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New comment by euthymiclabs in "I know why Mathematicians weep"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:21:18 +0000

I love that we have new ways to solve problems. And it's been hard to accept that my own unique intelligence—which I've spent decades cultivating—just isn't as important as it used to be. I am developing new ways of thinking to better adapt to an AI-enhanced world, but I'm not done with the mourning process. We're all finding our way through this.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Ask HN: What are you reading?"

euthymiclabs — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:41:56 +0000

The Score, by C. Thi Nguyen.

It explores why we love metrics in games, but hate them at work.

Defining AI Psychosis. Part 3: "Parasocial AI Psychosis"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:05:45 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffs.blog/p/defining-ai-psychosis-part-3-parasocial

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49846427

Points: 6

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Taste, Quality, Craft, and Value

euthymiclabs — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:43:45 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffs.blog/p/taste-quality-craft-and-value

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49759214

Points: 4

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Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis"

euthymiclabs — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:13:11 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffs.blog/p/defining-ai-psychosis-part-2-prolific

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628880

Points: 60

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Defining AI Psychosis. Part 1: True AI Psychosis

euthymiclabs — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:11:59 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffs.blog/p/defining-ai-psychosis-part-1-true

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524008

Points: 4

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New comment by euthymiclabs in "Scrap (2006)"

euthymiclabs — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:04:16 +0000

I'm open to this correlation. But I wonder about causality. Adverse childhood experiences are significantly associated with both impulsivity and future earning potential. Breaking the cycle of poverty is difficult, but I'm not an expert on where the best investments to solve this problem would be.

My private practice AI policy

euthymiclabs — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:18:12 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffs.blog/p/my-private-practice-ai-policy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348001

Points: 1

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New comment by euthymiclabs in "Seven books I keep close because I love them"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:15:15 +0000

Very cool. This will likely become my default digital source. Much more extensive than the other online options. I still prefer the discrete clustering of Roget's, but this blows away anything else I've found.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Seven books I keep close because I love them"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:25:05 +0000

That's the one I have. I've had an older version in the past but misplaced it years ago. This one does the trick, but like the article author says: it is a weighty book. (I like that.)

"Solving a largely imaginary user goal"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:48:59 +0000

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/solving-a-largely-imaginary-user-goal/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300411

Points: 41

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New comment by euthymiclabs in "Seven books I keep close because I love them"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:40:32 +0000

Pleased to see Roget's thesaurus here. It's a fantastic resource without a great digital equivalent. I've found LLMs helpful in a pinch (and it's certainly better than a standard thesaurus), but Roget's is still the book I turn to for tricky word-picking problems.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Understanding is the new bottleneck"

euthymiclabs — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:27:37 +0000

Perverse incentives have always been the purview of bad management. Measuring things that don't cause success is easier than figuring out what actually matters. (It's also why I don't practice corporate medicine anymore.)

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Understanding is the new bottleneck"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:34:19 +0000

So true. Writing the code was so helpful for learning what it meant. It takes much more investment to go back to the code LLMs write to figure out what's actually happening and weigh everything.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Understanding is the new bottleneck"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:57:36 +0000

"I read the code." -Mitchell Hashimoto

Great code needs great understanding and agents need excellent guidance. Even in my current solo-dev work, I can't imagine making a production commit I haven't read until I understand it. I own the consequences of my code; that's a responsibility AI agents can't take.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Every disease is a policy failure"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:20:31 +0000

I like the optimism in this, and the rightful identification of many important bottlenecks.

It's important to recognize that many of the remaining medical problems are very hard to solve. And while I'm still hopeful for relatively simple answers to some, successful interventions for others often require changes across multiple systems, and at economic or social costs we haven't been willing to bear. Identifying new technical solutions across all stages of research is important. But we also struggle to implement many basic interventions that already work.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Ordinary Abundance"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:04:45 +0000

I like this form of parenting. Make your life better for your kids, but reintroduce some challenge so that they learn to appreciate the comforts of life.

New comment by euthymiclabs in "Choose Boring Technology (2015)"

euthymiclabs — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:01:17 +0000

Software that works year-after-year has never been a commodity. It's boring on the surface. It doesn't get the flashy posts. But I'll choose reliable over new in almost all cases.

The Entire History of Tetris Game Design

euthymiclabs — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:27:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGuYUEuVDYc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878008

Points: 1

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Wading Through AI (Casey Muratori and Demetri Spanos)

euthymiclabs — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:14:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMXAbCVnmY6U_pA-7GKuP9xiv9utLaP4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877535

Points: 2

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