Hacker News: oumua_don17

Slow Down and Sit with It

oumua_don17 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:27:09 +0000

Article URL: https://yaoyue.org/blog/2026-slowdown/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590306

Points: 1

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New comment by oumua_don17 in "Job: Head of Stonehenge"

oumua_don17 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:25:53 +0000

And probably a prototype deployed to production!!!

New comment by oumua_don17 in "I keep bouncing off the Scheme language"

oumua_don17 — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:31:56 +0000

From my experience, you become a lisper truly when your Lisp image is running for days on end, you miss the live editing power and loathe the exception handling system in other languages. It takes a while and concentrated effort to get you there.

I strongly recommend anyone interested use a Lisp as their prototyping language in their workplace. Another idea is to rewrite a complex component of the software you're working on and rewrite it in Lisp. More importantly ask the questions on Lisp forums especially about using the live editing workflow.

New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?"

oumua_don17 — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:03:49 +0000

The Chip War

What led to the mess at Franklin Templeton India (2020)

oumua_don17 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:14:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/the-inside-story-of-what-led-to-the-mess-at-franklin-templeton-5192431.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902536

Points: 2

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New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?"

oumua_don17 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:29:03 +0000

Why should I tell if it's supposed to be hidden? :-)

But here we go, Common Lisp for rapid prototyping at my FAANG job, so I'm actually paid to do that!!!

edit: minor typo

New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?"

oumua_don17 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:26:32 +0000

>> spending cash on vacuous bullshit and being unhappy at work ...

I don't find anything incorrect in your response per se but I hope those weren't your assumptions about my situation and I didn't specify the details either. I've lived within my means, spend only for comfortable leisure travel, no mortgages; otherwise I wouldn't have achieved FIRE.

Neither am I sacrificing due to work as it's a good team with good WLB, it's just that I'm no longer excited by the work without dreading the Mondays. So as I mentioned in another response it's very likely that I'm actually scared of leaving this comfort level.

New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?"

oumua_don17 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:23:43 +0000

How'd you handle the no compete and whatever you do is ours clauses pretty much the norm at FAANG's?

New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?"

oumua_don17 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:41:09 +0000

I didn't mention other things like I'm living well within my means, no BS expenses except spending on leisure travel ensuring it's comfortable, no mortgages.

I'm working in good team with good WLB but after FIRE while I don't dread the Mondays, I'm no longer excited by the work. I still am able to make decent contributions to my team.

So may be I'm scared of leaving this comfort level.

Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?

oumua_don17 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:18:43 +0000

I’m currently at a FAANG company and have achieved FIRE, but I’m finding it hard to walk away from the golden handcuffs.

Those who did it, how did you do it? What did you move onto from FAANG?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658582

Points: 5

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New comment by oumua_don17 in "Almighty Lisp: Lisp and Emacs Essentials Book"

oumua_don17 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:40:55 +0000

Is there an option to buy this book as a pdf?

New comment by oumua_don17 in "Ask HN: How did you figure out what you wanted to do with your life?"

oumua_don17 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:42:05 +0000

This is very insightful and also aligns/overlaps with the rather unpopular don't follow your passion mindset. one can still find some work that's reasonably enjoyable even when it's not your hobby or passion; just that such work takes a while to find and might not last forever so you'll be back to square one.