Hacker News: ipiyer

New comment by ipiyer in "Ask HN: How do people keep track of organizational knowledge?"

ipiyer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:27:26 +0000

Obsidian.

New comment by ipiyer in "Ask HN: SoTA of Context Building Methods"

ipiyer — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:27:05 +0000

You should add Serena https://github.com/oraios/serena to your list.

Serena gives you symbol-level navigation, reading, and editing via tree-sitter. So you're already getting much of what CoderLM offers — plus Serena has editing capabilities(replace symbol body, insert before/after symbol, rename). GitNexus goes further with the graph/impact analysis layer on top.

I personally use Serena and GitNexus.

The case for using both

  - GitNexus tells you what to change (impact analysis, dependency maps, blast radius)
  - Serena makes the change (symbol-level editing, safe renames)

  That's a strong workflow: understand first, then act precisely.

New comment by ipiyer in "Show HN: I'm tired of sharing code using PasteBin and Slack, so I made this"

ipiyer — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:10:01 +0000

The video intro is bad. Make a 30-second pitch. Also, please lose the fake accent; it is okay to sound native.

New comment by ipiyer in "Infosys settles with California over alleged visa scam, tax evasion"

ipiyer — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 01:03:31 +0000

For the same orange juice, you pay a premium price at wholefoods, don't you? There is nothing alike here. Your pay depends on your skill and your ability to sell yourself.

New comment by ipiyer in "Ask HN: Finding jobs that issue new H1B visas?"

ipiyer — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:28:37 +0000

Option 1: Work for non-profit: They don't fall under the regular H1B Cap.

Option 2: Take Remote Position: Most the companies don't want to interview you because they are interviewing a candidate who is going to start a year later and the chances of you working for them are 25%. So, doing a remote position is a way to convince an employer.

Option 3: Apply to a school.