Hacker Wisdom
A collection of wisdom found in the answers to Ask HN questions.
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Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
https://github.com/ghuntley/amazon-kiro.kiro-agent-source-code-analysis
https://github.com/organizations/YOUR_ORG/settings/actions/runners
https://github.com/tkgally/je-dict-1
https://github.com/wellwright-labs/devex
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/concrete-vibe-coding-jorge-varas-rn4ee
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624541
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=the_mitsuhiko
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades
https://xcancel.com/rakyll/status/2007659740126761033#m
How do you keep system context from rotting over time?
https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/er-diagrams
Which common map projections make Greenland look smaller?
https://earth.nullschool.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections#/media/File%3AEllipsoidal_transverse_Mercator_projection_SW.jpg
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/
COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?
https://carolina.codes
https://docs.devin.ai/use-cases/examples/cobol-modernization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_stock_trading_disruption
https://github.com/zorse-project/COBOLEval
https://www.hypercubic.ai/
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/
https://thethinkdrop.blogspot.com/2026/01/agentic-automation-in-python-how-ai.html
https://youtu.be/OwMu0pyYZBc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7Q7u0pZyQ&list=PLxeenGqMmmw8mEILT393SuFeSqRjWYPRC&index=9
What are the recommender systems papers from 2024-2025?
https://recsys.acm.org/
Did past "bubbles" have so many people claiming we were in a bubble?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_flash_crash
https://www.google.com/search?q=financial+real+estate+warning+news+articles&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F2006%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F2008&tbm=
Local models to support home network infrastructure?
https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-3-4b-it
How worried should I be about running LLM code on my machine?
https://blog.emilburzo.com/2026/01/running-claude-code-dangerously-safely/
Clipboard overflows causing system crashes in macOS Tahoe 26.3 beta 2?
https://developer.apple.com/forums/tags/macos
How would you design for this scale today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL_Cluster
Would you trust a new browser security extension in 2025?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere
Do we need independence and autonomy in Edge-Cloud?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/open-federated-edgecloud-infrastructure-alliance_ofeia-edgecomputing-edgecloud-activity-7419061595462332416-dOBc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAaBLABRozhfV3mqVgc7BxPkDMuqrbA17E
Treating anxiety as a bug in legacy code (engineering approach)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
Fabric lets me assess online AI from my Unix CLI
https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric
What non-fiction do you read?
https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-in-2025
Burned out from tech, what else is there?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42500960
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8006668/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-detach-from-work-before-it-destroys-your-life/id596047499?i=1000743551666
Is there a search engine that blocks SEO / AI content?
https://marginalia-search.com/
https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/a-postmortem-of-three-recent-issues
https://thinkingmachines.ai/blog/defeating-nondeterminism-in-llm-inference/
One IP, multiple unrealistic locations worldwide hitting my website
https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/
https://bgp.tools/prefix/173.245.58.0/24#asinfo
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-servers-dont-own-ips-anymore/
https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/
https://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/split/ripe.db.aut-num.gz
https://github.com/tirrenotechnologies/tirreno
https://mask-api.icloud.com/egress-ip-ranges.csv
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102602
Tell HN: YouTube gave my username switzerland to a half government organization
https://www.youtube.com/Switzerland
YC Events
https://www.ycombinator.com/subscribe
How to bullet proof yourself from AI?
https://www.levels.fyi/blog/swe-level-framework.html
Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?
https://www.getmagical.com/
Why not have cemeteries for lines of descent?
https://www.familysearch.org/
What are your best purchases under $100?
https://a.co/d/18k9eCa
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09NL9GDTQ
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XG34G8
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD7558GT
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4Q4D5VP
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP1WXVK8?&linkCode=sl1&tag=lydangin-20&linkId=7d9b1190a1a3fde765f94a6539d8de07&language=en_US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ankimobile-flashcards/id373493387
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Kershaw-Iridium-Dessert-Warrior-Pocket-Knife--186301
https://www.decathlon.fr/p/sac-a-dos-de-randonnee-multi-poches-32l-escape-500-noir/_/R-p-334334?mc=8649351&c=noir-fume
https://dreamroo.com/products/the-round-meal-trio?variant=44253230170307
https://www.ebay.com/p/18030903120
https://edjy.com/products/edjy-fingernail-cutter
https://evoshop.biz/evoluent-verticalmouse-medium-p-72.html
https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&q=finger+condoms
https://help.ryanair.com/hc/en-gb/categories/12489112419089-Bag-Rules
https://www.heyhomepage.com/?module=blog&link=1&post=4
https://www.hydroflask.com/12-oz-cooler-cup
https://i.imgur.com/WtHHT4v.jpeg
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/lift-vertical-ergonomic-mouse
https://lowendbox.com/
https://www.porlex.co.jp/
https://www.revivo.com/how-we-repair
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Performance-Tool-W1105-Side-Locking-4-in-1-Dual-Jaw-Quick-Pliers/1887175258
https://www.wera.de/en/tools/highlights-great-tools/lasertip/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhFIUdICYSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBOHsKv_ej8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwbQ8eEBn68
Where to find VC fund or investor for project in Europe?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12AT2YnFq6Lno0d0_FiEwuI784w07cBRFBSeNGa9Uua4/edit?gid=361460253#gid=361460253
https://www.eu-startups.com/2016/02/startup-accelerators-in-europe-a-complete-overview/
What non-LLM tools have meaningfully improved your dev productivity?
https://codemindmap.com
Is replacing an enterprise product with LLMs a realistic strategy?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Who's using DuckDB in production?
https://duckdb.org/docs/stable/sql/statements/drop
1 year from today what will have been the worst behavior from AI corps?
https://nicolasbouliane.com
Do you think college is/was worth it?
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20140016892/downloads/20140016892.pdf
https://x.com/profstonge/status/2001631029799608525
AI music covers in 2026?
https://mordenstar.com/blog/dutyfree-shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSH0fXp4LoI
