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Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by thorax »

gnaritas wrote: post #5
ballred wrote: post #2

Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like talking to coders and finding out what they're working on. It's a great source of inspiration for the next idea. I also have to admit that there's a part of me that wishes I would have learned to write code so that I could do more prototyping on my own. I have a…

Try not calling us coders, I don't know any programmer/developer who likes being called a coder.

I'm fine with being called a coder, but probably only because I'm not given much opportunity to do it these days.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by kajecounterhack »

mainsequence wrote: post #4

I work in public television and like the thoughtful articles and threads on trends in media and meta-cognition (like the "how do you learn" thread). I don't code, but have have mad respect for the hackers.

Well...I'm a programmer, not a hacker. So do I count?

YC is how I get my tech news. Just YC, Slashdot and Engadget for me.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by kajecounterhack »

ardit33 wrote: post #8
cstejerean wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I prefer "code ninja".

when I see those "code ninja needed", posts, it just makes me laugh. Juvenile at best, idiotic at worse. It is hard to take those companies that do that seriously. Tell me, what does a code ninja do? Write fast and crappy code, and disapear, so some other poor soul have to maintain it? Crash the whole server with two lines of recurisve calls? Check-in code so stealthy that Subversion doesn't even detect it? Ps. I not…

Well...I'm a code pirate. So there.

And I'm fine being called a coder, it doesn't really matter what we're called right? Its more about what we do ;)

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by ALee »

I don't read any other tech news. This source is generally the stuff that matters.

It also lets me see what are the new trends to spot in the web industry.

Lastly, it teaches me how to think like a hacker, which gets me closer and closer to being useful at our early stage.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by derefr »

ardit33 wrote: post #8
cstejerean wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I prefer "code ninja".

when I see those "code ninja needed", posts, it just makes me laugh. Juvenile at best, idiotic at worse. It is hard to take those companies that do that seriously. Tell me, what does a code ninja do? Write fast and crappy code, and disapear, so some other poor soul have to maintain it? Crash the whole server with two lines of recurisve calls? Check-in code so stealthy that Subversion doesn't even detect it? Ps. I not…

As far as I can tell, they assassinate bugs before users even realize they're there.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by euccastro »

gnaritas wrote: post #5
ballred wrote: post #2

Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like talking to coders and finding out what they're working on. It's a great source of inspiration for the next idea. I also have to admit that there's a part of me that wishes I would have learned to write code so that I could do more prototyping on my own. I have a…

Try not calling us coders, I don't know any programmer/developer who likes being called a coder.

FWIW I'm one that doesn't care either way.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by sonink »

kajecounterhack wrote: post #12
mainsequence wrote: post #4

I work in public television and like the thoughtful articles and threads on trends in media and meta-cognition (like the "how do you learn" thread). I don't code, but have have mad respect for the hackers.

Well...I'm a programmer, not a hacker. So do I count? YC is how I get my tech news. Just YC, Slashdot and Engadget for me.

i think everyone here assumes hackers means programmers..and also sometime those who build stuff often creatively..the word hacker i guess is much abused by the media to refer to whom most hackers call crackers

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by ballred »

gnaritas wrote: post #5
ballred wrote: post #2

Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like talking to coders and finding out what they're working on. It's a great source of inspiration for the next idea. I also have to admit that there's a part of me that wishes I would have learned to write code so that I could do more prototyping on my own. I have a…

Try not calling us coders, I don't know any programmer/developer who likes being called a coder.

Thanks for the correction, I'll remember that.

Re: Only for non-hackers: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

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Post by brlewis »

gnaritas wrote: post #5
ballred wrote: post #2

Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like talking to coders and finding out what they're working on. It's a great source of inspiration for the next idea. I also have to admit that there's a part of me that wishes I would have learned to write code so that I could do more prototyping on my own. I have a…

Try not calling us coders, I don't know any programmer/developer who likes being called a coder.

I don't mind being called a coder, but then I don't mind being called an information plumber either.
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