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> When I worked at arXiv we had a math professor on the advisory board who couldn't believe it took us months to roll out upgrades, like he thought he could code up a site like arXiv in a weekend.

Has he used Claude Code yet? He'd love it.

gawson Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet

> has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates

Yes. Plenty of times.

gawson Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

> Feels like Google Search from 2008.

Entered search term. AI response included in the result. Ah, yes. Just like 2008.

gawson Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

Are you asking us or are you telling us?

gawson Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?

> Urkey (sp?) is another new alternative.

What's the URL?

gawson Ask HN: Any tips for a college freshman enrolled in computer science?

Network, network, network. Your career depends on it.

gawson Ask HN: Is Reddit trying to kill old Reddit?

> avoid the bad PR they’ll get from killing it.

What "bad PR"? They easily survived requiring accounts to view old.reddit.com. Moving from one interface to another won't result in as big of a backlash as the API changes.

gawson Ask HN: Is Reddit trying to kill old Reddit?

Reddit isn't "stuck." The moment all the features they want in the new interface are implemented and working, they will kill old.reddit.com and will force users to migrate. The old.reddit.com "superusers" are the minority, and Reddit won't care if they lose those users during the transition.

gawson Ask HN: Why is every company encorporating AI everywhere?

> Why is every company encorporating AI everywhere?

To find ways to cut costs and, ideally, make more revenue. It's that simple.

gawson Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI

> It will come for you too, fool.

Thankfully, I'm not in a position in which any of this will negatively impact me. But, please, keep seething.

gawson Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI

"Nooooo!!! We already laid off half our workforce and got priced out of models from American companies. We need the cheaper models, even risking giving all our data to a foreign adversary, so our big number goes up long enough for us to get acquired!!!"

gawson Back to Kagi

Why not use another browser?

gawson Codeberg bans vibe coded projects

Just vibe-code an alternative.

gawson Tell HN: Who wants to be hired" posts outpace "Who's hiring" 2 to 1

> I've noticed that "Who wants to be hired" posts are getting more comments than the "Who's hiring" ones.

Well, yeah. High supply of workers meets low demand of jobs.

gawson Ask HN: Should HN Get 2FA?

This. It's baffling people shrug their shoulders or outright ignore the risks.

gawson I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry

> The writing is on the wall. This thing is going to flop.

No. They've made just enough to sell out and drive demand.