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haznon The diabolical world of convincing AI thirst traps

couldn't you have seen an indistinguishable one, and by definition, wouldn't notice?

haznon Show HN: ReadKinetic – a free, local-first speed reader for your own books

i have tried variations of this many time, it personally doesn't work for me. the word flashes into my brain, and i can keep up with "reading" at high wpm's, but the whole sentence doesn't register. i am not seeing the forest because of all the trees.

haznon My thoughts on the Bun Rust rewrite

something more cybernetic, my friend :)

haznon My thoughts on the Bun Rust rewrite

Yes that's true, I'm biased because I am pro-AI.

What are your hopes and predictions for the Zig project?

haznon My thoughts on the Bun Rust rewrite

Despite stated otherwise in the post, this is a personal attack.

Anyway, let's try to discuss something more technical: I predict Zig will lose steam, and in 2027, will lose relevance:

1) It's hardcore Anti-AI 2) It's moved to Codeberg 3) It doesn't have the momentum to sustain the disadvantages of these two decisions

The project will in max 2 years make a blog post, not admitting to their mistakes, telling themselves that Zig is a success, despite the industry having moved on.

haznon Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce

https://x.com/mgill25/status/2052639259924844894?s=20

haznon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)

Jurata | Software Engineer (Frontend/Fullstack) | Zurich, Switzerland | ONSITE | Full-time Jurata is a LegalTech startup building an online one-stop shop for legal, accounting, and tax services. We help thousands of SMEs get fast, affordable access to professional support. Heavy focus on automation and AI. We're looking for versatile engineers who thrive in a TypeScript environment and enjoy owning features end-to-end. What you'll do:

Build and maintain Next.js frontends Migrate legacy apps from no-code tools (WeWeb/Retool) Deliver fullstack features (backend: Nest.js, Python) Own problems from idea through release and monitoring

Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, Nest.js, Python, MongoDB, Vercel, AWS Looking for:

TypeScript and Next.js experience Strong eye for design (you can build beautiful UIs without a Figma file) You actively use AI coding tools (Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) Builder mindset, comfortable working autonomously

Benefits: 25 vacation days, ESOP, free gym membership, team lunches, central Zurich office with snacks and drinks. EU/EFTA citizenship required (or willingness to relocate to Zurich). Apply: https://join.com/companies/jurata/15604453-fullstack-softwar... (mention HN)

haznon Ask HN: Share your personal website

https://hazn.com

i tried posting some of my articles here, but the didn't really get much interaction. however, someone else posted probably my most controversial article, and i'm happy to see that it had a nice discussion around it: source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46412578

haznon Don't Make Me Wait

i agree, this is probably an US thing. the relationship and service of banks is a little different in europe.

haznon Ditch your mutex, you deserve better

interesting, the notation also implies 2005 and 2010 A.D and not B.C, or maybe the notation is about exactly A.D? either way, interesting choice if it was intentional. we say “year 515” without disambiguation right

haznon Never Record a Meeting

i don't write shorthand -- i type really fast on my keyboard, summarizing what everyone said. i've had compliments about how efficient i am at doing this, so i imagine it's not a widespread skill. i believe this to be very trainable though, thus my post.

haznon Show HN: DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows

thanks! hope you have a great weekend

haznon Show HN: DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows

I remember reading that restate.dev is a 'push' based workflow and therefore works well with serverless workflows: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40660568

what is your input on these two topics? aka pull vs push and working well with serverless workflows

haznon Swift on FreeBSD Preview

a good question, my line of thinking was: if llvm allows easy ports to freebsd, why is freebsd always a lower tier than linux in llvm based projects?

weak reasoning, as it might just be a supply/demand and not a product quality question

haznon Swift on FreeBSD Preview

what i am pondering is: is it easier in theory to port swift to freebsd rather than linux? the facts that macOs has shared history with freebsd tells me yes, the fact that llvm favors linux (?) tells me both.

also, congrats, the swift and freebsd are ambitious in terms of new deployment platforms and compatibility! (see embedded swift, oci freebsd containers, freebsd on firecracker)

haznon End of Japanese community

Why is it condescending and patronzing? I read it as a person trying to understand the situation.

haznon Dbos: Durable Workflow Orchestration with Go and PostgreSQL

I remember reading that restate.dev is a 'push' based workflow and therefore works well with serverless workflows: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40660568

what is your input on these two topics? aka pull vs push and working well with serverless workflows

haznon Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly

Nadia wrote recently published the book "antimemetics" about this exact finding: https://nayafia.substack.com/p/introducing-antimemetics-my-n...

Her takeaway is that the value of small, antimemetic, high-trust groups has risen -- exactly because there are less than before

haznon Disk Utility still can't check and repair APFS volumes and containers (2021)

compared to the majority of consumer laptops, doesn’t apple have an exceptional track record on this topic?

their software-hardware design philosophy is unmatched in the consumer space i would say. the fact that the transition from intel chips to arm chips went as smooth as it did is a testament to my point.

of course, they are not perfect.

haznon Monodraw

as a counterpoint, not critique: i am a fan of this precision

haznon Helix Editor 25.07

zed uses tree-sitter and has a powerful query engine (dsl is lisp scheme): https://zed.dev/blog/syntax-aware-editing#tree-queries

haznon The upcoming GPT-3 moment for RL

Reinforcement Learning

haznon Why I wrote the BEAM book

yes but i believe it is still in the ”beta” stage, as gleam is implementing the OTP by itself and not wrapping the erlang implementation.

you have to import the otp package in gleam to use the famous actor architecture

haznon Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device

and the fact that air quality usually gradually worsens over time. i think it's easier to tell bad air quality when you move in between rooms/spaces.

but i agree with the op that 'looking' at a display already subconsciously tells you something about the air quality and your relation to it. my air quality sensor [0] has a green/orange/red light system though, so i can sometimes just tell that the air quality is bad by a red led flaring up in the corner of my eye.

[0] https://www.tfa-dostmann.de/en/product/co2-monitor-airco2ntr...

previous discussion on the above meter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22764603

haznon What to Do

I do believe that personal narrative place a huge role here. I know of a poll, in which over 80% of the people believed they’re going to end up in heaven.

most people believe they do good and care about other people.

haznon They have not been trained for this

I am an outisder to polish politics. Isn’t it the case that polish democracy is a good success story the last decade(s)?

Genuine question.

haznon Dynamicland 2024

whenever i'll teach newcomers computing, i will now adopt the approach laid out here. it's easy to forget how painful learning computing is, how much you need to know about the internet to make a single http request and read out it's response. user @simonw talked about this recently on twitter [0][1]

absolute beautiful point about needing a different kind of literacy in the modern age at the end of the video.

i wish, with all my heart, that this and similar projects develop a loving community which will enable other communities to learn computing in an accessible, cheap and memorable way.

[0] https://x.com/simonw/status/1829195655006531661 (original twitter link)

[1] https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01j6z4cj87f5ky3c6ese0thscw (backup because twitter is not the future of computing)

haznon To Nerves from Elixir

what piqued my interest: nerves boots with only barebones linux and the otp/beam vm, effectively turning elixir into the embedded os [0]

[0] https://wiki.alopex.li/NervesNotes

haznon Retiring from the Rust for Linux Project – Wedson Almeida Filho

i think we are arguing from different perspectives. my disgust of the video was the tone and hostility displayed by the linux maintainers. even though the presenter made it clear they came to learn and not to tell the C people how wrong their ways are, the linux maintainers kept on pouring.

i understood your argument being a technical one, and not a social one. i have no opinion on this topic from the technical side.

haznon Retiring from the Rust for Linux Project – Wedson Almeida Filho

i encourage everyone to watch the linked video [0]. reminds me of the recent non-technical arguments made in the freebsd thread [1].

git mailing lists have such a greybeard IRC vibe to them. i will, from now on, use "only accepts patches per mail" as a proxy for "not worth suggesting new ideas to" for all projects. it's a stupid proxy. correlation and causation and all that. but it's a very useful one for your sanity.

[0] https://youtu.be/WiPp9YEBV0Q?t=1529

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386697