jplata

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The Dark Matter of Software(99fires.substack.com)
2 points by jplata 4mo ago|0 comments
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by jplata 9mo ago
Thanks for building and sharing, looks cool and is very entertaining. I had similar idea for people to code poker playing bots and enter tournaments versus each other, this was pre-llm, however. It would be fun if you hosted a 'tournam
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by jplata 2y ago
There have been a handful of these threads on HN lately, I thought I'd chime in as someone on the other end hiring engineers, recently. - If you're using the new "AI Tools" to auto-apply, especially if there are addition
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by jplata 3y ago
I don't think you ever fully do. But, brute force. Putting myself in an uncomfortable situation tends to make it slightly easier the next time, and then a bit better the next time. I think, for me, the anxiety is the unknown of the sit
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Show HN: League Legacy – The Home for Your Fantasy League(leaguelegacy.io)
3 points by jplata 3y ago|0 comments
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by jplata 4y ago
I feel similar in a lot of ways: stayed too long at dead-end jobs early in career, avoided going to startups (risk) or faang (scared?) for too long, failed to have a side-project of my own 'take-off' into something really substant
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by jplata 4y ago
I've also struggled with this, and I'm not sure there's a silver bullet answer. But I think a lot of the common advice (too simple to work!) is actually helpful: - Limit scope As much as you think 'no one will use this w
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Show HN: League Legacy – Manage Your Fantasy Football League(leaguelegacy.io)
3 points by jplata 4y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: MailBetween – Simple email for your side-projects(mailbetween.com)
1 points by jplata 5y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Everything asked – organized recaps of 'ask me anything' interviews(everythingasked.com)
74 points by jplata 7y ago|13 comments
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by jplata 7y ago
Shameless plug, since I didn't get much feedback when shared previously [0]...if anyone wants to check out another alternative to browsing reddit: https://lurrker.com [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
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by jplata 8y ago
For those commenting about the reddit redesign, I'll shamelessly plug my alternative web-ui: https://lurrker.com However, for those who prefer old.reddit you may still not enjoy this more modern approach.
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Show HN: Lurrker – Another way to browse Reddit(lurrker.com)
9 points by jplata 8y ago|1 comments
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by jplata 14y ago
Are people really paying $50-$200/month for landing page testing and optimization? I get that there appears to be a lot of features, but seems like overkill to me.