HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

mrsubletbot

27 karma · joined December 13, 2019

submissionscomments
mrsubletbot··on Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?
Maintaining a quality code base is more than just having tests and linters. It's about organization, right-sized abstractions, architecture and choosing the right patterns. There is no real way to automate the verification of these things. If an agent farts out a 2,000 LOC feature in a day but bifurcates the code base, duplicates functions or makes awful abstractions, it WILL eventually turn into a big ball of mud.

All that being said, if wielded correctly an LLM can contribute to a healthy repository, but it requires much of the same thought and planning that development pre-LLMs did. I promise you, if you stick with the same code base long enough using your approach and little consideration to its health, it will become a hellish place to build in.

mrsubletbot··on Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong?
mrsubletbot··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)
Hey, just so you know I emailed hiring@askmaiven.com and received the following response from google's mailer daemon (excerpt):

> We're writing to let you know that the group you tried to contact (hiring) may not exist, or you may not have permission to post messages to the group.

Let me know when this is fixed, I would love to send my resume over!

mrsubletbot··on Yyvette's Bridal
This is a god-damned masterpiece!
mrsubletbot··on YouTube has become the world's nanny
I ended up grabbing the light phone 2. I really have been enjoying it!
mrsubletbot··on YouTube has become the world's nanny
I was in the same exact boat as you. If you have uBlock origin, you can add these custom filters to remove shorts: https://ronangelo.com/how-to-hide-shorts-videos-on-youtube/

I have not missed them one bit, nor had any desire to unblock them. Like you, I would mindlessly watch them in between tasks at work, and felt duller and worse for it every time my little binge ended. I also got a dumbphone, which I honestly love.

Good luck to you and kudos for caring about your health!

mrsubletbot··on Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
Happy Jamuary! I think this is so great! I'm trying to do produce a musical artifact each day this month. I'm hoping it helps with my bad habit of never finishing songs :)
mrsubletbot··on What happens when babies are left to cry it out?
That sounds rough! From what my wife has let on, third trimester sleep is tough any way you slice it. My kids kick me sometimes, but usually I can just move them over and resume my slumber. It helps that we took two mattresses (a king and a twin) and pushed them together, so there is plenty of room for the four of us.

And to answer your question, my wife is even more gung-ho than I about co-sleeping. She actually had to convince me to start doing it in the first place, because I shared the concern of lot of commenters here with regards to SIDS.

mrsubletbot··on What happens when babies are left to cry it out?
Ha! Perfectly reasonable question. Well, we just about never have sex in our room, but luckily for us our house is large enough with plenty of other venues for intercourse. The hardest thing for both me and my wife is the fact that we can't just roll over and fall asleep afterwards. I do miss those days!
mrsubletbot··on What happens when babies are left to cry it out?
My wife and I co-sleep with our kids (2 & 4). I get just about a full sleep every night. If the kids wake up I imagine it's much less work to roll over and cuddle with them as opposed to getting out of bed, going to a separate room and then comforting them. Co-sleeping gets bonus points for giving me just a little extra sweet time with my kids, because before I know it they will be older and wanting their own space. They are only little once.

I would recommend co-sleeping to almost anyone.