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level87··on Sonnet 5.5
This is crazy, what is the point of all these equivalent models?
level87··on AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?
It’s difficult to have spent a long time learning something, only for that thing to suddenly become accessible to anyone; something that was once scarce and valuable is now abundant and cheap.

There are still machinists doing things by hand, but for real production or prototyping, most will now use a 5-axis CNC machine. It still requires an operator of sorts, but much of the work that once required skilled manual machining is now done by CNC.

I think the same thing is happening here; it’s just that the transition is messy.

Give it five years, and how we get to the end result will not matter nearly as much as it does now. A messy codebase will be irrelevant, as it will be something managed and controlled by the LLM, written in a way optimised for itself, not for you or I.

level87··on Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open
I've tried Herdr a couple of times, and just can't get into it. I think what's off putting is another layer of keyboard shortcuts over my terminal...I don't see what it's doing that Wezterm and a bunch of splits does anyway? I'm almost certainly missing the point.
level87··on Ask HN: When will ChatGPT Voice be able to control my phone?
Ah yes, I remember that nauseating promo video with Altman and Ive.
level87··on Show HN: Paper – A Journaling CLI for Developers
I've been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you!
level87··on Show HN: CodeTrain – an AI tutor that refuses to write code for you
Love the idea, as a dev who started a new role recently, the pressure to just get stuff done is killing my ability to understand the new codebase.
level87··on Grok 4.5
the world must be incredibly confusing, with no meaning attributed to anything.
level87··on Grok 4.5
I’m amazed at everyone’s willingness to use tools owned by this man, very disappointing.
level87··on Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2026 [So Far]
Had a listen, these are some pretty right wing populist views, the fact they are immigrants feels like something to take that edge off. The people they interview are mostly awful, David Starkey, Tommy Robinson (Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon), eww...
level87··on Cursor 3
The main reason we pay for cursor is for bugbot, that alone pays for itself 10x over.

Personally I never use the actual IDE, and much prefer Claude code with helix in the terminal.

level87··on Ask HN: How are you protecting yourself from skill atrophy?
I’d be really interested in other’s workflows regarding this.

I’m finding the pressure at work to be faster and more productive gets in the way of actual learning.

I’m starting to believe that code will not matter soon, as long as it works, then everything will just be a single natural language interaction to make a change.

level87··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
You make a valid point, but my comment wasn't about resources, it was about empathy. Factory farming isn't sustained by poverty, it's sustained by indifference. The majority of people who could easily choose alternatives simply don't think about it.

I grew up in a poor household and we were vegetarian, because we saw animals as living things with feelings, not commodities whose pain and suffering is meaningless.

I agree you can't live without some level of cruelty, but you can certainly live without contributing to one of its most obvious forms.

level87··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
This is the insight that most people need but will never have, empathy for other living things seems to be greatly lacking amongst the general population.
level87··on Show HN: Faster, cheaper Claude Code with local semantic code search via sqlite
Great idea, will give it a try.
level87··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
All these new accounts are so confusing, two comments all about how great Claude is...
level87··on Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting
100% agree, I rely on HN for genuine insight, recently I've found it really difficult to trust what I'm reading. For instance this thread → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247639 has so many new accounts all saying that how brilliant the product is.
level87··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
I can't tell if you are joking...
level87··on Helix: A post-modern text editor
I've used Helix as my main editor over the past few years, I love it, but the speed of development is quite slow.

Would love to see some AI related plug-ins when the plug-in system is finally released.

level87··on Mullvad VPN: Banned TV Ad in the Streets of London [video]
Personally I find the advert a bit confusing, even with an understanding of what they are trying to achieve and their business. Was expecting something along the lines of Led By Donkeys...
level87··on Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass
Love the idea!
level87··on Show HN: I'm 35 and couldn't finish reading articles anymore, so I built this
Love it! Great work
level87··on How to Obsessively Tune WezTerm
Same
level87··on Leading artists reveal the fabricators they entrust with their creations
I used to work as a designer at an art fabricators in the UK that produced alot of the top artists work, turner prize winners, etc. I can no longer look at a sculpture and not see design decisions, like, how will this fit through a door, how will we package it, etc. sort of ruined the magic for me.
level87··on Zed: High-performance AI Code Editor
I love Helix, not fussed about this at all, happy to use a robust editor that doesn't have hundreds of plugins barely holding it together.
level87··on OpenAI Close to Finalizing Its $40B SoftBank-Led Funding
It doesn’t, I believe it’s borrowing a large portion of it.
level87··on Show HN: Scooter – Interactive find and replace in the terminal
This looks great, good work.

I’ve been using serpl lately, https://github.com/yassinebridi/serpl

level87··on Ask HN: Are there zero-retention email services? Postmark? Resend?
Thanks!

I've already contacted your support, but the requirements I was sent are a little to high for me at the moment, specifically:

- Maintain a 95% deliverability rate for at least 1 month and 3K emails and a required $50/m add-on

It's a small project, I'm not sure I'll be hitting 3k emails anytime soon, or have the budget for the $50/m add-on.

Are these the requirements for companies in the healthcare space?

level87··on Ask HN: Front-end devs, what is your current db and backend of choice?
Pocketbase, it's been a total dream to work with.
level87··on Stop Acting Like You're Famous
Agree with focusing on doing it because you enjoy it, something gets lost when we try and impress others; I'm sure we can all remember being a child and doing things purely because we enjoyed it.

However, I disagree with the personal style part of things, or trying to make things look good. These things don't have to be about impressing an audience. It can be just as much about enjoying the process.

level87··on Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is closer to cracking the egg market
I'm pleased to hear that something like this is being developed, anything that will help stop or reduce the unnecessary mistreatment of animals.
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