Hacker News: jmisavage

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

jmisavage — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:07:28 +0000

This is wildly inaccurate to the point of being dangerous advice. The goal during a bomb threat call is generally not to challenge, mock, or provoke the caller into a reaction. It is to keep the caller talking for as long as possible and gather information that could help assess the threat and assist law enforcement or security. There is no reliable rule that says a "real terrorist" will hang up if laughed at or that a hoax caller will stay on the line. People making threats behave in many different ways and simplistic tests like this are not a dependable way to determine whether a threat is real.

New comment by jmisavage in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

jmisavage — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:08:55 +0000

Soluble fiber in general helps lower LDL, beans and lentils work well too. One caution for diabetics, this meal could be pretty high in carbs for a single sitting depending on portions.

New comment by jmisavage in "Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop"

jmisavage — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:50:38 +0000

Interesting concept. Not sure if I like it more than drag and drop though, but I do love explorations like this. Reminds me of the old days when Flash devs would build some truly crazy stuff.

Potential bug: The first time I tried it on my iPad, it didn’t place the item, but it did on subsequent uses.

New comment by jmisavage in "It's Time to License Software Engineering"

jmisavage — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:39:44 +0000

Yes, licensing does reduce supply compared to a free-for-all. But that’s the point, it filters out people who shouldn’t be doing the work in the first place. For engineers, the PE designation means you’re legally responsible for your work.

New comment by jmisavage in "IRS Direct File on GitHub"

jmisavage — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:30:39 +0000

Found the repo over here if anyone is curious.

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

New comment by jmisavage in "Gurus of 90s Web Design: Zeldman, Siegel, Nielsen"

jmisavage — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:53:57 +0000

I thought the same thing of his website when he first hit the scene. Great info, but the design was so bad it made it difficult to read. It was quick though, and today’s reader view would have fixed that issue. Being usable doesn’t mean zero design; everything needs to work together.

New comment by jmisavage in "Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required"

jmisavage — Tue, 13 May 2025 17:09:02 +0000

FYI I don't think all of your styles are loading on the page. Tried safari and firefox and it doesn't look right.

New comment by jmisavage in "Tesla hiring for Haskell Software engineer"

jmisavage — Mon, 12 May 2025 13:22:47 +0000

Thus is just a link to a Reddit post that links to a LinkedIn job posting.

New comment by jmisavage in "Migrating a JavaScript Project from Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS"

jmisavage — Wed, 07 May 2025 12:45:15 +0000

I'm curious to see if anyone here has done this switch on a large project and what gains they are seeing.

New comment by jmisavage in "Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf)"

jmisavage — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:37:49 +0000

I'm not aware of that, but I also lost access to Copilot when we switched to Cursor so I can't check at the moment. That's great if you can because Claude is why people like Cursor.

New comment by jmisavage in "Ask HN: AI Replacing Engineers – Firsthand Stories?"

jmisavage — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:33:37 +0000

We’re in the early stages of this transition. There’s no formal hiring freeze, but leadership has made it clear we should exhaust AI options before considering new hires. At the same time, raises and promotions are frozen this year, which has definitely caused a lot of frustration internally.

As part of this AI-first shift, all engineers now have access to Cursor, and we’re still figuring out how to integrate it. We just started defining .cursorrules files for projects.

What’s been most noticeable is how quickly some people rely too much on AI outputs, especially the first pass. I’ve seen PRs where it’s obvious that the generated code wasn’t even run or reviewed. I know this is part of the messy adjustment period, but right now, it feels like I’m spending more time reviewing and cleaning up code than I did before.

New comment by jmisavage in "Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf)"

jmisavage — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:13:06 +0000

It's a fork of VS Code that still uses the official extensions, despite that violating the license terms. Functionally, it's pretty similar to using VS Code with Copilot, but with the added bonus of choosing from multiple models. I’ve only just started using it at work, so my experience is also pretty limited, but so far the results seem slightly better.

New comment by jmisavage in "IKEA website shows a verbatim copy of the physical printed receipt in HTML"

jmisavage — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:15:54 +0000

I remember when Easter eggs like this were all over the web before frontend frameworks took over. Nice to see the tradition continues.

New comment by jmisavage in "Should We Respect LLMs? A Study on Influence of Prompt Politeness on Performance"

jmisavage — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:12:40 +0000

I’m still going to talk to it like a person because if I don’t then I’ll slowly start to talk to people like they’re LLMs and it’s going to sound rude.

New comment by jmisavage in "Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots"

jmisavage — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:51:04 +0000

This reminds me of the old military phrase "different spanks for different ranks". The higher up in the chain of command the less consequences you have.

Any enlisted person or junior officer would lose their job and face federal charges.

New comment by jmisavage in "Origami measuring spoon incites fury after 9 years of Kickstarter delay hell"

jmisavage — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 16:32:54 +0000

All the BattleTech minis have been huge successes. I’ve supported some local ones, like a machined metal wallet, but anything with technology scares me.

New comment by jmisavage in "The DOJ still wants Google to sell off Chrome"

jmisavage — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:02:20 +0000

When was the last time you tried? I have a 2012 Mac mini that runs it like a champ and has done so for a very long time. I only have a handful of plugins but uBlock Origin is one of them.

New comment by jmisavage in "BYD has already produced its first solid-state cells"

jmisavage — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:47:33 +0000

This is just pilot production is the first of many steps towards mass production. They don’t expect actual production until 2027.

It even mentions that CATL is at roughly the same stage. So while good news its still going to take some time to get these into production cars and to get the costs down.

New comment by jmisavage in "Ask HN: How to handle pushback on a team switch?"

jmisavage — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:33:25 +0000

Promises mean nothing. A couple of months ago, I was promised a promotion during the next review cycle. This week, HR announced at an all-hands that there won't be a review cycle or raises at all this year. The anger and disappointment I feel right now are off the charts.

Do what's best for you. If you're trying to keep things smooth, cut the grace period to a month max with a clear ramp-down plan. If you had quit, they wouldn’t have gotten even that.

New comment by jmisavage in "Modular PC Design: Sustainable Approach Enhanced Repairability Reduced E-Waste"

jmisavage — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:03:21 +0000

I do miss user-upgradable RAM and storage, which seems to be absent on many laptops these days. However, I don’t share the same sentiments about the other minor features that have been integrated onto the motherboard. Anyone else remember squeezing in a modem, network card, SoundBlaster, and a video card into their case? Or the frustration of discovering that the power supply couldn’t reliably power all those components. Or wanting to upgrade your CPU only for them to change the socket again.

What I really want is something like the Samsung Dex, where you can dock a portable device into something and make it more powerful.