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Thanks for building and sharing, looks cool and is very entertaining. I had similar idea for people to code poker playing bots and enter tournaments versus each other, this was pre…

There have been a handful of these threads on HN lately, I thought I'd chime in as someone on the other end hiring engineers, recently. - If you're using the new "AI Tools" to auto…

I don't think you ever fully do. But, brute force. Putting myself in an uncomfortable situation tends to make it slightly easier the next time, and then a bit better the next time.…

Hey everyone - I started working on League Legacy about ~15 months ago and launched it in beta last football season. I've been working on it throughout the year to improve it and I…

I feel similar in a lot of ways: stayed too long at dead-end jobs early in career, avoided going to startups (risk) or faang (scared?) for too long, failed to have a side-project o…

I've also struggled with this, and I'm not sure there's a silver bullet answer. But I think a lot of the common advice (too simple to work!) is actually helpful: - Limit scope As m…

Hey all, this project may not be that relevant to many or most here but I'm excited to share it either way. Like many here, I'm constantly working on side-projects and for the most…

Shameless plug, since I didn't get much feedback when shared previously [0]...if anyone wants to check out another alternative to browsing reddit: https://lurrker.com [0] https://n…

For those commenting about the reddit redesign, I'll shamelessly plug my alternative web-ui: https://lurrker.com However, for those who prefer old.reddit you may still not enjoy th…

Are people really paying $50-$200/month for landing page testing and optimization? I get that there appears to be a lot of features, but seems like overkill to me.