Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out most applicants
If you have a remote position open, your challenge is not attracting the correct candidate, it’s filtering out the bad ones, because you’ll have hundreds or thousands of them. This my favorite technique:Add a programming knockout question to the application process that is so simple to solve that only* unqualified developers will not do it […]
I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero
Edit: A few people on HN have pointed out that this article sounds a little LLM generated. That’s because it’s largely a transcript of me panicking and talking to Claude. Sorry if it reads poorly, the incident really happened though! Or: How I learned that “I don’t use Next.js” doesn’t mean your dependencies don’t use […]
Inside PostHog: SSRF, ClickHouse SQL Escape and Default Postgres Creds to RCE
It was yet another day at the office. Our team was internally discussing moving to a different platform analytics solution. Our team was really leaning more towards Posthog. It’s one of the brilliant -I personally believe it’s the best- products on the market. And that’s where the story has begun… We have a somewhat unconventional—some […]
Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?
This post was inspired by a question that another Substack blogger received earlier this month. I felt that his answer started off on the right track, then veered off course. So I decided to write my own response. To start, here’s the question that inspired this post: Can you explain why it makes economic sense […]
FIFA Arrives on Netflix Games
This summer, as the world gathers to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026, fans can play a newly reimagined FIFA football simulation game exclusively on Netflix Games. The game, developed and published by Delphi Interactive, allows Netflix members to experience the emotion and drama of the tournament in its purest, most joyful form — in a format […]
Show HN: High-Performance Wavelet Matrix for Python, Implemented in Rust
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How SQLite is tested
How SQLite Is Tested Table Of Contents The reliability and robustness of SQLite is achieved in part by thorough and careful testing. As of version 3.42.0 (2023-05-16), the SQLite library consists of approximately 155.8 KSLOC of C code. (KSLOC means thousands of “Source Lines Of Code” or, in other words, lines of code excluding blank […]
A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images
Private MCP Catalogs and the Path to Composable Enterprise AI See how private MCP catalogs as OCI artifacts enable trusted, versioned discovery, dynamic toolchains, and GitOps-friendly, sandboxed agents for enterprise AI.
AI capability isn’t humanness
Modern AI appears remarkably human. We can talk to LLMs like friends, get instant relationship advice, and send them photos of our outfits. And just like humans, these models aren’t perfect. They sometimes misremember facts, make simple arithmetic errors, and over-agree with our favorite conspiracy theories. We argue this similarity between humans and AI is […]
AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’
AWS CEO Matt Garman outlined 3 solid reasons why companies should not focus on cutting junior developer roles, noting that they “are actually the most experienced with the AI tools”. 3 Reasons AI Should Not Replace Junior Developers In a tech world obsessed with AI replacing human workers, Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web […]