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Ask HN: Dora metrics exist for eng. Equivalent for AI in ops, finance, CS?
I've been looking for something equivalent for AI in non-engineering functions. Stanford put out a paper that gets close but pretty academic; found it hard to actually apply to my team. Has anyone found or built a real measurement framework for AI in business teams?
Ask HN: My YC company is hiring one engineer/day but there's not enough work
I asked an AI to write this for me so my bosses can’t identify me based on my writing style.<p>I work at a YC company. It’s not really a startup anymore — we’re well past that phase. We’re hiring at an insane pace right now, roughly one new software engineer per day.<p>The weird part is… I don’t fee...
Starts Club – YC-style startup idea validator
Hi HN, I built Starts Club to help founders validate startup ideas before building.<p>It generates YC-style validation reports using real market data.<p>Here’s an example report: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;startsclub.com&#x2F;report&#x2F;interviewace-ai-mock-interview-platform-for-students<p>Would love your ...
The Physics of Misunderstanding: When "Gaze" Almost Cost Me My Career (jsnover.com)
Starts Club – YC-style startup idea validator
I built Starts Club to help founders validate their startup ideas before building.<p>It uses structured validation methods inspired by Y Combinator, combined with real global market data, competitor analysis, and country-specific insights.<p>Since launching recently, 50+ founders have signed up orga...
Ask HN: If AI boosts productivity so much, why would a company lay anyone off?
Say hypothetically the productivity boost from AI is 2x per employee and a company has 10,000 employees.<p>Wouldn&#x27;t number of employees be a huge point of leverage?<p>Why would you do a layoff when your 10,000 employees are now equivalent to 20,000<p>Aren&#x27;t you technically in the best poss...
Jargonism: A Business English Dictionary (jargonism.com)
Show HN: Mdspec.dev – open-source spec management platform for technical teams (mdspec.dev)
mdspec.dev - build and manage specs adapted to the speed of agentic software development.<p>This is a side project of mine. I have made it as an open source spec management platform. Self host of you want and I run a hosted version.<p>And a spec is a md (markdown) file within your projects.<p>As we ...
Walt Disney's Relationship with Money (2014) (reflectionsonwalt.blogspot.com)
RGGrid – A Workflow-Ready React Data Grid (npmjs.com)
Verified Spec-Driven Development (VSDD) (gist.github.com)
Bookmark management for non-technical people? (tildes.net)
Show HN: Spectra – Turn bank CSV/PDF exports into a local finance dashboard (github.com)
DOS Memory Management (os2museum.com)
I built Global Business Tycoon a strategic economic simulation game (store.steampowered.com)
Show HN: Scite MCP – Full-text scientific papers in your AI workflow (scite.ai)
Executable Strategy for Writing (notes.andymatuschak.org)
The Life Cycle of Money (doap.metal.bohyen.space)
AI=true is an Anti-Pattern (keleshev.com)
Yes, and (htmx.org)
Startup idea validator – Get brutal verdict (dontbuild.it)
Norway&#39;s sovereign wealth fund impressed by artificial intelligence&#39;s ability to catch risks overlooked by both the media and external vendors (bloomberg.com)
FounderSpace – AI-guided startup validation in 30 minutes (founderspace.work)
I built a startup game because I wanted one to play (capturn.io)
Cash-issuing terminals (computer.rip)
Binance's MAGA-Branding Strategy (thenation.com)
Sam Altman's 'Human Verification' Startup Leans on Consumer Brands (wsj.com)
Ask HN: 2026, where is the best place in the world to create a startup?
Will AI Replace You? – Roast My Career (candidate.perfectly.so)
Money Is the First AI – and We Never Noticed (github.com)