Hacker News: dave_sid

New comment by dave_sid in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

dave_sid — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:18:45 +0000

Just a joke. Was self deprecating.

New comment by dave_sid in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

dave_sid — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:56:18 +0000

I’m quite sure they are not offended by these HN comments. They probably think we are all nerds.

New comment by dave_sid in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

dave_sid — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:54:23 +0000

It’s more than that. Anything like this that takes me away from constantly checking my phone, and can be glanced at by the whole family is better.

New comment by dave_sid in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

dave_sid — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:52:50 +0000

You just don’t get it but that’s fine. I get it. If the price was more affordable I’d have one on my hall asap.

New comment by dave_sid in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

dave_sid — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:49:59 +0000

This is great. Always wondered why this didn’t already exist.

New comment by dave_sid in "I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over"

dave_sid — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:14:35 +0000

Interesting article.

New comment by dave_sid in "I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over"

dave_sid — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:51:34 +0000

Linkedin is the sleaziest thing I’ve seen on the internet since it was invented. The sight of it makes my skin crawl. The way they have desperately tried to onboard you via data that they seem to have that they shouldn’t. The way users even present themselves, posting updates that probably make them want to vomit themselves and shower in disgust even tho it’s not their fault, we need to find work. The bloody badge that you have to wear on your forehead to say you are available for work. The thought of the money they are raking in from recruiters and corporations. The way they try to be a little bit more like Facebook to make it look a little more ‘fun’. I hate it.

Well they made it. They conquered the recruitment scene and I can’t think of a company I’d wish had gone out of business sooner.

Am I wrong?

New comment by dave_sid in "The Sideprocalypse"

dave_sid — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:04:16 +0000

Exactly. Software development is 20% of what your average software developer does. Figuring out what to build is a skill some don’t even realise they are doing every day, and it’s an incredibly valuable skill.

New comment by dave_sid in "The Sideprocalypse"

dave_sid — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:41:32 +0000

I think what is left is that understanding pain points and knowing what problems needs solved is more important now than ever. If anyone can create a product now then the one who knows what product to actually create is the winner. And who might this be? Well it might just be the people who spent the last 10 years speaking to customers, building a SaaS. They have 10 years of taking to customers finding out what to build. Even if they were to start from scratch today they already have the requirements in their pocket.

The game has change. The ‘how’ we build it is easy. The ‘what’ we build is and always has been the hardest part of any SaaS or business.

New comment by dave_sid in "Spotify: Our best developers haven't written a single line of code since Dec"

dave_sid — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:08:27 +0000

They’re probably spending all their time on Teams calls like everyone else.

New comment by dave_sid in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

dave_sid — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:13:20 +0000

Think you need to work on your use of AI and not just copy paste 10000 lines and hope for the best.

New comment by dave_sid in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

dave_sid — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:16:27 +0000

No you didn’t. You lead a team of gardeners to develop your grand vision. Or you directed an epic movie leading a cast of talented actors bringing your vision to life. You can choose an empowering analogy or a negative one it’s your choice.

New comment by dave_sid in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

dave_sid — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:14:14 +0000

Great post. Good to see someone posting something positive for a change about the shift in development.

New comment by dave_sid in "Why is the sky blue?"

dave_sid — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:54:28 +0000

I’ll keep a close eye out for it.

New comment by dave_sid in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

dave_sid — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:52:13 +0000

Glad I don’t use it.

New comment by dave_sid in "Why is the sky blue?"

dave_sid — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:50:23 +0000

You’re hard. Seriously hard.

New comment by dave_sid in "Why is the sky blue?"

dave_sid — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:36:10 +0000

It’s not. It’s raining here.

New comment by dave_sid in "We mourn our craft"

dave_sid — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:08:52 +0000

I think you need to lighten up and adapt the way programmers have adapted since the 50s. There’s been a lot of pomposity over the past ten years around “craft”, you’d think we’re all precious Renaissance artists pining for recognition over our heavenly crafted code rather than engineers. I’m in my late forties also I’m case that matters at all, I don’t think it does. If anything that gives me an advantage to spot and quickly filter out the 1/10 insanely bad suggestions that AI pukes out and know when it’s giving me decent code. Who knows where it will lead but stubbornly refusing to move won’t help. Please take this in a positive way also, rather than a dig. Be positive. Also think of all the job opportunities you will have rewriting all the crap code that gets punted out over the next 10 years. You’re going to be rich. Seriously tho, if you are in your forties you have the advantage of leveraging AI yourself but also knowing when it is bull shitting you.

New comment by dave_sid in "Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible"

dave_sid — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:11:06 +0000

If he can only remember two programming languages then he wouldn’t stand a chance in today’s dev ops, t-shaped, m-shaped world I’m afraid. Imagine asking him to help setup an CI pipeline, or some infrastructure but he’s worried learning a bit of Terraform will make him forget his second last language. You just can’t be like that these days. You have to be a jack of all trades and a master of all trades. That’s just where we are and it’s not going to change anytime soon.

New comment by dave_sid in "Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible"

dave_sid — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:15:26 +0000

Using a common language between platforms, whether it’s Swift or Kotlin always sounds great on the surface but I don’t think adds the expected efficiencies when it comes to the crunch. I expect teams would always still end up with two codebases, with enough differences and workarounds to make it that you might as well just enjoy using Kotlin or Swift as you need to. Knowing two languages isn’t all that bad. Most developers learn many languages during their careers and switch between them without a thought. Just my opinion tho, I’m sure this is a good project.