Hacker News: andreyandrade

New comment by andreyandrade in "Ask HN: What's the best talk you've watched?"

andreyandrade — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:37:36 +0000

Remote work is effective—why the RTO mandates? | Heejung Chung | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xHQWLjE6xQ

New comment by andreyandrade in "Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die"

andreyandrade — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:59:55 +0000

Right, but that's retention for legal defense — they keep everything. The selective hiding is a different layer. They retain it, they just choose when to surface it. So users get "deleted" as UX theater while the data sits in cold storage waiting for subpoenas or PR fires. The irony is the same infrastructure that protects them in copyright suits also lets them curate what investigators see. Retention and visibility are decoupled by design.

New comment by andreyandrade in "Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die"

andreyandrade — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:34:15 +0000

The technical implication here is that 'deleted' or 'hidden' doesn't mean gone. It’s interesting to see the tension between GDPR-like 'right to be forgotten' and the need for data preservation in legal investigations. However, selective hiding based on PR risk is different from automated safety filters. It suggests a manual layer of intervention that most users aren't aware exists.

New comment by andreyandrade in "Why AI Gave Me the Wrong Answer While Knowing the Right One"

andreyandrade — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:18:26 +0000

  I see current AIs as tools—a sophisticated lathe, not a thinking partner. The question isn't whether it "knows" anything.

  The interesting question is: why does AI with correct information in its weights still give wrong answers? That's an engineering problem, not a metaphysics problem.

  But here's what bothers me about the "AI doesn't truly know" argument: do we? When a senior dev answers "use Kubernetes" without asking about team size or user count, are they "comprehending" or pattern-matching on what sounds authoritative? The AI failure I described is identical to what I see in human experts daily.

  Maybe the flaw isn't unique to AI. Maybe it's a mirror.

Why AI Gave Me the Wrong Answer While Knowing the Right One

andreyandrade — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:56:55 +0000

Article URL: https://andreyandrade.com/static/ai-wrong-answer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489783

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by andreyandrade in "Why users cannot create Issues directly"

andreyandrade — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:17:11 +0000

Works for large projects with active communities (Ghostty has both). The filter pays off when volume is high. Doesn't work for smaller projects where every report matters and you want to lower barriers. The brutal honesty ("80-90% of you are wrong") is refreshing but may alienate contributors. A middle ground would be issue templates with mandatory checklists, filters without adding an extra step.

New comment by andreyandrade in "Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time"

andreyandrade — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 23:56:31 +0000

Interesting timing. I just analyzed TabNews (Brazilian dev community) and ~50% of 2025 posts mention AI/LLMs. The shift is real. The 2014 peak is telling. That's before LLMs, before the worst toxicity complaints. Feels like natural saturation, most common questions were already answered. My bet, LLMs accelerated the decline but didn't cause it. They just made finding those existing answers frictionless.

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

andreyandrade — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 23:36:21 +0000

Built a crawler to analyze 6,380 posts from TabNews (Brazilian dev community) and turned the data into an interactive infographic. Found that AI/ML dominates ~50% of discussions, Monday 8am is the best time to post, and longer titles (100+ chars) actually perform better.

  Stack: Python for scraping, pure HTML/CSS for the viz. No JS frameworks needed.

https://andreyandrade.com/static/tabnews-2025/

Reddit Has Become the Internet's Strip Mall

andreyandrade — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:56:36 +0000

Article URL: https://pontozero.info/static/reddit-strip-mall/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480194

Points: 25

# Comments: 35

New comment by andreyandrade in "Show HN: Travel Safety Data"

andreyandrade — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:32:32 +0000

Great execution! The multi-source aggregation approach is smart - averaging warnings from 5+ governments gives a more balanced picture than relying on a single source. The comparison feature is particularly useful for trip planning. Have you considered adding historical data to show if a country's safety rating is trending up or down over time?

New comment by andreyandrade in "Vibe coding isn't for the vibe coders"

andreyandrade — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:34:38 +0000

In the past, technical friction acted as a 'natural quality filter.' Today, curation and distribution have become the new bottlenecks. 'Vibe coding' is creating software inflation—when software becomes too cheap to produce, the real value migrates toward trust and brand.

New comment by andreyandrade in "Market Saturation Radar"

andreyandrade — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:14:54 +0000

Ponto Zero scores markets 0-100 based on: - Number of established players - Market concentration - Entry barriers - Growth rate - Sector maturity

Examples: Food Delivery (92/100 - Critical), Elder Care Tech (28/100 - Low).

Stack: Pure Go, LevelDB, server-side HTML, zero JS frameworks. Loads <1s.

Currently ~80 markets analyzed. Open to suggestions for markets to add.

Feedback welcome – especially on methodology improvements.

Market Saturation Radar

andreyandrade — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:14:54 +0000

Article URL: https://pontozero.info/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46447278

Points: 1

# Comments: 1