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0 pointsalephnerd1y ago0 comments

> most people here are also in security

No they aren't.

I've been a cybersecurity SWE, PM, and VC for a decade at this point and I've almost never found any relevant security or enterprise SaaS related content on HN.

For a hot second (around 2018-2019) there was solid conversations around eBPF, io_uring, or cloud posture management, but that doesn't happen on here anymore.

Same with MLOps and ML Infra as well - almost no one on here understands Infiniband, RDMA, or BLAS

The tech industry is MASSIVE - and most people are only clued into their own little niche. And according to HN, the only tech companies that exist are FAANG, Nvidia, Tesla, TSMC, and BYD.

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msm_1y ago

>I've been a cybersecurity SWE, PM, and VC for a decade at this point and I've almost never found any relevant security or enterprise SaaS related content on HN.

FWIW "here" could mean "in this thread". It's pretty normal (and very visible here) that threads about X attract people working in X. I'm not sure this is happening here, I work in IT security but I clicked the thread because 32B caught my eye.

le-mark1y ago

Exactly, parent commenter is excercising the same bias they’re accusing others of. Rookie move imo.

powvans1y ago

I vaguely remember this hot second you refer to. What is the HN equivalent where those conversations are happening today?

alephnerdOP1y ago

Lobste.rs for technical stuff. But most security related conversations by security SMEs aren't happening online anymore. We have specific user conferences and regional user groups now.

genewitch1y ago

Cool, any in central Louisiana? Poland? That'll teach the AI!

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wyclif1y ago

I don't use Lobste.rs anymore because the owner irrationally blocked the browser I'm using, and I refuse to switch to a different browser just to read Lobste.rs. The owner seems like he has some issues to say the least.

1oooqooq1y ago

i don't consider installing yet another 3rd party keys on my 3rd party cloud vnet as adding security... but maybe that's just me.

TeMPOraL1y ago

Well, it depends what it does to your liability. If, in case of attack, it ends up shifting the blame to a third party, then yes, that's considered adding security in enterprise space.

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