Hacker News: imetatroll

New comment by imetatroll in "Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers"

imetatroll — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:11:00 +0000

What a flex.

New comment by imetatroll in "Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers"

imetatroll — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:06:02 +0000

So how does one find these sorts of clients?

New comment by imetatroll in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

imetatroll — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:58:28 +0000

Maybe my daily work is rather mundane compared to most people who frequent HN but I am able to create, think about, refine and then go through review cycles at least 2 or 3 times more quickly than I used to.

And software that I can imagine I might want to "make" or have at my fingertips is readily available even though I have a busy schedule with very little free time!

Also, I love feeling like a manager whose direct report actually does what I tell it to. Crazy good feeling.

New comment by imetatroll in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

imetatroll — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:08:34 +0000

The person you are replying to is all over this thread to such an extent that I think they should take their abundance of energy and apply it to becoming a commercial pilot so that they can ignore anything that aligns with their personal preferences.

New comment by imetatroll in "I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support"

imetatroll — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:35:02 +0000

For me the big hangup is the hardware. If I could find a simple guide to putting together a machine that I can run off an outlet in my home, I am sold. The problem is that I haven't found this yet (though I suppose I haven't looked very hard either).

New comment by imetatroll in "In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants"

imetatroll — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:23:12 +0000

You raise 3rd world risks and act like they apply to Japan. In Japan your very own data shows < 0.01%.

One uncomfortable truth is that being younger is better when it comes to starting a family.

New comment by imetatroll in "Measuring progress toward AGI: A cognitive framework"

imetatroll — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:26:21 +0000

This is a bit of an anti-evolutionary perspective. At some point in our past, we were something much less intelligent than we are now. Our intelligence didn't spring out of thin air. Whether or not AI can evolve is yet to be seen I think.

New comment by imetatroll in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

imetatroll — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:39:16 +0000

Agreed. This is a great way to handle common chores.

New comment by imetatroll in "The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein"

imetatroll — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:34:34 +0000

It has to be a "my time is worth more than your time" flex.

New comment by imetatroll in "I hate GitHub Actions with passion"

imetatroll — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:39:00 +0000

Is there still no way to ssh into an instance? If not, then github actions needs to work on that.

New comment by imetatroll in "Scott Adams has died"

imetatroll — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:36:37 +0000

Look up the origin of the word slave. Your world view is myopic.

New comment by imetatroll in "Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship"

imetatroll — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:54:29 +0000

I only hope that our field becomes heavier in the upper age category. Then maybe people will be more sympathetic towards my fumbles around languages I use frequently. ... I feel like I am always looking something up.

New comment by imetatroll in "Ask HN: Not treated respectfully by colleague – advice?"

imetatroll — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:16:35 +0000

Well I wouldn't characterize they guys work as half baked. I am rather shocked by how vast and deep his knowledge base appears to be. I guess the struggle for me personally I no longer feel like I bring anything valuable to the table and since this guy is very aggressive about being the first to answer anything I find myself giving up. I have kids and other duties and I just ... I guess I am getting old.

New comment by imetatroll in "Ask HN: Not treated respectfully by colleague – advice?"

imetatroll — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:20:17 +0000

Now how do I deal with an engineer who seems to be brilliant - though this is sometimes hard to gauge since code quality can be subjective - who always leaps in to answer things quicker and is loved by upper management because he, I guess, constantly codes even outside of work hours, but who is extremely grating to get along with. Lord I need a different job.

New comment by imetatroll in "Debian Technical Committee overrides systemd change"

imetatroll — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:12:00 +0000

I would say no because microsoft seems to have a magical ability to over-complicate systems, UIs, etc. Not to mention the fact that they were out to crush Linux not so many years ago (through proxies even!). Trusting them to make good, unix-like choices seems ill-informed.

New comment by imetatroll in "Modern Node.js Patterns"

imetatroll — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:59:05 +0000

The constant churn.

New comment by imetatroll in "Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels"

imetatroll — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:29:24 +0000

This is simultaneously funny and sad. I wonder when alcoholism will get a front row seat during zoom meetings (or even IRL meetings). "Can't help it hick I'm an alcoholic".

I think a lot of societal change these days can be summarized by the idea that self-labeling is seen as transforming something into "everyone else's problem".

New comment by imetatroll in "Show HN: AI game animation sprite generator"

imetatroll — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:58:00 +0000

I would like to know what sort of AI is trained to do this.

New comment by imetatroll in "I do not remember my life and it's fine"

imetatroll — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:20:01 +0000

I have very similar problems with remembering "events" that people typically like to share. I have traveled to many memorable places (for those who are able to) but my recollection in terms of details that would move a conversation forward is sparse at best. It is really frustrating to be honest. My memory problem spills into work and tech and makes me wonder if I am going to be able to employ myself for the next 20 years (as I need to) or not. The deluge of details and the constant change ... it is exhausting.

New comment by imetatroll in "Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways"

imetatroll — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 04:25:27 +0000

I can type at the incredible level of 70wpm.