Hacker News: zerr

New comment by zerr in "Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS"

zerr — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:49:58 +0000

I mean, is it OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal? etc...

New comment by zerr in "Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS"

zerr — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:26:06 +0000

What do they use for graphics and audio?

New comment by zerr in "AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up"

zerr — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:42:02 +0000

Not sure how long the current subsidized pricing would last. Also, the vast majority of software shops can't afford those subsidized prices anyway.

New comment by zerr in "AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up"

zerr — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:01:37 +0000

If you are product-driven why not go into Product Ownership roles? It certainly will be more satisfying compared to prompt "engineering" clerk "career".

New comment by zerr in "Ask HN: How do you interview devs in a post-AI world?"

zerr — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:41:22 +0000

I have an opposite concern - how do you find companies that don't force devs to become prompt engineers?

New comment by zerr in "Stripe Withholding Balance of $100000"

zerr — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:02:15 +0000

You are doing it right. Publicly shaming them on HN is the only way to get a real customer service.

New comment by zerr in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

zerr — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:55:46 +0000

If we follow that logic, I believe it means that you would be quite happy in the Product Owner role, or in the role of a client who outsources the actual development activities. I wouldn't.

New comment by zerr in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

zerr — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:50:53 +0000

Yes, engineer experience/happiness is part of the equation. The company also thinks that agentic workflow will clutter the codebase.

New comment by zerr in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

zerr — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:03:41 +0000

As an engineer, the enjoyment from the process is not less important, or should I say more important, than the enjoyment from shipping a final product.

New comment by zerr in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

zerr — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:08:24 +0000

I code by hand (sigh) and copy paste some snippets once in a while from a web chat LLM. This also means every single line of such snippets gets reviewed and anaylzed. Usually, these are some arcane Win32 API usage where otherwise I'd have to dig into old forums. I don't want to become a prompt engineer so I stay away from "agentic" workflows.

New comment by zerr in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

zerr — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:56:01 +0000

Also, those "smart" TVs aren't really smart, besides that data grabbing, and are really slow. So connecting some mini PC is the way to go.

New comment by zerr in "The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC"

zerr — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:26:49 +0000

Yeah. I thought maybe someone from Gracie family joined something :)

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:06:55 +0000

Self-assigned moderation doesn't belong to HN. Also, considering the wide cultural background of the userbase. I have no idea what's your "gotcha" style means. Neither your explanation helps.

As for the specific wording, replace "Most" with "Many", the point still stands.

Again, please refrain from moderation and silencing attempts. Thank you.

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:24:21 +0000

The point is to eliminate the birth lottery - so if you happen to be born in a bad place, moving to a better place should be just a matter of your wish.

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:18:34 +0000

> No becuase citizenship implies deep cultural and philosophical values as well.

If that was the case, most existing citizens would lose their status :)

> You cant switch those that quickly

It is much faster with the globalization and youtube-ization. After all, "We all live in Amerika".

Btw, the notion of what we call today a citizenship arose just at late 18th century. So, it's not something fundamental that has always been there.

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:56:53 +0000

So citizenship is yet another contract - between an individual and a society. To eliminate the unfairness of lottery, changing citizenships should be as easy as changing jobs.

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:34:18 +0000

The point is to have a system that does not discriminate based on lottery.

New comment by zerr in "Y Combinator's Ankit Gupta faces backlash over H-1B comments"

zerr — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:23:58 +0000

How is discrimination by citizenship more acceptable than e.g. discrimination by ethnicity or race? All of these are outcomes of birth lottery.

New comment by zerr in "A Friendly Introduction to Racket"

zerr — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:59:20 +0000

While the language is interesting, sadly, nobody is using it in the wild. Maybe due to cumbersome deployment options? The ability to produce native standalone executables would boost its usage I believe.

New comment by zerr in "Delphi 13 Community Edition Is Now Available"

zerr — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:54:48 +0000

No, I'm talking about C++Builder specifically. They made it sub-par to Delphi.