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New comment by ericyd in "98% isn't much"

ericyd — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:39:59 +0000

What a useless observation. "Metrics are different when applied to different things."

New comment by ericyd in "Vite+ Beta"

ericyd — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:30:31 +0000

Its vite... plus a bunch of stuff. Plus can mean different things

New comment by ericyd in "Why problem statements aren't enough"

ericyd — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:27:59 +0000

If you're a staff software engineer of any type and you can't figure out the absolute basics of CSS in 2026 then I don't want your advice, period. I think you think I am not sure what I'm saying, but I'm quite assured in this stance.

New comment by ericyd in "Why problem statements aren't enough"

ericyd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:01:19 +0000

Right, but their top level credential is as a staff software engineer. Glaring webpage styling issues don't bode well for such a credential.

New comment by ericyd in "Why problem statements aren't enough"

ericyd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:05 +0000

The problem is they bill themselves as a staff software engineer. Such a glaring visual issue makes me question their core competency, which makes me question any advice they could offer. Of course they might still be amazing at professional coaching, but maybe don't bill yourself as a former engineer if the first visual impression is very clunky engineering.

New comment by ericyd in "Why problem statements aren't enough"

ericyd — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:35:15 +0000

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New comment by ericyd in "Turning music into a chore is how I became a musician (2022)"

ericyd — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:12:31 +0000

One challenge I've always had with having many concurrent project tracks is how to name them so they are distinct in my head. I made instrumental music so there's no lyrical line to hook into. Using "created at" datestamps for filenames is not great, but neither is obscure codenames.

New comment by ericyd in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

ericyd — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:06:48 +0000

whoa, a new model that surpasses benchmarks of other models? wild.

New comment by ericyd in "Mistral OCR 4"

ericyd — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:52:10 +0000

Ah that is an interesting point!

New comment by ericyd in "Mistral OCR 4"

ericyd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:47:55 +0000

I’m not totally sure what your point is, but my response is that most OCR technology is reading “automated” (i.e. computer-printed) documents such as PDFs and things like that. So I think parsing the numbers by “automated” vs “non-automated” is not a very helpful way to think about the success of USPS OCR technology; the gross percentage of manual reviews compared to total mail volume is a much better way at looking at the success of their OCR. That’s my perspective anyway, but maybe commercial OCR is really optimized for reading handwriting and I’m just not aware of it. I’m not an expert in the area.

New comment by ericyd in "Mistral OCR 4"

ericyd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:39:56 +0000

haha this was great!

Ask HN: What jobs can I escape to outside of tech?

ericyd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:31:44 +0000

I’ve found myself increasingly apathetic and depressed about working in tech. I don’t need to elaborate, it isn’t really relevant, and probably many people can guess why or relate.

I’ve started to seriously look at escape plans to get out of tech. Matching the salary for a US engineer is hard, but I’d be willing to take a bit of a pay cut for less apathy and frustration. I want to avoid additional schooling/credential-gathering if possible (short certificates would be fine), but mostly I’m looking for ways to apply my core skillset to another industry (things like systematic problem solving; deep focus and critical thinking; a focus on building quality, durable solutions to problems). I’m not looking for a silver bullet because I have a list of ideas already but I’m curious to crowdsource this question and see if there are any intriguing ideas I hadn’t considered.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649301

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New comment by ericyd in "Mistral OCR 4"

ericyd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:11:33 +0000

I’ve always thought the US Postal Service is such a technological marvel. They somehow manage to identify and route billions of pieces of mail and I have to imagine their tech is significantly more primitive than this. Not only that but US addresses are absurdly non-standardized, you can often write the same address multiple ways and have it deliver to the same location. I’m sure there’s plenty of published knowledge in this area, but whenever I see announcements about OCR it feels like this should be a solved problem if it’s been accomplished at the scale of USPS for many years.

New comment by ericyd in "In praise of memcached"

ericyd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:02:38 +0000

oh yeah definitely glad we have no more microservices in prod anywhere, that would be a mess

New comment by ericyd in "Show HN: Are You in the Weights?"

ericyd — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:56:23 +0000

What in the world is that clicking sound on scroll???

New comment by ericyd in "Making 'food out of thin air' (2024)"

ericyd — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:42:29 +0000

> it’s always seemed odd that more libertarian-leaning states like Texas, Tennessee and Florida don’t seem to oppose the large state handouts they receive for beef, soy and field corn

Nothing odd about flagrant hypocrisy, it's part of the brand

New comment by ericyd in "Open source AI must win"

ericyd — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:09:53 +0000

I feel like this is similar to saying "open source cloud platforms must win". I'm not really sure what the concrete argument/proposal/strategy is here. Would open source AI be nice? Sure! Will the incentives of our capitalist economy change for this one specific product? Probably not!

New comment by ericyd in "Software is made between commits"

ericyd — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:26:01 +0000

Where are these developers who are willing to talk to you about your code and hash out ideas? Everyone I’ve ever worked with is always too busy, too many other priorities. Sounds nice though.

Unrelated: I started using Zed a few weeks ago and really love it, it is everything it promises to be.

New comment by ericyd in "Show HN: Gitdot – A better GitHub. Open-source, written in Rust"

ericyd — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:48:15 +0000

If you aren't willing to be ripped apart then posting isn't the right move, simple as that. Public critique is part of sharing your work in any space, HN included.

New comment by ericyd in "The OnlyFans Economy of American AI"

ericyd — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:42:29 +0000

One of the least satisfying posts I've read on here in a while