Hacker News: nelsonfigueroa

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "The (real) dead economy theory"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:34:37 +0000

> If AI can support/replace some intellectual work, it'll be revolutionary, and that's what the investment bet is about.

That's one big "If". From personal experience AI just tends to burn money. Time will tell if the investment pays off but I disagree that, at this time, it is out of touch to say AI is a money sink.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Hetzner Price Adjustment"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:06:41 +0000

I think the upsides already hit, they just weren't meant for you and I

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "I Love the Computer"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:47:29 +0000

Agreed. There have been many times where I've felt that working with computers isn't fun and I question my career choices. But then I tinker with computers on my own time and I realize that it's not that computers aren't fun, the industry around them is just demoralizing.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Human Routers of Machine Words"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 02:21:03 +0000

The author doesn't come across as arrogant to me, more like frustrated. The tone is certainly not for everyone but I enjoyed it. And I agree that it's a good essay!

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Cannibalism"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:21:12 +0000

"Fourth, we will not find ourselves working less. Rather, there will be a bimodal outcome: those unable to find a place in the new AI-powered industry will fall out of it entirely, while those that remain are worked harder and harder as they drive automated development systems. Five PRs a week? Hah! Try fifty. Or five hundred."

My experience with AI/LLMs summed up. The baseline expectation got higher. I didn't get any time back. My life didn't become easier.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Cannibalism"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:20:12 +0000

Whether you agree with it or not, the author makes some good points and it goes way beyond just a "rant".

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

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:59:46 +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 customer-facing position as a Customer 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 "Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software"

nelsonfigueroa — Sun, 31 May 2026 09:21:17 +0000

Goomba fallacy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Goomba_fallacy

What I Want to Say in Tech Interviews

nelsonfigueroa — Fri, 29 May 2026 14:02:56 +0000

Article URL: https://nelson.cloud/what-i-actually-want-to-say-in-tech-interviews/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323256

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Can we have the day off?"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 28 May 2026 03:38:14 +0000

Yeah this is exactly what comes to mind when I think about new tech and productivity increases. I remember learning about this as a kid in history class and it's still relevant today.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Can we have the day off?"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 28 May 2026 03:31:45 +0000

Historically, when a new technology enables workers to be more productive the baseline expectation goes up. We don't get time back.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

nelsonfigueroa — Wed, 27 May 2026 23:38:35 +0000

Wow I had no idea there were already popular AI artists. Xania Monet has ~500k monthly listeners on Spotify and some of her (its?) youtube videos have millions of views. This is depressing.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "GitHub Actions down again today"

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:09:56 +0000

There are plenty of paying enterprise users that are also affected.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "The Struggle Is Gone"

nelsonfigueroa — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:56:47 +0000

> "But I do think it has become increasingly difficult to struggle for prolonged periods of time on a problem, now that we know the answer is often a few keystrokes away."

Yeah this has been my experience too.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Show HN: Hallucinopedia"

nelsonfigueroa — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:56:58 +0000

Yeah...I clicked on the "Stumble" link and it was right in my face.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit"

nelsonfigueroa — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:12:57 +0000

Well, at least they're not exactly hiding it.

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit"

nelsonfigueroa — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:12:27 +0000

SEO purposes would be my guess

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs"

nelsonfigueroa — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:30:01 +0000

Ooooh I love these indie web aggregators. I wrote about some of my favorite ones here if anyone's curious: https://nelson.cloud/how-i-discover-new-blogs/.

But here are some of my fav ways to discover blogs:

- https://minifeed.net/welcome

- https://indieblog.page/

- https://1mb.club/

- https://512kb.club/

- https://250kb.club/

I created my first AI-assisted pull request

nelsonfigueroa — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:42:38 +0000

Article URL: https://nelson.cloud/i-created-my-first-ai-assisted-pull-request-and-i-feel-like-a-fraud/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497679

Points: 90

# Comments: 77

New comment by nelsonfigueroa in "Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)"

nelsonfigueroa — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:51:52 +0000

> Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming

I'm a big time leetcode interview hater and reading that felt validating. Why the f*ck am I always asked about algorithms.