Hacker News: julienchastang

Security releases of JupyterHub, Auth0, LTI authenticators

julienchastang — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:00:28 +0000

Article URL: https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/ann-security-releases-of-jupyterhub-auth0-lti-authenticators/38480

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593413

Points: 1

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New comment by julienchastang in "White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward"

julienchastang — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:16:14 +0000

> I deeply wish the democrats had run a better campaign in 2024.

The problem is that there was no primary. That really (really) hurt Democrats not only for that election cycle, but for future ones too, where candidates could have made their names known even if they did not end up getting the nomination.

New comment by julienchastang in "After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes"

julienchastang — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:30:43 +0000

> best practices and safeguards are not yet fully established

The way I am working with AI agents (codex) these days is have the AI generate a spec in a series of MD documents where the AI implementation of each document is a bite sized chunk that can be tested and evaluated by the human before moving to the next step and roughly matches a commit in version control. The version control history reflects the logical progression of the code. In this manner, I have a decent knowledge of the code, and one that I am more comfortable with than one-shotting.

New comment by julienchastang in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

julienchastang — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:26:00 +0000

I have not studied this situation in depth, but this is my thinking as well.

New comment by julienchastang in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

julienchastang — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:46:04 +0000

That, or I also wonder if this may be a prank or a hoax.

New comment by julienchastang in "My five stages of AI grief"

julienchastang — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:16:38 +0000

> Writing code isn't where I bring the most value. Understanding business problems, analyzing trade-offs, and making sure we're building the right things is where I can put all those years to good use. It might sound like an obvious thing, but it took me a while to get to this point.

Reaching this epiphany is a major milestone in the career of an SE even before the days of LLMs. That's basically the crux of it.

New comment by julienchastang in "Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025"

julienchastang — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:55:03 +0000

"Never copy and paste the output from generative AI chatbots" is mentioned in the article three times. This has been my experience as well. Initial AI output can be stunning until you quickly realize that it is mostly BS, filler and pap. However, I do find LLMs to be really useful for brainstorming, ideation, sounding boards etc.

New comment by julienchastang in "Interesting facts I've learned about wildfires over the years"

julienchastang — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:27:00 +0000

I appreciate that each section of the article has supporting references. About zombie fires, coal seam fires can burn for 100+ years even sparking fires above ground [0]. This is a scientific discipline that appears to have a promising future due to a warming climate and more people living in the wildland/urban frontier. Probably not a bad career area to get into and may even be somewhat AI-disruption resistant career longevity-wise.

[0] https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/22/fighting-a-decades-old-underg...

Anthropic's Claude Code and the rise of autonomous coding tools

julienchastang — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:37:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-code-ai-7a46460e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46663970

Points: 3

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New comment by julienchastang in "1970 Paris, cut into a grid and photographed"

julienchastang — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:30:19 +0000

I was able to do some browsing down memory lane. The photos pre-date the Paris I knew, but not by much. Thanks for sharing.

Skill for 2026: Critical Ignoring

julienchastang — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:24:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/critical-ignoring-social-media-7e236f52

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467092

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

AI Hackers Are Coming Close to Beating Humans

julienchastang — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:47:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-hackers-are-coming-dangerously-close-to-beating-humans-4afc3ad6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46233721

Points: 4

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New comment by julienchastang in "White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite"

julienchastang — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:33:32 +0000

I'm skeptical as well. AI can make some granular components within employee workflows much faster, but cannot takeover entire jobs, and not all tasks can be tackled with AI. Maybe the argument is the workforce can do more with less, but even so, it seems difficult to believe all these layoffs can be attributed to that.

Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That's Math

julienchastang — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:15:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/science/mathematics-art-roelofs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550297

Points: 2

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New comment by julienchastang in "Robert Redford has died"

julienchastang — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:27:02 +0000

I heard the late Roger Ebert once say that Robert Redford had done more for independent cinema than anyone.

New comment by julienchastang in "US High school students' scores fall in reading and math"

julienchastang — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:18:08 +0000

Parent here with school-aged kids. I think this sub-thread blaming the parents is particularly depressing and not founded in reality. Here is the way I see it. The social media companies with quasi infinite resources have won. They hired the best and the brightest engineers to hack our minds and steal our attention and they have succeeded beyond expectations. As evidence look that the market capitalization of Meta, etc. The data showing that children are reading way less compared to when I was growing up is consistent with what I see, but I did not an infinite ocean of distractions available via device that has become indispensable for modern living (i.e., the smart phone). By the time I was thirteen, I had read the Lord of the Rings to completion, but if I had grown up in present times I doubt that would be the case.

New comment by julienchastang in "US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality"

julienchastang — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:52:53 +0000

"likely aimed at improving security screening and preventing abuse of the system"

This is an opinion. Is it yours, or the AI's? Moreover, is the AI just trying to be agreeable or is this coming from a platform that has a political agenda, in this case supporting the political actors that are in charge of this visa change? These are the questions that we need to ask ourselves in these modern times.

New comment by julienchastang in "US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality"

julienchastang — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:49:28 +0000

I also agree that this comment is likely AI generated (i.e., "why this matters" gave it away for me. I think I've seen this phrase a lot with ChatGPT). I think it is the last part of the last sentence and the toeing of the party line that bugs me, "likely aimed at improving security screening and preventing abuse of the system". It's "Manufacturing Consent"[0] à la 21st Century.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

A '90s Goo Goo Dolls Hit Became the Song of the Summer

julienchastang — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:09:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/iris-goo-goo-dolls-spotify-charts-tiktok-0b3e20a9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019049

Points: 2

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New comment by julienchastang in "The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables"

julienchastang — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:30:49 +0000

> while boosting support for biofuels, which consume the majority of the country’s cropland.

Wow. I knew it was a lot but did not know it was the majority.