Hacker News: nugator

New comment by nugator in "Learning Software Architecture"

nugator — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:21:31 +0000

I work at a Swedish state authority and we don't have architects deciding software architecture, the teams do that themselves. There's however an "architecture guild" composed of about 6-8 senior architects that happily help you out if you want to have help, suggestions or review of your current or future architecture. I think that's a nice way of having good support if you need it.

New comment by nugator in "Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries"

nugator — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:55:38 +0000

A Swedish pension fund has been doing the same with about 8 billion dollars.

"The reason for the sales is an increased risk linked to the US's more unpredictable policies under Trump's leadership, says asset management manager Pablo Bernengo. Alecta assesses that the risk in US government bonds and the dollar has increased at the same time as the country suffers from large budget deficits and a growing national debt."

https://omni.se/a/0pK1zJ

New comment by nugator in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

nugator — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:22:28 +0000

Citation please.

New comment by nugator in "Attention is your scarcest resource"

nugator — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:18:21 +0000

Don't write another line of code. Setup mob programming with your colleagues and stay away from the keyboard. Instruct them what to do and answer all their questions. It will be slow at first but highly deliberating when they've understood the task and they can be more or less autonomous.

New comment by nugator in "Fatal Dose – Radiation Deaths linked to AECL Computer Errors (1994)"

nugator — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:31:44 +0000

What field is that and how do you achive that?

New comment by nugator in "Storm 2.0"

nugator — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 18:34:16 +0000

I'm willingly pigeonholing myself as a "software developer mostly working on the JVM" just to be honest about my (current) main strengths/experince. Throwing me into a Go/Python/whatever project would first need some time for me to get up to speed with the language.

New comment by nugator in "Public's Dread of Nuclear Power Limits Its Deployment"

nugator — Thu, 16 May 2019 18:58:22 +0000

Are you saying that everyone understanding science and basic statistics should be pro nuclear power plants as the best way of generating power?

New comment by nugator in "What It's Like to Work on Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat"

nugator — Sun, 12 May 2019 18:25:50 +0000

I think those who enjoy that kind of scenes are very distanced to it (not making a connection to reality). I totally understand you since you've been in combat and relates entertainment violence to real violence. I've gotten changed after having kids. Watching kids suffer hurts my heart and seeing adults suffer can cause me to see them as someones grown up kids. There is (most often) a view you can have on violence that causes empathy.

New comment by nugator in "MuseNet"

nugator — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:17:17 +0000

Low budget movies/videos?

New comment by nugator in "Micro-promotions and mentorship: impact of small actions in engineering culture"

nugator — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:51:41 +0000

Yes, I agree. I work at a Swedish automotive startup with about 12 backenders. We praise each other a lot in our PR reviews and I really feel I don't need anything more than that. Getting positive feedback from a superior is not needed since I'd rather get it from people who understand exactly what I've accomplished and see the true value in it.

New comment by nugator in "Construction has kept rent in Chongqing, China to $75 a month"

nugator — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:17:47 +0000

Please give some examples of your favourite/magical places in LA! (As a foreigner I've gotten the impression that LA is a huge superficial city without a soul. Would like to balance that with something else.)

New comment by nugator in "Storing UTC is not a silver bullet"

nugator — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:15:09 +0000

I'm a swede watching a lot of NFL and college games. Often the only thing I see are American times and need to input them easily in my calendar. Then I'm more interested in inputing "1pm EST" into my calendar and let the calendar figure out when to alert me of the game.

New comment by nugator in "Polar as a Personal Knowledge Repository"

nugator — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:04:08 +0000

AFAIK the Evernote client caches your notes locally in a readable file format. I back up that folder in case Evernote goes down.

New comment by nugator in "What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.?"

nugator — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:52:12 +0000

Super interesting, did not know this and looked it up (I'm a Swede). Washing eggs is NOT illegal in the EU (at least in Sweden) if your washing them at a certified plant. Washing them the wrong way can spread bacteria through the shell of the egg. So a farmer without the certified plant is not allowed to wash the eggs. Washed eggs are marked as washed to the consumer and all eggs I've ever bought in stores here have been washed.

New comment by nugator in "What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.?"

nugator — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:08:17 +0000

Do you have any examples? (Genuinely interested)

New comment by nugator in "What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.?"

nugator — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:06:37 +0000

As a European I'm interested in knowing what most Americans thinks about this (their food has additives that is forbidden in Europe). Is there a feeling of Europeans being too cautious or would you like to have the same rules?

New comment by nugator in "Scripting API now in public beta"

nugator — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 20:19:49 +0000

Why do you think all those parents wants their kids to have a programming career? Do you think the same of parents putting their kids in musical instrument classes? Don't you think there will be any joy working with code in 10 years time?

New comment by nugator in "Ask HN: What are your “brain hacks” that help you manage everyday situations?"

nugator — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:21:15 +0000

Amen to that! I often end up in discussions and decision making at work were I haven't even scratched the surface with my knowledge of the problem. Trying to listen and absorb as much information from the people that know most about the problem is my way of trying to quickly be able to make a decision (if that's needed).

New comment by nugator in "Slow Software"

nugator — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:08:34 +0000

Great tip! Thanks!

New comment by nugator in "Slow Software"

nugator — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:59:36 +0000

Amen, the Android share menu. Seems like it tries to go through the entire history of my previous shares to see what is most popular, then asks every app that enables sharing to list their respective sharing targets. Some of these apps also checks which of its own sharing targets are most popular (like the sms app and Messenger). Finally it renders a long list that to me feels random each time and not always relevant. /End rant