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Re:How to Start a Ruby Meetup on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:28PM (#48855049)
How to make a network on meetups and turn into opportunity I mean asking for referral in their companies. first of all how to open without hesitation..
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:49AM (#48759961)
Location: Bangalore, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Go, Java, Microservices, Springboot, K8s, Gen AI Résumé/CV: Email: [email protected]
One follow-up question I’ve been thinking about:

In the AI era, is it still worth spending significant time reading deep CS books like Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann?

Part of my hesitation is that AI tools can generate implementations for many distributed system patterns now. At the same time, I suspect that without understanding the underlying ideas (replication, consistency, partitioning, event logs, etc.), it’s hard to judge whether the AI-generated solution is actually correct.

For those who’ve read DDIA or similar books, did the knowledge meaningfully change how you design systems in practice?

AI tools are making me lose interest in CS fundamentals

With powerful AI coding assistants, I sometimes feel less motivated to study deep computer science topics like distributed systems and algorithms. AI can generate solutions quickly, which makes the effort of learning the fundamentals feel less urgent.For those who have been in the industry longer, why do you think it’s still important to stay strong in CS fundamentals?

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Exploring the Role and Importance of Key-Value Databases in Modern Development

"Hey HN community! I've been curious about the growing prevalence of key-value databases in modern development. What are your thoughts on their role and importance in today's tech landscape?How has the use of key-value databases evolved in recent years? What specific scenarios or applications do you find key-value databases to be particularly well-suited for? Are there any challenges or...

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Re:How Netflix Really Uses Java on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:21AM (#37843116)
Ha..Ha.Ha
Re:How RocksDB Works on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:21PM (#35683317)
Great post on rocksdb

Why mind is so complicated?

Our brain has evolved a lot with which we invented many miracles but the same mind generates lot of useless, meaning less, negative thoughts.. does all human being experience this..

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When I am stressed out monkey mind will get stronger and stronger I will be out of control..
Re:How to become good at system design? on Saturday January 15, 2022 @02:26AM (#29944453)
SDI?
Re:How to become good at system design? on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:46AM (#29935060)
people who works on CRUD applications will stay far.. far.. away from the system design and distributed systems.
Re: on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:19AM (#29890063)
looks like signal server is completely backed by java and redis(pub/sub) when compared to WhatsApp which is backed by erlang Is WhatsApp complicated their architecture by choosing erlang? Is signal getting benefit from java for handling million of concurrent users..
Re:How do you stop your excitement? on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:11AM (#29873078)
I get more excited very often when external events happens. reasons I could think of are I'm loner, shy, introvert

Back to work after a nice vacation

back to work after 15 days all these days no scrum, meeting it was so peaceful. what are some of the hacks that i can reduce my anxiety of what would something go wrong? what my manager talks about my pending tasks, thinking of all worst scenarios that may or may not happen.

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How did you get rid of sexual obsessive thoughts?

When i'm under work stress looking at same sex sometimes i get these thoughts because of this stress/anxiety goes up and i will have panic attacks,i'm straight guy who is intrested in only girls these thougths started some 2 years back when i'm bullied by some team members becuase of my shyness i was not opening up with the other colleagues who happens to be all the girls. from that time on...

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I show only interested in programming, Tech

I am senior engineer but when the task involves business use cases I will be demotivated to work but if it is tech related I will be more enthusiastic to work on.. so because of this my performance is stuck..for others I look like still I have academic mindset which may be true..Any body with me? How you guys overcame this

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How to remove ruminating thoughts?

As I'm getting treated for social phobia still what guidance you can give me to come out of thoughts like some one seeing and judging/laughing at me because something i'm not able to do properly for instance i am new to go for gym somewhat due to fear or something that i don't know clearly some of the workout positions are not comfortable to me though instructor showed me 2-3 times but still...

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