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Know your tools: what the React era teaches us about the AI era

The developer who could assemble a component library but could not explain this is about to reappear in AI form. This time, the blast radius is not just the front end.By @vgutierrez, developer at KWAN · September 2026 · 10 min readEvery hiring loop now has a version of the same question: how does the model actually produce that answer?The candidate is fluent. They name their assistant, their agent framework, the prompt library they open every morning. The demo works. Then you ask what happens be

The network settings I changed after realizing my printer can see everything in my house

Most people assume their printer is the least interesting thing on the home network. It sits there, waits for jobs, and doesn't do much else. But it's actually one of the most active and noisy devices on your whole network. The settings I changed after that audit weren't dramatic, but they kept me safer than I have been in years.

Healthcare continued to drive North Bay jobs in August amid ‘bizarre’ market

Unemployment fell across Sonoma, Solano, Marin, Napa, Mendocino and Lake counties in August, primarily due to a shrinking labor pool rather than rapid hiring increases, says an economist on state figures released Friday.<img src='https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1661787356057-190a8c51b523?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwyMzg1fDB8MXxzZWFyY2h8NHx8Sm9iJTIwTWFya2V0fGVufDB8fDJ8fDE2NjIwMjgwNTM&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=80&w=1080' />

The Importance of Movie Moments

Moments which stand out in a screenplay can not only grab a reader’s attention, they can also convey a story’s theme.Hollywood’s first great movie producer was Irving Thalberg and he was famously quoted as telling the writers he oversaw at MGM, “Just give me five great moments and I can sell that movie.”There’s a reason why producers and studio executives talk about the importance of “trailer moments.”Moments are how most of us remember mov

Stop mixing render and domain state in React dashboards

What’s the difference between render state and domain state?Render state drives pixels: selection, panel open/close, column order, scroll offsets, hover, active tab, in-flight drag positions. Domain state is the business data from the server, normalized and cached, with mutations and invalidation. When these are mixed, you get re-render storms, bloated payloads, and painful debugging.I keep them apart. Domain state lives in a server-state cache (TanStack Query v5.47 or RTK Query 2.2.4). Re

Ask HN: As a freelancer how should I charge my clients in AI era?

Hi HN!As a freelancer, I usually do a requirements workshops + one or two months of development in the pre-ai era. Which was enough to pay the bills and save up. Now I can do things in a matter of days. Do I charge my clients the old time + rate, or just the new reality (which means I'd need more gigs in order to make the same amount of money)Would love to hear your answers, cause charing them the previous moths feels 'off' but then again hard to win so many clients now to close t

Show HN: ReacherX – Open-source platform to find and reach the right people

Hi HN, I'm Salman. I started ReacherX as a side project in mid 2023 while studying at university, working part-time, and freelancing. I went full-time on it in June 2026. First time sharing something I built on Hacker News ;)ReacherX is an open-source platform for finding the people you're looking for on X/Twitter and LinkedIn.There's also an interactive demo linked in the README, prepopulated with fictional data, so you can click around and get a feel for the product without

Full-Time Employment Has Been Flat For More Than 3 Years

The August jobs report was much celebrated by the White House, which pointed to a reported gain of 162,000 jobs in August.<img src='https://images.pexels.com/photos/5990945/pexels-photo-5990945.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200' />

I finally tried Linux Mint, and now I understand why Windows users switch

I'd heard the name Linux Mint, but I only knew it was a derivative of Ubuntu. I've been with Ubuntu and Debian for most of my Linux life. I decided to check out Linux Mint recently, and I was impressed by what I saw.

Amiga Unix, Again

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USB dock vs. KVM switch: There's a better way to expand your PC's capabilities

USB docks and KVM switches are more like two different coins than two sides of the same coin. They can both upgrade your desk setup, but they do it in quite different ways. Let me walk you through their differences and, as someone who uses both, help you decide which one is right for your needs (hint: they aren't mutually exclusive).

5 Ryobi electric yard tools that belong in every garage

Ryobi is a go-to in the DIY and homeowner space for a reason—they have tons of tools for just about any task. Today, I'm going to show you five Ryobi electric yard tools that every homeowner should have in their garage and why.<img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ryobi-40v-leaf-blower.jpg' />

What happened to the Snowden archive

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Google's Open Agentic Orchestrator

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3 exciting Netflix thrillers to watch this week (September 21-27)

If you're seeking thrillers, you've found the perfect destination. Several new thrilling movies have been added to the major streaming services, like The Runner on Prime Video. For this article, we're sticking to Netflix, which boasts one of the best streaming libraries.

These Windows apps required an online account, so I switched to offline versions that respect my privacy

Everything is a subscription now. All the apps seem to want you to sign up for an account. They want your name, email, and blood type. Even when there's no reason for it that benefits you as a user in any way.<img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/wm/2026/08/gimp-hero-1.jpeg' />

Why React & Next.js Users Get `ChunkLoadError` After Deployment — And How to Fix It

Imagine this:You have a React or Next.js application running in production.You deploy a new version.New visitors can use the website normally.But some users who already had the website open suddenly see:ChunkLoadErrorFailed to load chunkFailed to fetch dynamically imported moduleLoading chunk failedThen they refresh the page...And everything works again.So what's happening?Is the solution really to force every user to refresh?No.The refresh may recover the application, but it doesn't solve the u

Your USB flash drive gets slower every time you use it (and the easy fix you don't want to hear)

When I got my first flash drive, it changed my world. I was never concerned about how fast it was, even for a minute.<img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/wm/2026/08/hand-holding-a-sandisk-usb-flash-thumb-drive.jpg' />

Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%

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7 Windows features I disabled after realizing nobody needs to use them

Despite legions of fellow nerds exclaiming the virtues of Linux or macOS, I still actively choose Microsoft’s Windows. I do so for the same reason I elect to play video games on my console instead of my more expensive, capable, powerful, and modular desktop: convenience. Windows 11 is far from perfect, though, and many default features and apps can be disabled to re