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riku_iki··on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
> like the SWE job will still exist, but with a much lower technical barrier of entry

its opposite, now in addition to all other skills, you need skill how to handle giant codebases of viobe-coded mess using AI.

riku_iki··on Updates to our web search products and Programmable Search Engine capabilities
I assume you able to monetize it since you work on it full time?
riku_iki··on The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing
> You need to just keep trying until you get traction

is this a violation of rules, and you simply take attention by spamming from those who follow rules?

riku_iki··on The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing
I don't believe it is possible to prove fraud base on just votes count. But data of which user upvote which post could generate very strong evidence.
riku_iki··on Show HN: Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)
main question is what % of code is yours and what % is generated by AI?
riku_iki··on Show HN: Minikv – Distributed key-value and object store in Rust (Raft, S3 API)
Interesting chronology:

Feb 2025: first encounter with coding

oct 2025: started learning rust

Jan 2026: production grade distributed kv store with transactions, enterprise security, durability, etc

riku_iki··on Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing
handles depends on size. But I tried to say there is no zonemaps for json.
riku_iki··on Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing
that's true for duckdb native tables, but the question was about json.
riku_iki··on Ask HN: How are you doing RAG locally?
its clear many DuckDB sql queries can handle terabytes of data, but the question here was about vector search..
riku_iki··on Furiosa: 3.5x efficiency over H100s
> local LLM communities catching up that there is no moat.

they use Chinese open LLMs, but Chinese companies have moat: training datasets and some non-opensource tech, and also salaried talents, which one would need serious investment for if decide to bootstrap competitive frontier model today.

riku_iki··on Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever
Is data web scrapped? Is reddit ok with that?..
riku_iki··on Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
> you automated software development

very far from being true

riku_iki··on Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
that's what people who allocate corp budgets understand well
riku_iki··on What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
It probably means that you would contribute less than cost of maintaining your grid connection ($30/mo)
riku_iki··on Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
My bet is they sold lots if data for llm training
riku_iki··on Chinese AI models have lagged the US frontier by 7 months on average since 2023
is there any evidence that this is significant contribution?

My intuition that one need ALOT api credits to distill such large models.

riku_iki··on C Is Best (2025)
Zig has better ergonomics over C but not as complex as Rust.
riku_iki··on C Is Best (2025)
> Golang, etc... who could be discussed and are equally viable choices.

Golang is not 100% zero cost close to metal abstraction. You could add Java and .NET too, but they are not replacement for C obviously.

riku_iki··on Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis
> isn't jogging more impactful to the knees than cycling? I've seen this over and over.

my brief reading of studies shows there is no proven negative impact on knees from running. Some studies suggest there is positive impact: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11320545/

I can speculate that running is very natural to human, and body evolved for running through the evolution, and cycling is not natural movement.

riku_iki··on Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis
cycling looks like less whole body and more targeted exercise.
riku_iki··on Sirius DB
its marginal compared to promised 10x improvement.
riku_iki··on Sirius DB
improvement over DuckDb is kinda marginal (44%)
riku_iki··on 2025 Letter
Maximising control over low margin low tech niches sounds like losing strategy.
riku_iki··on 2025 Letter
I'll skip answering your non-sense this time..
riku_iki··on BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal
there are many unclear assumptions before we come to such conclusion:

- does product have higher quality?

- is it cheaper, given there is no proven reliability track record for Chinese automakers, meaning maintenance cost could be very high

- if production is subsidized by government incentives or cheap labor, Chinese consumer pay high price, its just money flows on other channels

riku_iki··on OpenAI is paying employees more than any major tech startup in history
> BigAdTech

I argue that BigAdTech solves important logistical problem connecting buyers and sellers, and makes humanity more efficient.

riku_iki··on 2025 Letter
burden of proof is on you, because you made a statement.

If you blindly trust LLMs, it explains well why you are like this..

> Audience can go through comment chain and judge argument merits / cognitive function.

or very few care about your fantasies spam lol

riku_iki··on Show HN: Use Claude Code to Query 600 GB Indexes over Hacker News, ArXiv, etc.
wondering what is your stack? What SQL database are you using?
riku_iki··on 2025 Letter
So, you don't have source, this was expected.
riku_iki··on BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal
> This is just going to hurt US car manufacturers. Tarriffs are rent seeking.

tarriffs are visible protective regulation, China protects its domestic markets through different type of regulations for decades.

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