Hacker News: whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoamiiHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:19:43 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC"]]>The real question: did your local LLM write this post?

]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:58:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346183whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346183https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48346183<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Idempotency is easy until the second request is different"]]>You seem to believe idempotency is a fancy word for avoiding duplicates, which is why we seem to be having different conversations.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 19:36:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087076whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087076https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087076<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Idempotency is easy until the second request is different"]]>The topic is about idempotency though, and what you are describing is not idempotency. You are describing something different, and arguing “but it accomplishes a similar thing.” It appears you have come to the same conclusion as the article that building idempotency isn’t trivial.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 17:12:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085764whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085764https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085764<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Idempotency is easy until the second request is different"]]>You are improvising, and in the process, changing the semantics of a well established design pattern. Do not recommend.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 15:47:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084896whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084896https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084896<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Three Inverse Laws of AI"]]>The problem is the credit tends to go to LLMs. So there’s an imbalance. LLM did all the work. The person using it made all the mistakes.

]]>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:47:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027543whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027543https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027543<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Vercel April 2026 security incident"]]>Proprietary techniques like this are usually a good indication you’re missing something. In this case it sounds like you are missing appropriate validation of the issuer and/or token itself.

]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:52:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830818whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830818https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830818<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "The paper computer"]]>How does a 30” e-ink screen sound?

]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789217whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789217https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789217<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider"]]>Cooldown is merely a type of flighting. Specifically, picking a flight beyond canary.

]]>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:44:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774770whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774770https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774770<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone"]]>Right? This is no country for old men.

]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:39:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663257whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663257https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663257<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "OpenClaw privilege escalation vulnerability"]]>“It’s not the cars! It’s not the guns! It’s not social media! It’s not vibe coding!”

Right. It’s always the people. They just tend to bodge things. All the time. So when there’s new foot guns, the inevitable will happen.

]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:47:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47643193whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47643193https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47643193<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"]]>Like the one where 1.5T in value went pfoof due to reasons you mentioned? I will let people judge whether your arguments are most likely, or whether this is bubble syndrome. Hint: there is a large distance between use of smart pointers and market effects.

]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:40:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633283whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633283https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633283<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"]]>Unless you’re still senior after 10+ years. Add to that switching companies and coming back same level…

]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:00:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629153whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629153https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629153<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"]]>For reference, author was a Senior Software Engineer, ie. mid-level engineer.

]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:40:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623519whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623519https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47623519<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "There is no spoon – A software engineers primer for demystified ML"]]>Feature request for HN, Adblocker, etc: please block pages with the text “it isn’t X, it is Y”.

]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:37:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569068whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569068https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569068<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Show HN: I made a "programming language" looking for feedback"]]>Why didn’t you implement this in… Glupe?

]]>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:11:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47567367whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47567367https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47567367<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Show HN: I built a site where strangers leave kind voice notes for each other"]]>Perfect use case for an LLM

]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304756whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304756https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304756<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "Last Statements"]]>You didn’t find the “that will be 5 dollars” one funny?

]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:49:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304697whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304697https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304697<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "AI-Powered F1 Predictions"]]>But can it predict Ferrari’s Next Year (tm)?

]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:39:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293431whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293431https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293431<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "LLMs work best when the user defines their acceptance criteria first"]]>Some of my best code comes from my dreams though.

]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:56:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47288736whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47288736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47288736<![CDATA[New comment by whoamii in "[dead]"]]>On the other hand, you get these comments. “Always look for the helpers.”

]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:52:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117871whoamiihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117871https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117871