Hey buddy,

Man, Friday on Hacker News had some interesting stuff popping up. Just wanted to give you the quick rundown:

Postgres IDE in VS Code

First off, Microsoft put out this new thing, an IDE for Postgres right inside VS Code. It got like, 800 points and over 300 comments. You can check it out here. People were talking about how Microsoft is actually pretty good with VS Code stuff now, even if they keep some parts closed source. Some folks were comparing it to other tools like DataGrip or DBeaver, saying they're already pretty solid. One comment even brought up how slow the old SQL Server Management Studio used to be years ago, haha.

John Carmack Talk

Then there was a link to a tweet about a John Carmack talk at some conference called Upper Bound 2025. Got over 500 points. Carmack always stirs the pot. The comments were mostly debating AGI, like what even counts as AGI, and how human brains work compared to these big AI models. Lots of deep philosophical talk there.

Find Your People

This one was less tech, more life advice: "Find Your People". It's from the Founders at Work guy, got over 500 points too. It's about finding your crew, finding your path. The comments got pretty real. Some people were talking about the value (or lack thereof) of college these days, and others had some heavy comments about how men often feel like they *have* to take risks to succeed or their relationships might fail. Someone else pointed out that in places like Singapore or Taiwan, you don't really have the luxury of just trying random paths like maybe you can in the West. Made you think a bit.

Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTPS site

Rachel by the Bay had a post, "Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTPS site". Standard Rachel stuff, technical and opinionated. Got almost 300 points and comments. The comments were debating the technical details of why she did it, whether it's actually safe, and if visitors might see weird stuff or if their ISPs could snoop more easily. Lots of back and forth on the specifics.

How to live on $432 a month in America

Okay, this one was a hot mess in the comments, got over 400! The article is called "How to live on $432 a month in America". As you can guess, most people in the comments were calling BS. They were poking holes in the math, asking how you'd even get around without a car, especially with kids, and whether it's safe living in places where that's the cost of living. Someone compared it to how past generations made huge sacrifices by moving far away for work. Definitely sparked a big debate.

The copilot delusion

Another AI one, this time about coding assistants like Copilot, titled "The copilot delusion". Got over 260 points. People in the comments were comparing using AI to hiring overseas contractors – sometimes helpful, but you gotta nanny them. They were saying managers think it's magic code generation, but in reality, it gets subtle things wrong and you need a human to fix it. One person felt it only makes them maybe 30% more productive *right now*, but worries their job might become mostly writing tickets for AI "engineers" later. Yikes.

MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0

Finally, this article "MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0" got some buzz, over 200 points. Sounds like it's talking about the next big thing in how software talks to each other, maybe about orchestrating APIs or something. The comments were agreeing that orchestrating APIs is the hard part, not just finding them. There was also talk about whether a few big companies will just build "mega-MCPs" that everyone has to pay for, kinda like how cloud works now. Interesting thought about where that's heading.

Anyway, that's the main stuff that seemed cool. Talk later!