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nnurmanov··on GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
You have to have fixed commands that LLM could execute, just limit its universe. I don't think it is a good practice to give LLMs access to everything.
nnurmanov··on Anthropic's "J-lens" reveals workspace in Claude mirrors theory of consciousness
I believe this may impact on post training.

Training for instruction following, reasoning, reflection, and self-monitoring may have forced models to learn resource allocation: compress the currently useful concepts into a sparse shared workspace instead of keeping all computation equally active.

This is actually interesting observation, what if they add resource allocation constraints in post training, will it force to add more workspaces?

nnurmanov··on Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained
Wake me up in 100 years and ask me what EU politicians are doing.

My answer: regulating something:)

nnurmanov··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
We will never know as the article is behind a paywall:)
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why about a third of the submissions become dead in mere minutes?
Actually, my mornings start with reading HN; I am more of a reader than a writer :) But I see your point: if you find it useful, then repay it with a contribution.

I agree on the repo link as well; it was indeed selfish on my side. HN is one of the few places where you can read human content, so let's keep it that way. Lesson completely learned on my side.

Communicating with mods about issues could be a good idea too, but I shall keep it to a minimum. Apparently, they are super busy fighting AI :)

nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why coding assistants are so bad at UI?
In this case, could coding it manually be faster?:)
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why coding assistants are so bad at UI?
1. Did not use the UI framework currently being used in the web app; 2. Did not see the pattern, I always use header, but it skipped; 3. Wrong placement of elements, e.g. one element should have been on the left pane, instead it put it on the top right and so on.

I agree that on pure code they are OK, but I thought maybe I am missing something?

nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why about a third of the submissions become dead in mere minutes?
I guess HN has become an AI/vs human battleground:)
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Fable 5 promo ends today – is anyone keeping it once it's usage-billed?
I guess UI hasn't been solved yet.
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why about a third of the submissions become dead in mere minutes?
My submission was killed immediately. It took me weeks to build the product and days to polish the documentation. At one point, I even went 24 hours without sleep working on it—only to have the submission killed instantly.

I emailed @dang at hn@ycombinator.com but never heard back. What should I do now? I’m scared to repost because I don’t want to risk a permanent ban.

nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Why about a third of the submissions become dead in mere minutes?
But don't turn on the noprocrast option;) I did it today and had to wait for 3 hours:)
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Fable 5 promo ends today – is anyone keeping it once it's usage-billed?
How is it with UI? Any good?
nnurmanov··on Samsung profits jump 1,800% as AI chip sales soar
I’m not sure this growth is sustainable. Even if the barriers are adequate, companies may be reluctant to invest if they believe the bubble could burst soon.
nnurmanov··on Samsung profits jump 1,800% as AI chip sales soar
Any startup would envy this rate of growth:)
nnurmanov··on Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it
Fixed, now Fabric works with subscription plans as well. It took some time to figure it out, but the issue is resolved now. I shall push the updated release later to GitHub
nnurmanov··on Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it
To the comment below, I have no idea why CC subscription did not work, apparently they have some different way to connect? Thanks to the leaked source code, I am going to find it out:)
nnurmanov··on Claude has the worst pricing – but people want it
This is basically why I built HailMary Fabric.

Claude Code is good, but a lot of the cost is repo discovery: finding files, reading candidates, following imports, etc.

Fabric indexes the repo locally and gives Claude Code the relevant context up front. Nothing goes to HailMary.

Tiny early test on httpx: 58% lower API cost across 2 tasks, both passed tests.

Repo is here if anyone wants to try it or poke holes in it: https://github.com/hailmarylabs/fabric/

nnurmanov··on Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)
@dang Could you please unblock https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807184, users say they do not see the post! I spent so many days to build the product! Not quite sure why this happpened? Was I banned?
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
Basecheck.ai - a database auditing tool, supports Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Supabase and SQLite. Happy to demo
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: What Would Make Stack Overflow Great Again?
IMO, Freelance marketplace could be a good pivot.
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: What Would Make Stack Overflow Great Again?
But what about SO's famous toxicity? Can agents be toxic? SO's - “Your question is stupid.” can save a lot of resources;)
nnurmanov··on Vercel April 2026 security incident
Yes, they say we have backup procedures, but have they ever tested that the backups work? They write procedures to please auditors:)
nnurmanov··on Vercel April 2026 security incident
There is always a disgruntled employee:) They will do anything to do maximum harm
nnurmanov··on Vercel April 2026 security incident
You have no idea how indifferent security officers can be-even when you point out critical issues. The other day, we flagged that a customer’s database had users with excessive privileges. Their only question: “Can this be exploited from the outside?”

No, but most breaches today come from compromised internal accounts that are then used to break everything.

nnurmanov··on Vercel April 2026 security incident
Usually, companies have procedures for such events. But most do not.
nnurmanov··on Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw
That’s how ecosystems start: by cutting out third parties.
nnurmanov··on Ask HN: Founders of estonian e-businesses – is it worth it?
What about EU Inc? Is there any timeline?
nnurmanov··on Reports of Telnet's death have been greatly exaggerated
Do you have to restart your computer to exit telnet?:)
nnurmanov··on Lotus Health nabs $35M for AI doctor that sees patients for free
They claim: Since AI models are also prone to hallucinations, the company always has board-certified human doctors from top health institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, and UCSF review the final diagnoses, lab orders, and medical prescriptions., but is it economically viable?
nnurmanov··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
I agree. Here is my thinking. What if LLM providers will make short answers the default (for example, up to 200 tokens, unless the user explicitly enables “verbose mode”). Add prompt caching and route simple queries to smaller models. Result: a 70%+ reduction in energy consumption without loss of quality. Current cost: 3–5 Wh per request. At ChatGPT scale, this is $50–100 million per year in electricity (at U.S. rates).

In short mode: 0.3–0.5 Wh per request. That is $5–10 million per year — savings of up to 90%, or 10–15 TWh globally with mass adoption. This is equivalent to the power supply of an entire country — without the risk of blackouts.

This is not rocket science — just a toggle in the interface and I believe, minor changes in the system prompt. It increases margins, reduces emissions, and frees up network resources for real innovation.

And what if EU/California enforces such mode? This will greatly impact DC economy.

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