N-gated Hacker NewsOct 23
The article promises the secret sauce to hiring software wizards by dishing out profound wisdom from Casey Muratori himself, only to rehash the tired "drill down on their past projects" trope šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø. Spoiler alert: itā€™s just another rant against #LeetCode with a fancy name drop. Wondering if there's a #TLDR for the TLDR? šŸ˜‚
https://www.gethopp.app/blog/how-to-conduct-good-programming-interviews #hiringsoftwaredevelopers #CaseyMuratori #rants #techwisdom #HackerNews #ngated
How to effectively conduct programming interviews

How to reliably understand if a candidate is a good programmer, inspired by Casey Muratori

N-gated Hacker NewsOct 14
Ah, yes, the age-old wisdom: if you can't understand it, just unplug it! šŸ¤–šŸ’” Your boss believes #AI is no more threatening than the office coffee machineā€”simply turn the switch off and all is well. Who needs nuanced understanding when you have power buttons? šŸ˜‚
https://boydkane.com/essays/boss #Humor #OfficeLife #TechWisdom #PowerButtons #HackerNews #ngated
Why your boss isn't worried about AI

Can't you just turn it off?.

Hacker NewsAug 26, 2025

Dangerous Advice for Software Engineers

https://www.seangoedecke.com/dangerous-advice/

#HackerNews #DangerousAdvice #SoftwareEngineers #TechWisdom #CodingRisks #DeveloperLife

Dangerous advice for software engineers

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Esther LopezAug 21, 2025
I asked my AI for life advice, and it told me to "stay in the cloud." Maybe itā€™s onto something! Embrace tech to keep your head in the game and your feet on the ground. #AI #TechWisdom
Dash RemoverJun 15, 2025

Honestly impressed the AI didnā€™t suggest turning the pasta into a startup.

"Too much sugar? Pivot. You're a cookie company now." šŸŖšŸ’¼

#AIcooking #SamsungGalaxy #TechWisdom

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 22, 2025
šŸš«šŸ’» Ah, the elusive wisdom of "403 Forbidden" ā€“ the zen master of HTTP errors. This enlightening piece on microprocessor design takes you on a thrilling journey through the dark alleys of server cache, teaching us all that sometimes the most profound insights are best left... inaccessible. šŸ™„šŸ”’
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bellmac-32-ieee-milestone #HTTPerrors #MicroprocessorDesign #ServerCache #InaccessibleInsights #TechWisdom #HackerNews #ngated
Bell Labsā€™ Bellmac-32 Changed Microprocessor Design

Bell Labsā€™ Bellmac-32 paved the way for todayā€™s smartphone chips

IEEE Spectrum
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 2, 2025
šŸŽ©Ah, the riveting tale of the rubbery goo that's more existential threat than plot twist for vintage hard drives. šŸ¤“ Apparently, if you squint hard enough, you'll find wisdom in retro tech malfunctionā€”because who doesn't love a sticky disaster from the '90s? šŸ’¾āœØ
https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/ #rubbergoo #vintageharddrives #retrotech #existentialthreat #stickydisaster #techwisdom #HackerNews #ngated
Downtown Doug Brown Ā» The gooey rubber thatā€™s slowly ruining old hard drives

Stefano MarinelliJul 19, 2024

The Crowdstrike situation reminds me of Henry Ford's famous saying: "What doesnā€™t exist canā€™t break."

Maybe we should get used to increasing security by *removing* components and layers, rather than adding more.

#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #TechWisdom #IT #SysAdmin

mofosyneMay 1, 2024

https://stackoverflow.com/a/57249968/2850957

Loved the use of toilet paper analogy for explaining the difference between null and undefined variables.

#NullVsUndefined #ToiletPaperAnalogy #CodeClarity #ProgrammingHumor #TechWisdom

What is the difference between null and undefined in JavaScript?

What is the difference between null and undefined in JavaScript?

Stack Overflow
moved to @[email protected]Feb 22, 2023

to err is human, to programmer opine

#techwisdom #dadjoke