Android programming, Terraform, Docker and putting containers in production using Kubernetes. I also want to improve my mentoring skills as I've realized I've become a fairly senior developer nowadays.
Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#342A bit meta, and will probably get lost, but I would strongly encourage anyone answering this question to also include: "and this is how I plan to do it"
Firstly, because if you don't have some kind of plan, there's no hope, so try and work out what that is now; second, you'll give people who already know that skill a way to advise you.
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#343I want to learn to drive and get a UK driving licence.
I'd advise against the one week intensive courses - the muscle memory just takes time to build. A one hour lesson once a week is about right, with maybe an hour more practice per week if you can persuade a friend to take you out. Allow one week per your year of age is the rule of thumb. Good luck!
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#344* How to make a simple MMORPG. * Understand what toposes are. * Understand what monads are.
A recommendation for monads. Don't read too much tutorials, try it. Programm in some languages that emphasises monads and then reflect how you used them. I think these fundamental concepts are way easier to experience than to explain. Edit: what are toposes and why do you want to learn it? Has it some connection to topology?
All the "monad tutorials" are utter crap. Esp. the one with the burritos in spacesuits. All you need to know is that a monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors and it all comes naturally from there.
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#345Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great idea. Adding it to our roadmap. The idea is that we will initially start off with in-app NPS, then explore other channels like email campaigns, SMS, Android and iOS SDKs. Once we have the entire workflow for NPS worked out, we can look at customizable surveys and other survey types.
That sounds good. I think your challenge will be that organisations who offer online resources (client portals etc) or mobile apps probably also have CRMs, so could replicate your product pretty easily. That said, if you can feed your data straight into the 2 leading CRMs globally (salesforce and dynamics 365) you might be able to leverage them to your advantage.
Yes, integrations are the key. We are currently working on a Zapier integration since that is the easiest way to connect with multiple 3rd party APIs. Later on, we will add support for Salesforce and other CRMs.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#346How to repair more stuff.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#347My goal is to learn enough tech to build an end to end web based application. Planning to learn python, then html/css, MySQL and move onto learning deployment with AWS.... let's see how it goes !
There's many options for Python but check out CherryPy. If you can write a class, and a few methods that return text (or HTML) you can write a full blown website with CherryPy. It maps methods to URLs. http://cherrypy.org/ Just look at HelloWorld. As for templating, I personally use Mako: http://www.makotemplates.org/ Mako is used by Reddit. A few months back I was hired to code a back-end API and I chose Python and…
Thank you, will check them out !
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#348I want to write a real, hand-holding example for using GenStage and Elixir for a real tangible feature. The official documentation sucks and does nothing to illustrate how to use it in a real setting. I've tried to understand what it does and how it works about once a month for the past four months but I still don't get it. http://elixir-lang.org/blog/2016/07/14/announcing-genstage/ Hopefully I can understand it soon…
Tuning GenStage/Flow pipeline processing[1] is a good, albeit brief, real-world example.
[1] http://teamon.eu/2016/tuning-elixir-genstage-flow-pipeline-p...
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#349Anger management. I don't understand how most people can get through a week without killing each other.
Seriously give meditation a try. Also try to knock off stimulants and depressants, high-GI foods/drinks, and up your exercise frequency.
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#350I want to learn C++, specifically for the Ue4 engine. I have spent a few years using blueprints and prototyping games for mobile, PC and VR and it looks like I might be able to actually get into the VR thing full time next year. I imagine I will need to have a good grasp of C++ to really commit full time.
Planning to use the Unreal tutorials and then a few YouTube tutorials I found and I'll check out Pluralsight, and then just start building stuff!
I'm coming from a C# base so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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