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New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Tesla Roadster"

gnarcoregrizz — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:01:08 +0000

if only you could buy BYD in the US

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:32:48 +0000

same. biscoff is loathsome

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:47:00 +0000

Are you a bot? Seriously? The dude said he roached his back in a moto accident... no coming back from that

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:45:34 +0000

I think most white-collar people have similar feelings. I certainly am, and many dev-friends and coworkers have confided such to me.

My software skills are now irrelevant. I've accepted that the omniscience robot is a better engineer than me. No clue what I'm going to do next, but I have to figure it out fast once my job disappears.

I wanted a family, but I'm relieved that I don't have one now. I can't imagine the stress and pressure of that with how weird everything is now. I'm nearing the end of the timeline for that anyway, being in my late 30s. Probably a blessing in disguise.

I have a some good hobbies that keeps me on my toes (physically, mentally) and a full social and family life fortunately. That's what fills my cup. I'm not stoked about tech anymore anyway.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Show HN: Share your AI Setup, Learn from others"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:28:07 +0000

Tried voice, I can never get it to translate technical names well, e.g. "systemctl", weird paths, etc.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?"

gnarcoregrizz — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:03:35 +0000

Gemini 3.7 was benched at 6x the speed of Claude opus high at a slightly lower “intelligence score”. Yes opus is great at one shotting tasks (while being overly verbose as everyone here is saying), but I can’t stand the 20-minute-prompt-code-prompt interrupt loop. Still have yet to try Gemini for coding tasks but going to give it a try today..

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs"

gnarcoregrizz — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:17:39 +0000

Which is too bad... They are great practical and reliable vehicles. You can't even ride them off-road either (CA), since the majority of _accessible_ off-road trails require a highway-legal vehicle, or are otherwise limited to hiking and biking.

So, the only real alternative is a dual sport, which is louder, heavier, faster, and has more emissions. The latest (only?) loophole is to find a plated, clapped out Honda or Yamaha dirt bike and do an electric conversion.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

gnarcoregrizz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:51:52 +0000

most motorcycles are low tech outside of adv and $$ cruisers. they still make kick started carb'd 2 strokes. the 4 strokes are almost all EFI with electric start now (the Suzuki drz just added FI last year, lol. I think the bike has otherwise been unchanged since the 90s?). plenty of older carbeurated machines still exist. even the electric motos (especially those coming out of china) are low tech. just a battery, bms, controller and motor pretty much, with a minimal display.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job"

gnarcoregrizz — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:52:00 +0000

yeah. there absolutely are lots of very smart and capable people outside of tech. as someone who has seen the blue collar world "up close" (family businesses), its a different breed... the culture and attitude gap is enormous. shockingly so. most tech workers I know couldn't hang (don't hustle as hard, risk averse, liberal), but some skills may transfer, like problem solving and diagnosis, i.e. debugging.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

gnarcoregrizz — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:33:54 +0000

Technical: release a simple, focused product. AI makes it easy to spam things out that look good. I would be psyched if something catches just a little bit of attention. I feel like my main limit is creativity now. Mine has been stifled by 15 years of rote web dev.

Non technical: I made a conscious decision to push career and technical things aside to spend more time living life (hobbies, family). I’ve since fallen behind in my career, but I’ve had more interesting life experiences I suppose. I do get jealous of people’s titles and promotions sometimes, but I don’t want their jobs. The competition to make others rich right now is enormous. Fucked labor market. Seems like a loser’s game (I just tell myself that since I can’t compete)

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Graphite is joining Cursor"

gnarcoregrizz — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:30:42 +0000

I agree. I did most of my work in vim/cli (still often do), but the tight agent integrations in the IDEs are hard to beat. I'm able to see more in cursor (entire diffs), and it shows me all of the terminal output, whereas Claude Code hides things from you by default, by only showing you a few pieces and summaries of what it did. I do prefer to use CC for cli usage though (e.g. using aws cli, Kubernetes, etc). The tab-autocomplete is also excellent.

I also like how cursor is model-agnostic. I prefer codex for first drafts (it's more precise and produces less code), for Claude when less precision or planning is required, and other, faster models when possible.

Also, one of cursor's best features is rollback. I know people have some funky ways to do it in CC with git work trees etc, but it's built into cursor.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:43:09 +0000

Good tips. Not a stroke survivor but I developed epilepsy as a young adult… Not sure if work/stress had anything to do with it, but stress certainly triggers it!

I’m still able to work as a software engineer, and my career has progressed, but the condition has held me back in a lot of ways.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Rivian's TM-B electric bike"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:31:28 +0000

you can get a high quality 4khw 20kw electric dirt bike for $4500... oh right, maybe not the best for commuting. they were fun before the cops caught on.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Rivian's TM-B electric bike"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:01:29 +0000

agreed. regen does nothing on my e-moto. i'll drop 5000 feet in elevation and the battery percentage doesn't go up.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:20:43 +0000

Yeah same thing happens around here. A dude here bought some land which surrounded an old popular access road to Cleveland national forest (socal), and promptly put a gate up... For a while it was the only convenient way to drive into the mountains from riverside county. Alternative routes were either closed from fires, closed to vehicles, or located on the other side of the mountain range. Lots of Facebook drama between this guy and people in the area trying to access the national forest. He has a camera pointed at the gate and regularly posts altercations and threatens to shoot people.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "The quality of AI-assisted software depends on unit of work management"

gnarcoregrizz — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:54:29 +0000

I've found it to be insanely productive when doing framework-based web development (currently working with Django), I would say it's an easy 5-10x improvement in productivity there, but I still need to keep a somewhat close eye on it. It's not nearly as productive in my home grown stuff, it can be kind of annoying actually.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked"

gnarcoregrizz — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:29:10 +0000

Been there. It’s a hazard of biking in general. I love riding though.

There are fatal car crashes all the time.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:07:48 +0000

I should restate - mine definitely did not feel better post-surgery, the ORIF pain was worse than the break, but it felt good to have my bones secure with my shoulder in its anatomically correct place, and not have any more crepitus.

My plate was extremely uncomfortable, it was a "hook plate" which held my collar bone to my scapula. I couldn't raise my arm above shoulder height with it installed, it had to be removed after 6mo.

Plate removal was a bit tougher than anticipated (short term). I read accounts of it being a 'relief' but I was in quite bit of pain.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:04:38 +0000

Shattered mine mountain biking as well (6 pieces). Ortho took one look at it and scheduled surgery for the next day. It wasn't a 'standard' break since it included my AC joint and coracoclavicular ligaments which needed a special type of plate. Ultimately it took 2 surgeries (ORIF, then plate removal). Total recovery was 9 months. My arm/shoulder is as strong as it was before, and it looks anatomically correct.

My shoulder immediately felt "better" after ORIF. I would suggest it if it's way out of whack... mine was drooping probably 2". I can't imagine how much it would suck if the bones healed that way.

New comment by gnarcoregrizz in "Reviving the joy and honor of working with your hands (2015)"

gnarcoregrizz — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:13:38 +0000

Shit's tough though. Most tradespeople have lots of injuries... smashed hands, bad joints, have to breathe in toxic shit all day, bad hearing. My 35yo friend can hardly stand from back pain. And, it can be _very_ skilled. Business/shop owners can and do make quite a bit more than the standard software engineer.