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jelan

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    Comment #38227202

    This is cool, do you think this would work as a phone application? Does it do any kind of sound identification or matching? So if I sneeze around the device around the same time an…

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    Comment #37953206

    Yes, people cheat all the time. Usually this happens in the form of either paying for upvotes from bots or soliciting votes from friends / colleagues that wouldn’t have given an up…

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    Comment #37850956

    I don’t think it will add anything as compared to REST for trivial projects but it’s just easy to setup and get working

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    Comment #37842286

    GraphQL has its place, but IMHO it is at either side of the bell curve of project complexity. It will be great for trivial projects, and it can help simplify things in really compl…

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    Ask HN: ADHD Symptoms

    I’m fairly sure I’ve had some kind of ADHD my entire life, but never been treated professionally for it. I’ve gotten pretty good at dealing with how my brain works, but I just feel…

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    Comment #37599586

    I think the risk is that if it is true I would have to work there for at least a while

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    Ask HN: Job offer too good to be true?

    I have about 5 years of web dev experience and recently got an offer from a small company based in Seattle. I overall enjoyed the experience of interviewing with them and it seemed…

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    Comment #36950839

    What do you do now that involves C++ if you don’t mind me asking? I too have a EE degree but have been doing web dev for the last few years, I would like to get back into maybe doi…

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    Comment #36872932

    Sorry to hear that, what kind of experience level do you have / what is your focus area if you don’t mind me asking?

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    Comment #36872924

    I have about 4 years of experience in web with focus on frontend. Thanks for your input on this, I know you said you are an SRE manager but assuming you were once an SRE yourself, …

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    Ask HN: How are interviews going now?

    I’m working as a full stack SWE in SV and am interviewing around looking for something different with… interesting results, I’m wondering how others are finding it? I’ve applied to…

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    Ask HN: Unclear Rejection from Company

    I recently applied for a SWE position at a company and completed the first round of interviews. The company had a technical issue the day of my second interview that prevented me f…

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    Ask HN: How much do we understand about how ChatGPT works?

    I am overall skeptical on ML projects and mostly find myself excited about the potential outcomes but disappointed in the execution (if there is any, most of the time it just sound…

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    Comment #33136637

    Please share it when you are done!

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    Comment #33135058

    A couple people have asked what complexities I’m referring to and mainly what I mean is just how much bloat goes into making anything, and at a higher level the general course of a…

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    Ask HN: Getting tired of complexity in web development

    I have a few years of experience working mostly on the frontend with React and am getting more and more frustrated with all the added layers of complexity needed to work with most …

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    Comment #31454667

    Thanks very much for this thoughtful reply! I didn’t think about the possibility of transferring over the stock if possible instead of cashing them out and paying tax. I will talk …

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    Ask HN: Getting out of a managed stock portfolio

    Around 5 years ago I decided I would put some money in my bank / brokerages managed fund program where your money is actively traded on your behalf for a small monthly fee (this fe…

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    Comment #30237225

    It takes a lot of self reflection and maturity to realize mistakes we’ve made in the past, so thank you for sharing this about your career. I’m wondering if you felt forced out of …