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

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Post by auto »

Jhsto wrote: post #55

I discarded job opportunities with web programming in Go and instead started learning about software-defined radio from scratch. Eventually, I got my own LTE network up. I think there are interesting things happening in the compiler space, so I hope to learn more about those. Coincidentally, I find Rust my favorite "tech" in 2018 because of the compiler and its various targets (like Nvidia cards).

Could you point in the direction of some of the software radio resources? My last two years at work has had me in the embedded Bluetooth space, where we just use a proprietary soft radio blob that’s still a total black box to me.

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

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Post by gronne »

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…

Im curious to what tasks you felt you could not solve in bash incl. the nix toolchain?

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

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Post by teleclimber »

I am working on a project that involves running untrusted JS, so I am learning about Linux containers (via lxc/lxd) and decided that Go would be a more appropriate language to build this on so I'm learning that too along the way.

I must say it's a lot to take in but these are really interesting technologies that should serve me well over the next few years, especially coming from node/JS.

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

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Post by Oras »

- Go Lang

- Kafka

- NodeJs

- React. It was a bit of steep learning curve for me as I’m mainly a backender but once I got the essential concepts it was really awesome)

- mongo (quite like it with NodeJs but not with go Lang. For anyone going to start with mongo I recommend using Robo GUI client)

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

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Post by dominotw »

rwallace wrote: post #9

Java 11, which has come a very long way from the verbose, clunky language of two decades ago; particularly combined with a top-notch IDE like Intellij IDEA, the current version of the language is a joy to program in.

whats a good resource to get upto date with diff between 11 and 8

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

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Post by dominotw »

dsiegel2275 wrote: post #23

Machine Learning. In 2018 I went from "zero to sixty", so to speak. At the beginning of the year I knew nothing about ML, and my math skills had gotten so rusty I couldn't even remember how to do simple derivatives or multiply two matrices. In the first half of 2018 I relearned the college math that I had forgotten by working through MIT OCW's Linear Algebra, Calculus, and Probability courses. In the Fall, I enrolled…

curious, what you are planning to do with the new knowledge

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

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Post by aviv »

None. There was no need to. Focus your energy on actually making more money and growing your business using tools you already know and are most comfortable with. Improving marketing and sales is more important than chasing after the next best tech stack.
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