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Hack your way to a good Git history

https://masalmon.eu/2024/06/11/rewrite-git-history/
1•sebg•39s ago•0 comments

Reservoir thermal energy storage for data center cooling system

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261925005884
1•PaulHoule•9m ago•0 comments

Is Our Democracy Failing Because We're Not Thinking Enough? – James Fishkin [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kONd0Ip0HL4
1•neehao•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: GenresFox v0.4 – Hand-Written, Zero-Dependency Rust WASM

https://github.com/zayokami/GenresFox
2•zayoka•11m ago•0 comments

Why so many famous Berlin clubs are closing [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiXHj2nYy1o
1•leoh•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Picunic – convert image to Unicode art using ML

https://mnur.me/picunic/
1•mntalateyya•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Typed-Prompts – Type-Safe Prompt Engineering

https://github.com/f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts/tree/main/packages/prompts.chat
1•fka•27m ago•1 comments

The Computer Chronicles – Artificial Intelligence (1984) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S3m0V_ZF_Q
3•da02•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: FIDO2 PRF with TPM and Fingerprint Auth for Confer on Linux

https://vitorpy.com/blog/2025-12-25-confer-to-linux-tpm-fido2-prf/
2•vpb•33m ago•0 comments

Taiwan ramps up plans for overseas chipmaking as threat from China looms

https://www.semafor.com/article/12/19/2025/taiwan-ramps-up-plans-for-overseas-chipmaking-as-threa...
1•gmays•35m ago•0 comments

Do you need a lead scoring model?

https://betterthanrandom.substack.com/p/do-you-really-need-a-lead-scoring
1•sebg•46m ago•0 comments

What (I think) makes Gemini 3 Flash so good and fast

https://bdtechtalks.substack.com/p/what-i-think-makes-gemini-3-flash
3•gmays•47m ago•0 comments

Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/safety-panel-says-nasa-should-have-taken-starliner-incident...
1•janzer•48m ago•0 comments

Python Anti-Patterns

https://docs.quantifiedcode.com/python-anti-patterns/
1•fanf2•48m ago•1 comments

Show HN: OmniWM a macOS tiling window manager Niri inspired

https://github.com/BarutSRB/OmniWM
2•Barut1•49m ago•0 comments

Pen testers accused of 'blackmail' after reporting Eurostar chatbot flaws

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/pentesters_reported_eurostar_chatbot_flaws/
10•Bender•52m ago•0 comments

Nvidia Acquires Groq's Assets

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-24/nvidia-reaches-licensing-deal-with-chip-startu...
4•hnalien•53m ago•1 comments

Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address

https://9to5google.com/2025/12/24/google-change-gmail-addresses/
24•geox•53m ago•6 comments

SwiftUI, Universal, CloudKit-Based Free Cocktail App

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simple-cocktails/id6749871365
1•geoff32•59m ago•0 comments

Memory Safety

https://www.memorysafety.org/
3•pmaddams•59m ago•0 comments

Trilium v0.101.0: 8-year anniversary of Trilium (personal knowledge base)

https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/releases/tag/v0.101.0
1•ezst•1h ago•0 comments

Use Codex (OpenAI Coding Agent Framework) for a Personal Search Solution

https://github.com/DeepBlueDynamics/codex-container/blob/main/examples/personal_search/DOC_SEARCH.md
1•kordlessagain•1h ago•0 comments

As HN: How do I route around Substack's age verification?

4•longitudinal93•1h ago•2 comments

Show HN: Debt.ski – smart loan payoff planner

https://www.debt.ski
1•_august•1h ago•0 comments

CopilotHub: Directory of GitHub Copilot prompts, instructions, and MCPs

https://copilothub.directory
1•eddybenchek•1h ago•1 comments

Precomputing Transparency Order in 3D

https://jacobdoescode.com/2025/05/18/precomputing-transparency-order-in-3d
3•yzydserd•1h ago•0 comments

Version your cache keys to survive rolling deployments

https://medium.com/dev-genius/version-your-cache-keys-to-survive-rolling-deployments-a62545326220
1•orrbenyamini•1h ago•1 comments

ServiceNow to Acquire Armis for $7.75B in Cash

https://www.securityweek.com/servicenow-to-acquire-armis-for-7-75-billion-in-cash/
1•Bender•1h ago•0 comments

Open-source tool Nezha used as post-exploitation remote access trojan

https://www.scworld.com/news/open-source-tool-nezha-used-as-post-exploitation-remote-access-trojan
1•Bender•1h ago•0 comments

One Formula That Demystifies 3D Graphics [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjWkNZ0SXfo
1•codewiz•1h ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Pivot from SWE to What?

17•aupra•2h ago
I am a mid-level backend engineer with 4 yoe. I come from the world's most populous country. I was laid off 1.5 years ago. I travelled for half of the time, the rest half just passed by doing nothing although I learnt some AI fundamentals.

I hate leetcode and that keeps me away from most of the job opportunities. I have some money left just enough to get by for the next 6 months. I dont want to work here since they dont value humans here. Realistically, moving abroad is tough but I want to! I applied to a lot of startups but not getting any positive response.

Like most of us (?) I like to code for fun but hate it as work. I am not an AI doomer but believe human force would be cut by a sizeable amount in the foreseeable future in SWE. But then what's left apart from doing coding? I dont have any business ideas and doing it here in this country is just cumbersome.

Content creation comes to my mind but it's also tough out there. I really don't know what I should be doing.

1.5 years have gone by. But I want to make the rest of upcoming 6 months of great use in finding my calling. I can chatgpt my problem but I yearn for human responses. Thank you.

Comments

tompark•1h ago
I'm guessing I'm over twice your age but my situation is similar to yours in a couple aspects. What I decided to do is focus on exploring the new capabilities that AI will allow individuals to do (especially those of us who can code). There are a lot of ppl who are justifiably frustrated with the current state of the tools. But don't get discouraged by that. I've seen A LOT of tech waves. It's still early in the AI era. I won't suggest any particular approach but recommend giving it some thought.

BTW, being an old timer, I also hated the leetcode thing when it became a widespread thing after Google adopted the practice in the wake of The Joel (Spolsky) Test. But you know, years later when I had to go through some interviews, I did spend a few months studying it and it turned out to be pretty fun. But passing technical screenings didn't help me land a job... only connecting via my network seemed to make any difference.