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Happy holidays, HN. I just want to say a few things about the community. I'm an undergrad dabbling in software development. I don't remember how I stumbled upo
by kretaceous 5y ago
Happy holidays, HN. I just want to say a few things about the community.
I'm an undergrad dabbling in software development. I don't remember how I stumbled upon HN but I'm so glad I did! I used to search randomly for good articles, links, resources, tools, books, etc. And HN is a treasure trove of those.
Heck, I use HN Algolia as a search engine! Want some resources about SQL? Search for "learn SQL". Want to know about a software? Search "caddy" and know in-depth opinions.
And the discussions. Even reading the comments feel so insightful sometimes.
I can't even comprehend how the top-notch moderation is done. It just makes me go, dang, that's amazing.
People here care about simplicity, performance, minimalism. People here care about making, learning and growth. They care about privacy. They are critics. They are skeptics (in a good way). People here are experienced. It is always so surreal to me when I see a news like "Y gets N Million Series F" and the CEO of Y is just waiting in the comments like "Hey HN! x here, happy to answer any questions :)".
Obviously there are trolls, people who spread unnecessary negativity but it's again refreshing to see them downvoted to opacity: 0;
All in all, I'm really grateful for HN, the people in it and its /moderators?/. I'll continue to use HN as what it is for me. A place to seek resources, insightful content, fun tools, advice, rational discussions and constructive opinions.
Thank you, HN. Happy holidays to you and your families!
- duckmysick 5y agoThere was a tool posted a few days ago which helps finding older content on Hacker News: https://hn.lindylearn.io/ https://hn.lindylearn.io/ I found some pretty cool articles and discussions with it.
- kretaceous 5y agoThanks! Lindy Learn looks awesome. Happy holidays!