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boombapoom··on AI Is Getting Way Too Expensive
too expensive, so far
boombapoom··on AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn
honestly, im glad that linkedin is getting nuked. no one needs that content feed anyways
boombapoom··on How version control will evolve for the agent boom
I still dont let my agents use git.
boombapoom··on Slate EV truck starts at $24,950
can someone please make an EV passenger van with good range and costs 25k?
boombapoom··on Everyone Is Wrong About AI Except Me
and when AI agents start tasking llms to build better llms on their own that then turn into better agents that then task automated robots to design better hardware then manufacture it and configure it and run agents that start tasking llms to build better llms on their own that etc

at what point does it cease to become a simple mathematical function and start to become an "organism"?

boombapoom··on A man was gifted his dream car by Kevin Mitnick, who he helped put in prison
good god how did he get a car into prison?
boombapoom··on CrankGPT
I'm a bit disappointed you don't have to insert physical tokens to operate the handle
boombapoom··on Firewood Splitting Simulator
where the part where my axe gets stuck and i have to lift up the whole log
boombapoom··on Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows
you kidding me? they were absolutely addicting. Just not casino style.
boombapoom··on Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows
we have phones and tables to blame. The less of those, the more of reading.
boombapoom··on Claude Fable 5
its good for difficult problems, bad for design and code gen
boombapoom··on Why are so many young people getting cancer?
industrial farming
boombapoom··on Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min
fuck you zuck. no one likes you anyways
boombapoom··on Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
it never was. Look around, its a young mans game from the get go
boombapoom··on Show HN: Git for AI Agents
I think of git more like a defense and quality control against AI slop than something that should be automated
boombapoom··on Show HN: Git for AI Agents
my agent rebased and forcepushed with conflicts...
boombapoom··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
unless if everyone comes together to poison the data set
boombapoom··on Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept
if only requiring employers to post the salary for a job could fix this
boombapoom··on Ask HN: What breaks first when your team grows from 10 to 50 people?
on point 5, that person may be highly experienced, but its important to know that this highly experienced person must be a good fit for your company size. Often times we assume that hiring an L8 at faang is perfect for a startup and thats usually not the case: they know how to play the big company game, not how to take you from 15 to 100 employees.
boombapoom··on Ask HN: What breaks first when your team grows from 10 to 50 people?
dns
boombapoom··on Why refusing AI is a fight for the soul
I'm just kinda hoping that AI farming robots make food affordable again
boombapoom··on Toward automated verification of unreviewed AI-generated code
production ready "fizz buzz" code. lol. I can't even continue typing this response.
boombapoom··on Agentic Engineering Anti Patterns
am I dumb or does this article just have one anti-pattern making it not plural
boombapoom··on Did Alibaba just kneecap its powerful Qwen AI team?
but nano banana is so much fun!
boombapoom··on Stardew Valley at 10: The pixel art farm game that became an unlikely phenomenon
ugh I thought this was a new verison drop!
boombapoom··on Writing code is cheap now
producing clean, well tested code takes a day

after AI producing clean, well tested code takes a day (of reviewing, reprompting, and testing)

boombapoom··on Things I learnt about passkeys when building passkeybot
i wish passkeys could replace passwords, not suppliment them
boombapoom··on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla
we respect your privacy, except for when we dump it into a publicly shared LLM
boombapoom··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)
the engineering at this place is top notch
boombapoom··on House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias
agreed- I'd rather those ideals remain true
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