<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: martypitt</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=martypitt</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:40:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=martypitt" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I like the look of this - and it's a problem that we're thinking about right now at work.<p>But, the pricing of this is .. really high .. - starting at $5k / month? I'd find that difficult to justify.</p>
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<p>This thread prompted me to go and find out what my first computer was -- I have vague memories of it.<p>Turns out, it was a Sega SC-3000H, back before Sega decided it was a console company. Also, interestingly, it was really only popular in NZ/Aus (I grew up in NZ).<p>I have very clear memories of spending hours copying BASIC code of games, line-by-line from the monthly Sega magazine into the BASIC editor, playing it for 15 minutes, then everything dissapearing when I restarted it.<p>I was always envious of my friend who had a C64, but that Sega was a great little machine.</p>
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<p>Slightly OT - but what's the process for training an LLM to author a new language like this proficiently?<p>I ask because I have my own language I maintain, and we're currently prompt-stuffing to get LLM's to author it - but I wonder what type of training set you'd need, and what base image one would use to fine-tune a model, and how effective it'd be?</p>
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<p>FYI - I tried visiting your site. In Chrome (tested in Incognito as well), I get a massive white space at the top, with a vertical scroll. If I scroll far enough, I see the site.<p>Worked fine in Firefox.</p>
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<p>Any background / context around what the Chicory author means in this comment?<p>> We'll consider merging in changes that make sense from Endive, but under the stewardship of the [Byte Code Alliance] I have very little faith in its future. My words mean nothing though having all but completely lost interest and use for WebAssembly.<p>What's the background / history of Byte Code Alliance?</p>
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<p>I wonder if they'll talk about AI?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:15:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196220</link><dc:creator>martypitt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196220</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "How Claude Code works in large codebases"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't have any LSP's hooked up to CC yet (going to fix that today), or particularly sophisticated CLAUDE.md files.<p>So, if I've read this post correctly, that means that CC is navigating my codebase today by sending lots of it up to a model, and building an understanding. Is that correct? Did I misunderstand it?<p>I kinda suspected there was more local inference going on somehow -- partly because the iteration times are fairly fast.</p>
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<p>Impressive benchmarks!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:52:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063143</link><dc:creator>martypitt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063143</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it.<p>Oof. That smacks of hubris and valley-buzzwordism.<p>> Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports.<p>> Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor.<p>So, a manager who's managing 15 people AND expected to ship -- that sounds awful for both sides.</p>
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<p>OT - but Bhatti looks really cool! Well done!</p>
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<p>I can see you're A/B testing some different hero text.<p>I got:<p>> Write a config, not a conversation<p>Which I found let me wondering - "What is this thing?"
I refreshed a few times to the variations, and while some were better, I feel like your hero could do with being less pithy, and more plain explanation of what it is.</p>
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<p>For one, OpenScreen supports Linux, whereas Cap doesn't. I appreciate it's small minority that appeals to, it's just that I'm in it.</p>
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<p>I've lived in London for a decade, and feel incredibly lucky to have access to the transit here - having lived in Aus, NZ and Canada previously.<p>It's not perfect. It's late sometimes, pollution sucks, and often crowded - but people here who like to criticise it really don't recognise how much better they have it than lots of other places.<p>Same with travel from here to Europe (by train), is just awesome.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orbitalhq.com/blog/2025-10-29-how-orbital-works">https://orbitalhq.com/blog/2025-10-29-how-orbital-works</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46763587">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46763587</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://orbitalhq.com/blog/2026-01-20-agentic-orchestration-research-paper">https://orbitalhq.com/blog/2026-01-20-agentic-orchestration-research-paper</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703386">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703386</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:01:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://orbitalhq.com/blog/2026-01-20-agentic-orchestration-research-paper</link><dc:creator>martypitt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703386</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "Why we built our own background agent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a really great post - and what they've built here is very impressive.<p>I wonder if we're at the point where the cost of building and maintaining this yourselves (assisted with an AI Copilot) is now more effective than an off-the-shelf?<p>It feels like there's a LOT of moving parts here, but also it's deeply tailored to their own setup.<p>FWIW - I tried pointing Claude at the post and asking it to design an implementation, (like the post said to do) and it struggled - but perhaps I prompted it wrong.</p>
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<p>Interestingly, Devin lists Ramp (the OP) as a customer on their front page.<p>Surprised they need both.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:39:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613058</link><dc:creator>martypitt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613058</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "CES 2026: Dell XPS Returns"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dell have announced the return of XPS.<p>Fairly limited specs available so far, but more are coming, including a developer edition - which ships with Ubuntu 24.10.<p>Current configs are limited to 32GB of RAM, which is a little low, but hopefully that will increase with future iterations.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/this-is-xps-now/">https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/this-is-xps-now/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526536">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526536</a></p>
<p>Points: 6</p>
<p># Comments: 3</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:11:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/this-is-xps-now/</link><dc:creator>martypitt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526536</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by martypitt in "McDonald's removes AI-generated ad after backlash"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> ... the company which made the ad, defended its use of AI in a post on LinkedIn<p>> “It’s never about replacing craft, it’s about expanding the toolbox. The vision, the taste, the leadership … that will always be human,” she said.<p>> “And here’s the part people don’t see: the hours that went into this job far exceeded a traditional shoot. Ten people, five weeks, full-time.”<p>That response sounds like it was written by ChatGPT, which is a fantastic piece of tone-deaf irony from the creators.</p>
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