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by zubairq 3y ago
Thanks, some good tips on how to write ChatGPT prompts for me!
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by zubairq 3y ago
I did a similar thing on a project of mine where I used to use IPFS as the only long term storage layer on a project of mine. I still use IPFS but now I use it more as "long term unreliable storage". Note that I use IPFS without F
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by zubairq 3y ago
I loved this story about the Nigerian professor who also works as a welder and employs people to make ends meet. Here in the West we often see 9-5 jobs as the norm to survive, but in many places around the world people have to be entreprene
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by zubairq 3y ago
Getting results or becoming rich has a magical property where overnight you are viewed as turning into a genius! ;) Having persistence and constantly monitoring yourself so that I did't get trapped in the weeds! That's how I got s
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by zubairq 3y ago
Good advice to always document your own projects if you want traction!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Yes I think that people remember certain experiences well, especially if they are with certain loved ones that they felt connected to. I think it is not just dying people who think of these things, since the living should think of these gra
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by zubairq 3y ago
Fascinating, I never knew there was be a word for this, Proprioception is the word! It is definitely a thing about the body, time, and space that I have thought about. Thank you for posting!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Having known and actually travelled quite a bit with Madonna, U2 and many other “superfans” I find this fascinating. Good to see it on HN too as it is definitely a subject worth studying!
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by zubairq 3y ago
I agree with this comment. My typing speed was sometimes the bottleneck, but usually it was my speed of thought, but often I fell into this cargo cult thinking that the ability to type fast matters
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by zubairq 3y ago
50 years!!! Can hardly believe it!!! It feels like only yesterday I was playing D&D at a friends house when I was a kid!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Exploratory testing has been a huge way for me to build user friendly products. But I guess when you work in a large project that you are not paid to do exploratory testing, therefore product usability can end up terrible with end users hat
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by zubairq 3y ago
I like this, sometimes a small map is enough for a lifetime. I’ve only seen a small part of the world and it is enough for me
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by zubairq 3y ago
Makes sense that brains are not required to solve problems. I am not brainy but seem to be able to brute force my way to solve some complex problems by sheer force of will
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by zubairq 3y ago
Of course good DevEx increases productivity. Also see Joel on Software: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/09/the-joel-test-12-s...
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by zubairq 3y ago
I loved the "elephants nose cold to the touch"! Makes me think I need to get out, travel and explore more!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Yes Arno was very interesting! Gonna read up more on the Big Bang and his work now, thanks!
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by zubairq 3y ago
So is this article advocating storing everything in a browser SQLite database and then the SQLite database syncs with another server somewhere else? But to do that doesn’t it need to call a server somewhere. I’m trying to understand as it s
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by zubairq 3y ago
Pretty incredible story. So he really got drunk , stayed calm and survived the sinking of the titanic !
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by zubairq 3y ago
Yep, makes sense as a marketing guide by using the free product as the top of funnel for your sales pipeline
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by zubairq 3y ago
When I said "the intranet started to creep in" what I meant was that I noticed that content information (and later apps) that used to go into a Lotus Notes application was instead created by someone as HTML files, and put on a ser
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by zubairq 3y ago
Used lotus notes in late 1990s at a bank in London. It was pretty much all we needed for internal non trading apps. But I noticed that the intranet slowly started to creep in …
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by zubairq 3y ago
I agree that we should experience things. Sometimes I take one photo to remind me of the event and then I put my phone away
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by zubairq 3y ago
I’ve had the same issue with async and await in JavaScript. These days I just err on the side of simplicity and make everything async
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by zubairq 3y ago
I definitely learned some lessons by reading and digging into the different items on the Museum of Failure. Thanks!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Great quote! Isn’t the number of connections instead of number of components related in some way to metcalfs law?
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by zubairq 3y ago
Great read. I really understood that the value here is in spending time with your son, and if your son learns to code then that is a byproduct!
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by zubairq 3y ago
I remember reading a "Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours / 21 days" type book on a bus trip in the 1990s and learning C++ that way! It was a great start!
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by zubairq 3y ago
The UK Postcode scandal is interesting in that it was exposed at all. Many people in countless industries have had their lives ruined by similar software bugs and bad industry practices, but those people have not been able to fight or to ge
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by zubairq 3y ago
Makes me think of Rich Hickey and Clojure when I think of simplicity in this context! But, good article!
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by zubairq 3y ago
Great set of visualisations ! This will be my goto quick lookup next time I am thinking how to visualise data

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