Hacker News: Zaheer

New comment by Zaheer in "Show HN: Isopolis – Isometric pixel map of SF"

Zaheer — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:13:32 +0000

Similar take by Levels.fyi: https://www.levels.fyi/atlas

New comment by Zaheer in "Meta's AI models are powering the first wave of Genesis Mission projects"

Zaheer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:37:27 +0000

Their text output often includes more emojis and seems formatted better. Also their image models subjectively looks better than the rest.

New comment by Zaheer in "Meta's AI models are powering the first wave of Genesis Mission projects"

Zaheer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:41:51 +0000

This fits with my impression of the 'personality' of various models:

Meta: Perceptive (strong vision)

Gemini: Fastest

Claude: Smartest

OpenAI: Prettiest

New comment by Zaheer in "Don't become an engineering manager"

Zaheer — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:25:36 +0000

This is exactly why we built https://www.levels.fyi

Too often people were getting down-leveled because they didn't know any better. The level comparisons we show on the homepage compare scope and responsibilities. People frequently think levels are based on compensation but compensation is the byproduct of it.

2025 End of Year Pay Report – Levels.fyi

Zaheer — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:05:44 +0000

Article URL: https://levels.fyi/2025

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46329615

Points: 1

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iRobot files for bankruptcy; Bought by its Chinese Manufacturer

Zaheer — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:39:21 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/irobot-roomba-bankruptcy-picea-amazon-7ef311c0b3848af2b30ba3921496efe1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293336

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by Zaheer in "[dead]"

Zaheer — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:40:04 +0000

This really is a demonstration of Google's principle belief in Zero-trust security: https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-zero-trust?hl=en

(I think) they pioneered this area.

New comment by Zaheer in "Moving tables across PostgreSQL instances"

Zaheer — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:31:08 +0000

I recently learned that on RDS you can import data from S3. Handy feature for accomplishing similar goal: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_...

New comment by Zaheer in "One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving on"

Zaheer — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:03:06 +0000

We deploy currently on AWS so that's not changing. It's just the framework that needs to be changed :)

New comment by Zaheer in "One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving on"

Zaheer — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:28:14 +0000

Appreciate it! We're still on nextjs. Will def put a blogpost together as we optimize / move away. Thankfully, AI makes large-scale mostly repetitive migrations like these much simpler.

New comment by Zaheer in "One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving on"

Zaheer — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:06:47 +0000

The biggest facepalm moment I had was when we switched Levels.fyi from gulp.js to next.js. Our pagespeed, hosting costs, etc all took a significant hit. We're experiencing the same issues as described in the post and weighing our options to transition as well. Avoid next.js / vercel at all costs.

New comment by Zaheer in "Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26"

Zaheer — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:22:00 +0000

Same. Terrible mistake. My mini overheats like crazy now.

New comment by Zaheer in "I only use Google Sheets"

Zaheer — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:16:14 +0000

Related: How Levels.fyi scaled to millions of users with Google Sheets as a backend

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/scaling-to-millions-with-google-...

New comment by Zaheer in "Tldraw SDK 4.0"

Zaheer — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:34:24 +0000

I was hopping between a few canvas tools recently. Primarily tldraw & excalidraw for some quick spec work. Was surprised to see that both don't have better support or even apps for iPad. Feels like a missed opportunity given how many people on iPad would want to use this sort of tool. I know the website still works but it's just a bit clunkier. Another feature request: shape detection.

New comment by Zaheer in "Republicans in Congress open probe into Wikipedia for alleged bias"

Zaheer — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:29:03 +0000

Letter from congress here: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/08272...

New comment by Zaheer in "Areal, Are.na's new typeface"

Zaheer — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:47:20 +0000

Never heard of Are.na but their aesthetic / interface reminds me a lot of Notion. Given its been around for longer, I wonder if they were inspiration for Notion.

New comment by Zaheer in "Food, housing, & health care costs are a source of major stress for many people"

Zaheer — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:40:46 +0000

I find the produce prices often to be absurdly lower. These items are cheaper to begin with but if you're making fresh food consistently then it probably adds up. The biggest difference I've observed is that the asian grocery stores buy tier 2/3 produce rather than the big supermarkets that have perfect looking produce.

New comment by Zaheer in "New executive order puts all grants under political control"

Zaheer — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 03:30:05 +0000

Related paulg tweet: https://x.com/paulg/status/1951996478555357530

"The Trump administration has suspended the funding of Terence Tao and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA."

New comment by Zaheer in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2025)"

Zaheer — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:00:34 +0000

Levels.fyi's mission is to help every professional build a better career through the most accurate insights and services. We're building the future of compensation & hiring by centering ourselves around professionals.

You'll be joining a close-knit team of 4 engineers to work across our product verticals. You'll have the opportunity to lead and own new projects / initiatives from idea to production end-to-end (architecture to deployment). We move fast and have come an incredibly long way on a tiny team. We're looking for a self-starter and resourceful engineer with strong communication skills and experience building things from scratch.

Backend: https://levelsfyi.notion.site/Backend-Software-Engineer-14f8... Frontend: https://levelsfyi.notion.site/Software-Engineer-Frontend-1e3...

Levels.fyi's Over-The-Air Mobile Updates

Zaheer — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:00:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.levels.fyi/blog/over-the-air-updates.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44331475

Points: 4

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