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New comment by TowerTall in "Salvager, Undo for AI agents that edit your files"

TowerTall — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:59:43 +0000

What's wrong with git?

AWS rolls the dice for faster, more efficient networking

TowerTall — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:27:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/06/13/aws-rolls-the-dice-for-faster-more-efficient-networking/5253248

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539743

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by TowerTall in "Rethinking Monorepos in the Age of Agents"

TowerTall — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:31:20 +0000

i have a parent repo that has git submodules for each area of my app (backend, frontend, docs, etc).

i have all the benefits of having multiple repos eg different c/i pipelines, but the agent sees it as a monorepo and so can I if i open the parent repo in my ide.

New comment by TowerTall in "Fear of the SaaSpocalypse is tormenting techland"

TowerTall — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:06:40 +0000

https://archive.md/zms71

New comment by TowerTall in "Open source AI must win"

TowerTall — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:20:37 +0000

And it will, but be patient. I took linux 25 years to conquer the world.

One day an open source model reaches "good enough" level. Maybe around the level the current frontier has and most people will use that

New comment by TowerTall in "Linux Memory Had One Maintainer for 26 Years. He Just Quit. Now What?"

TowerTall — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:13:35 +0000

https://archive.md/9NXXM

New comment by TowerTall in "About Technical Debates (2010)"

TowerTall — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:58 +0000

Original url (Too long):

About Technical Debates (and ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC debates in particular)

About Technical Debates (2010)

TowerTall — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:06 +0000

Article URL: https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/about-technical-debates-both-in-general-and-regarding-asp-net-web-forms-and-asp-net-mvc-in-particular/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147570

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6

TowerTall — Tue, 12 May 2026 06:02:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/05/12/veteran-network-architect-proposes-ipv8-to-improve-ipv4-not-leapfrog-v6/5238474

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104755

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by TowerTall in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

TowerTall — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:47:04 +0000

The linked article only seems to cover Google and Android devices. Microsoft also have their take on this.

> "Microsoft Pluton security processor is a chip-to-cloud security technology built with Zero Trust principles at the core. Microsoft Pluton provides hardware-based root of trust, secure identity, secure attestation, and cryptographic services."

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-...

New comment by TowerTall in "Show HN: Unofficial real-time tracker for the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak"

TowerTall — Fri, 08 May 2026 03:37:42 +0000

hanta virus reminds me of this scene from the x-files

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwquoiLAZlE

New comment by TowerTall in "Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March"

TowerTall — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:43 +0000

By changing two settings in Windows, you can fix the worst of it.

Using a local group policy, you can change when "Preview builds and Feature updates" and "Quality Updates" become available in Windows Update.

By delaying those with 30 or 60 days, you will never have preview updates applied to your system, and feature and quality updates will have at least 1 or 2 months' worth of fixes before you get them.

start > run > gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage updates offered from Windows Update >

1) Enable "Select when preview builds and feature updates are received". Set days to 60

2) Enable "Select when quality updates are received". Set days to 30 (max value)

New comment by TowerTall in "Show HN: A font that auto-translates Chinese"

TowerTall — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:41:41 +0000

the same goes for Brave, ios

New comment by TowerTall in "Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about Mideast troop deployments"

TowerTall — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:57:32 +0000

https://archive.is/5uc2H

New comment by TowerTall in "Ask HN: Do we need a standard way to signal "this site does not track you"?"

TowerTall — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:25:29 +0000

you could show a "we don't track" banner

New comment by TowerTall in "I lost my ability to learn anything new because of AI and I need your opinions"

TowerTall — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:33:06 +0000

i don't get. yes, if you just prompt it "make me an app" you learn nothing but you probably also end up with an app that is crap as best.

I you instead "promote" yourself to architect or lead dev and you steer the ai as it it a team of junior dev you must manage you can learn a lot. not only will you have deep architecture discussion with ai where you, together, explore various approaches and ways to do things.

an if you do spec driven ai development where you write the specs you will end up with an app that resemble the way you prefer apps to be written.

Just because ai can cook something up in no time doesn't exclude you from being involved.

New comment by TowerTall in "ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal"

TowerTall — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:45:34 +0000

waiting for the data export to complete and then there will be one more.

New comment by TowerTall in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

TowerTall — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:30:13 +0000

There must be a special place reserved for Mark Zuckerberg in hell

New comment by TowerTall in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

TowerTall — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:20:12 +0000

As a Windows user who had several MS Surface tablets I fully agree that the form factor would make it a very suitable on-the-go device.

New comment by TowerTall in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

TowerTall — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:24:34 +0000

yes, that is what it is. Nothing more, nothing less IMHO