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Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Re: Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Post by augment001 »

awb wrote: post #11

On a related note: I Just a new app called Boring Report on r/SideProject that strips clickbait content from articles so you can read the info without the sensationalism https://www.boringreport.org/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/12bgn7p/weve_c...

Awesome idea!

Re: Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Post by joebob42 »

sassifrass wrote: post #9
Arch485 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sounds like OP is in university, so they could have anywhere from no free time to mostly free time.

What made you think that? Based on the author’s Twitter feed [1] and own website [2] they currently work at Notion [1] https://twitter.com/thesephist [2] https://thesephist.com/

They say in the OP that they did this as opposed to database homework.

Re: Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Post by thesephist »

Arch485 wrote: post #7
nomel wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I ask this honestly, possibly because I'm of an inferior build, but do these types of people have jobs?

It sounds like OP is in university, so they could have anywhere from no free time to mostly free time.

This project is from a couple of years ago. Sibling comment is correct that I'm working now.

Re: Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Post by thesephist »

Hey HN! Fun to see this project from my college years on HN again. To clear my name, I have actually written other languages that are arguably more useful, like Oak [0] which I used to build a bunch of personal software infrastructure [1] including my current daily-driver apps for notes, longform writing, a Twitter client, a personal search engine, and a few other knickknacks.

I find building little toy interpreters and programming languages fantastically fulfilling, creatively energizing, and a really fun way to learn how such a common element of our work that's often a black box functions inside. I've written before about how to get started [2] with these kinds of little toy programming language projects if you're curious to dive in.

[0] https://oaklang.org/

[1] https://github.com/topics/oaklang

[2] https://thesephist.com/posts/pl/

Re: Tabloid – The Clickbait Headline Programming Language

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Post by nine_k »

ukuina wrote: post #6
luuuzeta wrote: post #2

The author has one of the most interesting projects list I've seen: https://thesephist.com/projects/

This guy ships!

Look how rolling his own basically everything, except an OS, seems to work pretty well.

Given time and ability, making what you need almost from scratch may be not just viable, but productive.

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