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Ask HN: What are you learning right now?

33 points by kotrunga 9y ago

Can be anything. What are you currently learning?

LargeWu 9y ago
Screenprinting. I have an online t-shirt store where I fulfill via on-demand DTG printing, but I want better final product and quality control. Planning on getting a press next spring and setting up in my garage. I also just like the feeling of making stuff by hand.
dmitriyabr 9y ago
Crossing the Chasm (Moore)
- CalChris 9y ago
  That and Hard Thing About Hard Things are the only business books I can recommend.
gallerdude 9y ago
A lot. I'm in college, so Stats, Japanese, Communication, and History there. But that's just the surface. I'm also reading a lot of eBooks (mostly nonfiction books: Deep Work, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Models: Attracting Women through Honesty.) I also want to read Wilson's new translation of The Odyssey. Finally, I just realized I had feelings for a friend of mine when she started dating someone else. I decided that it'd be healthier for both of us if I wished her the best and moved on. We're on good terms, so that's good. So I'm learning a lot about myself and relationships there.
- kotrunga 9y ago
  Japanese- through a class in college? I just finished learning all of the Hiragana pronunciations. Trying to figure out if I want to commit to learning the language or not.
  - gallerdude 9y ago
    We're required to take 3 semesters of language (has to be the same one). I fell behind somewhere last semester, and now I'm more in "get a good grade" mode than "learn it for life" mode. The way sentences are structured is fascinating though, so I would recommend it for that. But learning it to speak it would probably be a huge time-sink.
- jwist 9y ago
  If you are reading Mark Manson I would also suggest: As You Are by Nick Sparks Good on you for being honest with how you felt, it's something I still struggle with.
  - kotrunga 9y ago
    Yeah, +1 for openly sharing challenging things. Working on that too.
  - gallerdude 9y ago
    Thanks for the book recommendation, I’ll check it out. Yeah, it’s a goal of mine to be both confident and vulnerable, and being honest with myself and other people is how I do that.
matchmike1313 9y ago
I am learning python so our team can build a microservice for predications and analytics for our SaaS product!
CodeKommissar 9y ago
ES6 and React :)
Findeton 9y ago
CAF (C++ Actor Framework). I plan to use it to compete against Facebook.
- digitalzombie 9y ago
  I googled up CAF after you mentioned this. It looks interesting but looks too new for me (seeing the version number). Also how does it compare to Erlang? The website mentions state of the art scheduling I'd like to see that claim against Erlang's BEAM vm.
- zanedb 9y ago
  Are you interested in building a Facebook competitor? If so, I'd love to hear when it launches. I know many friends/family members who use Facebook despite my repeated attempts to explain Facebook's business model. If your competitor respects user privacy, I'll certainly look into it.
arun_dev 9y ago
Right Now I'm Learning How to Learn by https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
jwho82 9y ago
Angular 4 for Ionic 3. A little bit of VueJS on the side and hoping to start working on my Cantonese again.
quickthrower2 9y ago
Azure (esp. function, queues, tables), git-flow & friends (to try and optimise our processes), brushing up on ASP.NET and Selenium.
wnkrshm 9y ago
Density estimation techniques and parts of an optics design software I didn't know.
graystevens 9y ago
How to run a bootstrapped startup as a single founder. I don’t have a problem with the tech etc. and those that see it and experience it, love it. However, that cliche stands true - marketing and sales are hard. ‘Cold emails’ feel extremely spammy to me, as I know when I’m on the receiving end they get deleted almost straight away. I’m working on content marketing (blog posts etc.), but that is a slow burn that doesn’t provide any returns for a while, or at least that is how looks to me from the outside. At the same time, it’s a great experience and I’m loving that fact I get to talk to strangers about tech and security almost daily, it is certainly a great new way to look at things.
- zanedb 9y ago
  Out of curiosity, what does your startup do/what is it called? I suppose your comment itself could function as advertising.
  - graystevens 9y ago
    That was a temptation, but I held off as my Show HN didn't get much traction both times I posted it, so figured it is best not to come across as trying to force it. It is however in my profile, if anyone feels so inclined..
    - pkhamre 9y ago
      That's not how you sell! Give me a link I can click easy :)
      - graystevens 9y ago
        https://breachinsider.com https://breachinsider.com - Feedback welcomed :)
        jtchang 9y ago
        So took a look. My first reaction is "meh". It doesn't really save me time or make my product more effective. It is like buying insurance. Also there are incentives to plug your ears and say you don't know about any breach. If you don't know then you have plausible deniability and don't have to report it. So all in all I think you're gonna have a uphill climb in breaking into this market. It isn't saving me any time or making me more money.
twoquestions 9y ago
The C programming language, classical guitar, Olympic weightlifting, music theory, and how to play Overwatch better. I'm thinking I should try to pare this down a bit, but I feel awful when I have free time that I could be using to learn something.
mindcrime 9y ago
In the most general sense, way too much to list here. But in terms of specific classes or something... 1. I'm taking 3 different Neural Networks related courses on Coursera right now (why 3? Well, I accidentally signed up for one I didn't mean to, but since I already have a Coursera subscription, and since you can keep switching sessions, I just decided to keep it). The three are: Geoffrey Hinton's original NN class, the first class in Andrew Ng's new Deep Learning specialization, and Introduction to Deep Learning, the first course in the Advanced Machine Learning specialization from the Higher School of Economics. 2. I'm taking the first class in the GIS specialization on Coursera. 3. I'm taking the 4th class (Bayesian Statistics) in the "Statistics with R" specialization from Duke on Coursera. Outside of that, I'm trying to find some time to spend reading Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach.
jakenberg 9y ago
Assembly, radare2, C :)
digitalzombie 9y ago
1. Survey Analysis - class 2. Survival Analysis- class 3. GLM- class 4. Tree base classification algorithm (currently reading QUEST) - Thesis 5. Scientific C++ - Thesis 6. Folklorico Dance 7. Salsa (Not doing well... =/)
- CalChris 9y ago
  > 7. Salsa (Not doing well... =/) If you have the basic step down you may want to try rueda which will take some of the pressure of leading away. You still have to lead the move but you don't have to choreograph at the same time as that's done by the caller.
devgoth 9y ago
distributive systems! hoping to get a solid grasp on that then parallel programming & concurrent programming. i have an idea i want to toy around with dealing with a distributive system on mobile devices
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  You may like https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/ https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/
mud_dauber 9y ago
Re-learning C++. Took a layoff package from my previous co (product manager), and it's damned tough to find a similar gig without relocating. Besides, it's taking me back to my roots.
- postit 9y ago
  Been there, found a gig remote. Good luck with your search.
  - mud_dauber 9y ago
    Thank you!
dzjin 9y ago
React Native and its suite, including Redux/React. It's been a journey. Once I had to upgrade RN to use RNFirebase on Android side, all the dependencies started falling like dominoes. Right now - dealing with RN not building production, and RN+Android not creating JS bundle correctly. On the bright side, it's bound to stabilize, and I'm learning a lot about how RN works internally.
- owebmaster 9y ago
  > On the bright side, it's bound to stabilize, and I'm learning a lot about how RN works internally. Exactly! I'm having a lot of troubles the last month (been working professionally for 2 years). I don't mind because I hope it will fixed soon and React 16 was an important move.
TonnyGaric 9y ago
Go :-)
tylerpachal 9y ago
Elixir and OTP. Really enjoying it and writing some blog posts about it. My latest [1] was an experiment in creating my own simple supervisor. I am working my way up to having an Elixir application spread across many containers where the processes can pass messages to processes in other containers. [1] https://medium.com/@tylerpachal/let-it-crash-creating-an-example-supervisor-in-elixir-using-otp-36ea4236b02b https://medium.com/@tylerpachal/let-it-crash-creating-an-exa...
- jwist 9y ago
  What is OTP?
  - tylerpachal 9y ago
    OTP comes from Erlang (which Elixir is built on) and it is a framework that is used for creating distributed applications (it originally stood for Open Telecom Platform). It has databases, a test framework, and debugging tools to help. Down in Elixir land you mainly see it in the form of GenServer (generic servers that are essentially actors) and Supervisors for supervising those GenServer workers and other tasks/processes/
    - jwist 9y ago
      Cool thanks!
  - deleted 9y ago
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petecooper 9y ago
How to have fun after 10+ years of depression. I'm finding it…tricky.
- XOPJ 9y ago
  Stick with it, it's worth finding it. I wish you well!
  - postit 9y ago
    +1 on XOPJ. Long time depression is something which changes you forever. Once you find joy you'll love it.
- potta_coffee 9y ago
  I've been in a similar place recently. It's extremely tricky. I'm slowly making progress and enjoying life a little more. Instrumental to me in this has been strangely enough, getting sacked from jobs and realizing that work isn't all that important. Yes, it is, but there's a whole lot more to life.
stackzero 9y ago
Distributed systems and their architecture - Samza, Kafka and interesing approach to data modelling - Terraform spin up Kubernetes clusters with a few MAC addresses - Raft
lastofus 9y ago
Clojure + going through all of the problems on 4Clojure. It's brining a bit of fun back into programming after years of C++ and Python.
bluejellybean 9y ago
Metallurgy, orbital mechanics, and rocket propulsion. Been bitten by the physics bug!
zanedb 9y ago
I'm currently learning React Native [0]. It's interesting that it is in such active development, as the course I'm taking (from a few months ago) already has some outdated lessons. However, I've enjoyed the experience so far and look forward to building other apps with React Native. [0]: https://github.com/zanedb/learning-rn https://github.com/zanedb/learning-rn
jvandonsel 9y ago
Violin. (It's really, really hard)
ateesdalejr 9y ago
Let's Build a Compiler by Jack Crenshaw [0]. I'm using Scratch for this because why not? [0]: https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/ https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
Donagh11 9y ago
I'm learning how to turn my life around. Much harder than OOP, believe me.
nestorherre 9y ago
Philosophy, Business/startups/entrepreneurship, psychology and how to actually get things done (not the framework, in general)/acomplish goals and not giving up in the try
rejectedalot 9y ago
I’m learning how to interview well and face rejection. I’m graduating this year and I’ve been rejected at the final stage from numerous “big 5” companies and some startups, and it’s hard to keep going, but I know that grit is important, so I’m learning :)
mycat 9y ago
Bayesian machine learning for neural networks. Currently learning PyMC3 and Edward.
wshmb 9y ago
I am learning the SEO
isaiahg 9y ago
Trying my best to learn how different investment charts are drawn. The information out there is harder to find than it should be. Currently reverse engineering others around and using investopedia as a reference but I really wish there an educational resource for programmers.
navyad 9y ago
learning about messaging-queues.
mbrodersen 9y ago
Idris (programming language).
imauld 9y ago
gRPC, Kubernetes and in a little bit will start on linkerd/envoy (not sure which one yet)
tugberkk 9y ago
Doing Lego. Just bought a set of Lego City, and will try to build it. My plan is to move on to 1000 piece puzzles or some Lego stuff. I was never good at "building" and maybe this can improve my creativity a little more.
ud0 9y ago
Data structures and Algorithm. I am a self-taught developer with experience with serverside programming languages but right now I sell myself as a front-end dev.
drakonka 9y ago
I am learning Go.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
Python, not sure where I might use it other than a few odd utilities but it's quite a nice language.
togusa2017 9y ago
To build my first app. I have been learning React -> Redux -> and currently learning React native to finish my mobile application. So happy I decided to learn it. I am a backend engineer and the concept of redux is what a joy
SirLJ 9y ago
Dead bait river pike fishing - I am done with carp fishing for the year (water too cold), so I need something to do in the mornings before everything freezes and the ice fishing starts :-)
bjourne 9y ago
Calculus!
krapp 9y ago
- OpenGL programming in C++ - Unity development - General game development (with... a dozen or so VS subprojects converging vaguely towards an MVP at some point) - Webassembly, maybe. I have the portable SDK and finished a Hello World but that's already a lot of BS on my plate. And in more abstract, non-tech terms, how to deal with being 40 and officially "old."

33 points by kotrunga 9y ago

Can be anything. What are you currently learning?

Screenprinting. I have an online t-shirt store where I fulfill via on-demand DTG printing, but I want better final product and quality control. Planning on getting a press next spring and setting up in my garage. I also just like the feeling of making stuff by hand.

dmitriyabr 9y ago

Crossing the Chasm (Moore)

CalChris 9y ago
That and Hard Thing About Hard Things are the only business books I can recommend.

gallerdude 9y ago

A lot. I'm in college, so Stats, Japanese, Communication, and History there. But that's just the surface. I'm also reading a lot of eBooks (mostly nonfiction books: Deep Work, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Models: Attracting Women through Honesty.) I also want to read Wilson's new translation of The Odyssey. Finally, I just realized I had feelings for a friend of mine when she started dating someone else. I decided that it'd be healthier for both of us if I wished her the best and moved on. We're on good terms, so that's good. So I'm learning a lot about myself and relationships there.

kotrunga 9y ago
Japanese- through a class in college? I just finished learning all of the Hiragana pronunciations. Trying to figure out if I want to commit to learning the language or not.
- gallerdude 9y ago
  We're required to take 3 semesters of language (has to be the same one). I fell behind somewhere last semester, and now I'm more in "get a good grade" mode than "learn it for life" mode. The way sentences are structured is fascinating though, so I would recommend it for that. But learning it to speak it would probably be a huge time-sink.
jwist 9y ago
If you are reading Mark Manson I would also suggest: As You Are by Nick Sparks Good on you for being honest with how you felt, it's something I still struggle with.
- kotrunga 9y ago
  Yeah, +1 for openly sharing challenging things. Working on that too.
- gallerdude 9y ago
  Thanks for the book recommendation, I’ll check it out. Yeah, it’s a goal of mine to be both confident and vulnerable, and being honest with myself and other people is how I do that.

matchmike1313 9y ago

I am learning python so our team can build a microservice for predications and analytics for our SaaS product!

CodeKommissar 9y ago

ES6 and React :)

Findeton 9y ago

CAF (C++ Actor Framework). I plan to use it to compete against Facebook.

digitalzombie 9y ago
I googled up CAF after you mentioned this. It looks interesting but looks too new for me (seeing the version number). Also how does it compare to Erlang? The website mentions state of the art scheduling I'd like to see that claim against Erlang's BEAM vm.
zanedb 9y ago
Are you interested in building a Facebook competitor? If so, I'd love to hear when it launches. I know many friends/family members who use Facebook despite my repeated attempts to explain Facebook's business model. If your competitor respects user privacy, I'll certainly look into it.

arun_dev 9y ago

Right Now I'm Learning How to Learn by https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

jwho82 9y ago

Angular 4 for Ionic 3. A little bit of VueJS on the side and hoping to start working on my Cantonese again.

quickthrower2 9y ago

Azure (esp. function, queues, tables), git-flow & friends (to try and optimise our processes), brushing up on ASP.NET and Selenium.

wnkrshm 9y ago

Density estimation techniques and parts of an optics design software I didn't know.

graystevens 9y ago

How to run a bootstrapped startup as a single founder. I don’t have a problem with the tech etc. and those that see it and experience it, love it. However, that cliche stands true - marketing and sales are hard. ‘Cold emails’ feel extremely spammy to me, as I know when I’m on the receiving end they get deleted almost straight away. I’m working on content marketing (blog posts etc.), but that is a slow burn that doesn’t provide any returns for a while, or at least that is how looks to me from the outside. At the same time, it’s a great experience and I’m loving that fact I get to talk to strangers about tech and security almost daily, it is certainly a great new way to look at things.

zanedb 9y ago
Out of curiosity, what does your startup do/what is it called? I suppose your comment itself could function as advertising.
- graystevens 9y ago
  That was a temptation, but I held off as my Show HN didn't get much traction both times I posted it, so figured it is best not to come across as trying to force it. It is however in my profile, if anyone feels so inclined..
  - pkhamre 9y ago
    That's not how you sell! Give me a link I can click easy :)
    - graystevens 9y ago
      https://breachinsider.com https://breachinsider.com - Feedback welcomed :)
      - jtchang 9y ago
        So took a look. My first reaction is "meh". It doesn't really save me time or make my product more effective. It is like buying insurance. Also there are incentives to plug your ears and say you don't know about any breach. If you don't know then you have plausible deniability and don't have to report it. So all in all I think you're gonna have a uphill climb in breaking into this market. It isn't saving me any time or making me more money.

twoquestions 9y ago

The C programming language, classical guitar, Olympic weightlifting, music theory, and how to play Overwatch better. I'm thinking I should try to pare this down a bit, but I feel awful when I have free time that I could be using to learn something.

mindcrime 9y ago

In the most general sense, way too much to list here. But in terms of specific classes or something... 1. I'm taking 3 different Neural Networks related courses on Coursera right now (why 3? Well, I accidentally signed up for one I didn't mean to, but since I already have a Coursera subscription, and since you can keep switching sessions, I just decided to keep it). The three are: Geoffrey Hinton's original NN class, the first class in Andrew Ng's new Deep Learning specialization, and Introduction to Deep Learning, the first course in the Advanced Machine Learning specialization from the Higher School of Economics. 2. I'm taking the first class in the GIS specialization on Coursera. 3. I'm taking the 4th class (Bayesian Statistics) in the "Statistics with R" specialization from Duke on Coursera. Outside of that, I'm trying to find some time to spend reading Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach.

jakenberg 9y ago

Assembly, radare2, C :)

digitalzombie 9y ago

1. Survey Analysis - class 2. Survival Analysis- class 3. GLM- class 4. Tree base classification algorithm (currently reading QUEST) - Thesis 5. Scientific C++ - Thesis 6. Folklorico Dance 7. Salsa (Not doing well... =/)

CalChris 9y ago
> 7. Salsa (Not doing well... =/) If you have the basic step down you may want to try rueda which will take some of the pressure of leading away. You still have to lead the move but you don't have to choreograph at the same time as that's done by the caller.

devgoth 9y ago

distributive systems! hoping to get a solid grasp on that then parallel programming & concurrent programming. i have an idea i want to toy around with dealing with a distributive system on mobile devices

sillysaurus3 9y ago
You may like https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/ https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/

mud_dauber 9y ago

Re-learning C++. Took a layoff package from my previous co (product manager), and it's damned tough to find a similar gig without relocating. Besides, it's taking me back to my roots.

postit 9y ago
Been there, found a gig remote. Good luck with your search.
- mud_dauber 9y ago
  Thank you!

dzjin 9y ago

React Native and its suite, including Redux/React. It's been a journey. Once I had to upgrade RN to use RNFirebase on Android side, all the dependencies started falling like dominoes. Right now - dealing with RN not building production, and RN+Android not creating JS bundle correctly. On the bright side, it's bound to stabilize, and I'm learning a lot about how RN works internally.

owebmaster 9y ago
> On the bright side, it's bound to stabilize, and I'm learning a lot about how RN works internally. Exactly! I'm having a lot of troubles the last month (been working professionally for 2 years). I don't mind because I hope it will fixed soon and React 16 was an important move.

TonnyGaric 9y ago

Go :-)

tylerpachal 9y ago

Elixir and OTP. Really enjoying it and writing some blog posts about it. My latest [1] was an experiment in creating my own simple supervisor. I am working my way up to having an Elixir application spread across many containers where the processes can pass messages to processes in other containers. [1] https://medium.com/@tylerpachal/let-it-crash-creating-an-example-supervisor-in-elixir-using-otp-36ea4236b02b https://medium.com/@tylerpachal/let-it-crash-creating-an-exa...

jwist 9y ago
What is OTP?
- tylerpachal 9y ago
  OTP comes from Erlang (which Elixir is built on) and it is a framework that is used for creating distributed applications (it originally stood for Open Telecom Platform). It has databases, a test framework, and debugging tools to help. Down in Elixir land you mainly see it in the form of GenServer (generic servers that are essentially actors) and Supervisors for supervising those GenServer workers and other tasks/processes/
  - jwist 9y ago
    Cool thanks!
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]

petecooper 9y ago

How to have fun after 10+ years of depression. I'm finding it…tricky.

XOPJ 9y ago
Stick with it, it's worth finding it. I wish you well!
- postit 9y ago
  +1 on XOPJ. Long time depression is something which changes you forever. Once you find joy you'll love it.
potta_coffee 9y ago
I've been in a similar place recently. It's extremely tricky. I'm slowly making progress and enjoying life a little more. Instrumental to me in this has been strangely enough, getting sacked from jobs and realizing that work isn't all that important. Yes, it is, but there's a whole lot more to life.

stackzero 9y ago

Distributed systems and their architecture - Samza, Kafka and interesing approach to data modelling - Terraform spin up Kubernetes clusters with a few MAC addresses - Raft

lastofus 9y ago

Clojure + going through all of the problems on 4Clojure. It's brining a bit of fun back into programming after years of C++ and Python.

bluejellybean 9y ago

Metallurgy, orbital mechanics, and rocket propulsion. Been bitten by the physics bug!

zanedb 9y ago

I'm currently learning React Native [0]. It's interesting that it is in such active development, as the course I'm taking (from a few months ago) already has some outdated lessons. However, I've enjoyed the experience so far and look forward to building other apps with React Native. [0]: https://github.com/zanedb/learning-rn https://github.com/zanedb/learning-rn

jvandonsel 9y ago

Violin. (It's really, really hard)

ateesdalejr 9y ago

Let's Build a Compiler by Jack Crenshaw [0]. I'm using Scratch for this because why not? [0]: https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/ https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/

Donagh11 9y ago

I'm learning how to turn my life around. Much harder than OOP, believe me.

nestorherre 9y ago

Philosophy, Business/startups/entrepreneurship, psychology and how to actually get things done (not the framework, in general)/acomplish goals and not giving up in the try

rejectedalot 9y ago

I’m learning how to interview well and face rejection. I’m graduating this year and I’ve been rejected at the final stage from numerous “big 5” companies and some startups, and it’s hard to keep going, but I know that grit is important, so I’m learning :)

mycat 9y ago

Bayesian machine learning for neural networks. Currently learning PyMC3 and Edward.

wshmb 9y ago

I am learning the SEO

isaiahg 9y ago

Trying my best to learn how different investment charts are drawn. The information out there is harder to find than it should be. Currently reverse engineering others around and using investopedia as a reference but I really wish there an educational resource for programmers.

navyad 9y ago

learning about messaging-queues.

mbrodersen 9y ago

Idris (programming language).

imauld 9y ago

gRPC, Kubernetes and in a little bit will start on linkerd/envoy (not sure which one yet)

tugberkk 9y ago

Doing Lego. Just bought a set of Lego City, and will try to build it. My plan is to move on to 1000 piece puzzles or some Lego stuff. I was never good at "building" and maybe this can improve my creativity a little more.

ud0 9y ago

Data structures and Algorithm. I am a self-taught developer with experience with serverside programming languages but right now I sell myself as a front-end dev.

drakonka 9y ago

I am learning Go.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

Python, not sure where I might use it other than a few odd utilities but it's quite a nice language.

togusa2017 9y ago

To build my first app. I have been learning React -> Redux -> and currently learning React native to finish my mobile application. So happy I decided to learn it. I am a backend engineer and the concept of redux is what a joy

SirLJ 9y ago

Dead bait river pike fishing - I am done with carp fishing for the year (water too cold), so I need something to do in the mornings before everything freezes and the ice fishing starts :-)

bjourne 9y ago

Calculus!

krapp 9y ago

- OpenGL programming in C++ - Unity development - General game development (with... a dozen or so VS subprojects converging vaguely towards an MVP at some point) - Webassembly, maybe. I have the portable SDK and finished a Hello World but that's already a lot of BS on my plate. And in more abstract, non-tech terms, how to deal with being 40 and officially "old."