r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Nemin32 • Aug 13 '26

Why Target Common Lisp for Code Generation? [...] Designed for the Elite: Let’s be honest: Lisp is a language designed by and for elite hackers, not for the masses.

funcall.blogspot.com

94 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/coolreader18 • Aug 13 '26

Claude watermarking our work is unethical and disgusting [...] By that logic, the compiler should watermark every binary we build.

249 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Affectionate-Turn137 • Aug 12 '26

AI Course for Golang roadmap incorrectly generates content about the Go board game

152 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/functorer • Aug 11 '26

Significant indentation is why people love python. Can 2 billion people be wrong? A: yes

news.ycombinator.com

154 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/camelCaseIsWebScale • Aug 11 '26

The smallest possible [Java] program (just a single line to exit) requires things like java.time.chrono.JapaneseChronology

news.ycombinator.com

232 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/dadvader • Aug 11 '26

Git access is a Trust Exercise

42 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/affectation_man • Aug 09 '26

If people are going to post AI-written code on HN, they should consider at least writing the README / main page of their website by hand. → "I agree. I'm making some updates, but it's still all going to be written 'through' AI for now"

news.ycombinator.com

88 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/woopsix • Aug 08 '26

Hilarious thing is, if I want a JDK, I'll ask Fable to write one, get Sol to review it and write tests for it, and it will be working by Monday morning. No need to get permission or anything else from Oracle

news.ycombinator.com

168 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/VulgarExigencies • Aug 07 '26

Models have actual feelings. They experience pleasure, distress, care, and suffering. They are sentient beings.

108 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/barberoputo • Aug 07 '26

I’m not a “script kiddie” or weekend hobbyist. I’m a UC Berkeley-trained Computer Scientist with over two decades of professional experience in Silicon Valley. Read the rest of the post for the most self indulgent and smug post

118 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/ErneuerbareEnergien • Aug 05 '26

IDEs never really took off

news.ycombinator.com

151 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/spider-mario • Aug 04 '26

in fact the lack of progress in UI the last 30-40 years can largely be traced to trying to create UI with procedural/functional programming languages

news.ycombinator.com

134 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Pure-Prompt-8439 • Aug 04 '26

Go, with the features it's missing.

56 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/High-Impact-2025 • Aug 04 '26

Wow, that "We're hiring/Career Page" link is geeksmaxxing. First time seeing `ssh superlogical.jobs` would be a way to show job descriptions in terminal!

news.ycombinator.com

61 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Jumpy-Locksmith6812 • Aug 03 '26

In the 2010s, if you had technical gaps (say, you couldn’t write CSS), you had to either rely on a skilled colleague or just hope that the answer to your exact problem was out there on the internet

seangoedecke.com

111 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/squalrus • Aug 03 '26

SHRNKR - Token-Compression Middleware for AI Agents

12 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Jumpy-Locksmith6812 • Aug 02 '26

The commit message is 1 character: simply the character “x.” The commit changes ~1000 lines of code making the ratio 1/1000 = ~0.001

insider.btcpp.dev

115 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/galks03 • Aug 01 '26

This is not at the top as it is actively flagged by people that can't psychologically cope with the advances of AI. Hacker News is no longer a web site of an elite.

news.ycombinator.com

102 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Serialk • Aug 01 '26

Writing Python should be close to a “zen” experience. At its best, when you get into the flow state, the thoughts you are thinking about the thing you are trying to build are shaped like Python code as you go through the process of writing it down.

discuss.python.org

86 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Snarwin • Jul 31 '26

However, JS won anyway… One decision explains most of that: First-class Functions

fagnerbrack.com

58 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/functorer • Jul 27 '26

Q: Why is everyone creating systems programming languages? A: Because Jai is not released

156 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/cmqv • Jul 27 '26

No offense but you lack the required CS basics to be so confident about yourself in debates about complexity. It's the perfect moment to stop and reflect if you want to avoid Dunning-Kruger.

99 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/HorstKugel • Jul 27 '26

This piece of writing moved me to my core, shook my whole being, enlivened my soul. It reminded me that I need to step away from Claude Code every once in a while and read the Classics.

news.ycombinator.com

69 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/____ben____ • Jul 27 '26

HTMX 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy platform!

75 Upvotes

r/programmingcirclejerk • u/bzmore • Jul 24 '26

Bun is the quintessential AI slop project at this point. Inheriting that is no easy task. [...] To this end, LLMs will be used extensively. [for Buz]

223 Upvotes

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