Hacker News: xXSLAYERXx

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:53:54 +0000

When I was younger (50ish now) I could juggle full time work with side projects but I just can't now, especially with family demands. Full time work is pretty much burning me out. I'm close to leaving and starting a mobile food cart.

When I do get out I'll definitely miss the salary. I'll miss lunch with the other devs. Miss the walks with other devs around the building. Theres something special about folks in engineering. When I'm serving up lunch and overhear some folks talking SDLC I'll smile and reminisce. But its not for me any more. I'm the gray hat now and have no desire to write code for someone elses fortune. Good luck getting out!

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "I'm going back to writing code by hand"

xXSLAYERXx — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:09:56 +0000

> I work in small chunks

I'm surprised this still needs to be said. I'm convinced that posts like these are from people that let the LLM run wild. Small chunk PRs is the key whether its a human or an LLM

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "I'm going back to writing code by hand"

xXSLAYERXx — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:07:44 +0000

I hear you. You're frustrated. Some people are having success with it. What have you tried to do with it?

> Humans can be held accountable for their own slop

If you're a human and AI writes code for you you are ultimately responsible.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Appearing productive in the workplace"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:13:31 +0000

Who cares? I obviously didn't like the article.

> Schemes were all wrong

Why'd you let him run wild for two months? What software org would let anyone, even principle do that? Wouldn't the very first thing you'd do is review the guys schema? This reads like all the other snarky posts on HN about how everyone is punching above their pay grade and people who are much more advanced in some space just watch like two trains colliding.

I'll tell you what is productive in the workplace. Communication. That is it. Communicate and lift the guy up, give the guy a running start instead of chilling in the break room snarking with all your snarky co-workers.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap?"

xXSLAYERXx — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:12:24 +0000

Agreed. I never considered myself an "engineer". Honestly just a regular code monkey. Software Engineer was just my job title. Folks higher up the ladder did engineer software. You know what? It sucked. Was always broken, we were always patching, we never saw around corners. But hey - they software engineered it.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API"

xXSLAYERXx — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:13:09 +0000

I know of a publicly traded company which in its early years was built on beer. Literally. 3 guys in a co-working space in Cambridge, MA. Beer fueled their progress. 15 years later the software is still the backbone of the org.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"

xXSLAYERXx — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:35:13 +0000

I worked for a company that sold b2b contact data and they had (maybe still have) a linkedIn extension. It basically enriched the linkedIn profile. I wonder if linkedIn is trying to block these, or heavily target, in some way, these types of users to push folks towards their sales navigator.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

xXSLAYERXx — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:59:05 +0000

When i was first laid off during the dot com bust I was working on a sales floor. All open no cubes. We didn't know layoffs were coming. Manager walks in and taps this one guy on the shoulder, says grab your personal things and come with me. Manager came back in did the same to a few others. Then it was me. Talk about embarrassing! Also, was 2 weeks before quarter ended. If you were not working for the company at the end of the Q, no bonus. 2 weeks! I'll never forget that. That was my first taste of how nasty a company can be. Not the layoffs, hey things happen. But the timing. Feels diabolical.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

xXSLAYERXx — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:15:25 +0000

We really do love dirty laundry don't we? I'm sure whatever the context is, it is deeply personal. Do you also have your popcorn ready?

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

xXSLAYERXx — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:23:13 +0000

While crazy to us, I bet we're in the minority. Average computer user might actually like it or at worse (to MSFT) not even notice it. Their web experience is bombarded with "1 weird trick" ads everywhere.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Bombarding gamblers with offers greatly increases betting and gambling harm"

xXSLAYERXx — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:08:49 +0000

It was truly a wild time. All the books desperate for action in this new online gambling world (US). I went from book to book, took "advantage" of their promos, never collected a dime. When I was up, I bet more. Hit zero? Go to the next book. Their lines were better anyway ;)

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Bombarding gamblers with offers greatly increases betting and gambling harm"

xXSLAYERXx — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:01:12 +0000

At this point I question whether they should even be allowed to advertise.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:17:56 +0000

Great article, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of here in the states during early covid. Betting on darts in some Eastern European league knowing full well the fix could be in.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

xXSLAYERXx — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:10:29 +0000

The marketing is what bothers me the most. These books market very aggressively in app: Take Daves 5 leg parlay; Share your picks! 30% profit boost if you do a 4 leg parlay that'll never hit. Its constant engagement. Contrast this to a real bookie: Open app. Place bet. Meet once a week in parking lot. Small chatter. Pass envelope.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Show HN: The Mog Programming Language"

xXSLAYERXx — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:44:05 +0000

Gosh - I thought I was bleeding edge with my instructions to codex, with all my .md files and such. Lots more to learn!

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "An interactive map of Flock Cams"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:16:57 +0000

Why even deploy such systems? I would support less for sure.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "An interactive map of Flock Cams"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:11:28 +0000

There must be some level of acceptable failure.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "An interactive map of Flock Cams"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:52:09 +0000

> However, I've seen multiple times where cops initiate a felony stop

At what point do we accept that all systems are flawed? There could be many variables as to why the perp wasn't in the car. Maybe the perp stole the car. Maybe the perp borrowed the car. Maybe these systems do not work well in fog etc etc. I don't know how we're supposed to advance technology that makes us safer without getting into these muky situations from time to time.

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Agentic Engineering Patterns"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:19:30 +0000

> Code review should be mandatory and reviewers should ask big PRs to be broken up

Always, even before all this madness. It sounds more like a function of these teams CR process rather than agents writing the code. Sometimes super large prs are necessary and I've always requested a 30 minute meeting to discuss.

I don't see this as an issue, just noise. Reduce the PR footprint. If not possible meet with the engineer(s)

New comment by xXSLAYERXx in "Agentic Engineering Patterns"

xXSLAYERXx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:18:59 +0000

I'm curious what you've used it for? I was firmly in your camp until about a month ago when i used codex to dust off an old side project. I hadn't touched the project in six months. This was literally my first prompt:

"Explain the codebase to a newcomer. What is the general structure, what are the important things to know, and what are some pointers for things to learn next?"

Once I saw the output I giddyup'd and haven't looked back.