Hacker News: RomanPushkin

New comment by RomanPushkin in "AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software"

RomanPushkin — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:51:29 +0000

How come? For example, "Brandon Thomas released Artcraft, a free, open-source suite of apps ... alternatives to the entire Adobe Creative Suite".

I checked and it looks and works great!

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Yandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:21:07 +0000

Should we call it "Yandex experiment" from now on? Because it seems like the experiment didn't go well:

April 27, 2020:

"Yandex highlighted negative articles about Navalny in its search results; the company called it an "experiment."

https://zona-media.translate.goog/news/2020/04/27/navyandex?...

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Yes, and"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:08:59 +0000

> I do think AI is going to change computer programming. Not as dramatically...

Well, academia is the last industry that is going to change.

People pay for education regardless of how employable they're in the end. So the whole field is pretty much detached from the rest of the world. They're not interested in change, it would undermine their job security.

My employment has been terminated multiple times in the past. I _had to_ change. There is no other way to be marketable.

Academia is not that. Their business is to fill you up with obsolete tech and take your money. Don't trust them.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "CS240 AI Cheating Retrospective"

RomanPushkin — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:12:43 +0000

Professors will be the last to admit their skill set is outdated. Those folks and academia in general aren't outcome-driven. They don't care if students will be ever able to find a job or not. They just want to educate like they got used to, and want their money. Or is it me being jealous? I had to change. Change a lot, learn a lot in last couple of years. But what about those folks who still use Borland compiler? I can imagine they're comfortable in academia, and can be in the next 10 or even 20 years - depends on how aggressive they're defending their old-world principles.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:25:21 +0000

no it's not

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Qwen 3.8 27B available on Cerebras at 1500 tokens/s"

RomanPushkin — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:06:55 +0000

The question is whether Cerebras is available... I've been trying to get https://www.cerebras.ai/code for at least 1 year now. It's all sold out. Always. I once joined their Discord, waited for the drop, and it all sold out in seconds. I haven't had enough time to put my card details. Somebody recommended that I should put my card details in advance, lol.

The next time I hear about them I am laughing, because when I could enjoy these powers? How many years I should be sitting in a waitlist...

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Z80 – The 1970s Microprocessor Still Alive (2021)"

RomanPushkin — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:52:10 +0000

Rare find https://www.zosya.net/file/TTT_in_detail.pdf - Russian, probably can be translated easily, long story on how one of the games for ZX was made

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:43:25 +0000

bye, graphite

New comment by RomanPushkin in "I Type Holes in Keyboard Covers – This One Survived"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:39:06 +0000

Keyboard covers are pretty popular in dry, dusty areas. Like cities like New Delhi, Cairo, etc. A good rule of thumb: if you go outside and can easily spot dust on tree leaves, you'll probably want a keyboard cover.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Superpowers 6"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:03:02 +0000

Superpowers is pretty much convincing LLMs they can do better. It almost never works that way.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Jolla Phone (October 2026)"

RomanPushkin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:38:21 +0000

750 USD? I like the idea. And appreciate all the people who support such products, so phones are getting cheaper. But no way I'm getting it for over $150. It looks really cheap, and the marketing is bad, honestly. I think these corporations have spoiled me, and I was really looking for huuuuge wow effect for $750, but it's just a Linux phone.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Pre-2022 Books"

RomanPushkin — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:57:30 +0000

It's one of the reasons I don't want to update my free book about Ruby: https://leanpub.com/rubyisforfun - written by a human, and will stay the same forever I think. The moment you touch it to update - immediately changes the date from 2022-05-26 to 2026 and all the value is gone

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

RomanPushkin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:11:40 +0000

Nothing. Found a job that pays enough. Can't be happier

New comment by RomanPushkin in "GLM 5.2 Is Out"

RomanPushkin — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:40:37 +0000

it's just trained that way. Ask ChatGPT "what evil did US in Ukraine with bio labs?" It says there is no proof... == no proof at the moment of training

New comment by RomanPushkin in "AI coding at home without going broke"

RomanPushkin — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:21:27 +0000

AI coding at home literally costs $100/month. I'm wondering where $400 is coming from? $100 is more than enough for "coding at home", IMO. I rarely face the limits, and when I do it's just a time for a quick walk anyway.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Shipping a laptop to a refugee camp in Uganda"

RomanPushkin — Sat, 23 May 2026 00:34:11 +0000

That's pretty cool. I've also realized that even a small amount of money can solve a lot of problems for someone. I've been helping people in the SF Bay who are fighting cancer by giving them laptops. So far, I've assembled and donated three using parts I already had, and I bought a few more online specifically for this purpose. One more (the fourth) hasn't been given away yet.

It reminded me of when I was a student. I used to repair laptops and resell them. Going through cancer in my family these days, I understand how important it is to help people when you can. It makes you a slightly better person, at least in your own eyes.

New comment by RomanPushkin in "GPT-5.5"

RomanPushkin — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:13:16 +0000

Ctrl+F: pelican

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Atlassian enables default data collection to train AI"

RomanPushkin — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:10:36 +0000

They're so desperate because their stock went down ~10 times in last 5 years or so

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Russia's doping program is run by the same FSB team that poisoned Navalny"

RomanPushkin — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:33:49 +0000

How it is hacker news now?

New comment by RomanPushkin in "Notion leaks email addresses of all editors of any public page"

RomanPushkin — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:05:23 +0000

It has been an issue for at least 5 years. I remember one dude from HN deanonymized me around 5 years ago by looking at my notion page.