ND Ask HN: Do software engineers have leverage?
198 points by 5444r1f4tg 1727 days ago | 199 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Discussion on software engineers' leverage in the job market.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
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Audit Trail 14 entries
2026-03-05 17:07 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 17:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 17:02 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 17:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 16:56 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.419 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 16:56 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive)
2026-02-28 11:36 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 11:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, discussing software engineers' leverage and open source
2026-02-28 11:36 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 11:29 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 11:29 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Community discussion on labor rights
2026-02-28 11:29 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-26 05:34 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Ask HN: Do software engineers have leverage? - -
2026-02-26 05:25 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 243s - -