Re:Making Hard Things Easy
by hiAndrewQuinn on Friday October 06, 2023 @02:35PM
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Julia has to be one of the most likable people in tech! Every time I read one of her articles I feel that same bubbly rush of excitement I got when I was a kid, just starting to unfurl the secrets of reality through my own little experiments. Absolutely lovely.
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She was LOVELY in person as well. I got her to sign my copy of How DNS Works.
Re:Making Hard Things Easy
by nuancebydefault on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:45PM
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For a second I thought you were talking about Julia the language. :)
Re:Making Hard Things Easy
by hiAndrewQuinn on Friday October 06, 2023 @08:05PM
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Shhh... You'll make me miss undergrad. c:
Very much. I'm usually not a fan of the "omg awesomesauce"-style of overexcited blogposts or tutorials, (I much prefer the drier, high signal-to-noise ratio, concise, beautiful texts of the Landau&Lifschitz style), but her posts all make me feel that giddy rush of excitement you're talking about :)
I think because it feels authentic, rather than forced.
It’s really easy to bleed one into the other.
Yes, it's rare to find someone who possesses deep technological know-how and is also a brilliant teacher and communicator. Andrej Karpathy is another who comes to mind. Fortunately, I've discovered that more people fit this mold recently.