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Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by forbiddenvoid »

kumarvvr wrote: post #46

Some part of me wishes that programming and stuff ought to be of enough complexity so that only serious programmers lead the tech stuff. Too much of programming education / online stuff is muddled with millions of media items that cater to absolute beginners. I rarely come across deep, insightful articles that discuss at-least one level beyond the standard stuff. Any search for any programming related question leads…

There are far more beginners than people with enough knowledge to care about anything beyond that.

And that problem only becomes worse the further you get into these topics.

When you add to that the fact that anything specialized will become outdated very quickly, incentives are not aligned for there to be a lot of deep, insightful articles about anything.

There just aren't enough people who would be interested in it to make it worth the time someone would take to create it.

edit: And of course, StackOverflow is a great place to find these types of things because it serves as a watering hole for the types of questions and discussions it sounds like you would be interested in.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by gofreddygo »

bobowzki wrote: post #34

If you need flashcards for something that should be simple and logical... it's not.

Actually I see flashcards differently. I cannot agree with the "everything Flashcards" idea, it does not work for me, and I can't imagine learning from cards.

With flashcards, I can create an interconnected map in my mind, it supercharges learning, provides structure, makes digesting new content much easier. That ready cache of information has proved immensely useful.

Using just the tools of logic and reasoning is incredibly slow, error prone and exhausting. Especially in a time constrained and pressure setting e.g. a production issue, a discussion with people having differing opinions, a test or an interview.

Flashcards take out a lot of friction from knowledge retention.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

Sjonny wrote: post #27
baobabKoodaa wrote: post #7

Hi, author here. I'm so happy to see this appear on HN front page! I almost didn't post this on HN as I wasn't sure if there would be interest towards a site like this. I spent so many hours tinkering with the UI and crafting questions that I'm happy to see that people are finding value in it :)

This is neat. What I'm missing though is a static link to a particular card which I can then share with others.

Good idea! I added this on my to-do list.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

milansm wrote: post #39
baobabKoodaa wrote: post #7

Hi, author here. I'm so happy to see this appear on HN front page! I almost didn't post this on HN as I wasn't sure if there would be interest towards a site like this. I spent so many hours tinkering with the UI and crafting questions that I'm happy to see that people are finding value in it :)

This is exactly how I studied for hard (theory-heavy) exams at the university! If this would cover >90% of what can come up on the certification exam, I would be willing to pay! Please take my money!

Sorry, you're going to have to use it for free.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

david_allison wrote: post #44
ben174 wrote: post #31

Flashcards are my favorite way to learn - specifically to pass a test or gain some certification. I've standardized on a simple format of a google sheet with column A being the front side of the card, and column B being the back - and found a few decent iOS flash card apps that allow me to link to a google doc. So, do you have the whole list of questions in a consumable format I could get into a sheet?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XQ9Ejk2jePCmWU3vzt0w...

Oh, nice! I'm happy to see people importing the content to other apps.

(By the way, the README explains that the MIT license is for the code, not the content. Your excel gives the impression that the content is MIT licensed, and it is not. To clarify: I'm happy to see people copying the content to different places, I just don't want MIT license attached to the content, because I don't want people to make money by selling my content. Distributing the content for free is fine by me.)

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

waffletower wrote: post #21

I found the flashcards wordy. However, I feel they need to be even more wordy. Acronyms should be resolved, at least once, per card (preferably on the explanation, to aid teaching the acronym)

I know what you mean, I've been going back and forth with this. In some cases I've spelled out the entire acronym, like rarer acronyms, but with some common acronyms it's not worth it. For example, "S3" is "Simple Storage Service", and anybody who studies for AWS cert exams will learn that really fast, so it's not worth it to repeat it on every card. I think a nice solution would be hover tooltips to spell out acronyms, but it would take some work to get that done without breaking all the other functionality that's related to hovers.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by david_allison »

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #56
david_allison wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XQ9Ejk2jePCmWU3vzt0w...

Oh, nice! I'm happy to see people importing the content to other apps. (By the way, the README explains that the MIT license is for the code, not the content. Your excel gives the impression that the content is MIT licensed, and it is not. To clarify: I'm happy to see people copying the content to different places, I just don't want MIT license attached to the content, because I don't want people to make money by sel…

Oh, I'm so sorry! Picked the license from the sidebar of the GitHub. Updated.

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by baobabKoodaa »

david_allison wrote: post #58
baobabKoodaa wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, nice! I'm happy to see people importing the content to other apps. (By the way, the README explains that the MIT license is for the code, not the content. Your excel gives the impression that the content is MIT licensed, and it is not. To clarify: I'm happy to see people copying the content to different places, I just don't want MIT license attached to the content, because I don't want people to make money by sel…

Oh, I'm so sorry! Picked the license from the sidebar of the GitHub. Updated.

No worries! Thanks for contributing!

Re: Show HN: Flashcards to learn AWS skills

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Post by vngzs »

bredren wrote: post #35
js4ever wrote: post #2

Well done! Thanks for those who needs to pass AWS Certs. But on another side after checking few flashcards it seems you will turn into an AWS Marketing Parrot, more than really learning skills (Eg: question about AWS Shield)

In conversations recently around technical hiring I've found a heavy emphasis on "AWS" knowledge rather than infrastructure know-how or proven experience building on top of any stack. Sometimes, people don't even know what AWS is except that it is needed by their product. They need someone "strong in AWS." They don't know what AWS products they use or what they do. Separately, I have had a very senior developer conve…

I don't want to hear people tell me only how to solve problems with AWS's legos. Sure, we use them - and sure, knowing them will help you, but those tools are a crutch that is going to prevent you from solving tough problems if it's the only thing you know. You don't want to be stuck on a problem just because it's not in Amazon's toolbox yet.
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