mdcds

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by mdcds 4y ago
how did your skills translate to gaming industry? I'm guessing something to do with distributed systems / know-how of running systems for millions of users?
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by mdcds 4y ago
what's your story if you're ex-FAANG?
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by mdcds 4y ago
so, retired? :D
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Ask HN: What did you pursue next after working at one of the FAANGs?
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by mdcds 4y ago
I've enjoyed using trashmail.com You basically use it to generate a persistent throw-away email (aka proxy) that forwards to your real email, and then you just use the proxy email on open web communities like HN. Once you start getti
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by mdcds 4y ago
Now - zero! I had to ask 5-6 times to get removed from the recruiting email DB. At first I was getting annoyed that Amazon kept on emailing me despite my requests to stop, but then I decided to make a sport out of it and not give up until I
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by mdcds 4y ago
I don't use F#, but I've def enjoyed watching some of Scott Wlaschin's tech talks. Like the FP patterns one. https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/fppatterns/
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by mdcds 4y ago
Some background: I'm an experienced Scala dev who started out with Haskell. Consider Elm since you're familiar with building web UIs. You can try re-implementing a project. And it's Haskell-inspired. Otherwise, I'd say l
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by mdcds 4y ago
I tried learning Haskell for fun while working as a Python dev. Understanding importance of managing side-effects definitely influenced how I changed my approach to code organization at work.
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by mdcds 4y ago
I heard following explanation of monads somewhere online: "monads allow us to write imperative code in the functional setting. e.i. chain computations" . But that explanation wouldn't make sense to a 5-year-old
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by mdcds 4y ago
I'm working on my competitive programming skills. Looking to get back into doing TopCoder after a 10 year break.
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by mdcds 4y ago
our team has been using AWS Lambda for some event-driven data processing. it's good, would use it again. AWS SAM makes dev, testing, and deployment experiences of lambda functions very good.
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by mdcds 4y ago
> "you can't find a job" that sounds like a depression, not a recession
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by mdcds 4y ago
options trading when you calculate risk/exposure of your position, you want to consider Delta and its derivative, Gamma. But you also need to consider the rate of change of Gamma.
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by mdcds 4y ago
Keep in mind reasons why you want to move away from Java/Python. Perhaps there is a different language that can fit the bill.
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by mdcds 4y ago
> Haskell because elitism. Does anyone know if Simon Marlow is still at Meta and what he works on?
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by mdcds 4y ago
idk, never heard of Constitutionaliam. So what the mandate of Fed Gov should be and how long TTL?
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by mdcds 4y ago
Making little bit of progress consistently every day will get you very far in the long run. If you read 10 pages a day, you'll finish a typical book in about a month. Personal impact: I think I've accomplished many things over the
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by mdcds 4y ago
If speculation is the problem, then making expected return from real estate investments less than expected return from risk-free or low risk investments should fix it. Something like, if 10 or 20-year US Treasury bond pays more than you&#x2
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by mdcds 4y ago
What was the original mandate for the US Fed Gov? Focus on international affairs and waging war, and let states handle the rest?
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by mdcds 4y ago
Several teams at my org use Smithy. The gist of it is that you define the spec and Smithy will generate the data model and clients. https://awslabs.github.io/smithy/
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by mdcds 4y ago
It's a polite way to initiate a convo in USA. You can either respond with a canned response or something genuine about work.
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by mdcds 4y ago
1. take care of your neck 2. write more smaller functions that do one thing instead of shoving all logic into a single massive method I learned how to program in highschool, and we weren't taught at all how to organize code in a readab
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by mdcds 4y ago
No. I buy things when I need them and don't spend time looking at deals.
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by mdcds 4y ago
Give Scala a try. It has Java interop and your programs get packaged into jars (by default). I had experience with the same set of languages as you (including Haskell!) when I discovered Scala and it's my favorite language these days.