Hacker News: Oras

New comment by Oras in "Fuck it, make it anyway"

Oras — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:22:19 +0000

There is nothing stopping anyone doing things their way, LLMs or not.

I suppose you can balance between using them if the paycheck job is asking for them, and enjoy your craft outside your 9-5.

I’ve been reading more and more of this tone, and I do wonder what those devs writing these blogs do and where do they work. I’ve been a software engineer for more than 25 years, and the challenge was never the cording, it was always the human communication and understanding the outcome.

Yes LLMs can help none devs create things now, but show me a company that will allow AI generated code by none devs to go to prod.

New comment by Oras in "I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots"

Oras — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:25:50 +0000

But even reviews are fake now. 2 years ago I launched a service and added trust pilot to collect some reviews to help with SEO, then received many emails promising “verified” reviews for $x per review.

Same for Google reviews.

I’m a software engineer, and the way I find new tools is usually YouTube, GitHub, and HN. Even those channels are manipulated now with bots to inflate numbers to reach more

New comment by Oras in "I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots"

Oras — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:11:32 +0000

Reading all the comments, it seems quite bleak to advertise. How do indies and SMBs reach audience these days then?

New comment by Oras in "iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max"

Oras — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:01:34 +0000

Isn’t that done by EXIF like decades ago? Not on phones but DSLR. I would think it’s an easy software thing to add (and probably to remove)

New comment by Oras in "DeepSeek launching v4.1 flash cheaper and more capable than v4 pro"

Oras — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:19:27 +0000

LLMs are not consistent

New comment by Oras in "How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy"

Oras — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:07:55 +0000

That’s the definition of current LLMs. They have trained “borrowed” on whatever humans have documented digitally and physically (books).

New comment by Oras in "Mistral raises €3B"

Oras — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:09:33 +0000

> > I think the most of the money would go to purchase hardware,

> So it's not a skill issue?

I meant by offering sovereign cloud/inference, not for training. But even if it was for training, Chinese labs have limited supply of GPUs, look what they've done. So it is a skill issue.

Also to clarify, I didn't mean European engineers' skills, I meant "you get what you pay for" as a company, that's why I hope they start offering better compensation to retain talent.

New comment by Oras in "Mistral raises €3B"

Oras — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:52:28 +0000

Chinese models are open, available to distill, and they also publish papers about their research. Being one year behind is a skill issue.

I think the most of the money would go to purchase hardware, But I hope they can start making adequate compensation for AI engineers and researchers to move forward.

New comment by Oras in "Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search"

Oras — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:17:50 +0000

I tried “mens cycling helmet specialized” via normal search and AI search.

On the surface, AI showed results of £45 while normal results showed £39.99 and this particular result didn’t show at all in the AI search, even when clicking more.

However, small fine print was the £39.99 had a £4.99 delivery. Can it be that AI is optimised for full price including shipping?

New comment by Oras in "Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?"

Oras — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:03:34 +0000

I like the theories here, we shall see if it’s another DNS issue

New comment by Oras in "Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber"

Oras — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:43:42 +0000

Sums up Google AI products.

I have a weird vibe from all the comments in this thread, they feel like a script rather a real experience.

New comment by Oras in "HomeOS – A self-hosted family dashboard for a kitchen touchscreen"

Oras — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:26 +0000

I'm a techie, but nothing beats a magnetic whiteboard on the fridge.

New comment by Oras in "Google is catching up in coding, finally"

Oras — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:09:21 +0000

That would be interesting to see. The only time Google had a good coding model was 2.5 Pro, which lasted a few weeks then degraded so bad.

A gentle reminder that none of Google models are in top 10 in Terminal Bench, so if this article is true, that would be a leap.

New comment by Oras in "True Rate of Unemployment"

Oras — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:55:01 +0000

If the uni time didn’t trigger basic instinct of “researching” then that was a huge waste of time and money

New comment by Oras in "Dyson CameraJet Toothbrush"

Oras — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:22:30 +0000

> Watch live cleaning footage as you brush, or use the intraoral camera for teeth inspection.

What a time to be alive!

That said, it’s really impressive to have a camera and all this tech in a toothbrush

New comment by Oras in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)"

Oras — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:02:08 +0000

What a weird choice for domain name

New comment by Oras in "Show HN: Pause – weekly curated 1:1 coffee matches for London professionals"

Oras — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:01:37 +0000

AI generated page, no links to who created it, what they do, and somehow making it to HN front page.

New comment by Oras in "Ask HN: Coding is a solved problem. What is left for experienced engineers?"

Oras — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:29:57 +0000

Skills and agents md files have better guidance than most senior engineers? Oh well, good for you then, especially with the “trust me” phrase

New comment by Oras in "Ask HN: Coding is a solved problem. What is left for experienced engineers?"

Oras — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:53:53 +0000

> The important part seems to be knowing what to ask, what to check, and what you are actually trying to build.

1. Understanding user requirements/pain points is very important and many get it wrong.

2. Doing the architecture of the system within the org env/cloud/infra is often wrong by LLMs (for now).

3. Debugging when things go wrong. What to log, how to log it, and how to ensure not logging much or logging sensitive data.

4. Guide junior engineers, so they are not just accepting what LLMs are spiting.

New comment by Oras in "Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future"

Oras — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:29:52 +0000

By your logic, hacking is legal due to vulnerabilities