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Zero Knowledge Proofs and related cryptography. These will probably be impactful as they mature in the coming years and decades.
I tried getting deeper into it using ZoKrates[1] (zkSNARKs) but back then the docker image was broken. [1] https://github.com/Zokrates/ZoKrates
- how to write a dashboard with React & Redux and a Python backend
- fast.ai
- solving various (beginner level) CTF challenges
Non-tech:
- Sounds lame but it's rather interesting: Risk Assessments and Risk Management
- nutrition
- improving my guitar skills
- meditation
- Computer Science: Having a designer background, I didn't have the opportunity for formal training.
- React and its ecosystem
- TypeScript
Non-Tech:
- Music Theory
- Synths
Probably an isolated point of view, but I stopped learning "new tech" a long time ago. I have a systems programming job and C/C++ is my bread and butter. The only new thing that I might spend some time on this year is C++14, because our build tools will enable it some time soon. On the non-tech side, I started learning Tabla (a musical instrument) this year. This is far enough out of my daily activities that I am get…
I've been slowly working through the exercises in Christian Robert's book The Bayesian Choice. I'm a statistician and my job to help people make educated decisions, so I ought to know a thing or two about decision theory
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Seconding TypeScript. If you are a js dev looking to pick up something new, just rename a .js file to .ts, open it in vscode, watch the magic. It will, I think, make you a better js dev.
Java dev you mean ;) I dont see how types make you a better dev, its like saying automated dictionary in input text fields make you a better speller. It just makes you a lazy speller.
I've been learning a little Clojure and using it for work, and it's been kind of an eye-opener. (I've been mostly a Java developer for 15 years.)
And the idea of using the same clean code for the frontend is super attractive.
Trying to learn 'Everything'. And that's a problem. So learning how to manage learning (Not from the famous course) ..Any resources to help me?