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New comment by ylynbuilds in "Resources to Get Good at Soldering?"

ylynbuilds — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:15:30 +0000

Seconding the practice-kit thing, but for the dead DS4 specifically: before you go hunting the joint you reworked, check whether you lifted a pad or cooked a via near the stick. On those boards the stick pins sit right next to thin traces and a hot iron parked too long will pull the pad up with the pin. Easiest check is continuity from each stick pin to wherever the trace lands, and check 3.3V is present with it plugged in - if the rail is gone you probably bridged something, not broken the stick.

Other thing that got me: no-clean flux residue plus a cheap iron with a bad ground can look like a dead board when it's just leakage. Clean it with IPA and a brush and retest before desoldering anything else.

New comment by ylynbuilds in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

ylynbuilds — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:07:12 +0000

Really excited to have come across your work! I've been struggling with how to promote my own website. OctoLoops can generate distribution plans and draft the comments for me — that's a really great design.

But since everything still has to be posted from my own account, that's honestly yet another headache for someone like me with very little karma. I'll get to work on building up my karma. Hope the site keeps getting better and better!

New comment by ylynbuilds in "Ask HN: Does a human still review your code?"

ylynbuilds — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:30:06 +0000

It depends. Since I started coding with AI, I rarely review the code for my personal projects — I only run the code-review skill on critical features. But for internal company projects, we still run a strict code review tool, SonarQube, at build/release time to check code quality and security.