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New comment by sakopov in "Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?"

sakopov — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:38:27 +0000

This seems to be the answer. Building a rig with a decent graphics card will cost $2k+ and will produce sub-par results. Might as well milk the $100/m Claude sub until open-source alternatives reach parity with today's frontier models.

New comment by sakopov in "Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?"

sakopov — Tue, 26 May 2026 21:32:15 +0000

This hit home. My dad was diagnosed with colon cancer last week and had a large portion of his colon removed last Thursday. Polyps, which often become cancerous given time, can take a few years to get there. So you don't have to get screened every year but should definitely get the ball rolling. They'll usually be able to take them out during the procedure.

New comment by sakopov in "The real cost of owning a home"

sakopov — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:53:38 +0000

For context, property values have gone up 40-50% since 2021. Additional expenses are much easier to digest when you're not already paying an arm and a leg for a house at much higher mortgage rates.

New comment by sakopov in "The real cost of owning a home"

sakopov — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:45:17 +0000

I would really recommend getting a Home Warranty. I probably saved myself $7-$8K just in the last year fixing all kinds of electrical, plumbing and HVAC issues.

New comment by sakopov in "The real cost of owning a home"

sakopov — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:40:56 +0000

I would argue against this. I'm not sure owning is that much better. At the very least it's just as bad as renting if you bought in the past few years... I bought my home in 2023 and since then my monthly HOA payments doubled, my insurance premiums (nearly) tripled and my property taxes have gone up about $1000. Homeownership went from 35% to 45% of my monthly income. If you bought in the past few years, owning has absolutely been nothing short of a liability.

New comment by sakopov in "US is starting to see heavy job losses in roles exposed to AI"

sakopov — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:05:07 +0000

Most of the job losses are in tech and it all started back in late 2022 and early 2023 arguably before AI was perceived as a real threat. I think after 3 years of tech hiring melting because of all the economic uncertainty people can't see the forest for the trees anymore. Justy $0.02

New comment by sakopov in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

sakopov — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:51:48 +0000

Not trying to get into conspiracies, but about a month ago Michael Burry revealed that he opened a position in $GME which seemed very strange. Now with the news of a potential eBay acquisition I wonder if he's in on this pump and dump scheme if that's what it is.

New comment by sakopov in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

sakopov — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:29:58 +0000

GameStop CEO was on CNBC and acted like a total dick the entire time after they asked him how financing would work for this deal [1]. It appears that he's upset that Squawk Box previously stated that GameStop is a bankrupt meme stock. This is probably one of the funniest CNBC interviews I've seen.

[1] https://youtu.be/Bmj2PaxX24E

New comment by sakopov in "Job Postings for Software Engineers Are Rapidly Rising"

sakopov — Sat, 02 May 2026 06:56:00 +0000

I know this is anecdotal but after almost 2 years of no activity, I have been absolutely hounded by recruiters for nearly a month. They show up in my LinkedIn feed and I get multiple emails a week asking to interview. What in the world changed? It doesn't look like the job market's improved much. In fact I see more layoffs than ever before.

Kamal

sakopov — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:19:28 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/basecamp/kamal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806890

Points: 3

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New comment by sakopov in "Union types in C# 15"

sakopov — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:02:03 +0000

Why is the ecosystem bad? I haven't ran any .net code on anything but Linux in years. The open source community is great. I don't know why it gets a bad rep.

New comment by sakopov in "We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2"

sakopov — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:55:08 +0000

Can we just get back to html/jQuery/handlebars? Those were the good old days :`(

New comment by sakopov in "The Claude Code Leak"

sakopov — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:52:31 +0000

LOL, very true.

New comment by sakopov in "The Claude Code Leak"

sakopov — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:26:12 +0000

In my opinion, the “code is garbage” argument is a moot point. Anthropic is in the business of removing humans from the SDLC. As long as their models can understand and update the code they generate it can remain garbage. They’re not optimizing for human comprehension of the output. They don’t even want you looking at it. And eventually the models will get good enough that you won’t have to.

New comment by sakopov in "Show HN: Horizon – GPU-accelerated infinite-canvas terminal in Rust"

sakopov — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:44:39 +0000

Will there be any built releases available?

New comment by sakopov in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

sakopov — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:05:28 +0000

How do escalations work for statphone? If the first group doesn't respond to the call, does it escalate to the second group while the call is in progress still? What happens if the caller hangs up? Very cool idea btw!

New comment by sakopov in "Tech jobs are getting demolished in ways not seen since 2008"

sakopov — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:14:06 +0000

Perhaps your experience varied with zip code, but in the area where I lived at the time, the perception was that software industry was in a decline and acquiring a degree in the field seemed like a dubious bet. Maybe the sentiment was different if you were in the Bay area.

New comment by sakopov in "Tech jobs are getting demolished in ways not seen since 2008"

sakopov — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:28:30 +0000

I remember going to school for computer science back in 2004 and literally everyone around me thought I was an idiot. I worked a part time shift at a grocery store and 2 of my coworkers were CS grads without any job offers. Then in 2008 I graduated and the financial market collapsed. My first real programming job paid less than my grocery store job but I was happy I had my foot in the door. I don't remember when the market picked up but I don't think the layoffs were as drawn out as they are today. At least back than you kinda new why everyone was on a hiring freeze. Today there are so many economic factors and a massively disrupting technology that it feels messier than ever before.

New comment by sakopov in "Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command"

sakopov — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:42:29 +0000

> Founder @DataTalksClub | Teaching engineers to build production AI systems | AI agents, LLMs, ML, data engineering | 100,000+ learners

Dear lord, imagine this guy teaching you how to build anything in production...

New comment by sakopov in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

sakopov — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:46:36 +0000

What's a good value for a used MacBook pro these days? Any of the older models worth buying today?