<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: mrcsharp</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mrcsharp</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:06:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mrcsharp" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mrcsharp in "r/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For me, almost every single time a conversation like this happens in real life it boils down to the one side claiming that "This is the future" and "Don't get left behind" followed by a torrent of hype and buzzwords. So no, there is no interesting conversations to be had about LLM programming anymore.</p>
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<p>Fair enough. I misunderstood.</p>
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<p>Please read the article.<p>> The WSJ report added that the  rule is expected to make quarterly reporting optional and  not eliminate it altogether.<p>So companies can still do their quarterly reporting if they and their investors want that.</p>
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<p>I thought it was 72.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:24:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342163</link><dc:creator>mrcsharp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342163</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mrcsharp in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>English is my 3rd language. I still disagree with using an LLM to write on one's behalf. I either get to read your thoughts in your voice or the comment is getting a downvote/flag.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:19:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342078</link><dc:creator>mrcsharp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342078</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mrcsharp in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> AI is a great equalizer when it comes to communication in English.<p>Good argument for it but I think 80/20 split applies here. It is likely that 80% of the time it is used to farm for upvotes and add noise.<p>> And despite what people say, the way you write is very much judged as an indication of your education and intelligence.<p>I have come across plenty of content and online interactions in English where English was the Author's 2nd or even 3rd language and I find that putting a small disclaimer about this fact is more than enough to bypass such judgement.</p>
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<p>One thing not mentioned here is the Photos app. Out of the box, it is the default way to view images on Windows. That app is so bloated and slow to start that Microsoft announced they were going to preload it as well so it "starts" faster.</p>
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<p>Using React in core parts of the Windows Shell, Microsof's inability to design and release an application using non-web technologies, and the sluggishness and lagginess and bloat of Windows in general has finally pushed me to dual boot Fedora on a separate drive.<p>It is very nice having an Operating system that respects the Hardware I own and makes efficient use of it. My experience has been very good so far. Every device in my custom built desktop PC worked immediately. The only driver I had to build and install was for my XBOX Wireless dongle.<p>Gaming has been really damn good. I installed Steam and my games just worked. No fiddling around with configs or anything. Even installing a custom Proton version to try it out is very simple.<p>I've been on Fedora now for nearly a month and only boot into Windows for work. Eventually, I might get rid of Windows entirely. It'll take a massive U-turn from Microsoft on the philosophy for Windows for me to change my opinion now.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 05:30:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751049</link><dc:creator>mrcsharp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751049</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mrcsharp in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My personal blog that I write in every now and then: <a href="https://blog.mrcsharp.dev" rel="nofollow">https://blog.mrcsharp.dev</a><p>Mostly dev-related topics but I'm trying to write about more than just that.<p>And btw, this is a brilliant idea. I've already found 2 sites in adding to my bookmarks.</p>
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<p>I think the "for me" part is implied with pieces like these.</p>
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<p>It's always been this way with any hype cycle. This one is just the latest iteration.</p>
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<p>Chill out buddy. You're going to pop a vein here.<p>A typical backend developer using C#/Java is likely solving more complicated problems and having all the concerns of an enterprise system to worry about and maintain.<p>Dismissing a dev or a system because it is enterprisy is a weak argument to make against a language. A language being used a lot in an enterprise to carry the weight of the business is a sign the language is actually great and reliable enough.</p>
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<p>> Nobody cares about this<p>And that was my point. The choice of using JS/TS for LLM stuff was made for us based on initial wave of SDK availabilities. Nothing to do with language merits.</p>
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<p>> It also has TypeScript which pairs well with agentic coding loops<p>The language syntax has nothing to do with it pairing well with agentic coding loops.<p>Considering how close Typescript and C# are syntactically, and C#'s speed advantage over JS among many other things would make C# the main language for building Agents. It is not and that's because the early SDKs were JS and Python.</p>
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<p>C# has AOT compilation producing native, single file assemblies. A bit behind on this compared to Go, but it's there.</p>
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<p>Sadly, this will be the trend with things moving forward. JS is perceived as a good language and LLMs are meant to make them even easier to write. It is not about the mertis of a language. It's about which languages LLMs are "good" at.</p>
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<p>That doesn't make sense either. Agents already have access to MCPs and Tools. Your example is solved by having an S3 wrapper as a set of tools.</p>
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<p>> It’s at what level of complexity does QA become necessary.<p>This is a good point. My answer would be that it depends on how many depend on the software and what is the tolerance for unintended interactions that users discover?<p>Based on which domain the software is written/deployed in, this answer will be different.</p>
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<p>Bad analogy I think.<p>A table is a table. It has one core function. An argument can be made that it could be built in a way that a chair can't be pushed against it for example. But the number of such cases for a table are infinitely smaller than the number of edge cases and unexpected interactions a software system can have.<p>QA is a way to catch those edge cases that a single developer cannot find because of various reasons. One such reason is that devs are very close to their work and they might subconsciously not trigger the unhappy path in their code.<p>Testing if a table works is vastly different from testing a software system.</p>
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<p>So conspiracy theories are cool again?<p>No, your "dear leader" didn't buy intel.<p>You're on HN not some crappy FB group. The bar is higher around here.</p>
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