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Compact Sparse Merkle Trees (CSMT) [1] is an already existing scheme for shorter proofs, which introduces the new CSMT data structure and was also posted on HN a while ago.[2] This…

Fair point, but the medium changes the message sometimes. :-) The tweet resonated with a sizeable part of the developer community hence linked here.

I recently tweeted about these abstractions over abstractions here: https://twitter.com/sahrizv/status/1018184792611827712 Not downplaying the team's effort and the immense utility…

I think a global style file helps when the same HTML markup is repeated in several parts of your application. However, a component based architecture, by definition represents the …

Agree that's a big way to create more jobs. Currently building for myself, hope to do it for others too in the long run.

waits restlessly for elixir jobs... :) Seriously, left my decently paying Tech Lead job in Bangalore to take a break and work with Elixir/OTP. Would be nice to see an upward trend …

Hi folks! I would appreciate to hear what HN thinks of the baggage Series A funding brings over, if any. Kindly know that I am aware of the value of funding, especially when used a…

I think a good way to increase creativity and productivity is to use the right abstractions of thought and craft. Every good(non leaky) abstraction expands the creative envelope fu…

Thanks for the heads up. I'll move to Google Apps on the first sign of trouble.

I set up free email with custom domain on Zoho, yesterday. You can set up to 25 free accounts IIRC.

Yes, definitely build up a good runway or you'll find yourself negotiating from a position of weakness when you look for a job with urgency. Another thing would be that employer pr…

Personal Anecdote: I've been on a planned break since June '16 to build stuff, among other things. I get approached by top Indian startups once a week on average and nobody seems t…

Context: I quit my job in June 2016 to take a break from my career and among other things, build a product end to end. Money has run out now but passion hasn't and I'm close to fir…

I found the writeup valuable in terms of provoking deeper thought and discussion. However, I think perhaps the author is mixing up 'both wits' (logical vs emotional thinking) with …

Agree with you. Ability to code and moreover an ability to contribute to the company codebase is something that should be present even at senior levels for a tech focused company. …

Submitter here. I have been witnessing the recent rising expectations of being able code irrespective of seniority, especially in younger companies. I have been curious to know HN'…

I agree with the core insight that we sometimes ignore the risk taking of high achievers while looking at their life in hindsight. However, I would not say with certainty that Newt…

Got it. Thanks for taking the time to revisit and answer!

I'll outline an approach of mine: Step 1: Offload the initial selection task to the hype machine. This gives me a smaller set of candidates to work with. Step 2: Go through the lan…

Since you seem to measure the difficulty by the odds only(ignoring the sweat/time put in by the entrepreneur), then I'd argue that being a VC is 10x to 100x easier than being a goo…

Agreed on all counts. However, I was more focused on the comparison with building REST APIs in Ruby. I wondered if using Absinthe to wire up all the GraphQL schemas and resolvers w…

Thanks for pitching in, jon-wood! Can you elaborate what are the major wins with the GraphQL approach using Absinthe (in contrast to REST) which gives you the "superpower" feeling?…