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I wrote a short post a while ago titled "First make the change easy, then make the easy change" which is #1 Hacker News today 🤯 Wow
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Any skills or agents out there with taste baked in?
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September 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: 539 job postings in September. That's 25% more than August (430) and 25% fewer than September last year (722). The 12-month average is 700. Median pay went up to $195k. (1/6)
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Engineering was 60% of postings, up from 56%. Data and ML were 14.5%, down from 16.5%. Junior roles went from 7 to 23. The October update will be out in early November.
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Full report: adamtal.me/hacker-news-hirin…

September 2026: 539 jobs | HN Hiring Index

September 2026 Hacker News Who’s Hiring report: 539 job posts. +25.3% vs August 2026. Explore hiring volume, compensation, skills, remote policy, and year-over-year trends on the HN Hiring Index.

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@jakecodesOct 12
In the next version of Kai, the reviewer works like a teammate. You can talk it through a finding. On this PR the author showed Kai the git history, and Kai said "Fair. Dropping the finding." You can also ask it to fix things. It makes the fix itself instead of handing it off to someone else.
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It's true
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@jakecodesOct 6
🐛 Best benchmark for an AI code review tool: your own bug history. Grab 5–10 PRs that later needed a fix. Run each tool on the code before the fix. See who catches it.
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@jakecodesOct 6
🐛 Best benchmark for an AI code review tool: your own bug history. Grab 5–10 PRs that later needed a fix. Run each tool on the code before the fix. See who catches it.
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😘 Saw tons of complaints about the top AI code reviewers. 🌞 Took all the top complaints solved them in @kaicontextdev. 🤩 Now @kaicontextdev scores higher on benchmarks and solves biggest complaints.
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AI forces (exposes) personal taste and judgement. ... for now
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@jakecodesSep 24
Curious how people handle fixes from review tools. Do you want a suggested patch right in the PR, or would you rather open it in your coding agent and work through it there?
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August 2026: 430 jobs | HN Hiring Index

August 2026 Hacker News Who’s Hiring report: 430 job posts. -17.9% vs July 2026. Explore hiring volume, compensation, skills, remote policy, and year-over-year trends on the HN Hiring Index.

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Adam Tal 🚀@TalAdamSep 5
August 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: 430 job postings in August. That's 18% fewer than July and 40% fewer than August last year. The thread hasn't been this quiet since 2013. Median pay went up though, to $190k. (1/6)
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Adam Tal 🚀@TalAdamSep 5
August 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: 430 job postings in August. That's 18% fewer than July and 40% fewer than August last year. The thread hasn't been this quiet since 2013. Median pay went up though, to $190k. (1/6)
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August 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: 430 job postings in August. That's 18% fewer than July and 40% fewer than August last year. The thread hasn't been this quiet since 2013. Median pay went up though, to $190k. (1/6)
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Remote was 50% of roles that listed a location, down from 52.6% in July. Hybrid was 25%, up from 21%. Onsite was 25%, about the same as July. (5/6)
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General engineering roles were 56% of postings, down from 67% in June. Data and ML went up to 16.5%. Junior roles went from 14 to 7. My guess is that fewer junior and generalist roles are being posted. I'll know more after September.
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