Hacker News: majdalsado

New comment by majdalsado in "Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension"

majdalsado — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:59:53 +0000

Unfortunately we had to make emergency migration off to Azure yesterday due to this. Thankfully our DB was not hosted on Railway and we were back up in a couple hours.

As much as we loved the simplicity they provided us, there's just been too many mishaps and shortcomings for us to continue running a B2B enterprise app on their infrastructure.

Sad day :(

New comment by majdalsado in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)"

majdalsado — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:34:49 +0000

Bidaya AI | Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) | Calgary, Canada (Hybrid) | Up to $140k CAD + Generous Equity

We're an early-stage (pre-seed) VC-backed startup automating RFPs in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry.

We are building a online platform along with a direct Microsoft Word integration, helping firms find and win more work, while serving as their knowledge management hub for all business development.

You would be the first full-time engineering hire working directly with the founders (I'm the technical co-founder). We need someone who can ship production code across the whole stack.

The Stack: Next.js, React (Office.js), FastAPI (Python), Temporal

Hard problems you will solve:

Deep Word Integration: Building a high-performance, "Cursor-like" experience within the constraints of Office.js.

Agentic Workflows: Orchestrating AI agents that can read complex government requirements, reason about compliance, and generate winning output autonomously.

Evolving Knowledge Graph: Architecting a library system that doesn't just store files, but learns from project history and feedback loops.

If you want a chance to work on a hard problem, in an exciting space, with a strong team that has validated the market and de-risked the business, with major upside, let's talk!

To apply, email me directly: majd [at] bidaya.ai or apply here https://app.dover.com/apply/bidaya/d5f29bbb-9c67-4c4e-82bf-5...

Mention HN in the application.

AI does not spark joy in programming

majdalsado — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:47:27 +0000

Article URL: https://alsado.ca/posts/ai-does-not-spark-joy-in-programming/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786395

Points: 3

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New comment by majdalsado in "State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter"

majdalsado — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:01:49 +0000

Very interesting how Singapore ranks 2nd in terms of token volume. I wonder if this is potentially Chinese usage via VPN, or if Singaporean consumers and firms are dominating in AI adoption.

Also interesting how the 'roleplaying' category is so dominant, makes me wonder if Google's classifier sees a system prompt with "Act as a X" and classifies that as roleplay vs the specific industry the roleplay was intended to serve.

New comment by majdalsado in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)"

majdalsado — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:26:13 +0000

We're an early-stage (pre-seed) VC-backed startup automating RFP proposals for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry.

We are building an agentic AI platform that embeds directly into Microsoft Word, helping firms find and win more work, while serving as their knowledge management hub for all business development.

You would be the first full-time engineering hire working directly with the founders (I'm the technical co-founder). We need someone who can ship production code across the whole stack.

The Stack: - Frontend: Next.js, React - Backend: FastAPI (Python), Temporal

Hard problems you will solve:

Deep Word Integration: Building a high-performance, "Cursor-like" experience within the constraints of Office.js.

Agentic Workflows: Orchestrating AI agents that can read complex government requirements, reason about compliance, and generate winning output autonomously.

Evolving Knowledge Graph: Architecting a library system that doesn't just store files, but learns from project history and feedback loops.

If you want a chance to work on a hard problem, in an exciting space, with a strong team that has validated the market and de-risked the business, with major upside, let's talk!

To apply, email me directly: majd [at] bidaya.ai or [here](https://app.dover.com/apply/bidaya/d5f29bbb-9c67-4c4e-82bf-5...) Mention HN in the subject.

New comment by majdalsado in "Launch HN: Lucidic (YC W25) – Debug, test, and evaluate AI agents in production"

majdalsado — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:24:50 +0000

This makes sense. We'll look into this some more, will be making a decision next couple days :)

Good luck!

New comment by majdalsado in "Launch HN: Lucidic (YC W25) – Debug, test, and evaluate AI agents in production"

majdalsado — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:23:19 +0000

I'm looking into a tool like this for my startup. Why should I use this over Langfuse or Helicone?

What's the Deal with Gemini?

majdalsado — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:08:13 +0000

Article URL: https://alsado.ca/posts/gemini/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43680871

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

After 19,314 lines of code, I'm shutting down my project

majdalsado — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:31:44 +0000

Article URL: https://alsado.ca/posts/shutting-down-colive-values/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443286

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

The Complexity of Lying

majdalsado — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:27:08 +0000

Article URL: https://alsado.ca/posts/the-complexity-of-lying/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41096789

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by majdalsado in "Oldest white wine in the world found in a first-century tomb in Spain"

majdalsado — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:09:17 +0000

With a 0.14mg/L Lead content I'm not sure that you do... (28x acceptable amounts)

Principles are products of practice, not the reverse

majdalsado — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:20:00 +0000

Article URL: https://alsado.ca/posts/principles-are-products-of-practice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38254835

Points: 79

# Comments: 38