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New comment by sparin9 in "Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round, continues to ramp AI spending"

sparin9 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:06:09 +0000

Financial engineering dressed up as AI strategy. Oracle is laying off the people who keep the database business running to fund GPU commitments underwritten largely by a single unprofitable customer that's actively building its own silicon. The stock loves it — until OpenAI renegotiates or insources.

Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round, continues to ramp AI spending

sparin9 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:31:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/oracle-layoffs-ai-spending.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919490

Points: 5

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New comment by sparin9 in "Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in a few hours"

sparin9 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:49:43 +0000

This is a genuinely delightful project. The graph-based approach to navigating the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa feels really natural — these epics are fundamentally about relationships and webs of consequence, so exploring them through a character graph rather than linear text makes a lot of sense.

The Crimson Dusk theme is a nice touch too. Looking forward to seeing how the data coverage grows over time!

New comment by sparin9 in "How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution"

sparin9 — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:50:58 +0000

I think the real value here isn’t “planning vs not planning,” it’s forcing the model to surface its assumptions before they harden into code.

LLMs don’t usually fail at syntax. They fail at invisible assumptions about architecture, constraints, invariants, etc. A written plan becomes a debugging surface for those assumptions.

New comment by sparin9 in "Excessive token usage in Claude Code"

sparin9 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:55:24 +0000

The recent VS Code extension update has noticeably degraded the experience.

The agent now becomes unresponsive at times and needs a reload, which really breaks flow. More frustratingly, the context limit seems to fill up much faster on the same project that was working fine just days ago. Nothing major changed on my side, so this feels like a backend or token allocation shift.

New comment by sparin9 in "Level S4 solar radiation event"

sparin9 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:02:25 +0000

TL;DR: A severe (G4-level) geomagnetic storm hit Earth on January 19, 2026 due to a solar coronal mass ejection. It can disrupt power grids, GPS, satellite systems, and radio communications, while creating visible aurora displays at higher latitudes.

New comment by sparin9 in "Why top firms fire good workers"

sparin9 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:09:05 +0000

I completely agree. I’ve actually had to let someone go in the past for this exact reason.

New comment by sparin9 in "Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant"

sparin9 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:43:16 +0000

India's UPI is similar and runs at even larger scale

Reference: https://www.gonuclei.com/blog/upi-vs-pix-unpacking-the-simil...

New comment by sparin9 in "Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button"

sparin9 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:08:19 +0000

I agree. In a recent small project, I ran an experiment: first, I built the app in React, then in Vue, and finally in vanilla JS. In the end, I stuck with the vanilla JS version because it was significantly smaller, easier to deploy, and much simpler to maintain long-term.

New comment by sparin9 in "First hybrid quantum supercomputer Reimei activated in Japan"

sparin9 — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 02:01:12 +0000

A 20-qubit quantum computer is not yet capable of outperforming classical supercomputers for most real-world problems. It is a first fully operational hybrid quantum supercomputer. Most likely to run tests in the real world scenarios.

New comment by sparin9 in "Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets"

sparin9 — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 04:19:53 +0000

Thanks, that was enlightening.

New comment by sparin9 in "Show HN: Term Typer – Learn a language by typing"

sparin9 — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:29:57 +0000

Looks good, but I could not type special non-english characters!

New comment by sparin9 in "BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout"

sparin9 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 03:16:36 +0000

The documentary ban seems to be symbolic. Students from number of top universities have publicly shown them on their campuses without any state repercussion. Having said that the reaction from govt was indeed exaggerated.

New comment by sparin9 in "Ask HN: What is the most pleasant, uncomplicated full stack to start with?"

sparin9 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 03:34:25 +0000

Python/Django. I keep coming back to it for my projects.