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I built an AI to do my job end-to-end. The problem wasn't the AI

https://medium.com/@iroy2000/i-tried-to-automate-my-own-job-heres-what-i-found-15fb86d415c2
2•iroy2000•3h ago

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iroy2000•3h ago
I ran a small experiment recently: I tried to automate my own job as a software engineer.

Not just copilots or snippets — I built a system that:

Takes a ticket Understands the codebase Writes code + tests Opens a PR Responds to review comments

Then I added an orchestrator that runs multiple of these in parallel across a backlog.

... Could it do my job while I sleep?

Read more of my personal research - https://medium.com/@iroy2000/i-tried-to-automate-my-own-job-...

Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/linux_foundation_social_engineering/
1•blackcoffeerain•1m ago•0 comments

The cost of building a workflow editor on React Flow

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1•maciek996•1m ago•0 comments

Why Amazon Is Buying Starlink Rival Globalstar in $11B Deal

https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-to-acquire-globalstar-in-satellite-cellular-connection-push-448d5a16
1•JumpCrisscross•2m ago•0 comments

I built a free SSH relay for homelab machines behind CGNAT

1•rasengan•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tip for users with Samsung Galaxy S7 with broken display

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iPhone Ultra – First Look [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UA1Hmg53Q
1•quadrige•8m ago•0 comments

Coreboot Comes to AMD Ryzen Powered Star Labs StarBook MK VI After 3 Year Wait

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-StarBook-MK-VI
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Show HN: Website Is a Video Game

https://run-labs.com/
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Figma Design to Code, Code to Design: Clearly Explained

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2•edbentley•11m ago•0 comments

GitHub's Fake Star Economy

https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/
2•ajayvk•11m ago•2 comments

Completely Autonomous Robot Brigade Successfully Retook Russian Positions in UKR

https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-robot-army-war-russia-surrender...
2•alephnerd•11m ago•0 comments

Best prompt database for AEs.100% free

https://crushquota.ai/
1•yous587•11m ago•1 comments

Stop re-entering AI credentials in every app and agent

https://21pins.com/
1•cqwww•12m ago•1 comments

Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/04/russia-hacked-routers-to-steal-microsoft-office-tokens/
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Diamond Prices at Record-Low Levels

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How I run pi.dev safely (and get work done)

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1•cqwww•13m ago•2 comments

Show HN: DBConvert Streams 2.0 – explore, migrate, sync. No pipeline glue

https://streams.dbconvert.com
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NVIDIA LLM compression to save money

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Gas Town: From Clown Show to v1.0

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2•martythemaniak•15m ago•0 comments

When Scientific Debate Steps into Custody Cases

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1•EA-3167•15m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are Web Agencies Cooked?

7•mijustin•16m ago•1 comments

CameoDB – An open-source, shared-nothing hybrid-search database in Rust

https://github.com/cameodb/cameodb
1•gorancv•16m ago•1 comments

AI Agents Don't Fail. They Stop Too Early

https://sourcebook.run/blog/agents-dont-fail-they-stop-too-early
1•maroondlabs•17m ago•1 comments

Should We Praise Kids for Their AI Slop Art?

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1•randycupertino•18m ago•1 comments

A 129FPS Full HD Real-Time Accelerator for 3D Gaussian Splatting

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10223
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ALD W-Doped SnO2 TFTs for Indium-Free BEOL Electronics

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11333
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OneMinusDiv is all you need

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A Comparative Study of Power-Capping Nvidia H100 and H200

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1•rbanffy•20m ago•0 comments

Beyond the Sky — Jeffrey Yan, Hyperliquid Exchange

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1•felixbraun•20m ago•0 comments

Always in crisis mode? You might be catastrophizing

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5•devonnull•20m ago•0 comments