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Super early on in my carrier. Just wanted to download an mp3 from my favorite artist without weird ads or tracking

geraldhh 3y ago
sure thing, who doesn't
SushiHippie 3y ago
I'd recommend you to have a look at yt-dlp [0] and NewPipe extractor [1] [0] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp [1] https://teamnewpipe.github.io/documentation/ https://teamnewpipe.github.io/documentation/
ramesh31 3y ago
You got the knack, bud, and that's all it takes. Plenty of people have finished CS degrees without acquiring the knack. But that's really all it takes. If you've got it, it's just a matter of time before you're knocking people's socks off.
- swyx 3y ago
  i find it interesting how some HN threads are super supportive like this one and others tear people apart for overstating their expertise, getting overleveled job titles as a "senior" developer while missing some esoteric/deep knowledge. we're all on our meandering paths somehow.
  - ramesh31 3y ago
    After spending enough years mentoring juniors, you pick up on it pretty fast whether someone is worth your time. Ask for a specific solution, and you'll get it from me once. Ask for understanding the generalized case, and I'll happily sit around explaining things to you all day long. Even asking for a specific solution is fine if it's followed up by thoughtful probing questions on the general patterns. But there's just no room for hand holding in this industry.
  - 100721 3y ago
    It's useful to remember that this is a community of individuals, each with their own opinions and experiences.
  - sevagh 3y ago
    There's a line of "real curiosity about interesting aspects of computer software" and no-substance snake oil. So, in one case, it's "low substance but good effort", in the other it's "low substance and low effort"
np1810 3y ago
Well written article... nitpick - your article date [1] as of posting this comment is DEC 31 2024... > fullstack dev versus youtube - DEC 31 2024 [1] https://vincentsg.dev/blog/ https://vincentsg.dev/blog/
- gverrilla 3y ago
  Also the coffee in the image is yellow, which is really weird.

sure thing, who doesn't

I'd recommend you to have a look at yt-dlp [0] and NewPipe extractor [1] [0] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp [1] https://teamnewpipe.github.io/documentation/ https://teamnewpipe.github.io/documentation/

ramesh31 3y ago

You got the knack, bud, and that's all it takes. Plenty of people have finished CS degrees without acquiring the knack. But that's really all it takes. If you've got it, it's just a matter of time before you're knocking people's socks off.

swyx 3y ago
i find it interesting how some HN threads are super supportive like this one and others tear people apart for overstating their expertise, getting overleveled job titles as a "senior" developer while missing some esoteric/deep knowledge. we're all on our meandering paths somehow.
- ramesh31 3y ago
  After spending enough years mentoring juniors, you pick up on it pretty fast whether someone is worth your time. Ask for a specific solution, and you'll get it from me once. Ask for understanding the generalized case, and I'll happily sit around explaining things to you all day long. Even asking for a specific solution is fine if it's followed up by thoughtful probing questions on the general patterns. But there's just no room for hand holding in this industry.
- 100721 3y ago
  It's useful to remember that this is a community of individuals, each with their own opinions and experiences.
- sevagh 3y ago
  There's a line of "real curiosity about interesting aspects of computer software" and no-substance snake oil. So, in one case, it's "low substance but good effort", in the other it's "low substance and low effort"

np1810 3y ago

Well written article... nitpick - your article date [1] as of posting this comment is DEC 31 2024... > fullstack dev versus youtube - DEC 31 2024 [1] https://vincentsg.dev/blog/ https://vincentsg.dev/blog/

gverrilla 3y ago
Also the coffee in the image is yellow, which is really weird.