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New comment by jitler in "Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months"

jitler — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:38:29 +0000

> Both work OK

If only. The optimizations they do on their matching algorithm has made the UX so terrible, I regularly use Lyft instead now.

New comment by jitler in "Confessions of a Millennial in Tech"

jitler — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:12:48 +0000

> no flamewarring in comments

> on topic post, neatly within the guidelines

> No egregious self promotion or spam

> thread flagged

Hmmmm… I think some mentally ill individuals on this site hate free speech despite their claims otherwise.

New comment by jitler in "Confessions of a Millennial in Tech"

jitler — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:09:54 +0000

And overworked in general. The immigrants don’t mind that part.

New comment by jitler in "Confessions of a Millennial in Tech"

jitler — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:09:05 +0000

> I left the field for good, going to study electrical engineering.

Aren’t most of the EE jobs in Asia now?

New comment by jitler in "The FCC is about to ban 21% of its test labs today. I mapped them all"

jitler — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:21:59 +0000

> Chinese labs are known for just going along with it. After all, you are the one paying them tens of thousands,

Are the engineering firms going to Chinese labs because of their rubber stamp approval or because the process is “tens of thousands” as opposed to “hundreds of thousands”?

New comment by jitler in "The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It"

jitler — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:50:55 +0000

> WEAPONIZE IT.

The moment you start doing this at any scale, the companies will notice, and after a few winks, nods, and campaign donations, you will not be able to use it anymore.

New comment by jitler in "Ask HN: Anyone feel like they're just opting out of tech these days?"

jitler — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:42:58 +0000

> I just don't care anymore, and I don't think it is because I got older... I got into tech in my mid/late 20s so I wasn't a born nerd like most of you guys tinkering with stuff since childhood.

I was tinkering since childhood and I was still tired of it pretty quickly. I always knew I do not want to work in software, but where the hell else was I supposed to go?

There was a thread the other day on RF engineering. There were a number comments describing it a “magic” or “sorcery”.

This is kinda how I felt about computers as a kid. I used to wonder about different types of software on my PC. “How does it possibly work”, “How could I make one”. It was this sort of curiosity. Over time, learning how the sausage was made, I just lost interest.

Nowadays I still find myself curious and inquisitive about how things work, just rarely software. Unfortunately most of the “magic” left in the world is a bit beyond my IQ level, such as the aforementioned RF stuff lol.