Ask HN: Any online tech spaces you hang around that don't involve AI?

12 pointsjc_8113mo ago10 comments

I understand why Ai is dominating online discourse right now. The tech is novel, it’s pushing boundaries, the business side has trillions of dollars involved, and it’s made its way to the mainstream of every day people.

But, I just truly don’t find it interesting. For all those that do - great! But for myself, for whatever reason it just does not scratch that part of my brain. I’d rather spend days writing and debugging code (to create a 5 minute automation ;) ) than having Ai spit something out in 10 seconds.

I just use Ai like a supercharged stack overflow. Ask it something if I have a syntax error or whatever, and then move on by continuing to use my own brain to think through the logic and patterns of my project.

All that to say - I miss what HN was before Ai and LLMs started dominating everything!

Anyone have other spaces, blogs, communities, or whatever where you go to learn and/or discuss interesting things that don’t have anything to do with Ai?

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leephillips3mo ago

“I miss what HN was before Ai and LLMs started dominating everything!”

This might be your solution:

https://hn-ai.org/

jlengrand3mo ago

Better, but the very first link I'm given is "Coursera to Combine with Udemy to Empower the Global Workforce with Skills for the AI Era" ^^

tim3333mo ago

I was thinking couldn't you just filter the AI stuff out. It normally seems to be less than 20% of items.

leephillips3mo ago

https://hn-ai.org/ features a quality index showing how much had to be filtered out.

rokoss213mo ago

Lobsters is the natural choice - thoughtful tech discussion with strong moderation against hype. Also worth checking: comp.lang.* Usenet groups (surprisingly active), Reddit's niche programming subreddits (r/rust, r/golang), and specialty forums like electro-tech-online.com for hardware folks.

The key difference: smaller communities attract people who are there for the craft, not engagement metrics.

firefax3mo ago

> Also worth checking: comp.lang.* Usenet groups (surprisingly active)

Do you know of a newbie friendly FAQ on how to access usenet in the modern era?

>Reddit's niche programming subreddits (r/rust, r/golang)

Even less niche places like /r/python seem pretty open to writing code by hand. (Though I like how python has libraries for many things)

gtirloni3mo ago

you can't join lobste.rs without begging though.

tomfox23mo ago

I also think just GPTs is not a good way for everyone.Now it's like google or something like google.But I relly need great agent in my life，like a real man，not AI.

krapp3mo ago

So far I've been able to keep it out of my various fediverse feeds and accounts.

skydhash3mo ago

Mailing lists for some of the stuff I use (Emacs, openbsd,...)

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Ask HN: Any online tech spaces you hang around that don't involve AI?

12 pointsjc_8113mo ago10 comments

All that to say - I miss what HN was before Ai and LLMs started dominating everything!

Anyone have other spaces, blogs, communities, or whatever where you go to learn and/or discuss interesting things that don’t have anything to do with Ai?

10 comments

leephillips3mo ago

“I miss what HN was before Ai and LLMs started dominating everything!”

This might be your solution:

https://hn-ai.org/

jlengrand3mo ago

Better, but the very first link I'm given is "Coursera to Combine with Udemy to Empower the Global Workforce with Skills for the AI Era" ^^

tim3333mo ago

I was thinking couldn't you just filter the AI stuff out. It normally seems to be less than 20% of items.

leephillips3mo ago

https://hn-ai.org/ features a quality index showing how much had to be filtered out.

rokoss213mo ago

The key difference: smaller communities attract people who are there for the craft, not engagement metrics.

firefax3mo ago

> Also worth checking: comp.lang.* Usenet groups (surprisingly active)

Do you know of a newbie friendly FAQ on how to access usenet in the modern era?

>Reddit's niche programming subreddits (r/rust, r/golang)

Even less niche places like /r/python seem pretty open to writing code by hand. (Though I like how python has libraries for many things)

gtirloni3mo ago

you can't join lobste.rs without begging though.

tomfox23mo ago

I also think just GPTs is not a good way for everyone.Now it's like google or something like google.But I relly need great agent in my life，like a real man，not AI.

krapp3mo ago

So far I've been able to keep it out of my various fediverse feeds and accounts.

skydhash3mo ago

Mailing lists for some of the stuff I use (Emacs, openbsd,...)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse