<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: jmathai</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jmathai</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:32:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jmathai" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "I'm Sick of Reading AI-Written Posts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is there a way, like Google used to do before they started rewarding SEO spam, that good content rises to the top based on criteria.<p>For one topic, I may want to read 100% human written content. Another topic,  I may be okay okay with Human+AI content. And yet another, 100% AI content.<p>But above all, I also want that content to be high quality regardless of what wrote it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:28:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394486</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394486</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49394486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Effects of Corporal Punishment on Children"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think, any many parents I speak to, that raising children to be respectful and obedient feels harder than it ought to.<p>There's a tear in our society's fabric around parenting. Too many parents silently wish their kids didn't have phones, or play Roblox, or use Instagram, or ... the list goes on.<p>These same parents wish they were empowered to make their wishes come true. But they don't feel empowered.<p>A quick anecdote. We have a 5yo son whom we've decided to be withhold screens from for as long as humanly possible. This decision comes from lived experience with our other kids who are 8 and years older and not from having read a book or listening to podcasts. We've lived the nightmare once and hope to avoid it this time around.<p>Anyways, my son was at a playdate with a classmate of his which was supposed to be swimming outside. It wasn't long before his classmate kept asking his mom to go inside. Turns out, that classmate has some game console with Minecraft in the basement. Our son asked my wife if he could play play but sadly obliged to just watch. Now at home he says how badly he wants to play Minecraft.<p>What does this have to do with corporal punishment? I think video games and social media cause kids to be more self centered than if they spent the same time with other humans. And this leads to all sorts of behavioral challenges that parents feel ill equipped to handle.<p>I'm not saying corporal punishment is the answer. But neither is gentle parenting. I think many parents are looking for something that works.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:32:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355886</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355886</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not only PRs, my personal projects which used github actions were seeing more builds in a single month than all of the previous year.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:17:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355754</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355754</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Consumers Prefer AI Music Until They're Told It's AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’m listening to more and more AI music on Spotify. It’s got little depth but it’s very catch on the surface.<p>There is no doubt in my mind that this is a very quick race to the bottom and we will long for real music written by real people. At least some of us will.<p>Streaming services are SO incentivized to play AI music they create themselves. No need to pay pesky royalties. It’s akin to LLMs taking over search…Google gets to keep users on their property where the can continue to show ads.<p>Thank goodness my 2nd gen iPod still holds a charge and has all the MP3’s I’ve ripped from my cds.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:54:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341072</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341072</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Will you have spent more of your life with computers than your family?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think a better way to ask this question is if I was entertained by a computer more than by the company of friends/family.<p>Of course I spend more time looking at a screen - it's my job description. It's never been different in the past. But outside of work, that's a different story.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:17:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336982</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336982</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Ask HN: Is AI code verification becoming your main bottleneck?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This may not be a popular opinion but I’ll say it anyways. I’ve done a lot of this and am sharing anecdotal information.<p>The claims that AI writes  inefficient code may often be right. If and when it’s an observed problem, you can use AI to improve performance.<p>The claim that AI writes insecure code is probably also correct. You’ll want better safeguards here based on your product. The infrastructure you choose to deploy on can help as well - the LLM can help you design for this.<p>The claims that AI will delete your database are unlikely and an indication that permissions were too loose. You can also sandbox the code which runs. Again, AI can help you design this.<p>This is not an endorsement to blindly deploy code you haven’t verified.<p>My feedback is to be as optimistic as possible. Learn where the edges are. Find ways to patch them systematically. And let your confidence grow or shrink from your own experience.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:29:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280809</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280809</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Lovable raises $400M Series C"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use Claude Code the way others use Lovable. I'm comfortable with the terminal and Claude Code but I think Anthropic (et al.) is closing the gap rapidly. And Claude Code + Claude Design is way more capable than what I think Lovable is.<p>I assume Lovable had to build around constraints to reach non-technical people at the time. But the models and tooling have improved such that those constraints are melting away. I'm not sure what advantage Lovable has in the long run.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276562</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276562</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Why Wall Street is ignoring big tech's debt [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don’t think end users will purchases subscriptions out of their own pocket for work en masse.<p>If the value is there, companies will.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:16:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244818</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244818</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "The Future Is for Everyone – The Path to a Positive AI Future"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Funny that it bashes a future where AI destroys jobs but embraces one where it destroys relationships and wellbeing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244415</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244415</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Why Wall Street is ignoring big tech's debt [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I avoid subscriptions like the plague and I was getting enough value from Claude that I was paying for the Max plan for a couple months. I don't know how much Anthropic needs to make to be sustainable but I think it's worth north of $50 or $100 per month for many knowledge workers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236431</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236431</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’m exploring how to use AI for faith oriented experiences and products. There are two specific areas I’m interested in. I’m furthest along with this app in the App Store. <a href="https://trysojourn.app" rel="nofollow">https://trysojourn.app</a><p>1) grounding LLM scripture references in the actual text and eliminating hallucinations. This is the platform for that. <a href="https://withlattice.com" rel="nofollow">https://withlattice.com</a><p>2) how to use AI to get people into scripture more as opposed to being a substitute for it. This is the product I made for it - it uses #1 above. <a href="https://trysojourn.app" rel="nofollow">https://trysojourn.app</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:09:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234608</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234608</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Ask HN: How do you go from writing code to deploying with agents?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have Claude implementing features from a spec, running tests, creating a build, and then publishing to TestFlight. All I have to do is verify that the build works once I get the TestFlight notification.<p>I have found a key is to use end-to-end tests and not unit tests.<p>This has been working well so far after around 100 pull requests for an app I recently decided to make. So far it’s been good.<p>It’s free, no subscription.<p>[1] <a href="https://trysojourn.app" rel="nofollow">https://trysojourn.app</a><p>I’ve done similar with backend projects utilizing GitHub actions to run tests and publish to staging for verification.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:29:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228185</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228185</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The cost per token is super low. If you're used to paying OpenAI or Anthropic API-based fees then the same workload on DeepSeek feels free.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:20:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215743</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek Plans 'Significant' Price Increase for Its AI Services"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>On DeepSeek's platform page yesterday I saw that prices during peak hours would be doubled (IIRC). Today, it's just a generic message that prices will go up significantly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:06:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201708</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201708</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "Don't start a startup with the goal of getting acquired"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you want to make money, work in big tech. If you have an insatiable itch to build something (product, business), start a company or startup.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:35:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163807</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163807</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Took a look at StepBible. Looks really cool. My email is in my profile if you wanted to connect.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:10:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133722</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133722</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49133722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I tried using Deepseek with Claude Code and it under performed. The use I was referring to was within a product and I feel it's a lot of value for the cost.<p><a href="https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations/claude_code/" rel="nofollow">https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:02:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130153</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130153</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That’s okay, IMO. Ultimately it’s the readers responsibility to apply their own intelligence. But the app should not misquote scripture itself.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125408</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125408</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s pretty polished but you’re asking the wrong person. Feedback has been positive so far :).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:36:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125381</link><dc:creator>jmathai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125381</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jmathai in "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Philosophically, I don’t believe we should outsource the accuracy of scripture to any single entity (let alone a for profit secular one).<p>So it’s less about model choice and more about governance of scripture.<p>I will check out the link you sent for sure!</p>
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