Hacker News: foretop_yardarm

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

foretop_yardarm — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:59:42 +0000

Feels like some good points but the llm writing makes it feel less trustworthy

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "What's the best programming language for coding agents?"

foretop_yardarm — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:19:43 +0000

I am working on two projects these days, one in Go and one in Clojure and anecdotally, I prefer clojure. (Easier to review, better iteration cycles through repl, cleaner and more concise code, better domain modelling)

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

foretop_yardarm — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:20:01 +0000

cool idea!

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Focus"

foretop_yardarm — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:37:51 +0000

> As it stands he lost the shareholders $150B+ (and counting)

When you put it like that, I kinda warm to the guy

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

foretop_yardarm — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:16:38 +0000

If you are going to read in English, I can recommend the translation by Oliver Ready

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Migrating from Go to Rust"

foretop_yardarm — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:38:05 +0000

It sounds like you should try ocaml

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "YouTube's $60B revenue revealed amid paid subscriber push"

foretop_yardarm — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:23:26 +0000

I’ve found turning on the 15m daily limit (the minimum available) has been helpful.

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it"

foretop_yardarm — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 21:27:46 +0000

Possibly relevant: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6008

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Tldraw pauses external contributions due to AI slop"

foretop_yardarm — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:05:08 +0000

I actually think Ada has good potential as an AI adjacent language because the syntax is optimised for readability (I personally find it very readable too.)

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Racket v9.0"

foretop_yardarm — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:20:29 +0000

I use clojure over common lisp because I find the ecosystem (libraries) a bit more approachable (feels like there is more web oriented stuff in clojure, plus gui support with javafx.) That said, the actual experience of working in common lisp is better (bit better repl/recompilation, conditions, native compilation.) Personally, I don't find scheme as practical for writing programs as either of these two options (too fragmented and/or niche.)

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Ask HN: How do you learn Spanish guitar?"

foretop_yardarm — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:13:32 +0000

The book: el arte flamenco de la guitarra By juan martín is good. Focus on compas (rhythm). Use a metronome (tedious).

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Writing toy software is a joy"

foretop_yardarm — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:53:53 +0000

A lot of people say if you don’t use LLMs then you will fall behind. I’m starting to think that not using them will be a significant advantage in the long run.

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Merlin Bird ID"

foretop_yardarm — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:41:21 +0000

In particular, it makes nocmig drastically more approachable. Be warned, though, that the false positive rate is extremely high (which is to be expected).

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV"

foretop_yardarm — Fri, 09 May 2025 10:44:26 +0000

I agree on your sentiment and it’s also in the Bible: 1 Cor 3:3-6. It bothers me when people switch denomination and say they have “converted.”

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Why does Britain feel so poor?"

foretop_yardarm — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:44:16 +0000

"When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right."

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Why F#?"

foretop_yardarm — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 23:44:32 +0000

Thanks for your work on falco, it’s a really great library.

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Learning C# and .NET after two decades of programming"

foretop_yardarm — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:35:59 +0000

I’ve recently learnt blazor as a non-dotnet person. I definitely think it comes across as complex at first glance. The learning is pretty front loaded (especially with efcore too) but it’s not too bad once you dive in.

In particular, I am a big fan of the Maui blazor hybrid stuff. Worth a look if you fancy making a desktop app.

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "My LLM codegen workflow"

foretop_yardarm — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:29:38 +0000

Giving examples of inputs and outputs can also help

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Scala 3 Migration: Report from the field"

foretop_yardarm — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:23 +0000

This idea was also more or less explained in the book "The Mikado Method".

https://www.manning.com/books/the-mikado-method

New comment by foretop_yardarm in "Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)"

foretop_yardarm — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:06:46 +0000

Similar ethos with ruby too: Jesus is nice so we are nice.