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Ludicity
Personal blog · ludic.mataroa.blog/blogcareerprogramming
Ludicity is a personal blog at ludic.mataroa.blog about career and programming. Since 2023, 93 different Hacker News readers have linked it 161 times, most often “Please don't mention AI again”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Sometimes recommended · 13 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ludicity for sharp, cynical, funny writing on tech jobs, Agile, management and AI hype, often as a satirical read or a direct recommendation.
- Recommended for · 13 comments
- Called excellent, worth reading and riotous; praised for cynical, humorous, satirically serious takes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
"While I'm deeply sympathetic, the author should be discussing their issues with a therapist rather than spreading this on the internet." I am now the CEO at a very special data consultancy, Hermit Tech. If you are in management but have retained your soul, value the hum
Most-linked posts?
- Please don't mention AI again20 people · 20 mentions · first linked 2024-06-19
- Someoen accidentally saved half a million-dollars7 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2023-10-29
- AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2026-07-18
- Ludic's Guide to Getting Software Engineering Jobs6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2025-02-28
- Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article on AI6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2025-06-19
- Tossed Salads and Scrumbled Eggs6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2024-09-19
- Get me out of data hell5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2024-10-10
- /5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2023-11-01
- Burnout, Mental Health, and Not Being Okay5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2024-07-02
- The Complex Problem of Lying for Jobs4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-05-29
What Hacker News says?
I feel like you are reading way to much into it. To the point that this is almost appropriate https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-violent-role-of-relentle... Confronted isn't necessarily a hostile word. It is a very apt word to use for the action off asking someone about the other two points. They even made it clear that it was in a constructive manner. May I ask, do you often feel like you are operating in a hostil…
Comment linking /blog/the-violent-role-of-relentless-positivity-in-the-workplace/
on “I've built my first successful side project, and I hate it”Submitted Please don't mention AI again as a story · 968 points
HN discussionAn interesting critique of how Agile is practiced: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/tossed-salads-and-scrumbled-...
Comment linking /blog/tossed-salads-and-scrumbled-eggs/
on “Sanding UI”Submitted Get me out of data hell as a story · 698 points
HN discussionI fully agree with this sentiment, also interesting to see Bas Dijkstra being featured on this platform. Another article that touches on a lot of the issues I have with the place AI currently occupies in the landscape is this excellent article: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you...
Comment linking /blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
on “I Am Tired of AI”Submitted Leadership is a hell of a drug as a story · 385 points
HN discussionTL;DR: This is intentional hyperbole and satire 1. "ludic" means playful[1]. 2. The blog's tagline implies this is satire: > "Wow, if I was the leader of this person's company I would immediately terminate them." [2] It seems like most of the comment thread failed to pick up on this. That's understandable. The post's humor is a style which won't make sense if you're not fluent in both English and online culture. Eve…
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on “Please don't mention AI again”Submitted You must read at least one book to ride as a story · 245 points
HN discussionReminded me of: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today...
Comment linking /blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/
on “Everyone in Seattle hates AI”Submitted Most Tech Jobs Are Jokes and I Am Not Laughing as a story · 108 points
HN discussionIf you really need some, there are some links in another comment. Another one that was made me really wonder if I was missing the bus and makes 10x claims repeatedly is this YC podcast episode[1]. But again, I'm not trying to write a point by point counter of a specific article or video but a general narrative. If you want that for your article, Ludicity does a better job eviscerating your post than I ever could: ht…
Comment linking /blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/
on “Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome”Submitted Flexible schemas are the mindkiller as a story · 79 points
HN discussionOk, I'm talking about this claim in the top level post: > As an aside, odd to see people here are so pessimistic about the idea I suspect people in the comments are pessimistic about the idea because 1) they've seen a lot of AI hype [1] or 2) they don't know who karpathy is. His YouTube videos (which are tutorials about AI) consistently garner praise from "hacking-minded" people (the first post of his I read was hac…
Comment linking /blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
on “I am starting an AI+Education company”Submitted I Will Always Be Angry About Software Engineering as a story · 75 points
HN discussionfor fellow readers: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you...
Comment linking /blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
on “Get me out of data hell”Submitted Most Data Work Seems Fundamentally Worthless as a story · 57 points
HN discussionEither this is a joke comment, or you haven't seen https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you...
Comment linking /blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
on “Get me out of data hell”Submitted Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article on AI as a story · 54 points
HN discussion> There has been a point in my life where I ended every day in the dark, staring at a wall for an hour or two straight, trying to figure out why everything felt awful. From his post about burnout and mental health. Also worth a read. https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/on-burnout-mental-health-and...
Comment linking /blog/on-burnout-mental-health-and-not-being-okay/
on “Get me out of data hell”Submitted Someoen accidentally saved half a million-dollars as a story · 48 points
HN discussionI went down the rabbit hole of this blog after reading this post. This person's blog is amazing. I particularly appreciated this piece: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/quitting-my-job-for-the-way-...
Comment linking /blog/quitting-my-job-for-the-way-of-pain/
on “Get me out of data hell”Submitted The Brotherhood of Morons as a story · 47 points
HN discussionyou know, he had a post about exactly this comment not too long ago! edit: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-violent-role-of-relentle...
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on “Get me out of data hell”Submitted Brainwash an Executive Today as a story · 43 points
HN discussionLudicity has blogged about his journey from having a shitty job to running his own company in the past. Writing played a big role there (see e.g. https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-an... ).
Comment linking /blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-animals-2024/
on “How to post when no one is reading”Submitted I Am Out of Data Hell as a story · 39 points
HN discussionMy mistake. I confused Mataroa with Matasano: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-arti...
Comment linking /blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/
on “Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted tools”Submitted The Violence of Relentless Positivity in the Workplace as a story · 35 points
HN discussion> "this must be an Australian" ... It's the rejection of authority that's so characteristic. Your stereotype is 100% wrong. They emigrated to Australia from Southeast Asia according to: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-an...
Comment linking /blog/merry-christmas-ya-filthy-animals-2023/
on “Leadership is a hell of a drug”Submitted Ludic's Guide to Getting Software Engineering Jobs as a story · 29 points
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