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Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by chirau » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

tjbiddle wrote: post #214

chirau wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you found the certifications useful?

Define "useful". I personally have 3 AWS certifications (All of the associate level). Their use to me was 1) When studying for them, I learned a ton more about the platform and 2) Recruiters and employers love it - I get even more job/interview offers now.

Nice. I have been using AWS and GCP for a while now and was thinking about getting the certifications so I always wonder whether they have any incremental value, especially technically and jobwise.

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by kim0 » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

iamwil wrote: post #205

Learned ReasonML and Solidity in 2018. ReasonML is pretty great, though I think the syntax is much noisier than it needs to be, compared to Elm and OCaml. Documentation needs to be consolidated though, and the linter picks bad defaults. Solidity feels like a language designed like someone that never learned lessons from having tried a lot of different languages. It feels much like a leaky abstraction over the EVM. Ot…

Try "simplicity"

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by jchristopherinc » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

AWS - started this year with little knowledge about it, now I think I learnt it better Java - Use it every day at work, but started using more and more OOPs concept to write better code. Elixir - For a side project. Started this year with no knowledge about it, but currently have some good understanding of OTP.

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by andyidsinga » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:24 PM UTC

I started learning & practicing TIG welding with an Everlast 210ext machine.

goal is to learn metalwork and machining skills to complement programming, electronics, embedded skills for prototyping gadgets.

(ps. it's been a slow process)

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by rwnspace » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:25 PM UTC

steveklabnik wrote: post #182

sidcool wrote: post #158

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Is C/C++ knowledge important for learning Rust?

Opinions are split. Many people have learned it without any previous C or C++ knowledge. Some argue that you can't truly appreciate Rust until you've written them. It can be helpful, but it can also be harmful.

I am still in my first year of programming and Rust is my first systems language. I don't know C++, just enough for 'gists'. I had already read/skimmed Computer Organisation and Design: RISC-V, and Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces. I worked through 'The 2018 Rust Book' at a fairly decent clip as a result of that context. I reckon that mostly sidesteps the 'help/hinder' tradeoff, though I'm not humble in saying it took a fair bit of dedication (maybe more than simply learning C++ fundamentals).

Edit: actually I'm well into my second year of programming now, time flies...

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by lucb1e » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:26 PM UTC

eitland wrote: post #73

collyw wrote: post #42

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Worth noting that PerlMonks functions similarly to stack overflow (for Perl at least), with the difference that discussion is actually encouraged.

Somebody should pick up that idea and create a site like stack overflow but that doesn't discourage discusssion or reward destroying useful knowledge.

But... it does discourage discussion. It's a Q&A site, not a forum. You don't just post some thoughts and reply to other people's thoughts: you post either a question, or an answer. If you need clarification on a post, you comment. It's not a discussion forum.

And I'm not a new, disgruntled user. I like the site a lot and am quite active on the IT Security stackexchange site. From my semi-moderator's point of view, the only place for discussion is the chat function (which only a few regulars use).

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by inspector14 » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

closing out the year by going over the rust book..

it's a treat.

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by bowlingx » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:30 PM UTC

Thank you for this Technology wise this year was great.

- Learned a lot more about kubernetes (bare metal, gcloud and finally digital ocean, rancher 2.0)

- Improved my JS skills (react etc.), focused a lot more on architecture

- Improved my spring-boot skills and upgraded to Java 11

- founded a company with my partner and got a bit into after-effects (from the technical side, meaning distributed rendering, automation)

- Created a "home lab" setup and learned vmware ESXi

Missed machine learning will check that out next year :)

Happy Holidays <3

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by lucb1e » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:32 PM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #82

Zhyl wrote: post #8

Weirdly, perl. I found myself on a client site in a locked down environment with only the Windows version of GIT installed. Powershell disabled, no other programs allowed. I had to produce reports on the log files for this machine, but had to obfuscate information before taking it off the server. I discovered that git had bash installed quite early on, so my initial automation and reporting was based on UNIX pipeline…

My team has used Perl successfully for 13 years. We use modern Perl and the code is clean. In the process of switching new team members to Python as it is hard to hire people with Perl. I still think the meta capability in Perl is stronger than Python.

I'm a security guy but like to develop as well. I'd apply for a job in Perl any day, despite not knowing it very well and Python being my main language. But I guess it's easy to say when I just read that you're having trouble hiring, as my expectations of entry requirements are now different. Anyway, it's a shame you have to make such a big change for what shouldn't be a big deal. The language is a tool -- I've even written C# in Visual Studio on Windows 8 for a year in two different companies, which is about as Microsoft-oriented as you can get (I'd rather use something Linux-based). Unless there are major deficiencies and the team is looking to move away already, it shouldn't be a problem to adapt to the team's standards.

Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?

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Post by severino » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 6:32 PM UTC

cjvirtucio wrote: post #16

.NET Core. It's got everything I need from the java world, without the baggage from being an old technology.

Why exactly do you consider it an old technology? The language is evolving the same way others do, with improvements and additions. In fact it recently got a shorter release cycle with new versions every six months.