Hacker News: nelsonfigueroa

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Microsoft Teams is a red flag"

nelsonfigueroa — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:07:23 +0000

1000000% agree. I'm currently interviewing for new jobs and when I hear that they use Microsoft Teams it's always a red flag. Not a deal breaker, but a red flag nonetheless. It is truly awful.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Catch a Bird – I made it for my own sanity"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:18:29 +0000

Very wholesome :) I like it

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:29:27 +0000

can't even make a coffee at home without being tracked

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "I don't read code anymore"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:48:48 +0000

i was poking around your site and went here https://blog.duyet.net/2026/07/anyrouter/ and ran into an error: "Something went wrong! Minified React error #300; visit https://react.dev/errors/300 for the full message or use the non-minified dev environment for full errors and additional helpful warnings."

Perhaps you should read your code just a little bit?

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:20:14 +0000

why is OpenAI wasting their efforts on implementing ads if they are apparently close to AGI?

Raskin's Laws for Humane Computers

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:31:32 +0000

Article URL: https://pre.hn/raskins-laws/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49687771

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Getting 50 GB/S Back from the Apple Neural Engine"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 02:16:55 +0000

This goes way over my head and I don't understand most of it lol. I noticed you're still in the middle of getting your B.S. degree and you're already writing things like this...amazing.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:10:06 +0000

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred. I'm okay with going into an office if it's nearby.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Résumé/CV: Check out LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/. Happy to send over a PDF via email or LinkedIn messages.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

I'm trying to get back into a Software/Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer role rather than my current position as a Cloud Support Engineer. I would describe myself as a mid-level engineer, but the goal is to reach a senior level title at a company with a high bar.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Culture Clash"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:22:52 +0000

Maybe I've been desensitized by all the "Subscribe now" pop ups that take over your entire browser, but seeing the subscription box inline with the rest of the text didn't bother me too much.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Highlighting My Code Based on How Much I Care"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:32:28 +0000

I went through a similar journey not too long ago. I also asked myself "Why does highlighting even need to be in color?" when reworking my blog. I wanted a monochromatic look for my entire site, including code blocks. I noticed code blocks are still very readable as long as there's different tones. I still like pretty colors so I compromised by doing normal syntax highlighting when a code block is hovered over (or tapped on mobile).

Btw the dynamic highlighting by clicking on the code is so cool. I may or may not steal that idea ;)

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:23:23 +0000

I thought I'd see "smoking gun" near the top of the list

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "It’s so hard to finish an idea that is not yours and is just suggested by AI"

nelsonfigueroa — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:52:13 +0000

I use Obsidian but I don't follow the whole "second brain" thing, I just organize my notes by directories. You can use Obsidian however you want and adapt to the way your actual brain works. The "second brain" thing doesn't work for everyone. Even taking digital notes doesn't work for everyone (for example, it looks like you prefer paper notes).

If you haven't tried Obsidian at all I think you should give it a shot and write notes without following any system in particular. If you've tried it and you still prefer paper notes and the occasional apple note, then perhaps Obsidian isn't necessary for the way you take and organize notes.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quiet Enterprise Install of Beta 'Photos' App"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:49:10 +0000

Windows is malware

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "A Discord Alternative – Echoed"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:43:35 +0000

I guess because there's people like me that like the UI (aside from all the Nitro bloat at least)

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Never Enough"

nelsonfigueroa — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:41:03 +0000

I’m not one of those people that have agents running 24/7, but I am someone who always feels like they’re behind. The final paragraph of the post resonated deeply.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Zoom is now Chrome only"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:28:30 +0000

not the person you're replying to but I was able to join from browser on Firefox 152.0.6

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Grok Build is open source"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:12:00 +0000

Issues and Discussions are disabled lol

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)"

nelsonfigueroa — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:26:51 +0000

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Remote: Remote preferred. I'm okay with going into an office if it's nearby.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Ruby, Rails, Python, Bash, Go, HTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Résumé/CV: Check out LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonfigueroa1/, or my personal site: https://nelson.cloud/about. Happy to send over a PDF via LinkedIn as well.

Email: nelsonfigueroa07@gmail.com

I'm trying to get back into a more typical Software Engineering role rather than my current position as a Cloud Support Engineer. I would describe myself as a mid-level engineer, but the goal is to reach a senior level title at a company with a high bar.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "ICE Tracks Down Woman to Force Her to Delete Instagram Post"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:26:10 +0000

All I have to say is...wtf man

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 02:07:28 +0000

This is pretty cool. I clicked on the demo but unfortunately it's already running into the inevitable issue of anonymous people typing out slurs and expletives. Maybe have a predefined set of words/phrases people can use?

This is the demo page for others to see: https://townsquare.cauenapier.com/#square