dondraper36

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by dondraper36 5y ago
It often feels like I know too little for my role. For example, in distributed systems, in networking, in computer science, even in my main programming language. And that results in a strange feeling of guilt for doing something unproductiv
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Ask HN: How to stop thinking about work and software engineering on the weekend?
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Ask HN: Books to feel comfortable discussing internals of programming languages?
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This is a game I used to play a lot with my friend during classes at university. The rules are trivial (as well as the implementation), just see the README, but I personally get captivated by the possible mind games when guessing :)
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Show HN: Bulls and Cows: if Wordle was ugly and numeric(github.com)
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I am not sure I have the necessary context to discuss Uncle Bob's political correctness. Too bad if this has any impact on the community's opinion on his work. I find it sort of surprising how his books known to be must reads for
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Ask HN: What do you recommend instead of Clean Architecture by Uncle Bob?
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Usually, this is the best I can do. It's like revealing the map in a computer game. You start with a set of absolutely unfamiliar concepts and then, as you learn more, the connections between them start to appear.
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I have a master's degree in applied mathematics so it goes without saying practice is far more important than just reading. That said, for better or worse, software engineering is not as strict and formal as mathematics. There are a lo
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Too bad Anki is still so awful UI-wise :)
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Do you use something as simple as Google Docs for that purpose?
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It turns out that my approach to reading is very similar. It sort of reflects the famous series of videos on YouTube where a concept is explained at 5 (or 6?) levels of complexity. Probably, I shouldn't be worried that some concepts (f
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by dondraper36 5y ago
This is exactly what I have noticed as well. For example, when reading Designing Data-Intensive Applications for the first time I had absolutely no exposure to distributed systems and concepts like partitioning or replication. Even though i
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Ask HN: Do you also feel you retain nothing after reading a technical book?
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Ask HN: What are good resources on clean architecture in the context of Go?
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Ask HN: What are some other books as fundamental as DDIA?
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Fill knowledge gaps in the data scientist-back end developer transition
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