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An question that interests me in all of these: How did you come up with the idea?

I'm curious to hear from someone who has used such a framework to build a profitable business or startup?

Not a founder, but a serial side-project'er. Initial prototype typically has no tests, at least for the bits that are wired. Specific bits of complexity will have unit tests. At so…

Indeed, I've always thought there is a veritable bounty of great SciFi stories to put into film. The recent popularity of SciFi shows suggests to me that we will start to see more …

Slightly off topic, but the author should really reconsider the flashing title and logo. It is incredibly distracting.

Sony XM4 headphones. They are pricey, but a fantastic bit of kit. The noise canceling is not perfect but good enough that sometimes I will just wear them while walking around even …

Maybe this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know the legal footing of having a business with another businesses name in it? For instance, this tool uses the word "YouTube" in it…

For my blog, Hugo + Netlify. It's free, simple to use and works well.

Many years ago I took (oddly) a physics class called (iirc) "Self Organisation" while doing a year abroad in Germany. Despite being a quite small class, it really inspired me from …

Two item that always come with me in my day bag along with my laptop are a simple A5 notebook, and a pen. In my case any design be it software, a drawing, or project or something e…

Indeed, but once you start getting to that point I'd argue you are starting to get beyond a prototype. But you raise a good point, id say if the intention is to throw the code away…

I've always favored exploration before implementation [1]. For me TDD has immense benefit when adding something well defined, or when fixing bugs. When it comes to building somethi…

One thing I really like about kdb+/q is the fact that it has strict right-to-left execution/precedence. While I know it's a standard, I don't want to deal with bodmas, or whatever …

I've usually kept a rule that you should avoid stacking, and if you must only one level deep. The fact that you have to stack in the first place typically suggests that PRs aren't …

I'm sure there are various other options, but that's not the point. If you ask someone to take a supermarket salary and postpone their life till their mid 30s,then don't be surpris…

In another life I might have considered doing a PhD after I finished my masters. My father (who has a doctorate) quickly put me off that idea. Looking at what you have to do and ge…

This resonates with me also. I've gotten into a nasty habit of always trying to do everything myself. I recently launched a project for tracking crypto market data and suggesting t…

Probably noone will look at it. HN is imo not the best for sharing your own content as the rules and moderation are fairly heavily skewed against it. Having said that, if it gets t…

Yes I'm sure they can quickly log on to discord from jail.

Yes I suddenly noticed it, looked at the title, noticed it was floating too (panic). Looked at the URL bar, not floating, phew. For a second I though had been dosed with something …

I would say for side projects, your best bet is just to make a blog and talk about them, that's what I do anyway [1]. The projects themselves can live wherever, such as a VPS etc. …

Any suggestions for roles after the SWE "tour of duty"?

Yeah, I highly doubt that any line employee is going to tell the CEO they did a bad job. These happy clappy "systems" usually fail to take into account (almost biological) realitie…

I used to work in a bank and wrote an interview script for my department (kdb+/q market data). It mainly consisted of having the candidate sit in front of an interpreter, and walk …