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The Harness Is the Thing

sfryxell — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:59:59 +0000

Article URL: https://scott-fryxell.github.io/blog/the-harness-is-the-thing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452346

Points: 87

# Comments: 23

New comment by sfryxell in "The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous"

sfryxell — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:30:04 +0000

I have gotten multiple emails from wonky email addresses offering to have me interview for jobs and they will take care of the work if I get hired. fake names tons of money for me. I just have to nail the interview.

My resume is shiny enough and I've gotton hired enough times im a good candidate for this kind of scam.

This feels like a very ham fisted approach for them though. 99% of engineers are going to ignore or not take seriously these kinds of out of the blue offers.

New comment by sfryxell in "We Designed TigerBeetle's Docs from Scratch"

sfryxell — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:34:36 +0000

brand is doing the same work as personality in this sentence

New comment by sfryxell in "Integrating AI"

sfryxell — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:04:31 +0000

sorry to make you my QA. Its the first time using a pre tag on the blog. I didn't check it on mobile before pushing.

It's fixed now. Thanks for commenting and letting me know.

New comment by sfryxell in "Integrating AI"

sfryxell — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:47:19 +0000

AI coding assistants are changing how we work, but they're not replacing the core skills that make a developer. What matters most is our ability to hold complex systems in our minds and think through their implications.

Integrating AI

sfryxell — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:47:19 +0000

Article URL: https://scott-fryxell.github.io/blog/AI-imagination/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43054340

Points: 39

# Comments: 23

New comment by sfryxell in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"

sfryxell — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:58:23 +0000

Even better

New comment by sfryxell in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"

sfryxell — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:35:16 +0000

Maaaan, The NYPD will take credit for oxygen. Right now their talking like they solved it. a "combination of old-school detective work and new age technology"

it was an employee at McDonalds. McDonalds solved this crime. Like god intended.

New comment by sfryxell in "The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh"

sfryxell — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:21:03 +0000

Thats definitely how the article from the times reads. What is the point of higher learning, it's a gross mutation for it to become an ever tightening noose of status scarcity

New comment by sfryxell in "The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh"

sfryxell — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:12:29 +0000

Spelling checked by claude. Thanks for the reminder. imagine years ago I would just be left to wallow in my ignorance.

New comment by sfryxell in "The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh"

sfryxell — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:47:53 +0000

yep 4 people in san francisco. I mean I've lived in the city since the 90's. and eventually you get to know people who value decency over rent. Also, tiny room.

New comment by sfryxell in "The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh"

sfryxell — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:39:31 +0000

"runway and low rents to keep whiddling away on, until it happened "

That's exactly it. Living here in the city. I have cheap rent $680 decent work and the room and time to spend my day coding on projects that I feel like matter.

The projects don't feel fully baked, but getting closer right. I just need the time and space to work on them.

well said.

New comment by sfryxell in "The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh"

sfryxell — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:17:02 +0000

How do we build our perfect future with desperate scared elites worried they won't get to achieve

The White Collar Apocalypse Is Nigh

sfryxell — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:17:02 +0000

Article URL: https://scott-fryxell.github.io/blog/the-white-collar-apocalypse-is-nigh/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41641560

Points: 28

# Comments: 24

New comment by sfryxell in "CitizenDJ – Make music using free audio and video from the Library of Congress"

sfryxell — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:13:31 +0000

This is fantastic. I've got two samplers that I've just started building a sample library for (Korg Drumlogue and Teenage Engineering's KO II) This is exactly the kind of tool that will help me find interesting sounds. Great job.

New comment by sfryxell in "Proteins let cells remember how well their last division went"

sfryxell — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:59:00 +0000

for me this is an example of informative back pressure. the protiens make sure the cells pay attention to what just happened to allow for changes that could improve things in the future. If you like the sound of big V8's what's appealing is the backpressure signaling that the engine is healthy and capable.

There was this article on backpressure on here and it's been siting with me. I've been applying it to other articles about data flow.

https://medium.com/@jayphelps/backpressure-explained-the-flo...

New comment by sfryxell in "Same. Leaving Apple Hardware"

sfryxell — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:39:50 +0000

I think I was just showing off. The vectors are just fine without the animation. They are a setting I had on inside realness. on a blog that's for reading they are a distraction and turn oppressive without the option to disable.

Thanks again.

New comment by sfryxell in "Same. Leaving Apple Hardware"

sfryxell — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:11:43 +0000

well. The feedback helps. The site should be rocket fast for everyone again.

https://github.com/scott-fryxell/scott-fryxell.github.io/com...

New comment by sfryxell in "Same. Leaving Apple Hardware"

sfryxell — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:10:16 +0000

This was great feedback

https://github.com/scott-fryxell/scott-fryxell.github.io/com...

New comment by sfryxell in "Apple drops PWA support on iOS for EU users"

sfryxell — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:35:59 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39299007#39377420

I wanted to flesh this out some more.