Readit NewsI've just published https://nohypeai.dev to share what I've learned about the state of LLM agents for software development and help people who are just catching up orient themselves.
It was also important to me to provide a non-hyped, balanced view (hence the name), including pointing people to realistic assessments of the effectiveness of these tools and highlighting the risks and concerns.
SupremumLimit commented on The Case for Software Craftsmanship in the Era of Vibes zed.dev/blog/software-cra... · Posted by u/Bogdanp
The case the article tries to make doesn’t stack up for me.
What you get when it becomes easier to generate code/applications is a whole lot more code and a whole lot more noise to deal with. Sure, some of it is going to be well crafted – but a lot of it will not be.
It’s like the mobile app stores. Once these new platforms became available, everyone had a go at building an app. A small portion of them are great examples of craftsmanship – but there is an ocean of badly designed, badly implemented, trivial, and copycat apps out there as well. And once you have this type of abundance, it creates a whole new class of problems for the users but potentially also developers.
The other thing is, it really doesn’t align with the priorities of most companies. I’m extremely skeptical that any of them will suddenly go: “Right, enough of cutting corners and tech debt, we can really sort that out with AI.”
No, instead they will simply direct extra capacity towards new features, new products, and trying to get more market share. Complexity will spiral, all the cut corners and tech debt will still be there, and the end result will be that things will be even further down the hole.
SupremumLimit commented on In case of emergency, break glass morrick.me/archives/10048... · Posted by u/microflash
Among other things, Bosch manufactures washing machines, dishwashers, and microwave ovens — why do their interfaces differ? They’re all appliances made by the same brand! Because they have different purposes and you use them in different ways.
Actually, as an owner of both a washer/dryer and a dishwasher from the Bosch “Serie 6” range, this makes the opposite point intended. The interfaces are bafflingly, irritatingly different for no good reason, and would really have benefited from some central alignment on UX patterns.
Yeah, to bring up Bosch as an example of good UI is… an interesting choice. Their +/- time buttons operate like they were specifically designed to infuriate the user, for example.
SupremumLimit commented on I read all of Cloudflare's Claude-generated commits maxemitchell.com/writings... · Posted by u/maxemitchell
It's an interesting review but I really dislike this type of techno-utopian determinism: "When models inevitably improve..." Says who? How is it inevitable? What if they've actually reached their limits by now?
Videos and photos have been faked for a long time. Nothing has changed in that regard but decreasing the effort required somewhat.
Your comment follows two persistent HN tropes: (1) ignoring the article, which deals precisely with why the cost of production matters, and (2) steadfastly refusing to recognise that quantity has a quality of its own - in this case a monumental reduction in production cost clearly leads to a tectonic reshaping of the information landscape.
SupremumLimit commented on Someone at YouTube needs glasses jayd.ml/2025/04/30/someon... · Posted by u/jaydenmilne
You can just... turn it off: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback
I have it turned on, but leave my mouse to the right of the screen if I don't want autoplay. It's habit now.
It just turns itself back on in a couple of weeks. Dark patterns ahoy.
I know, that says a lots about recruiters.
It definitely feels odd talking to a machine. On the positive side it was clear, patient, and will evaluate everyone equally.