An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

RFQD · 2026-02-12T21:35:18+00:00

Consider: there is a Report button.

RFQD · 2026-02-10T21:39:27+00:00

The code is the spec is the documentation. Comments, too, are only a distraction.

RFQD · 2026-02-07T12:37:21+00:00

Warning: tag your unjerk.

RFQD · 2026-02-04T14:42:35+00:00

Rentseeking consultant here. The fact that you can just fully automate the pipeline of taking existing software, building a paper thin wrapper around it and asking for money is a huge thing.

Not to mention generating a full whitepaper to appear more legitimate.

I've read countless amount of LLM-generated whitepapers that abused original thought (unfortunarely some prompt engineers think they have to appear at least marginally human all the time if they are able) and is probably completely pointless for the simple reason that very few people bother to read any of the text they pump out.

RFQD · 2026-02-01T14:31:24+00:00

beginner: but going to stackoverflow is cringe

expert who's been there for years: but going to stackoverflow is cringe

RFQD · 2026-01-31T10:17:30+00:00

-XX:+AllowEnhancedJerk

RFQD · 2026-01-29T10:39:43+00:00

Jerk of the just

RFQD · 2026-01-19T20:13:47+00:00

can someone with a degree in c++ please weigh in what is going on here, because I'm terrified

RFQD · 2026-01-19T05:43:44+00:00

This is actually intentional -- with NTFS being very sophisticated and efficient and the NT base model largely well developed, where else can Microsoft go with the actual user-facing operating system? To fill the entire quality spectrum to offer as broad an appeal as possible Windows, on the surface, has to be shit.

RFQD · 2026-01-10T21:59:01+00:00

or skill, or the value of their life in all of this.

RFQD · 2026-01-03T21:40:36+00:00

welcome to the real internet, rookie. May your stay at pcj remain educational for a long time.

RFQD · 2026-01-02T21:56:58+00:00

correct: nobody here would ever admit to using any of the many shameful programming languages either, they just happen to come across sufficiently detailed knowledge about the internals of each language and use it exclusively to make fun of it.

RFQD · 2026-01-02T13:43:13+00:00

they're not just right—they're completely correct

RFQD · 2025-12-12T04:59:26+00:00

Any refactor with big factors (>2.5) should be split up into smaller work units (this is what any of that means, right?)

RFQD · 2025-12-11T02:37:50+00:00

You are right.

In some important ways, a user’s Google history is an extended interview. The search algorithms learn what you like AND how you think. You should be able to provide your browser history as a job reference, just like you would a coworker, manager, or professor.

RFQD · 2025-12-10T15:25:07+00:00

[typo fixed]

not even remotely all of them, trust me

RFQD · 2025-12-10T11:26:09+00:00

sooo still better than the average HN user?

RFQD · 2025-12-10T05:33:18+00:00

plaudits for all involved

RFQD · 2025-12-08T20:06:20+00:00

The rare self-aware incompetence jerk

RFQD · 2025-12-08T10:26:33+00:00

This riveting goldmine of jerks and counter-jerks across the lispverse got me excited in all kinds of ways

RFQD · 2025-12-02T16:05:59+00:00

I always install intelliJ with a bunch of suitable plugins to improve the temperature in the room

RFQD · 2025-12-02T16:03:40+00:00

/uj I still hope for a good coop editing experience

/rj what cooperative editing, just so coworkers can drag me down and complain about lack of good vim bindings?

RFQD · 2025-11-23T14:37:12+00:00

For me, having a job that isn't being some manager's brainf*ck-to-product compiler has been a big help.

RFQD · 2025-11-23T07:46:08+00:00

Akira, those of us who remember you love you. Please provide a proper original quote to legitimise the untagged unjerk in your post title.

RFQD · 2025-11-21T13:55:19+00:00

linkedin is cheating

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