Hacker News: ray_v

New comment by ray_v in "Meta Paid $17B – Gets to Write Safety Rules for Other SocMedia Platform"

ray_v — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:13:38 +0000

Is there a "crypto-shred" method for destroying access to your account? Like, change your email to one that expires/isn't reusable, then change the password to some totally random, lengthy string and then never record it?

New comment by ray_v in "AWS Acquires DuckDB"

ray_v — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:54:54 +0000

This gave me a shot of panic when I read the headline - thanks for correcting the record.

New comment by ray_v in "Hacker News now has an active (official) X account"

ray_v — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:49:06 +0000

As a casual Xcancel user, this is actually the first I'm hearing of this. Wow, what a bummer

New comment by ray_v in "Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive"

ray_v — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:38:52 +0000

Not only that but it appears as if they're also treating the platform that customers actively use in such a way as well - heavily A/B testing features and behavior of the platform with little regard for customer comfort in terms of platform use, moving targets for subscription limits, etc etc. I suppose most of us chalk it up to the technology being new and evolving, but I'm not so sure everyone shares that same sentiment clearly.

New comment by ray_v in "Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion"

ray_v — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:39:46 +0000

does "Superpowers" exist outside of the Claude ecosystem? I feel like I've become hooked on this workflow - honestly I could take or leave the models ... it's the workflows and the way that they essentially create tightly focused loops over multiple sessions that I've becoming fairly dependent on.

New comment by ray_v in "Degraded performance for multiple models"

ray_v — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:35:32 +0000

we're all a little crazy ... it's all relative!

New comment by ray_v in "Degraded performance for multiple models"

ray_v — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:42:52 +0000

well, I wouldn't go that far .. but in this small, narrow case ... no.

New comment by ray_v in ""Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers"

ray_v — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:35:29 +0000

> Either directly or worse.

Wow, some "the killer is calling from inside the house" vibes right there. But I totally agree that the game of telephone has always been _an_ issue - maybe not _the_ issue but certainly a big one.

New comment by ray_v in "AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon"

ray_v — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:55:09 +0000

I could see this making sense when model development start to settle down ... it's going to settle down, right? ...

New comment by ray_v in "Choose DuckDB rather than SQLite"

ray_v — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:38:04 +0000

Yes - it's a specific workload for sure. SQLite is still the GOAT when it comes to OLTP, but DuckDB is really becoming the GOAT in the OLAP world - I think DuckDB is simply amazing and truly an amazing piece of technology for anyone working with large amounts of data.

New comment by ray_v in "Show HN: Descript wanted $24/mo, I built an open-source alternative in a weekend"

ray_v — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:09:57 +0000

Yeah, it's not so much about money, or any sort of monetary "payoff" - it's about the features that are not available that you now have the ability to extend. Believe it or not, not everything is about money!

New comment by ray_v in "After the AI Crash"

ray_v — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:06:36 +0000

It's interesting that you're looking to exit the industry as a SR dev - from my casual observations it seems like mostly it's the JR devs and younger folks that have been mostly rejecting agentic dev.

Just out of curiosity, do you have a specific objections to using the technology? I totally understand the burnout however (I'm rapidly approaching 50 myself).

New comment by ray_v in "Show HN: Descript wanted $24/mo, I built an open-source alternative in a weekend"

ray_v — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:01:11 +0000

Where it pays off is not when you reach parity with the built product compared to the vendored product - it's when you can continue to extend or customize the capabilities when the original vendor can not or will not support the features you can now build

New comment by ray_v in "Cloudflare's new AI traffic options for customers"

ray_v — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:07:00 +0000

Bingo!

New comment by ray_v in "Cloudflare's new AI traffic options for customers"

ray_v — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:39:33 +0000

So, in summary: still the honors system. Got it. thanks.

New comment by ray_v in "Steam Machine: Between 12k and 15k Units Sold per week"

ray_v — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:24:09 +0000

And the price is steep but in my opinion, you really do get a lot of value here - especially with the fact that you instantly pull a ton of your library in seamlessly. If you've been in this ecosystem for a while that's a huge selling-point - or, at least it was for me!

New comment by ray_v in "Bluesky Trademarks ATProto"

ray_v — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:16:17 +0000

I had to shake my head for a moment as I was instantly transported back to 1998 with that comment lol

New comment by ray_v in "Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own"

ray_v — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:27:47 +0000

It would have justified the price had they included this in the base model - this is the next best thing I suppose. Valve is really coming out as the good guy here in the video game industry and we should really support and applaud all that they're doing to hold the line for consumers and fans.

New comment by ray_v in "Leanstral 1.5"

ray_v — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:46:48 +0000

thanks! I hate it!

New comment by ray_v in "Micron CEO says low-price push by customers fueled the memory shortage"

ray_v — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:11:05 +0000

So, the argument is, "the markets forced us to collude and price fix!"?

Sounds like "blame the victim" mentality to be honest.