, and hopefully finish out my career there. While the company values haven’t technically changed, the actions taken in the past 5 years have eroded my trust so much I barely recognize the place. When you no longer have a sense of pride working somewhere, it’s time to move on. At least that is what I believe to be true.

New comment by NDizzle in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"

NDizzle — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:54:12 +0000

I really think that.

New comment by NDizzle in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"

NDizzle — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:52:23 +0000

I think JD Vance has plenty of charisma.

New comment by NDizzle in "Show HN: DDL to Data – Generate realistic test data from SQL schemas"

NDizzle — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:04:35 +0000

SQL Server support would certainly help you sell enterprise plans.

New comment by NDizzle in "Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls"

NDizzle — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:14:04 +0000

The only thing holding me back is nvidia drivers. I want people talking about how good they are before I switch over my gaming laptop.

A company that bet the farm on gamers back in the '90s needs to embrace their bread and butter. AI is cool, but don't forget what got you here.