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Steven Waterman
Personal blog · stevenwaterman.uk · on HN as StevenWatermanprogrammingculture
Steven Waterman's personal blog at stevenwaterman.uk covers programming and culture. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Hosts musetree, a front end for MuseNet that lets readers set model options and choose among generated musical continuations. Linked as a demo in music-AI threads, with no praise or criticism.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I'm a software developer, technical coach, over-analyser. This is where I do those things. Mostly over-analysing.
What Hacker News says?
Definitely agree with others that it sounds like burnout. I went through it myself about a year ago, and wrote about it recently [1]. Maybe it will help. [1] https://stevenwaterman.uk/opening-up-burnout/
Comment linking /opening-up-burnout/
on “Ask HN: Depressed, need to leave web development, what can I do?”Submitted What I Remember as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBut port 80 is! http://stevenwaterman.uk/musetree/
Comment linking /musetree/
on “Music Composition with Deep Learning: A Review”Submitted Authenticating JavaScript WebSockets as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI made https://stevenwaterman.uk/musetree which is a custom frontend for OpenAI's MuseNet. I've used that to generate music that I use on my Twitch streams, games, and other things. I'm not kidding myself that it's as good as human-written music, nor is it truly ai-written music (as there's a lot of human selection in the process), but people frequently comment on the music and enjoy it, without realising it's AI-wr…
Comment linking /musetree
on “Music Composition with Deep Learning: A Review”Submitted What I Remember as a story · 2 points
HN discussion*Accepted a job now, not interested in any further offers* Currently running my own startup, but moving on due to missing working with people and teams. Majority of my experience is in full-stack web development. Passionate about team dynamics, process, ways of working, coaching, mentoring. Love working with technical teams to help them work seamlessly together and achieve their potential. I care about the role and…
Comment linking /assets/cv.pdf
on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2022)”Submitted Luckily I got hit by a car as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCurrently running my own startup with a history of software engineering, I'm looking to transition into Technical Coaching. My CV has loads more info about what I'm looking for and how I can help, but the short version is: We've all seen that you can't force agility from the top-down, so I work on the ground with the people creating value, removing impediments and helping them find a better way. If in doubt, get in…
Comment linking /assets/cv.pdf
on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2022)”Submitted Don't Worry, It's Rocket Science as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm a Technical Coach, looking to create a high-trust, productive environment for your teams. I help teams work together effectively, delivering more value to customers faster, improving morale, and upskilling the technical side where needed. Always open for a chat, book a time https://calendly.com/stewaterman/30min Location: Durham UK Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Agile, XP, Scrum, Technic…
Comment linking /assets/cv.pdf
on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2022)”Submitted Decorate Your Blog with AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://stevenwaterman.uk/musetree/ - open front end for MuseNet (by ClosedAI), choose your model characteristics, then right-click on a node to request new bits, choose which you like best, repeat.
Comment linking /musetree/
on “Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?”Submitted Show HN: My Balance Box – A mood tracker that publicly shares how I feel, live as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kind and True as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Opening Up about Burnout as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I Remember as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nomerge Comments in CI/CD Pipelines as a story · 1 points
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