<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: calderwoodra</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=calderwoodra</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:51:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=calderwoodra" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "The Voice of Google"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I remember this period of Google very vividly, it felt absolutely surreal to see everything about the company immediately leaked to the press and getting insane media coverage. Younger me was very skeptical and it was hard for me to reconcile what the truth was given the broader political climate and my own anecdata that none of the women I worked with empathized with or shared the experiences of the internal activists.<p>At the time, I had a gutt feeling that all of the stories I read on internal threads and that the loudest voices, largely came from women in non-engineering/product roles, and this article (+book) has somewhat confirmed that for me. Even Sergei cheated on his wife with a woman in marketing in 2013.<p>Since the majority of Google is engineers, I believe Claire's movement ultimately failed because most of the company (again, engineers), looked to their peers and didn't see any of the systemic issues the movement espoused.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:37:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49000740</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49000740</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49000740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They'll all turn in to "the managerial class". That's the higher order function that requires high judgement, low frequency work (unlike developers, data entry, designers, BDRs, compliance, etc.)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:46:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101743</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Linear</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:34:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563024</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563024</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Greptile is an awesome product, not sure where the scam is there</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:57:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459022</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459022</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Nova Launcher added Facebook and Google Ads tracking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Afaik, Niagra has all of that.<p>My favorite aspect of it is that I can remove all text and see 95% of the wall paper at all times.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:50:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699798</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699798</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46699798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Nova Launcher added Facebook and Google Ads tracking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been using Niagara for a few years and I love it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:47:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688020</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688020</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Crapless craps – flutter PWA vibe coded from my phone]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hi HN,<p>This project came out of combining a few of my hobbies: craps, mobile development, vibe coding, and coding directly from my phone.<p>I built the entire app using only:
Termux on Android, exe.dev as a remote VM, Claude Code as my only assistant<p>I chose Flutter for cross-platform support so the same code could run on Android and iOS.<p>I started off by writing tests for the core game engine, then switched to a simple loop: play the game, notice what’s missing, add a feature.<p>In the spirit of “build for one user,” I only implemented the craps mechanics that I personally use when I play in real life.<p>Enjoy!</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688008">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688008</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:45:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://craps.exe.xyz:8081/</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688008</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "My role as a founder-CTO: year 8"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Building is so much fun, probably my #1 favorite thing to do, but a bad company culture can ruin it. I love being a CTO so I can build and set the culture that keeps it fun.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457714</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457714</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Postgres extension complements pgvector for performance and scale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, the InfoSec advantages of using RDS are very real, especially in B2B Enterprise SaaS.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437458</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437458</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Permission Systems for Enterprise That Scale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agreed, specifically for the file structure use-case, we were able to solve this with ltree.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46376675</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46376675</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46376675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "What makes you senior"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In software engineering, "senior" or not usually means you can be trusted to take on certain problems vs. others.<p>In US primary school (an industry I've never worked in), this might be close to something like teacher, curriculum planner, assistant principal, principal, district supervisor, etc.<p>As you progress further in your field and hone your skills and knowledge, the scope and impact of your responsibilities should grow.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:28:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370725</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370725</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46370725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Claude Code gets native LSP support"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Remember this when you're thinking about the average commenter's opinion on anything technical.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:49:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366258</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366258</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "School cell phone bans and student achievement"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article about smartphones being bad? Right to the top.<p>Generic comment that would fit in the comment section of any of those articles? Right to the top.<p>I get baited into reading these posts and comments every day - why can't I stop? Probably for the same reason these posts and comments get up votes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:42:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128478</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128478</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "React is winning by default and slowing innovation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This has been an interesting realization for me, seeing the LLM well poisoned by its poor understanding of hooks and effects has opened my eyes up to how much the average developer also doesn't understand these things.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:46:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45412524</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45412524</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45412524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Young graduates are facing an employment crisis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>2 data points and you're drawing a conclusion about an entire graduating class? For all we know, you might be experiencing a reality that you're company isn't able to attract great young talent.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:26:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44588376</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44588376</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44588376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why doesn't LISTEN/NOTIFY work with connection poolers?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:02:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531159</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531159</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm not an accountant, but as I understand it, you don't pay taxes on profits, but on revenue.<p>So previously, some 20% of all revenue would be owned as corporate income tax, and startups would deduct it all as they're spending much more on R&D than they owe in corporate income tax. But with this tax change, the deduction would be much lower (80% lower IIUC).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 11:57:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44209064</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44209064</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44209064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Stuff I Learned at Carta"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Communication doesn't scale and there are many examples of that. It's not possible to convey complex topics to a large audience, well, at all times. The audience has to do some work too.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 22:36:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084206</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084206</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Hyper Typing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The poor support for types in VS Code has always been a blocker for me adopting it vs. Jetbrains, where types and the intellisense are much easier to jump between.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024922</link><dc:creator>calderwoodra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024922</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by calderwoodra in "Thoughts on thinking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The internet taught us long ago that novel thoughts are extremely uncommon. Most people likely don't have any novel thoughts their entire lives.</p>
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