Hacker News: level87

Ask HN: I don't want better models, just faster ones

level87 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:05:55 +0000

Anyone else satisfied with the current models on offer but just want them to be faster?

I feel like the exhausting context switching work-flow that AI has created could be solved if they were 10x, 100x, 1000x faster. Back to working on one thing at a time please.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626831

Points: 2

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New comment by level87 in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?"

level87 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:13:51 +0000

It’s difficult to have spent a long time learning something, only for that thing to suddenly become accessible to anyone; something that was once scarce and valuable is now abundant and cheap.

There are still machinists doing things by hand, but for real production or prototyping, most will now use a 5-axis CNC machine. It still requires an operator of sorts, but much of the work that once required skilled manual machining is now done by CNC.

I think the same thing is happening here; it’s just that the transition is messy.

Give it five years, and how we get to the end result will not matter nearly as much as it does now. A messy codebase will be irrelevant, as it will be something managed and controlled by the LLM, written in a way optimised for itself, not for you or I.

New comment by level87 in "Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open"

level87 — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:40:26 +0000

I've tried Herdr a couple of times, and just can't get into it. I think what's off putting is another layer of keyboard shortcuts over my terminal...I don't see what it's doing that Wezterm and a bunch of splits does anyway? I'm almost certainly missing the point.

New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: When will ChatGPT Voice be able to control my phone?"

level87 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:05:06 +0000

Ah yes, I remember that nauseating promo video with Altman and Ive.

New comment by level87 in "Show HN: Paper – A Journaling CLI for Developers"

level87 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:10:16 +0000

I've been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you!

New comment by level87 in "Show HN: CodeTrain – an AI tutor that refuses to write code for you"

level87 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:10:46 +0000

Love the idea, as a dev who started a new role recently, the pressure to just get stuff done is killing my ability to understand the new codebase.

New comment by level87 in "Grok 4.5"

level87 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:32:02 +0000

the world must be incredibly confusing, with no meaning attributed to anything.

New comment by level87 in "Grok 4.5"

level87 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:49:28 +0000

I’m amazed at everyone’s willingness to use tools owned by this man, very disappointing.

New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2026 [So Far]"

level87 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:06:13 +0000

Had a listen, these are some pretty right wing populist views, the fact they are immigrants feels like something to take that edge off. The people they interview are mostly awful, David Starkey, Tommy Robinson (Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon), eww...

New comment by level87 in "Cursor 3"

level87 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:59:31 +0000

The main reason we pay for cursor is for bugbot, that alone pays for itself 10x over.

Personally I never use the actual IDE, and much prefer Claude code with helix in the terminal.

Supercharging Claude Code with the Right (CLI) Tools

level87 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:05:31 +0000

Article URL: https://batsov.com/articles/2026/02/17/supercharging-claude-code-with-the-right-tools/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573784

Points: 4

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New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: How are you protecting yourself from skill atrophy?"

level87 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:47:02 +0000

I’d be really interested in other’s workflows regarding this.

I’m finding the pressure at work to be faster and more productive gets in the way of actual learning.

I’m starting to believe that code will not matter soon, as long as it works, then everything will just be a single natural language interaction to make a change.

New comment by level87 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

level87 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:09:14 +0000

You make a valid point, but my comment wasn't about resources, it was about empathy. Factory farming isn't sustained by poverty, it's sustained by indifference. The majority of people who could easily choose alternatives simply don't think about it.

I grew up in a poor household and we were vegetarian, because we saw animals as living things with feelings, not commodities whose pain and suffering is meaningless.

I agree you can't live without some level of cruelty, but you can certainly live without contributing to one of its most obvious forms.

New comment by level87 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

level87 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:40:25 +0000

This is the insight that most people need but will never have, empathy for other living things seems to be greatly lacking amongst the general population.

New comment by level87 in "Show HN: Faster, cheaper Claude Code with local semantic code search via sqlite"

level87 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:07:02 +0000

Great idea, will give it a try.

New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?"

level87 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:03 +0000

All these new accounts are so confusing, two comments all about how great Claude is...

New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting"

level87 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:35:01 +0000

100% agree, I rely on HN for genuine insight, recently I've found it really difficult to trust what I'm reading. For instance this thread → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247639 has so many new accounts all saying that how brilliant the product is.

New comment by level87 in "Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?"

level87 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:09:55 +0000

I can't tell if you are joking...

New comment by level87 in "Helix: A post-modern text editor"

level87 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:56:07 +0000

I've used Helix as my main editor over the past few years, I love it, but the speed of development is quite slow.

Would love to see some AI related plug-ins when the plug-in system is finally released.

Thaura, your ethical AI companion

level87 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:23:47 +0000

Article URL: https://thaura.ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247751

Points: 1

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