Hacker News: okdood64

New comment by okdood64 in "I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left"

okdood64 — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:54:51 +0000

> I replaced all of it with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and most stuff from Datastore to Postgres and Mongo with replicas. I added Redis.

But now you need staffing/headcount to be experts in, and maintain, upgrade and be oncall for this stuff?

New comment by okdood64 in "Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like"

okdood64 — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:33:26 +0000

I take software engineering and production reliability very seriously. But coding is just a small part of my job. It's not really the meat and potatoes. I'll vibe code (responsibility) where I can.

New comment by okdood64 in "Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

okdood64 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:54:48 +0000

What’s the margin of error on a free return orbit burn though? Isn’t there a scenario of being pointed slightly in the wrong direction or burning for too long throwing them off?

New comment by okdood64 in "Waymo seeking about $16B near $110B valuation"

okdood64 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:37:38 +0000

Yea, I can't imagine being a woman and having to deal with some of these drivers.

This doesn't compare, but as a man I get really put off by the amount of invasive questions (where I work, where my family is from, etc) when I'm just trying to get from point A to point B.

I'm a mid-millenial FWIW, so I very much remember a world of only having old school taxis.

New comment by okdood64 in "Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica"

okdood64 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:51:06 +0000

> Waymo will still have to accept some responsibility

Why? This is only true if they weren't supposed to be on the road in the first place. Which is not true.

New comment by okdood64 in "Don't fall into the anti-AI hype"

okdood64 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:40:21 +0000

> software quality is going down

Is there some metric for this?

New comment by okdood64 in "NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew"

okdood64 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:50:38 +0000

A single soldier having a medical issue generally doesn't cancel a multi-month mission costing some X large sum of money, requiring another Y large sum of money to even finish cancelling it (returning their unit home).

Therefore it's not relevant and not needed for the public to know.

New comment by okdood64 in "NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew"

okdood64 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:48:28 +0000

I can respect operational security requirements. Even though they are abused.

New comment by okdood64 in "NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew"

okdood64 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:43:03 +0000

Disagree; this is completely taxpayer funded and we deserve to know every detail relevant to mission status. In this scenario knowing what illness and why it's grounds for a return is very relevant. That said, I can see NASA delaying information release to figure out a good strategy for it while still respecting any wishes of the sick astronaut with regards to disclosure.

New comment by okdood64 in "Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe"

okdood64 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:15:16 +0000

+1, though I'll add it doesn't need to be a completely "non-chill" job.

Your job should be manageable day-to-day with certain period of stress or extra work where you need to push yourself. This is where growth occurs.

Example: You need to learn a new language/framework and maybe spend some extra hours outside of work for a few weeks to ramp up for a new project. But once you have a handle on it, you go back to your regular schedule. And that might even mean now you can relax and work less than your regular schedule. It's all about managing when you grind and when you "coast".

New comment by okdood64 in "Discord to File Confidentially for IPO"

okdood64 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:21:38 +0000

Given their per user pricing model, who's going to pay for this for any given community? Discord is mostly popular in communities where self-organized funding would be realistic.

New comment by okdood64 in "Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study"

okdood64 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:02:14 +0000

I think most addicts when not high/drunk/fucked up off their substance of choice would admit that they they are more impaired and not good to drive when they are on their substance of choice.

But you'll still find some small percentage of them claiming they wouldn't be impaired.

Source: have actually spend a lot of time around addicts.

New comment by okdood64 in "Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory"

okdood64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:15:25 +0000

What about the Attention paper?

New comment by okdood64 in "Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory"

okdood64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:00:40 +0000

By 2006, Google was 8 years old. OpenAI is now 10.

New comment by okdood64 in "Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory"

okdood64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:28:16 +0000

Oh yes, I believe that's right. What's some frontier research Meta has shared in the last couple years?

New comment by okdood64 in "Google Titans architecture, helping AI have long-term memory"

okdood64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:05:36 +0000

From the blog:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.00663

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.13173

Is there any other company that's openly publishing their research on AI at this level? Google should get a lot of credit for this.

New comment by okdood64 in "Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright"

okdood64 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:19:25 +0000

> Unfortunately, the type of people with tinted windows are exactly the type you shouldn't overtake.

So every soccer mom SUV?

New comment by okdood64 in "OpenAI’s promise to stay in California helped clear the path for its IPO"

okdood64 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:27:03 +0000

Nuclear doesn't reduce emissions?

New comment by okdood64 in "OpenAI’s promise to stay in California helped clear the path for its IPO"

okdood64 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:20:32 +0000

> There's books written

Which?

New comment by okdood64 in "Creating an all-weather driver"

okdood64 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:16:31 +0000

They're a separate company.