Ask HN: Does anyone have interests in anything besides AI?

6 points | by drsalt 2 hours ago

6 comments

  • atmosx 2 minutes ago
    I hope so.
  • junaid_97 30 minutes ago
    Absolutely. I understand AI is the current big thing. But, there are tons of problems/ideas thats been around for decades, and haven't been solved (or, current solution is mediocre)

    It's just, these problems aren't the sexiest

  • JBAnderson5 25 minutes ago
    I’m currently working through the Linux from scratch project and think it would be cool if I got good enough to contribute to the Linux kernel or drivers.
  • CqtGLRGcukpy 2 hours ago
    Yes. Remember that this crowd likes the newest things, and doesn't represent the general public.
  • hbcondo714 1 hour ago
    in no particular order:

      astronomy
      cryptocurrency
      climate change
      behavioral health
      prediction markets
  • davydm 1 hour ago
    For sure! Whilst most of the people around me seem to enjoy putting up with bad outcomes for the tradeoff of a few good ones (using ai codegen), I'll only use it to remind me of something ("please provide an example of doing X with Y") or for documentation lookups. With both, I have to double-check anyway.

    I don't have any real desire to "have my productivity lifted" by ai codegen. I'd rather write my own code than debug someone else's. I like using the tdd cycle to let a design emerge. I care about the details in my code. I aim for maintainability over speed.