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by mobjack 6y ago
I feel too biased in judging candidates based on specific business tech problems. I have deep domain knowledge and context around the problem and am familiar with our frameworks and design patterns. Something that seems trivial to me might
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by mobjack 6y ago
Spam doesn't remove you from the senders email list. While many senders will remove people who hit spam on their emails but not all do it. After a while, emails could be getting past the spam filter again. Unsubscribing is usually more
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by mobjack 6y ago
reCAPTCHA can already be configured to be invisible and only display if it suspects the user could be a bot. For the majority of users, they won't see a captcha challenge and it is a seamless experience with no added friction. Those wh
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by mobjack 7y ago
It is not realistic to expect product to be 100% correct. Software is an iterative process and it takes some trial and error to get it in a good state. I always expect product to be wrong about something so it is my job to help identify iss
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by mobjack 7y ago
Then create a custom endpoint that records those client side interactions in a database.
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by mobjack 7y ago
It isn't that hard to get around ad blockers for doing analytics. You can hide third party tools behind a proxy for example or write your own custom tracking software.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Are there any ad networks that allow random advertisers to include custom JavaScript in ads? It just seems like a huge security hole and is not in the interest of ad networks for multiple reasons. They might have JS in ads, but isn't t
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by mobjack 7y ago
The current meta strategy for getting a software engineering job is practicing leetcode.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Free access as a loss leader to push targeted financial products for profit.
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by mobjack 7y ago
I change the requirements of my personal projects all the time. Once I get a prototype working I get lots of ideas of how to improve things. I also see that some of my initial plans did not work I out as I envisioned and have to iterate on
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by mobjack 7y ago
Focusing too much on code quality can backfire handling changing requirements at the same time. Many times I had a clean elegant abstraction break with a change in requirements.
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by mobjack 7y ago
It is bad if you don't properly measure the impact of the features. There are some features that seem like obvious wins on paper but actually do worse when you A/B test it. They hurt business value and add needless complexity to t
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by mobjack 7y ago
If it flies for a few months without incident, most people will stop noticing. After a few years, no one will care anymore.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Instead of arguing about product changes, created a framework to A/B test them.
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by mobjack 7y ago
It is likely that the iPhone app contains the exact same trackers. Those trackers are commonly used across platforms.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Fingerprinting has lots of flaws like you mentioned. Too many people have similar devices for it to be the primary way to track people. It is really a backup method of tracking that works some of the time based on a probabilistic match. You
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by mobjack 7y ago
Tech debt is more nuanced than explained by most analogies. In reality there is a lot of tech debt you can get away for free and never have to pay back. The code can be a mess but the functionality works and doesn't need updating. Othe
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by mobjack 7y ago
My daughter uses my YouTube account to watch children's videos. She has zero interest watching anything targeted towards adults. Content is likely the strongest indicator determining if someone is a child or not.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Glueing together code gets complicated fast as you start adding more pieces to the system. There is a reason why so many projects end up being a giant mess. Most people aren't smart enough to make it through a bootcamp and those who do
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by mobjack 7y ago
The problem is that pop ups work and companies have A/B tests to prove it. It is surprising how freely the average user gives up their email address. The sad truth is that these practices work so websites will continue doing them.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Try copying a pivot table in SQL. A lot of simple functions in Excel are incredibly complex in SQL. You might technically can pull most off put then you end up with a lot of ugly SQL. Also each time you make a change with SQL, you have to q
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by mobjack 7y ago
Having kids is not that expensive if you have at least a middle class income. You can still advance in your career while having a good work life balance. Very few are in their ideal situation when having kids and yet they still have positiv
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by mobjack 7y ago
Fingerprinting is much harder in reality than Panopticlick makes you believe. For example, if you update your browser or add a new plugin, you can look like a new person so it makes it harder to find a match. A cookie would not change throu
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by mobjack 7y ago
That scenario is common even at product driven environment. As an engineer, I try pushing back to reduce the scope of a product down to a MVP that can be released earlier with analytical data monitoring its usage. As an engineer, you can id
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by mobjack 7y ago
I fought off the urge to endlessly debate my product managers by encourage them to A/B test their "bad" ideas. The results were humbling for all everyone. Sometimes I was right but I often implemented features that I was sure
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by mobjack 7y ago
DDG primarily relies on Bing for its search ads. I wouldn't be surprised if it is the primary source of their search results either. Developing a new search engine from scratch that can compete with Google is almost impossible unless y
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by mobjack 7y ago
Their intent is to get free advertising by being on the front page of HN. This page could be worse at conversion but wins by going viral.
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by mobjack 7y ago
Almost any other network request puts you at more risk than this. If that is your concern, then you are better off turning off your Internet. If they were really trying to track you, there would also be an unique ID with the request as that
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by mobjack 7y ago
You can improve lead generation by 6.8% without ML too. A/B testing a few changes can easily accomplish the same thing. The AI could be optimizing to attract people who are willing to give out their email address than actual potential
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by mobjack 7y ago
Websites get bloated because the companies aren't aware of all the tracking going on in the first place. What usually happens is that the marketing team signs a contract then developers copy and paste a JavaScript snippet to embed on t

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