Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#1

Post by sergiomattei » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:18 AM UTC

Hey Hacker News, what are you learning?

Personally I'm learning Elixir, and it's such a pleasant language. It feels great to write, and the packaging/build tools feel refreshing compared to the mess of Python.

Now, handing you the mic. Is there a new stack or language on your mind?

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#2

Post by MattGaiser » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:37 AM UTC

Finally getting around to learning full stack JS. Been doing Angular/React on the frontend for a while, but never did much beyond that.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#3

Post by approxim8ion » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:13 AM UTC

Capacitor. We had a project that was on Cordova, but it's likely time to switch.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#4

Post by toomanyducks » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:24 AM UTC

Stenography (typed) - maybe it'll be a useful skill in the future, maybe not. It's an excuse to spend an hour a day dissacosiating and developing muscle memory, and I need that dissacosiation a bit too much.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#5

Post by jacquesm » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:27 AM UTC

Piano. I've decided that more programming languages or web stacks are a complete waste of time. Piano is for life and I wished I had started doing this in earnest long ago.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#6

Post by nandaja » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:32 AM UTC

Was in a rut for way too long. Slowly getting back to learning by doing https://www.nand2tetris.org/. So far it has been enjoyable.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#7

Post by Flex247A » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:33 AM UTC

I am learning how the audio stacks in Windows and Linux work. I plan to create a simple library to play sound on both platforms (like RTAudio/PortAudio but simpler).

I am using C/C++ to program the library while learning essential concepts.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#8

Post by elias94 » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:34 AM UTC

Clojure. Is a complex language but it seems really speeding up your programming when you learn how to use it properly. And the community is really addicted to it.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#9

Post by zhdc1 » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:36 AM UTC

Parameter tuning for deep learning models.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

#10

Post by MattGaiser » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:36 AM UTC

approxim8ion wrote: post #3

Capacitor. We had a project that was on Cordova, but it's likely time to switch.

That was my first foray into app development when I was making an app for my BlackBerry back in high school. Fascinated that it is still around as I assumed the use case died when mobile coalesced around two platforms.