Hacker News: pillefitz

New comment by pillefitz in "Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:17:22 +0000

As stated in the sibling comment, management is very similar to engineering.

New comment by pillefitz in "Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:15:33 +0000

This is such a simplistic view I have difficulties deciding where to even start. Think of a manager as someone who engineers the fabric of the organization. Most of my time is spent debugging, communicating, finding the right abstractions, configuring processes - all very similar to the engineering work I previously did.

New comment by pillefitz in "The Dark Night of Mathematics"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:45:14 +0000

Not everything in life is a transactional zero-sum game. We as society can afford people to work on beauty, without anything else in return. I'd even argue that this should be one of mankind's ultimate goals.

New comment by pillefitz in "Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign"

pillefitz — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:31:02 +0000

Gemini estimated it to cost around 500€ per piece

New comment by pillefitz in "Europe's new climate in seven charts"

pillefitz — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:08:25 +0000

This doesn't sound like a serious question

New comment by pillefitz in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

pillefitz — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:20:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing! This all sounds good, but like another poster said, most of it can be experienced without killing other humans / oppressing other countries. Seems like a huge sacrifice just to have fun.

New comment by pillefitz in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

pillefitz — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:02:35 +0000

What's so great about the army? To me, it appears to be one of the most unethical occupations one could have.

New comment by pillefitz in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pillefitz — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:09:37 +0000

You are a disgrace calling this genocide "self-defense". Seriously. Denying civilians access to fresh water, ambushing ambulances and now blaming the victims? This is utterly disgusting.

New comment by pillefitz in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pillefitz — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:01:13 +0000

This is not the point OP wanted to make, and you seem smart enough to understand that.

New comment by pillefitz in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

pillefitz — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:15:44 +0000

Unfortunately, I get terribly tired and brain-fogged from even small quantities. Anyone else experienced this?

New comment by pillefitz in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

pillefitz — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:56:02 +0000

You can't be serious.

New comment by pillefitz in "Why we lose our friends as we age (2023)"

pillefitz — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:16:06 +0000

Back in the old days, presumably you made friends wherever you went

New comment by pillefitz in "Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users"

pillefitz — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:38:27 +0000

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New comment by pillefitz in "New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming"

pillefitz — Sat, 02 May 2026 04:40:55 +0000

Selected Ambient Works!

New comment by pillefitz in "The Mushroom That Makes People Have the Exact Same Hallucination"

pillefitz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:56:45 +0000

More like Eigenvectors/-modes of the mind, which certain stimuli amplify into resonance

New comment by pillefitz in "Interview with Bob Odenkirk"

pillefitz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:41:37 +0000

So you're saying that life isn't a farce? Or that it is, and poor people don't ponder it? Just expressing disapproval of rich people?

New comment by pillefitz in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:53:46 +0000

Unfortunately no. It's my inference, given that 23andme didn't find any genetic indicator (CYP1A2) for slow metabolism, which is in line with my experience I got more sensitive over time.

So it must be some other mechanism that diminished enzyme production. Some of my liver (were those enzymes are produced) values were elevated over the last few years for no good reason, and I suspect the two could be related.

It's a bit annoying, as I'm reacting to trace amounts of caffeine in coffee, tea or chocolate, but I'm more worried about all the other, possibly carcinogenic, environmental toxins my liver won't be able to filter out.

New comment by pillefitz in "OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API"

pillefitz — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:44:50 +0000

You're right, unfortunately. How naive of me to think that at least the HN audience would care.

New comment by pillefitz in "OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API"

pillefitz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:43:22 +0000

Please consider the ethical aspects of giving money to OpenAI versus alternatives.

New comment by pillefitz in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

pillefitz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:25:44 +0000

It's less about the strength of coffee than about your metabolism. I used to be unaffected by caffeine, and now it takes a few sips in the morning to mess with my sleep in the evening - sth that started happening in my twenties I believe, possibly liver-related.