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Quora is just plain strange. I used to use a sock puppet account on Quora to answer questions and "promote" my personal business (I know, not a great strategy but it worked quite w…

If you think the timing was bad, try the second chance pool and repost it: https://news.ycombinator.com/pool

Go / HTML / CSS / Vanilla JS / Postgres

I've always had a ploy I used to avoid this to a degree. When joining a company you have to fill out "prior inventions". I generally list a number of names and general vague descri…

Seems a bit overly simplistic and not realistic. Most real life data wouldn't be ASCII based. I deal with a lot of large CSVs and do a lot of processing (multi-terabyte CSVs). Null…

Don't think of them as "beta testers". They are users. Slapping beta in front makes it sound like you lack any confidence in what you're doing. 1:1 outreach is great advice. Think …

The most repeated answers seem to be: a) To get a (better) job, or some other career benefit. b) To build a brand and/or following. c) To become a better communicator. Are there ad…