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Ask HN: How are you dealing with AI-assisted interview cheaters?
Ethical questions aside, if you interview engineers remotely, how are you dealing with the proliferation of AI-assisted interview cheater software?
Have you had someone pass an interview and then later they can barely perform?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499473
Points: 4
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New forensic findings on the death of Suchir Balaji, OpenAI whistleblower
Article URL: https://twitter.com/5149jamesli/status/1904933435803877882
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499447
Points: 3
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Best Massage Guns for 2025: Personal Trainer Tested
Statutory health insurance data in Germany will be accessible for research
The "No, but" Engineer
Article URL: https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/no-but-engineer/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499348
Points: 2
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Beyond Flaky Tests – Bringing Controlled Randomness to Vitest
Article URL: https://fast-check.dev/blog/2025/03/28/beyond-flaky-tests-bringing-controlled-randomness-to-vitest/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499343
Points: 1
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Gungus-like organism may be an unknown branch of life
Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/animals/giant-fungus-like-organism-may-be-a-completely-unknown-branch-of-life
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499342
Points: 1
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AI's Impact on the Investing Landscape
Article URL: https://www.lynalden.com/march-2025-newsletter/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499161
Points: 1
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Ask HN: Best way to approach user-facing analytics
I’m looking for advice on technical strategies for user-facing analytics features (think real-time customizable dashboard). I’ve ended up in a situation where I want to design some analytics dashboards for end users that display aggregates/historical data for a number of years. The queries I want to run take way too long to run on-the-fly so I’ve resorted to pre-computing the data I care about on a schedule. This approach works fine but it’s not real time and it adds some friction to introducing new features/views (every new feature requires backfilling years worth of data). I’m curious if others have better strategies for developing analytics software like this that’s real-time, responsive, and quick to iterate on? OLAP DBs like clickhouse? Reverse ETL? Better OLTP indexing?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499121
Points: 2
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Ask HN: What advice would you give to a CS student today?
I was often invited to speak with CS students at many universities. I loved it!
I wanted to inspire and guide them since I felt overlooked when I was their age.
After yesterday's meetup at my coworking space on tech startup failures, my friend's 20-year-old son dropped by to chat. He is studying computer science in his third year of university.
It was a typical small talk, and he asked me about my business. “As I recall, you worked in technology and recruitment," he said. How's the market now?
He cleverly asked for advice about his future career. I quickly saw how important and valuable it was to him.
I always had the right words to say to kids like him, so I started talking.
I talked about how the market is changing, how demand is down, and how layoffs affected the situation.
Then I got fully paralysed, and I couldn't think of what to say. I was a bit pessimistic, but I wanted to motivate him. I didn't want to discourage him by telling him that the market is hard for junior developers.
I realized that I don't know what to tell him. I have NO clue what's "good" or "bad", or what the market will do, or which skills he needs. After working in tech recruiting for over 15 years, I don't know how to guide him.
I felt helpless. In his eyes, I saw my younger self from 20 years ago, seeking advice from someone I trusted.
After a brief pause, I realized that I needed to be practical. I promised him I would send him a written response via his father soon.
That was the best I could do at the time. Being honest about not knowing everything felt better than pretending I did.
Also, I gained some time to give this kid some thorough feedback.
What advice would you give to a CS student today?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499119
Points: 3
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Show HN: Get daily digital tasks done by texting 1-800-MYAGENT
Hello HN,
We built 1-800-MYAGENT, a simple service that lets you get daily digital tasks done just by texting. Whether it's booking appointments, researching something online, or organizing your schedule, just send a text, and an agent (human + AI-powered) will handle it for you.
No apps, no logins—just a phone number. It's great for busy people who prefer texting over navigating apps. Would love your feedback, and happy to answer any questions!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499106
Points: 1
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The Evolution of Global Trade in 2024
Article URL: https://www.cfr.org/blog/evolution-global-trade-2024
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499105
Points: 1
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Akamai becomes the official distributor of the Linux kernel
Article URL: https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/akamai-becomes-the-official-distributor-of-the-linux-kernelw-post
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499101
Points: 2
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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-mcchesney-obituary/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499093
Points: 1
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It's Now a Hate Crime to Vandalize Teslas in DC
Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/27/elon-musk-tesla-vandalism-hate-crime-washington-dc-00252290
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499050
Points: 8
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As a geneticist I won't mourn 23andMe&its jumble of useless health information
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/geneticist-mourn-23andme-useless-health-information
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499049
Points: 1
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Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
Article URL: https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderboard
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499045
Points: 2
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Ubisoft Spins Off AssassinsCreed,FarCry,Rainbow 6, Backed by $1.25B from Tencent
Article URL: https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/ubisoft-tencent-assassins-creed-spinoff-far-cry-rainbow-six-1236350271/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499008
Points: 2
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Apple IIe design guidelines (1982) [pdf]
Article URL: https://archive.org/details/apple-iie-design-guidelines
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499005
Points: 1
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