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hnrodey commented on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account theverge.com/news/793579/... · Posted by u/josephcsible

eYrKEC2 · 3 months ago

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win.

J/k, but I still love Linux and as a family it admin, people in my sphere get pushed there.

hnrodey · 3 months ago

I like Linux too. But also I can read the room.

hnrodey commented on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account theverge.com/news/793579/... · Posted by u/josephcsible

a_red_horse · 3 months ago

At this point, I’d just be happy they’re switching off windows out of spite.

I’ve never been a Windows hater like some people in the industry, and have actually enjoyed and appreciated some of the weirdness and quirks from an OS perspective. I’ve also known

But man this Win11 stuff feels so fucking extreme it’s ridiculous. No I won’t use your MS account. I’d have switched over to Linux or BSD if it wasn’t for games/niche hardware (yes, I know of proton, but this is an HN thread so my personal anecdotes override your evidence)

hnrodey · 3 months ago

Regular people don’t even know to be annoyed/angered by the login stuff. This is nerd maxxxxxing.

hnrodey commented on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account theverge.com/news/793579/... · Posted by u/josephcsible

hnrodey · 3 months ago

Normies that are upset with Windows will switch to macOS.

You guys are smoking crack if you think regular people are going Linux.

hnrodey commented on Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) blog.mgdproductions.com/i... · Posted by u/ajdude

memesarecool · 6 months ago

Cool post. One thing that rubbed me the wrong way: Their response was better than 98% of other companies when it comes to reporting vulnerabilities. Very welcoming and most of all they showed interest and addressed the issues. OP however seemed to show disdain and even combativeness towards them... which is a shame. And of course the usual sinophobia (e.g. everything Chinese is spying on you). Overall simple security design flaws but it's good to see a company that cares to fix them, even if they didn't take security seriously from the start.

Edit: typo

hnrodey · 6 months ago

If all of the details in this post are to be believed, the vendor is repugnantly negligent for anything resembling customer respect, security and data privacy.

This company cannot be helped. They cannot be saved through knowledge.

See ya.

hnrodey commented on The good times in tech are over seangoedecke.com/good-tim... · Posted by u/swah

hnrodey · 9 months ago

insert I'm The Captain Now meme

My hot take is that we're in a forced reset period for employers to "re-assert" their control over the labor market. The macroeconomic factors frequently mentioned plus COVID-era policies of remote work/etc are over and the execs, corporations and broader financial markets are letting us know.

This stuff runs in cycles. Nearly everything does. Your guess is as good as mine when we've reached any top or bottom of the bear market. We'll see good times again in the future. Just stick with it.

Cling to yesteryear all you want. Just remember the ship has a new captain.

hnrodey commented on Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now theverge.com/2024/11/6/24... · Posted by u/redbell

terminalbraid · a year ago

I assure you there are still many devs that use notepad regularly to write horrible code.

hnrodey · a year ago

As much as I'd like to believe this isn't true...

hnrodey commented on BazelCon 2024 Recap blogsystem5.substack.com/... · Posted by u/kaycebasques

hnrodey · a year ago

Any conference recommendations? I'm tracking 2024 and 2025 software engineering conferences. There are still several marquee conferences before year end if that's your thing.

https://www.fullyearcal.com/calendar/iMRr-2l16tI/software-en...

hnrodey commented on Ask HN: Best AI Code Assistant? · Posted by u/register

hnrodey · a year ago

Three options I've tried:

- Copilot using Visual Studio and VS Code

- ChatGPT Plus / Claude, copy/pasting back and forth

- Cursor, free trial and w/ Claude api key

Copilot was like 30/70 good-to-bad. The autocomplete hijacks my mind whereby creating a mental block at my ability to write the next token of code. The suggestions were occasionally amazing, but multiple times it introduced a subtle bug that I missed and later spent hours debugging. Not really a time saver. I quit Copilot just as they were introducing the embedded chat feature so maybe it's got better.

In Visual Studio, I thought Copilot was garbage. The results (compared to using in VS Code) were just awful. The VS extension felt unrefined and lacking.

ChatGPT / Claude - this is a decent way to get AI programming. Multiple times it fixed bugs for me that just simply blew me away with it's ability to understand the code and fix it. Love it's ability to scaffold large chunks of working code so I can then get busy enhancing it for the real stuff. Often, it will suggest code using older version of a framework or API so it's necessary to prompt it with stuff like "For Next.js, use code from v14 and the app router". There is thought required that goes into the prompt to increase chances of getting it right the first time.

Cursor - ah, Cursor. Thus far, my favorite. I went through my free trial and opted into the free plan. The embedded sidebar is nice for AI chat - all of the benefits of using ChatGPT/Claude but keeping me directly in the "IDE". The cost is relatively cheap when hooked to my Claude api key. I like the ability to ask questions about specific lines of code (embedded in the current window), or add multiple files to the chat window to give it more context.

Cursor does a great job at keeping you in the code the entire time so there's less jumping from Cursor to browser and back.

Winner: Cursor

As a C#/Java backend developer, you might not like leaving IntelliJ or Visual Studio to use Cursor or VS Code. Very understandable. In that case, I'd probably stick to using ChatGPT Plus or paid Claude. I suggest the premium versions so for premium uptime access to the services and higher limits for their flagship models.

The free versions might get you by, but expect to be kicked out of them from time to time based on system demand.

hnrodey commented on Show HN: Instant HTML Preview Bookmarklet gist.github.com/rmtbb/e42... · Posted by u/somefries

hnrodey · a year ago

Doesn't claud.ai do this natively, render the html/js it's also producing? Feel like that's been around for at least several months, surprising there are still primitive workarounds required for ChatGPT.

hnrodey commented on Ask HN: What email service(s) do you use for your side projects? · Posted by u/jtap

hnrodey · a year ago

iCloud+ accounts support bring your own domain. Then use SMTP connections from your app to send messages. I suppose there's no native support for any type of hook connection but could probably achieve that effect if you wanted to pay for Zapier or a similar service.