Hacker News: dubeye

New comment by dubeye in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

dubeye — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:48:20 +0000

My anecdote is there was a single wave of cuts and a bit of a shuffle, but for most part it's business as normal now

New comment by dubeye in "The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

dubeye — Sun, 31 May 2026 19:13:26 +0000

It doesn’t sound like the author has a real business?

This is a common problem with devs - they don’t understand how code fits into a business model, and generally massively underestimate non technical elements such as focus and sales

New comment by dubeye in "Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?"

dubeye — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:45:24 +0000

I was a heavy quest user but I think it ruined my eyes a bit and I needed glasses after having 20 20. Could be standard aging but the correlation was very strong

New comment by dubeye in "The real cost of owning a home"

dubeye — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:41:22 +0000

The real point of home ownership is control, you have complete ownership and responsibility which comes with pros and cons.

I used to love renting but now value the control above all else. I suspect having kids is the largest factor in the shift

New comment by dubeye in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

dubeye — Sat, 16 May 2026 05:43:50 +0000

The code is less buggy , on average. You're overestimating the average developer.

New comment by dubeye in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

dubeye — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:59:46 +0000

the reality is my business continues to operate at higher efficiency, even with the bugs.

i don't think it's 'our side' that has the psychosis.

New comment by dubeye in "Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic"

dubeye — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:00:42 +0000

Google seems to own a bit of everyone.

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:52:01 +0000

My use is not relevant. It's not ideal to extrapolate from your own personal habits. cursor's user volume and growth is the important thing

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:46:17 +0000

It's an interesting idea that society should somehow prevent companies valuation being linked to how many people use their product.

Unsure how it would work in practice.

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:31:21 +0000

It's fine to care about different stuff, but if you want to understand the valuation of a company, then your experience only goes so far. it's not going to make any sense unless you broaden your scope of interest to the metrics that impact valuation.

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:46:05 +0000

It's not 'the' most important question.

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:33:21 +0000

  you've formed an opinion on the value of the company without knowing how many users it has? Kind of proves my point, no?

New comment by dubeye in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

dubeye — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:19:36 +0000

Because of user count? Same was said about instagram. with all due respect, devs don't seem to understand business

New comment by dubeye in "An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story"

dubeye — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:32:19 +0000

The person at the desk told the author this?

Interesting how unquestioning the responses are that this isn’t engagement bait

New comment by dubeye in "Londoners are sick of viral videos telling lies about their city"

dubeye — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:35:18 +0000

Advertising works

New comment by dubeye in "Ask HN: How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder?"

dubeye — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:33:50 +0000

It’s easy to learn it’s just boring. Spend half your time marketing from day one. Be strict about it

New comment by dubeye in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

dubeye — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:47:08 +0000

A good habit is to ask for devils advocate opposite reply

New comment by dubeye in "Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service"

dubeye — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:41:45 +0000

That’s a separate excercise in most cases. Obtaining the cert is it’s in excercise and not sticky a security excercise

New comment by dubeye in "Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service"

dubeye — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:40:02 +0000

I’d be amazed if the companies were entirely oblivious to this.

In my experience it’s we know that they know that we know that they know …..

New comment by dubeye in "Meta acquires Moltbook"

dubeye — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:35 +0000

Building software is only a small part of any endeavour, be it a website, a PR stunt or a career.

there is no shame in just doing the building software bit. but it does sound like you've built it up to be more than it is