Hacker News: rashidae

New comment by rashidae in "Unrolling the Codex agent loop"

rashidae — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:56:53 +0000

Interesting. Have you tested other LLMs or CLIs as a comparison? Curious which one you’re finding more reliable than Opus 4.5 through Claude Code.

New comment by rashidae in "We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon"

rashidae — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:23:10 +0000

> As a mirror to real-world agent design: the limiting factor for general-purpose agents is the legibility of their environments, and the strength of their interfaces. For this reason, we prefer to think of agents as automating diligence, rather than intelligence, for operational challenges.

New comment by rashidae in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

rashidae — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:42:06 +0000

My site! Rashidazarang.com

New comment by rashidae in "Claude Code On-the-Go"

rashidae — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:20:08 +0000

Trust yourself to be able to handle agents. Stop trying to be too safe, you’re paying the price with ignorance. Just use Claude Code with Opus 4.5.

Re-Signifying My Relationship with Speed

rashidae — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:49:26 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/re-signifying-my-relationship-with-speed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46125858

Points: 2

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New comment by rashidae in "The Anatomy of a One-Shot Prompt"

rashidae — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:30:25 +0000

Last week, I ran an experiment. Instead of building incrementally, I described exactly what I wanted to ChatGPT 5.1 Pro to draft a prompt, and then asked Claude Opus 4.5 to deliver it in one shot.

The result changed how I think about about speed when working with AI.

The Anatomy of a One-Shot Prompt

rashidae — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:30:25 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/the-anatomy-of-a-one-shot-prompt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46111937

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by rashidae in "The Anatomy of a One-Shot Prompt"

rashidae — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:29:05 +0000

Last week, I ran an experiment. Instead of building incrementally, I described exactly what I wanted to ChatGPT 5.1 Pro to draft a prompt, and then asked Claude Opus 4.5 to deliver it in one shot.

The result changed how I think about about speed when working with AI.

The Anatomy of a One-Shot Prompt

rashidae — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://app.super.so/site/3dc5abac-890a-40e1-85d9-df5a3602b720?path=c%2Fthe-anatomy-of-a-one-shot-prompt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46111919

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by rashidae in "The Costs of Using AI to Manage Emotional Uncertainty"

rashidae — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:07:34 +0000

People are starting to use AI not just to think, but to feel. When something hurts or feels uncertain, it is easy to offload that discomfort into a system that instantly turns it into clarity: an explanation, a plan, a message, a neatly packaged insight. It works. It feels good. But there is a hidden cost.

If we outsource emotional uncertainty too quickly, we skip the part where we actually feel it. The system digests the discomfort before we do. Over time this can make us excellent at understanding our lives but worse at sitting with the parts of experience that have no immediate answers. We get analysis instead of depth, interpretation instead of emotional endurance.

AI is powerful as a thinking partner, but it becomes risky when it becomes an emotional bypass. Some forms of growth only happen in the silence before clarity. If we replace those moments with instant interpretation, we trade long term resilience for short term relief.

This is not an argument against using AI. It is simply a reminder that some of the most important human capacities develop in the space where no external system can feel on our behalf.

The Costs of Using AI to Manage Emotional Uncertainty

rashidae — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:07:34 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/costs-of-emotional-outsourcing-with-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050105

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Oakley Meta Vanguard Has Landed

rashidae — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:10:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.oakley.com/en-us/category/oakley-meta?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45657549

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by rashidae in "What People Miss About OpenAI Canvas"

rashidae — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:26:46 +0000

When OpenAI launched Canvas yesterday, many called it a step backwards.

But conversation and spatial interfaces aren’t competing; they’re complementary.

Chat captures intent. Canvas structures complexity.

The real question isn’t which one wins, it’s whether we know when to use each.

What People Miss About OpenAI Canvas

rashidae — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:26:46 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/what-people-miss-about-canvas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45505218

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by rashidae in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)"

rashidae — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:02:40 +0000

Location: Mexico

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, TypeScript, React, Supabase, Postgres, Docker, Cloudflare Workers, MCP, WebRTC, agentic AI orchestration

Résumé/CV: https://rashidazarang.com

GitHub: https://github.com/rashidazarang

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I am Rashid Azarang, a systems architect and builder focused on making intelligence usable. I design and implement cognitive systems that enable human-like interaction through AI agents.

Some recent work:

- Supply Chain Risk Management Platform — turned fragmented data into operational clarity.

- From Sync Bridge to Data Warehouse — re-architected brittle integrations into a coherent warehouse.

- Open Source Twilio SMS Dashboard — practical tooling others have since adopted.

- AWS CloudWatch Interface — lightweight logs explorer with MCP adapter.

I also maintain ChatGPT Exporter (80+ stars) and multiple MCP servers/agents. Previously, I helped scale a COVID-19 testing platform from ~1k to 100k+ tests per month, serving over a million people.

I’m looking for early-stage engineering roles where frontend speed meets backend reliability, especially in real-time systems, or AI.

The Network Effect of Intelligence

rashidae — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:43:26 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/the-network-effect-of-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45431616

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by rashidae in "Navigation as Infrastructure, Not Prompt Engineering"

rashidae — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:00:41 +0000

Agents act. Infrastructure enables. A Navigation Layer enforces constitutional invariants and improves how we improve... Doug Engelbart’s bootstrapping in code.

Navigation as Infrastructure, Not Prompt Engineering

rashidae — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:00:41 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/navigation-layer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45422065

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by rashidae in "Capital That Thinks"

rashidae — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:58:51 +0000

We’ve had physical, financial, and human capital. All were tools waiting for human hands. What happens when capital itself starts to think?

Capital That Thinks

rashidae — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:58:51 +0000

Article URL: https://rashidazarang.com/c/capital-that-thinks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45422046

Points: 4

# Comments: 1