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New comment by dxxmxnd in "Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026"

dxxmxnd — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:08:31 +0000

Lot of disagreement on this, but I agree. Sure there are lots of hungry juniors wanting to join but the experienced talent Meta really needs will avoid this company. I work here and the good people leave to places with better cultures.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?"

dxxmxnd — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:56:04 +0000

I also work at big tech. Claude code is very good and I have not written code by hand in months. These are very messy codebases as well.

I have to very much be in the loop and constantly guiding it with clarifying questions but it has made running multiple projects in parallel much easier and has handled many tedious tasks.

New comment by dxxmxnd in ""Token anxiety", a slot machine by any other name"

dxxmxnd — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:27:16 +0000

> is it really work if all you're doing is telling the computer what to do and then reviewing it to make sure it didn't do anything wrong and also babysitting it all hours of the day?

It’s funny because this is what we do already at many jobs but now its just telling a computer to tell a computer what to do. A higher level of abstraction.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees"

dxxmxnd — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:40:13 +0000

The tech industry is so terrible for employees right now, and I can’t wait until the tides shift. Another day, another major layoff from a big, profitable company.

I, for one, will not forget how disposable these companies treated their employees and I will return the favor.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Let's call a murder a murder"

dxxmxnd — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:15:31 +0000

I also think that anti-immigrant is a rising sentiment, and a lot can change in six years so I don’t think this discounts that feeling.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "America's affordability crisis is (mostly) a mirage"

dxxmxnd — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:30:54 +0000

https://archive.ph/j0tMz

America's affordability crisis is (mostly) a mirage

dxxmxnd — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:30:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/12/30/americas-affordability-crisis-is-mostly-a-mirage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518218

Points: 10

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New comment by dxxmxnd in "Reflections on AI at the End of 2025"

dxxmxnd — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:59:09 +0000

Thank you. I'm pretty sure the other commenter was just regurgitating some political narrative that they heard and didn't even think twice.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026"

dxxmxnd — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:08:53 +0000

I am currently an engineer at Meta. No one in my office is cross pollinating among different teams. In fact most of us are not even talking to each other unless there’s a dedicated meeting time for it. This whole thing about collaborating is better in person has never been my experience, because the collaboration (at least for engineering) is most of the time better done in a document.

There are, however, a few times when getting together and discussing something in person is valuable, but this is no more than maybe a couple times a month. I can definitely see this being different for other roles.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy"

dxxmxnd — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:37:28 +0000

There is no real skill needed for these big tech jobs. I think many people *over estimate* their “skills”.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps"

dxxmxnd — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:30:47 +0000

Its definitely a joke. They were saying it again when the WhatsApp call failed. They were being sarcastic.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Meta Ray-Ban Display"

dxxmxnd — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:41:04 +0000

I’m surprised everyone is saying they weren’t sarcastic. They were even being MORE sarcastic about it being the Wi-Fi after the failed WhatsApp call.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Pixel 10 Phones"

dxxmxnd — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 05:11:24 +0000

I use an iPhone because Apple is more focused on privacy, and I don’t really need that many features on my phone.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine"

dxxmxnd — Sat, 31 May 2025 23:40:15 +0000

This website has its own graph which looks different.

https://www.trueup.io/job-trend

I have never gone to Indeed to apply for a job.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "Database mocks are not worth it"

dxxmxnd — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:48:11 +0000

Any suggestions on where to read about this more?

New comment by dxxmxnd in "91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with RTO, 3-in-4 want to jump ship"

dxxmxnd — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:42:14 +0000

Mind linking the Yegge posts? I haven’t found the Amazon ones via google.

New comment by dxxmxnd in "YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers"

dxxmxnd — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:29:10 +0000

16 USD a month just to block ads seems ridiculous.