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gaeb69 commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2025)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
vnchr · a month ago
I suggest keeping an eye out. We have regular internships and positions for those out of college. For eng, we’re backfilling right now with a focus on seniors. But our general need is for contributors who can work with our stack. Our code is all public. AI code generation and skill with the frameworks we need is our general trajectory.
gaeb69 · a month ago
That's exactly what I was hoping to hear. Thank you for clarifying for me!
gaeb69 commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2025)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
vnchr · a month ago
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gaeb69 · a month ago
I've been following Goodparty for some time. You guys are my dream company. Is there any potential for 0 YoE roles?
gaeb69 commented on Pitfalls of premature closure with LLM assisted coding   shayon.dev/post/2025/164/... · Posted by u/shayonj
0x457 · 3 months ago
> If you put in lazy problem definitions, provide the bare minimum context and review the code cursorily then the output is equally lackluster.

I thought so too, but sometimes I had better results with one sentence prompt (+README.md) where it delivered the exact thing I wanted. I also had a very detailed prompt with multiple subtasks, all were very detailed +README.md +AGENTS.md and results were very poor.

gaeb69 · 3 months ago
Reasoning model prompting is relevant here. OpenAI in their docs state that giving detailed, step-by-step instructions often hinders reasoning models. It's better to clearly define the outcome along with what you're working with. Then let the mode interpolate.
gaeb69 commented on Focus and Context and LLMs   taras.glek.net/posts/focu... · Posted by u/tarasglek
spmurrayzzz · 3 months ago
I agree. And the real lede was buried here IMO:

> This is the single most impressive code-gen project I’ve seen so far. I did not think this was possible yet.

To get that sort of acclaim, a human had to build an embedded programming language from scratch to get to that point. And even with all that effort, the agent itself took $631 and 119 hours to complete the task. I actually don't think this is a knock on the idea at all, this is the direction I think most engineers should be thinking about.

That agent-built HTTP/2 server they're referencing is apparently the only example of this sort of output they've seen to date. But if you're active in this particular space, especially on the open source side of the fence, this kind of work is everywhere. But since they don't manifest themselves as super generic tooling that you can apply to broad task domains as a turnkey solution, they don't get much attention.

I've continually held the line that if any given LLM agent platform works well for your use case and you haven't built said agent platform yourself, the underlying problem likely isn't that hard or complex. For the hard problems, you gotta do some first-principles engineering to make these tools work for you.

gaeb69 · 3 months ago
Do you have any of those examples handy by chance? Curious to check them out. And agreed! While coding has become a commodity - programming is still as alive as ever.
gaeb69 commented on Cursor hits $9B valuation   ft.com/content/a7b34d53-a... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
evelant · 4 months ago
https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/ai-model-pickers-are-a-desi...

Augment does not have a model picker. It uses Claude 3.7 right now. The context engine is the magic sauce. It’s miles ahead of all the other tools, almost always gets it right where others fail.

gaeb69 · 4 months ago
I haven't fully stress tested it, but from brief use their proprietary context engine just feels like a gimmick to draw in VC investments. You can't convince me you get better end performance using an older model. Especially as most AI coding tools draw closer to enshitification with opaque context compression to save on costs
gaeb69 commented on Cursor hits $9B valuation   ft.com/content/a7b34d53-a... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
gaeb69 · 4 months ago
Adding to the conversation, Cursor is really genuinely good. Their agentic system has solid system prompts, better than Roo imo.

Their UX is absolutely the best as well. Excluding maybe Claude Code (completely different tho). You can argue what's better, what deserves to stand as a standalone product, but Cursor is easily the most mature 'vibe coding' tool imo.

gaeb69 commented on Show HN: For those who want to stay informed without reading 10 articles   worldpulsenow.com... · Posted by u/x110
gaeb69 · 5 months ago
Wow, this is actually very useful. Does this use RSS feeds? Bookmarked
gaeb69 commented on Self-Hosting like it's 2025   kiranet.org/self-hosting-... · Posted by u/finnlab
gaeb69 · 5 months ago
Nice blog! following.
gaeb69 commented on Ask HN: Is anyone experiencing "AI brain rot?"    · Posted by u/benguild
gaeb69 · 5 months ago
Yes. It's definitely noticeable. Though, I try to console myself by remembering that my architectural design is definitely hypertrophied. My code is ultimately better. I think my LLM-assisted problem solving is definitely more efficient as well. My code literacy is better.

Hopefully LLMs won't vanish away... I'd be at a net negative.

gaeb69 commented on You probably don't need query builders   mattrighetti.com/2025/01/... · Posted by u/mattrighetti
gaeb69 · 7 months ago
Beautifully designed blog.

u/gaeb69

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