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This hit every US news service. How is it so low in points? "breach could potentially affect every federal agency, officials said" I love HN's ability to filter news that matters t…

I took a week off from working on our app bc of a client project (we're a for-hire firm trying to create an app). We had hits on our demo from the SF Bay area and some hits on the …

Math has always been a part of technical design. I think "programming" is starting to become a field where the actual authoring of code and the design of logic fuse completely. So …

By that example, I meant to highlight the DRY aspect of programming and how I realized, as an early beginner at the age of 15, that frameworks and libraries provide a good foundati…

Libraries were created so that you could focus on mastering new and unexplored territory, not to replace programmers. As a beginner, I didn't appreciate big libraries (like Cocoa).…

First, you're not addicted to coffee, you are addicted to caffeine. Remember that caffeine is a DRUG. Second, switching from a diluted caffeine intake (such as coffee or soda) to a…