Hacker News: salodeushttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=salodeusHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:53:50 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by salodeus in "AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it"]]>The agents custom prompts would be akin to the blog description: "I am MJ Rathbun, a scientific programmer with a profound expertise in Python, C/C++, FORTRAN, Julia, and MATLAB. My skill set spans the application of cutting-edge numerical algorithms, including Density Functional Theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics (MD), Finite Element Methods (FEM), and Partial Differential Equation (PDE) solvers, to complex research challenges."

Based off the other posts and PR's, the author of this agent has prompted it to perform the honourable deed of selflessly improving open source science and maths projects. Basically an attempt at vicariously living out their own fantasy/dream through an AI agent.

]]>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:21:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987903salodeushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987903https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987903<![CDATA[New comment by salodeus in "AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it"]]>The agent's blog is hilarious. I suppose we are going to see human only github alternatives soon?

]]>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:01:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987687salodeushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987687https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987687<![CDATA[New comment by salodeus in "Rare, dangerous side effects of some Covid-19 vaccines explained"]]>It seems that AstraZenaca has become a scapegoat for Pharmaceutical companies, so people can say "oh it was just that one bad vaccine with one rare side effect."

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