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New comment by javier123454321 in "How to get better at guitar"

javier123454321 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:08:24 +0000

You can develop the ear. Start simpler. Try nursery rhymes.

New comment by javier123454321 in "How to get better at guitar"

javier123454321 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:05:17 +0000

The interesting thing that is not obvious to the general public (it certainly wasn't to me when I started) is that unless there is a medical condition that is extremel rare called cogential amusia, you can develop the skill. It's not easy, and some people definitely have more natural ability but it's learnable. You likely don't have amusia, as people that do have it have a hard time recognizing an instrumental section of a song. If you can recognize 'happy birthday' by someone humming the melody, you don't have it.

New comment by javier123454321 in "How to get better at guitar"

javier123454321 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:56:08 +0000

The prerequisite to starting is having a working instrument (roughly) in tune. Then you can start. If you don't know absolutely anything at all, then it wouldn't be so bad to learn some things in parallel to learning by ear, such as basic chord shapes. But you can get started with trying to transcribe happy birthday by ear. Try to play it and find the notes. After a few nusrsery rhymes, you can move on to something simple that is perhaps more inspiring. But to answer your question, you start by taking the first step.

New comment by javier123454321 in "How to get better at guitar"

javier123454321 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:51:03 +0000

It wouldn't hurt to know how to do the 'cowboy chords' and then the 'barre chords' before (or in parallel to) doing the transcriptions. Anyway, you should start with easy songs that mostly just include those until that seems easy.

New comment by javier123454321 in "How to get better at guitar"

javier123454321 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:45:35 +0000

> "Keys" and "note names" literally only come up on the guitar when playing open strings.

That is a false statement and stated boldly.

While it is possible to not know the note names, it is such a simple thing that takes very low effort (5 minutes a day for like 3 weeks) and it helps simplify, find and simply understand the instrument better. I would advise any player to just do it.

New comment by javier123454321 in "OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent"

javier123454321 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:38:06 +0000

In terms of output, it's comparable. In terms of workflow, it suits my needs a lot more as a VIM terminal user.

New comment by javier123454321 in "I love my dumb watches"

javier123454321 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:35:47 +0000

And think about it. EVERY SINGLE person that died before 2015 never wore an apple watch. Coincidence? I dont think so.

The State of Clean Code in 2026

javier123454321 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:39:14 +0000

Article URL: https://javiergonzalez.io/blog/on-clean-code-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441289

Points: 1

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The Economics of Slop

javier123454321 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:33:18 +0000

Article URL: https://javiergonzalez.io/blog/the-economics-of-slop/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414128

Points: 1

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New comment by javier123454321 in "How I write software with LLMs"

javier123454321 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:14:14 +0000

You literally have it backwards. It's the bosses that are pulling engineers aside and requiring adoption of a tooling that they're not even sure justifies the increase in productivity versus the cost of setting up the new workflows. At least anecdotally, that's the case.

New comment by javier123454321 in "TUI Studio – visual terminal UI design tool"

javier123454321 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:06:47 +0000

That's roughly aligned with my thinking. Make it a CLI. And if there's a lot of configuration that you can pass to it, have an option for rendering those options as a TUI.

New comment by javier123454321 in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

javier123454321 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:52:42 +0000

After that, AI companies where there's no human hiring AI agents. After that AI consumers to keep the economy going for AI companies. After that AI governments, after that...

New comment by javier123454321 in "Levels of Agentic Engineering"

javier123454321 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:02:32 +0000

Until we solve agent consumers that become the backstop of the economic engine when we all get unemployed, who are these agents working for?

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:11:33 +0000

I agree, it's not exclusive.

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:04:33 +0000

Are you a nihilist? Is there nothing sacred to you about the miracle of life that causes wonder? It's important for its own sake.

New comment by javier123454321 in "Move tests to closed source repo"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:01:12 +0000

So why the pushback?

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:58:00 +0000

Exactly

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:29:51 +0000

Yeah id argue that all existence is equally sacred. But consciousness is where that is manifest most visibly.

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:27:03 +0000

I guess there is people that are willing to die over the hill that there is nothing sacred or divine about being alive. I'm not very interested in playing that game.

New comment by javier123454321 in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

javier123454321 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:29:35 +0000

I wish you happiness.