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Show HN: I stopped using an LLM gateway and put rate-limits/fallback in-process

Sup HN. I built VernLLM cuz every LLM gateaway I looked at, meant adding a network hop just to get rate limiting, multi provider fallback, circuit breaking and other features.Needing to take a whole seperate service just to deploy, monitor and trust with my API keys is just annoying since my whole tech stack was just TypeScript and Node.VernLLM does the same job within your LLM calls, but its in process instead. Its supports OpenAI-compatible APIs, Anthropic, Gemini and Bedrock providers.I would

Local AI for Submitting Job Applications

I've submitted almost 200 job applications over the course of almost 5 days using only local AI. I can't talk too much about the tech stack here (it's running at this very moment!).The only interaction that I've had with these websites has been to click on the captchas to bypass the I'm not a robot check.So far, at the Claude Opus 5 rates, I've saved at least $400 in token costs, not including the estimated charges for cache storage.Initially, the model made an enor

A documentary about a scientist who thinks time loops are real

The current consensus driving the scale-up of AI data centers rests on two assumptions:The human brain is a biological computer operating without quantum effects.The human brain does not solve computationally "hard" problems (NP-hard / PSPACE); it merely runs efficient heuristic approximations.Under these assumptions scaling classical compute architectures will eventually match biological cognitive capacity.With this in mind I made a documentary. Last summer I followed Henrik Kjel

Ask HN: How have interviews changed over the last year?

Greetings friends!TLDR: What is your company doing? What is the interview process for Senior / Staff level full stack engs? What has changed over the last year or so in regards to interviews at your company?BackgroundI have been working for myself for the last 2 or so years and am about to begin prep for interviewing.Which is to say, I am all the way out of the loop when it comes to interviewing and what is going on in more traditional companies.I've been building, consulting, advisi

H-1B visas revoked at major IT firm: US finds skilled tech jobs placed at lower wage levels, intensifies visa scrutiny

US flags skilled tech jobs at an IT consulting firm for low wage classifications, denying and revoking multiple H-1B ...

PayPal to slash hundreds of California jobs as big money managers axed by tech giant

California-based payments giant PayPal plans to lay off 251 workers at its headquarters in San Jose, according to an employment agency filing.

Bay Area tech layoffs already top last year as more job cuts surface

The number of Bay Area tech industry job cuts has already topped the total for all of 2025, exacerbated by fresh downsizing disclosures by PayPal, Amazon and Synopsys.

Tech industry cuts more jobs: AI boom claims tens of thousands of jobs

Job losses in Silicon Valley alone already exceed last year’s figures in 2026. Companies are investing billions in AI and ...

I resigned and couldn't find a job. I lived with family, lost my storage unit, and relied on government assistance.

Kymberly McClain struggled to find work after resigning from her nonprofit role. She shared how she navigated her nearly ...

China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I.

A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the ...

Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of US job gains in August

The economy added 162,000 jobs, nearly triple forecasts, but the gains were unusually concentrated among women ...

GPT-6 Astra

System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-astraRelated ongoing threads:OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on ARC-AGI-3 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555691GPT-6 Astra makes major gains in the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49556147

Private sector added 38,000 jobs in August, below expectations, ADP says

The figure reported on Wednesday is below economists’ estimates of an increase of 48,000 jobs. The prior month's reading was ...

Who’s Missing From The Jobs Report? A CEO Reveals

The U.S. BLS Jobs Report for August reveals the U.S. added 162,000 jobs and unemployment held steady at 4.1%. But who's ...

August's blowout jobs report was good news for blue-collar workers, while white-collar professionals fell behind

The US added 162,000 jobs in August, led by leisure and hospitality. White-collar fields were the only major industries to ...

What to expect from Friday’s jobs report – and AI in the future

The August jobs report is due out on Friday morning, and economists are expecting that employers added 65,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate inched back up to 4.2%.

September career snacks: Bite-sized tips to refresh your resume

September is International Update Your Resume Month, but before you groan and push your resume to the bottom of your to-do ...

Canada's job market loses steam as employment drops by over 41,000

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Canada's economy lost 41,700 jobs in August, data showed on Friday, slowing ...

There Are 7 Million Job Openings But Almost Nobody Under 26 Is Getting Hired

Job openings just hit their highest level since May, yet something is quietly vanishing from payrolls that the 4.1% ...

Stock Market Today (Sept. 4, 2026): Dow falls 300 points after key jobs report

GameStop (GME) shares gained 1.30% to $19.48 as the video game retailer heads toward its second-quarter earnings report on ...