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Ask HN: Where do you think the programmers jobs will go?

quantum2022 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:39:42 +0000

With the recent layoffs it got me thinking about this question. I see a huge opportunity for programmers to work for small-midsize companies integrating AI into their systems and maintaining and upgrading said systems. This will empower those small-midsize companies and give them a chance to potentially compete with the big ones. There might even be a consulting type firm that goes in, says here's where you can place some AI, and then connect the company with a programmer. Where do you all think the jobs will go?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47178941

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New comment by quantum2022 in "Building personal software is now Practical"

quantum2022 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:13:55 +0000

100% spot on.

New comment by quantum2022 in "AI Slopageddon and the OSS Maintainers"

quantum2022 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:46:44 +0000

Who owns AI-generated code? I would think the 'inventor' of the product the code is producing, since AI's can't invent products.

New comment by quantum2022 in "Can anyone help with GitHub project for a calendar?"

quantum2022 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:29:01 +0000

I built this using Claude. I am not a programmer. I also learned how to use GitHub from Claude so if I messed that up sorry :) This is a calendar to help out my cousin who's a single mother raising two little girls alone. She has trouble balancing all their doctors appointments, dentist appointments, soccer practices, baseball practices, school events, etc. It's supposed to be a calendar that's greyed out to anyone viewing except the owner. Anyone with the web address can update the calendar with whatever event it is. Only the owner (Kimble or if anyone else ever uses it them) would be able to see what the events were and the descriptions. Basically, I was wondering if anyone could review this and see if it's really doing what it should be doing. Also, any ideas on how other people if they wanted to use it could get a free calendar website (or just have them use github for that?) would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time!

Can anyone help with GitHub project for a calendar?

quantum2022 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:29:01 +0000

Article URL: https://johndlafayette.github.io/CalendarForKimble/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109908

Points: 1

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New comment by quantum2022 in "America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints"

quantum2022 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:49:36 +0000

I personally hope AI doesn't quite deliver on its valuations, so we don't lose tons of jobs, but instead of a market crash, the money will rotate into quantum and crispr technologies (both soon to be trillion dollar+ industries). People who bet big on AI might lose out some but not be wiped out. That's best casing it though.

New comment by quantum2022 in "Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?"

quantum2022 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:45:45 +0000

Want a product idea? You know the paper bags that you get at the grocery store? Why don't they have coupons/advertising printed on them? Take your groceries home and then cut up the bag for coupons for the next time you shop. I don't think I've ever seen this, and I can't find anything similar in a quick google search. Maybe you could create a business out of that?

New comment by quantum2022 in "How insurance risk is transformed into investable assets"

quantum2022 — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:10:42 +0000

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it was considered an 'act of G-d', not an act of China :)

I think you could also have specific pandemic insurance, and that paid out, but those were rare before Covid.

Ask HN: Will quantum computing offset the power grid needs of AI?

quantum2022 — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:33:43 +0000

What do you think? If successful, will quantum computing reduce the power needs of AI and datacenters or will we come up with new ideas and problems that will continue to increase power needs?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45384914

Points: 5

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New comment by quantum2022 in "Will AI be the basis of many future industrial fortunes, or a net loser?"

quantum2022 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:44:38 +0000

Yes, maybe what people create with it will be more basic. But is 'good enough' good enough? Will people pay for apps they can create on their own time for free using AI? There will be a huge disruption to the app marketplace unless apps are so much better than an AI could create it's worth the money. So short Apple? :) On the other hand, many, many more people will be creating apps and charging very little for them (because if it's not free or less than the value of my time, I'm building it on my own). This makes things better for everyone, and there'll still be a market for apps. So buy Apple? :)

New comment by quantum2022 in "Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add up"

quantum2022 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:10:19 +0000

You're missing the forest for the trees. It speeds up people who don't know how to program 100%. We could see a flourishing of ideas and programs coming out of 'regular' people. The kind of people that approach programmers with the 'I have an idea' and get ignored. Maybe the programs will be basic, but they'll be a template for something better, which then a programmer might say 'I see the value in that idea' and help develop it.

It'll increase incremental developments manyfold. A non-programmer spending a few hours on AI to make their workflow better and easier and faster. This is what everyone here keeps missing. It's not the programmers that should be using AI; it's 'regular' people.

New comment by quantum2022 in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

quantum2022 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:07:11 +0000

There goes the dream of ai allowing normal people to develop cool stuff. Talk about 'big company' stifles the little man.

New comment by quantum2022 in "Executive order seeks to expand involuntary commitment of homeless individuals"

quantum2022 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:04:13 +0000

Has anyone bothered to read section 2? It explicitly states that anyone the government deems a threat to themselves or others can be put away.

New comment by quantum2022 in "Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tables can be much faster"

quantum2022 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:00:28 +0000

This is neat! I always wondered if there would be a way to 'containerize' tables like this. IE a regular table is like a bulk carrier ship, with everything stuffed into it. If you could better organize it like a container ship, you could carry much more stuff more efficiently (and offload it faster too!)

New comment by quantum2022 in "America Is Losing Southeast Asia"

quantum2022 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:02:53 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KleseAAmUKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

New comment by quantum2022 in "Push Notifications Across Platforms"

quantum2022 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:49:10 +0000

Sp error: Use Laudspeaker to set up a drip campaing, and personalize messages based on customer attributes

Will facial recognition be the next Facebook?

quantum2022 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:42:27 +0000

Will a photo taken of a person allowing facial recognition open up to their personal profile on either your phone or glasses? IE a literal 'face' book.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41441377

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New comment by quantum2022 in "For those who hear voices, the ‘broken brain’ explanation is harmful"

quantum2022 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:27:20 +0000

This is fascinating finding out about these communities. My problems were always that I believed time travel might exist. Now I can find out whether I really https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnwn5rXEio :)

New comment by quantum2022 in "Aphantasia: I can not picture things in my mind"

quantum2022 — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:44:40 +0000

I found a reddit post about it and I think you may be correct, though it seems like their hallucinations aren't 'full fledged' (they report seeing shadows, not people or what have you): https://www.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/comments/baf5fv/can_peop...

I also found this study asking a similar question about many different types of mental illnesses, though some of it is about making people that have aphantasia better able to visualize to treat things like PTSD: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614338/

New comment by quantum2022 in "Aphantasia: I can not picture things in my mind"

quantum2022 — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:51:50 +0000

I wonder if this could be induced in people who suffer from hallucinations to reduce or eliminate their symptoms? Maybe their system is rigged into overdrive the other way. It says on wikipedia that there are 'cases reported of acquired aphantasia'.