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The other link for this is cpu.land -- stick to your 'official' urls! -- shared and discussed a few weeks ago
I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
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Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#152Very nicely written, and congrats on doing such a deep dive on this kind of topic. These days 17 year olds can get away with "programming" by gluing things they don't understand, but I think they'll eventually hit a ceiling. So what you're doing is super valuable, not for yourself, but for everyone else who will learn from your materials. Well done :) EDIT: now go write an emulator if you haven't already, it's a ton…
> These days 17 year olds can get away with "programming" by gluing things they don't understand,
That was me 10 years ago as 30 year old dev just breaking in. Some things never change.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#153The only thing is I hate titles like this—the title is bragging a bit too much. Maybe a title more like: “How I’m helping my high school peers learn about CPUs”. That way it implies you’re young, smart, and care about others—all of which I imagine are true :)
I didn't really like the title of the HN post either, but I don't think it needs much change. Just drop the "I'm 17 and" part and do "I wrote this guide on hwo CPUs run progra..."
The "I'm 17" part just felt irrelevant to me in a technical work. I.e. it's either technically correct or it's not. However, I can see a strong argument about why it should be in the title. If you care about meta details of the work, it's certainly different and interesting to be produced by someone so young. I suppose part of this is my own life experience talking, and very likely means I'm projecting. When I was a teenager I hated divulging that to others on the internet because they treated me differently when they found out how old I was.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#154You've found your calling! Keep up the amazing work.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#155What's your advice on how to teach programming to my kid? Curious to hear what another young person thinks. Kid is 11, has all the basics, knows how to type, knows how to open a terminal. What things did you think were important to learn, what kinds of things motivated you most? What did you do when you got stuck?
IME the key is to give them a problem they are excited about, and have them solve it. Much easier said than done :-)
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#156What happened to the Show HN: on this?
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#157OP, don't excuse your work by prefixing it with your age. Your write-up is better than most people will ever do. Nice work!
I'm 43 and I agree with this.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#158Hi! I'm Lexi, I wrote this article/mini-book. There's a classic question of "what happens when you load a website?", but I've always been more interested in "what happens when you run a program?". About 3 months ago, I was really annoyed at myself for not knowing how to answer that question so I decided to teach myself. I taught myself everything else I know in programming, so this should be easy, right? NOPE! Appare…
You've found your calling! Keep up the amazing work.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#159This site doesn't explain how CPUs run programs. It only explained the instructions that CPUs will run and some abstractions on top of that, but not how CPUs typically run those instructions.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#160Hi! I'm Lexi, I wrote this article/mini-book. There's a classic question of "what happens when you load a website?", but I've always been more interested in "what happens when you run a program?". About 3 months ago, I was really annoyed at myself for not knowing how to answer that question so I decided to teach myself. I taught myself everything else I know in programming, so this should be easy, right? NOPE! Appare…
Others have already mentioned how high-quality this is, but I feel the need to reinforce it. The content is excellent, the framing is smooth, the presentation is accessible, and gorgeous. And beyond all that, you also ensured that the generated PDF is high-quality. I'm incredibly impressed. Keep up the great work, but most importantly, hold on to your passion and care! All the best, -HG
Glad you like the PDF! Fun fact: it's actually the print stylesheet output of the one-pager edition. Hit Ctrl-P on https://cpu.land/editions/one-pager (pref. in Chrome)