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by otras 8y ago
I use React and TypeScript. I'm very productive with React, but I've also had a lot of practice with the React style of thinking (data passed down from parents, state management, JSX syntax). There are tools that make your life e
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One thing I've come to terms with is that there's no "finishing" my hobbies. How would you quantify finishing something like drawing? I'm always reminded of the Geoffrey Chaucer quote[0]: The lyf so short, the cr
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Every time this pops up on my radar, I always consider taking a stab at adding the “make articles with gifs better” feature mentioned in the github issue, but I always end up too busy with other work. I’ll carve out some time this weekend t
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by otras 8y ago
Reminds me of the opening lines of the SICP lectures[0]: "I'd like to welcome you to this course on Computer Science. Actually that's a terrible way to start. Computer science is a terrible name for this business. First of a
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I have a simple Hugo blog at https://alexanderellis.github.io/blog/ . I write some about software, but I really enjoy writing about non-software things like user experience in general, design, how things work, etc. Re
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by otras 8y ago
Good call! You're right that "continue straight" might not be the best wording, as they aren't aligned on the map. In real life, they're also not perfectly aligned, but the entrance area to the tunnel is much wide
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by otras 8y ago
Author here, thanks for the feedback! English is indeed my first language, but I am always looking to improve. I chose "Why" for reasons similar to what jstanley wrote. When I was first considering the mechanism, connecting thes
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Why does a spray bottle work?(alexanderellis.github.io)
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Having the courage to take the plunge is admirable, and that's enough to get $1/month from me. Congratulations on making such a big decision! One thing I'm curious about: the current ~$400/month from Patreon (minus fees
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Letting the User Guide You: Analyzing Store Design(alexanderellis.github.io)
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Although it's more short-story length than full novel, patio11's classic Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued [0] is a fantastic resource for negotiation, especially for software engineering positions. [0]: https:&
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Building a Simple Cache Server in Python(alexanderellis.github.io)
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This seems like a very interesting question. After an exhaustive investigation, we found, surprisingly, that there was only one possible combination on the whole planet that would permit the eight vertices of the cube to emerge on solid la
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by otras 8y ago
Smartest person I know works on smarter-than-human artificial intelligence at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute [0]. Previously at Microsoft and Google, he decided to get involved in smarter-than-human AI and is now the Executive
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by otras 9y ago
While the git-completion.bash [0] function isn't short, this small addition to my bashrc has made my life much easier: if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then . ~/.git-completion.bash fi [0] https:/&#x2F
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by otras 9y ago
I highly recommend the book "The Design of Everyday Things." It makes me constantly think about the decisions that went into designing things around me, what works, and what doesn't. Very helpful when making design and UX de
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Exploring the early bug behind JavaScript's `typeof null`(alexanderellis.github.io)
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Learning about how you learn can be a great first step! I highly recommend the aptly titled Coursera course “Learning How To Learn” [0] with Barbara Oakley. She also has an accompanying book “A Mind For Numbers”, which has much of the sam
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by otras 9y ago
I worked through most of this tutorial on building a simple text editor in C and greatly enjoyed it. Highly recommend it! https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/
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by otras 9y ago
Creator here: I started this newsletter on growing as a T-shaped developer after I didn't find anything similar online that scratched my itch. I try to do one or two small explorations a week in different areas of tech that I wouldn&#
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Show HN: Breadth First Growth – a newsletter for growing as a developer(breadthfirstgrowth.com)
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I actually started a newsletter [0] on growing as a T-shaped developer after I didn't find anything similar online that scratched my itch. I try to do one or two small explorations a week in different areas of tech that I wouldn't
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by otras 9y ago
Unrelated, but my first and last is also Alex Ellis, and you're the reason I had to register alexanderellis in place of alexellis on github. Funny to see in the wild!
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If you haven't already read it, Fermat's Library has the original Bitcoin paper [0] with helpful annotations. [0] - http://fermatslibrary.com/s/bitcoin
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This reminds me of one of my favorite Flexbox tutorials, Flexbox Froggy: http://flexboxfroggy.com/
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It sounds to me like the GP was interested in companies proactively providing the salary range for the job, which doesn't seem to fall under the new law. The new changes also wouldn't prohibit an employer from asking for a desire
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I greatly enjoy AvE's videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWv6Pn_zP0rI6lgGt3MyfA I absolutely love his tool teardown videos, and it's very clear he has a huge amount of domain knowledge.
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Reminds of me of the Warren Bennis quote: The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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Here [0] is a great discussion about this topic that came up on HN a few months ago. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14446516
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by otras 9y ago
I have a relatively common name, which meant that any combination similar to firstlast.com or first-last.com was either taken or beyond my personal site budget. I chose the FirstnameLastna.me route. My last name ends in "is", so

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