- AI · arxiv/cs.LG · 4 min
Synthetic Computers Enable Agent Training at Scale
Researchers create realistic digital workspaces to train AI agents on long-horizon productivity tasks, scaling from thousands to potentially billions of simulated user environments.
May 3, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · hackernoon · 6 min
Vibe Coding Triggers a Dopamine Loop That Undermines Engineering Judgment
A developer's account of how AI-assisted coding shifts from a productivity tool to a reward-driven habit that erodes code ownership.
May 3, 2026 Read → → - AI · hackernoon · 2 min
HackerNoon's April 2026 Digest: AI Costs, Data Pipelines, and Local Models
A structured pass through HackerNoon's April 29 roundup, surfacing the signal on AI tooling costs, data sourcing, and LLM deployment tradeoffs.
April 30, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · hackernoon · 4 min
Over-Engineered Templates Taught One Developer When to Stop Abstracting
A developer's two-year template project collapsed under its own rigidity, revealing a lesson about context that Clean Code never explicitly teaches.
April 25, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · hackernoon · 7 min
Claude Code model tiers and effort levels, explained plainly
Choosing the wrong model or effort level in Claude Code wastes tokens silently. Here is what each setting actually controls.
April 19, 2026 Read → →