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  1. Ask HN: What's your current stance on agentic coding?
    1 points 3
  2. Ask HN: How many good developers do you personally know?

    By good, I mean a developer that can successfully build an app from scratch that doesn't have any bugs. I have a theory that there just aren't that many good developers due to the way the industry works (more pay to…

    1 points 2
  3. Ask HN: Which JavaScript URL regex do you use?
    1 points 0
  4. Ask HN: Is there demand for general purpose GUIs for AI APIs?

    I'm thinking of making a desktop app that makes available the Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, etc API functionality. I guess the user would have to plug in their API key. Does it make sense for me to spend time building this?

    1 points 0
  5. Ask HN: What are your favorite coding tools?
    5 points 8
  6. Ask HN: What water do you drink?

    Do you buy bottled water from the store? Do you filter tap water? What filter do you use? Do you drink unfiltered tap water (which country)? Something else?

    3 points 14
  7. Ask HN: How do you obtain software development contracts?

    Let's say you have a software development firm. You have some sales/marketing people and you have some developers. How do the sales and marketing people obtain projects for the developers to work on?

    31 points 19
  8. Ask HN: What site do you use to sell your used stuff?
    3 points 7
  9. Ask HN: What are some good informational sites?

    What informational sites are good besides Wikipedia? Here are a couple that I know of: https://learnmeabitcoin.com https://learnyouahaskell.com

    1 points 0
  10. Ask HN: Are any other languages as big as C++?

    I've been relearning C++ over the last week and it seems absolutely massive. Do any other languages come close to its size?

    7 points 11
  11. Ask HN: Why are you a generalist programmer?
    6 points 9
  12. Ask HN: Are you ashamed to have experience with a certain stack?
    2 points 4
  13. Ask HN: Why has the job market been so bad for so long?
    2 points 2
  14. Ask HN: Do your friends and family use ChatGPT?

    I'm starting to realize that my family members are using ChatGPT quite often. Anyone else?

    3 points 4
  15. Ask HN: What's the "best" movie you've ever seen?

    Someone recently asked what's the best book you've ever read. I thought I would ask the same question but movies instead.

    14 points 29
  16. Ask HN: What are the easiest businesses to run?
    1 points 3
  17. Ask HN: What coding stuff do you know off the top of your head?
    7 points 9
  18. Ask HN: Which stacks have a lightweight dev environment?
    2 points 3
  19. Ask HN: Which country has the most fasinating history?

    For example, I'm reading a summary of Bulgarian history and it's pretty ridiculous.

    2 points 0
  20. Ask HN: How many domain names do you own?
    3 points 22
  21. Ask HN: Should I give honest cost estimates?

    I'm a freelance developer and I have to estimate cost in order to obtain new clients. Should I give an honest estimate, or should I lowball it?

    2 points 9
  22. Ask HN: How does your employer/client pay you?

    Do you get a check? Do they pay you electronically (which service)? Something else?

    2 points 1
  23. Ask HN: What's Your Opinion of iOS Development?

    I am considering building an app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS and want to know what other developers think about the Apple developer experience in 2024. I built an iOS app about a decade ago and it wasn't the best…

    8 points 8
  24. Ask HN: Is it feasible to serve up a remote file for a file download link?

    Say you want to have links on your site that download files, but the files are on a remote server relative to the web server. If the web server has to first download the file from the remote server and only then send it…

    1 points 5
  25. Ask HN: What single line of code would you put on a programming shirt?

    If you were going to make a programming shirt with one line of code or one expression on the front of the shirt right in the middle what would it be? Examples: (+ 1 2) or ++i; or x ? x : y

    12 points 43