Thank you for posting this <3. I've been thinking it daily for about a year and feel a little bit less alone.

I understand this is a significant topic in the industry but the ratio is really high. Every time someone at OpenAI or Anthropic farts, there's top 10 post.

It makes me feel as if a lot of hackers had given up on actual hacking to just be followers of the latest commercial stuff thrown on the market. It's likely a projection of my own fears, but I have not been able to shake it off and it's gotten worse and worse.

A lot of tech folks turn out to enjoy management roles more than engineering roles, but until now human subordinates were the only option available. Now that subordinates without feelings, whimsy, and labor rights have been introduced as an option, a lot more flexibility of choice exists for outcomes in tech. This forces Hacker News into a crisis of identity:

Are managers hackers? Are management topics of interest to Hacker News?

I think the problem is the ease that you can create believable low effort articles and even software.

It's harder to filter for the good stuff when compared to previous hypes, like Blockchain and JavaScript frameworks.

All github trending projects are AI related

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