Rust and Webassembly.
Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
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Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#282I learned CSS Grids, and I like it!
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#283Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chris! I owe you big time for your getting started with KiCad youtube series. Your "Getting To Blinky" video is what gave me the confidence to get started with PCB design, so thank you! If you're ever in the Chicago area, I'd love to buy you a beer.
I live in Chicago, actually! You should come to our meetup, going to have one in January: https://www.meetup.com/Hardware-Happy-Hour-3H-Chicago/
Whoa, nice! Sometimes, the world is smaller than you think. Joined up, looking forward to January!
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#284AWS Redshift, and some other services
Apache Spark and Flink
Docker
C on UNIX
Tried to learn Qt for mobile but could never get it going
Python
My favourite is C on UNIX
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#285I have learned Jenkins and Mobx and am learning ML and Rust. I started on a compiler for a toy language in Rust and C/C++ and despite Rust being a bit tricky, I would feel vastly more confident about deploying something in Rust. Plus, the tools are a joy, whereas C++ tooling is well.. not.
Plus we got our first customers for a web app!
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#286I 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).
What are the interesting things for you in the compilers space?
LLVM and levels like MIR in Rust: https://github.com/nox/rust-rfcs/blob/master/text/1211-mir.m...
I find that these kinds of efforts allow an increase in programmer productivity. MIR is reasoned in the previous link, and LLVM is interesting because it then allows the "enhanced" code to be shared among many other platforms with seemingly zero-cost to the programmer.
That is, if you can jabber about programming language theory and write compiler code, I think you can have an impact on the industry which exceeds that of a machine learning engineer (which at least my peers usually think that are driving the future).
Then again, I currently do not know how the sausage is made. I might be wrong.
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#287Julia :) For scientific programming, it's a lot more fun than Python. And so far the community if friendly and responsive.
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#288Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you watch the video he posted, it sounds a lot like a product unveilment, hence my question, followed by my thoughts so my post did not seem like empty criticism. There is no singular purpose of HN. People post their businesses and their hobbies here.
Sure, but the thread was about learning and the GP referenced learning several times. So in this context, it was a learning project, and it sounds like a great one. It's good that you added those details. Your original comment was a shallow dismissal, which breaks the site guidelines (not good) but the details are substantive and interesting (much better). Still, even the edited comment comes across as a cross-examin…
I think what you're saying boils down to is: speak the language (or dialect) of the culture. You brought up a lot of valid points which reflect my lack of empathetic effort in reply to his post, as well as displayed great dexterity in using those skills in your response. I'll pull them out of my toolbox in the future.
In regards to asking whether someone's hobby project is intended as a prototype, a clarification: This was not based on his (what I still question is a hobby) product, but on his presentation.
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#289Unfortunately nothing. While I had years where I learned about 3 programming languages, this year was mostly about getting a work project done and guiding a team of more junior developers in it.
Part of that felt good too - but the fact that I tought a technology which I personally don’t find that appealing made it less fulfilling.
Re: Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
#290I made a robot (CNC machine) that makes string art [0]. I never worked with anything hardware / electronics related, so I learned a ton of things in the process:
* how CNC machines work
* microcontroller programming
* 3d printing
* electronics