<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: decGetAc</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=decGetAc</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:27:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=decGetAc" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by decGetAc in "Ask HN: Anyone struggling to get value out of coding LLMs?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe I'm using these models incorrectly but I just don't ask it to do a lot at once and find it extremely useful.<p>Write tests for x in the style of this file to cover a, b, c.<p>Help me find a bug here within this pseudo code that covers three classes and a few functions. Here's the behavior I see, here's what I think could be happening.<p>I rarely give it access to all the code and usually give it small portions of code and ask for small things. I basically treat it as if I was reaching out to another senior developer in a large company or SO. They don't care to learn about all the details that don't matter, and want a good promoted question that's not wasting their time and that they can help with.<p>Using it this way I absolutely see the benefits and I'd say an arbitrary 1.25x sounds right (and I'm an experienced engineer in my field).<p>I'll just quietly keep using it this way and ignore the overwhelming hype on both sides (it's not a speed up camp and it's 100x camp. Imo both are wrong but the it's not a speed up camp make me question how they're using it the most</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 16:13:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44098782</link><dc:creator>decGetAc</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44098782</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44098782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by decGetAc in "AI Won't Kill Junior Devs – But Your Hiring Strategy Might"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That task seems perfect for a junior dev. It's open ended but low risk and not interacting with multiple teams as directly<p>It's different from the one described above<p>> talk to them and propose a solution that aligns with our different requirements. Possible directions are X, Y, Z.<p>I'm sure some junior devs could do this but the majority wouldnt be able to</p>
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<p>Just double checked, I see multiple sources with the same information.<p>In state yearly tuition. Mind sharing your state ? Or one around you if you think that's too personal</p>
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<p>I just looked up the average for public state universities per year and it's around 10k (8-15k)<p>Which lines up with my own costs. Am I missing something ?</p>
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<p>Why mechanical/electrical ? Very anecdotal but most of my friends from college who got a degree in that ended up chasing software engineering jobs.<p>I mean I'm sure mechanical/electrical jobs exists but from my admittedly limited view it always seems like it's the opposite move so interested.<p>Also 80k is ridiculous if it's in the US , maybe it's the specific university you're looking at ?</p>
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<p>How did the manager not know Tim didn't have tickets slated for him ? How did Tim not even pick up some (at a lower capacity) and then still helped with the remaining time ?<p>I guess as someone who does a lot of the same that Tim is doing,and I bet others can resonate, I still "have to" pick up tickets and I think that's always the expectation in any job I've had as an IC. Is Tim managing his time well ?</p>
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<p>Agreed,only the super rich will get cars err electricity err I mean refrigerators err I mean personal computers err I mean mobile devices<p>To be fair I think there's a lot of truth in your statement in the short term (and arguably in the long). But in the 'long' term , it sure does look like revolutionary technology makes everyday peoples life better (I didn't even go into transportation or health care/life expectency)</p>
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<p>I mean I agree it's a mask but still feels slimy. I can get behind not going broke > overriding any shame.<p>But I do think that some people are better at lying to themselves that the choices are going broke or make independent contractor work by selling yourself like that.<p>There's the obvious route which is to just not be an independent contractor and get a 'normal' job where you still have to do some of this nauseating selling yourself but at only a few critical times and way less public.<p>No shame for those who want to be an independent contractor at the cost of selling yourself like that but just sharing that I can't seem to trick myself into thinking it's a go broke or make it work situation.<p>I think some value the independent nature of it and say it's worth the embarrassment that gp talks about. Was just sharing how it's not a go broke or make it work because well it's a bit of a luxury (because normal job is always there)</p>
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<p>Probably, I share a name with a product and I couldn't care less. It's wild that some would feel bad much less consider it lacking empathy.<p>I don't like first name product names for other reasons but not because they share a name with humans named the same</p>
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