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Re:You Only Need to Test with 5 Users (2000) on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:33AM (#20441782)
But doesn't the Law of Large Numbers disagree with this. Yes the first 5 Users (froma random sample size in the target market) could agree, when you get to larger numbers the real observations come out.

Ask HN: Tell company I am getting actively recruited?

I am getting actively recruited from both large and small companies. I am not interested as a enjoy my job alot. But my yearly review is coming and I know from others that the negotiate raises. Should I let them know about this/will that leave a sour taste with them? I don't want to threaten but also want them to knnow where Im coming from.

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Re:The Art of Command Line (2015) on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:50AM (#19992826)
> Know > overwrites the output file and >> appends. Learn about stdout and stderr.

Yep, learned that the hard way

Re:Ask HN: Approaching a Company with a Bad Website on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:46AM (#19970599)
Thanks for that. Listening is key. How do I even approach them to begin with (cold email/call)?

Ask HN: Approaching a Company with a Bad Website

I see bad websites alot. I work remotely and alot of my clients are from refers or word of mouth. It is great but I want to expand my market beyond that. How do you approach companies with website that could need major improvement (UI/UX, SEO, re-branding, etc?)

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Counter to this: Door to door salesman were the common occurrence. Now I do not know if the average person liked having people walk up there door, but how else would you sell something in competitive (arguable even un competitive) markets? Look at even ads in newspaper/magazines. One could argue ads took up wasted page space. What is the solution to advertisement alternatives in a capitalist society? (Genuine question)

I would also say this is different than restaurants who is able to sell locally or products that can be sold with media (i.e. cartoon shows that sell related toys).

Ask HN: Should CTO have majority of company ownership?

Preface this by saying I know a company takes more than just a Product. That you have to sell and manage people. Currently I am in a team of three and I am the developer so the other two are being marketing and business. I hate meetings and trying to seel our product so I am glad someone is doing that. But to be honest, at the end of the day I am working those long nights making the product. I...

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2 point is overstated in media.

" there is “no indication” O’Rourke actually ever broke into computers or even possessed the skills to do so. Instead, O’Rourke’s membership is linked to his participation in online discussion forums ran by the group. Beto himself operated one such forum known as “TacoLand” to discuss mostly punk rock."

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/beto-orourke-infamous-hacker...

Re:The Plight of the Graying Tech Worker on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:37PM (#19515775)
This has already perplexed me on this shift - on discrimination on older tech workers and woman in tech compared to now- because 40 years ago THEY were the predominant tech force. The idea of the young white-asian male being dominant in this work force is relatively new, correct? What shift happened?
Re:80% of the Web Powered by PHP (2017) on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:15PM (#19465913)
Recent (funny) Observation, I hear more non-programmers trash PHP than actual programmers
The real storm is realizing through Facebook OAuth you cannot access your affiliate accounts. Caution to move your accounts away from Facebook

Edit: Or have other methods than just relying on Facebook authentication

Re:Amazon’s Alexa Has 80k Apps and No Runaway Hit on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:25PM (#19371983)
When I turn down the Alexa because of music but then I ask Alexa what is the weather, it is the same volume as down and I cant hear it. Then I have to say increase volume and then ask Alexa again.

This is small but I think defines the missing design principle of Alexa. Yes I want the music to be low when Im doing active 1, but the introduction of new action of knowing the weather I need to hear it. These are the little "smart" features that are needed for a product that Amazon is striving for needs.

Edit: I actually say Echo because I think we should stop personifying technology.

Re:Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2019? on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:32AM (#19246299)
I am the only software engineer at my company so here are my tl;dr;

1. Pro: I have ownership and gaining experience in multiple areas ranging from networking, QA, Testing, design architecture where at bigger companies I may only be in one of those foci.

2. Con: No Coding Reviews. I cannot bounce ideas of someone and trying my best to produce the best codes but I believe I need a Senior/Prinicpal above me to help me on this front.

Re:Moving from Ruby to Rust on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:46PM (#19168517)
tl;dr important to know the engine behind the languages

This might not be the reason for the author, but for me I understood Ruby limitation with ruby global interpreter lock. For smaller applications I knew this wouldnt be an issue, but when my applications began slowing down I would check the processes and understand that my Rails application are operating only on one single thread. Then I access if I should keep try optimizing or if something like Elixir is a better solution. Same process with JS

Re:On Being a Principal Engineer on Sunday February 10, 2019 @03:13PM (#19129716)
I am 23, just got my first real job and this has been on my mind as well. Although its early (I have been programming unprofessionally for 10 years),what track I want to go Senior or Principal based on the author's definition. Do I want to be the one who knows the tech stack from the back of my hand or managing people to move the overall goals of the company. Although the author says both roles involves people, at the end of the day the only way to become a better engineer is working on hard problems in the trenches. So the more you manage people the more you lose time "crafting" your skill. It's based on the individual pref, but right now I am at that crossroads.
Re:MyBrandNewLogo – A 3-step Logo Generator on Monday February 04, 2019 @05:23PM (#19081238)
I typed in "cocoon" and it gave me typewriters as my logos...Nice website, but deliverable, not great.

Silver-lining: There will "always" be work for designers who take their time to understand the depth behind a logo/company and create something unique.

Ask HN: Remote Startup Weekend/Hackathon

I have been to many hackathons and Startup Weekends(where you create a solution for an idea in a weekend) but I know most people are not in an area that does it and for the most part, people attend these types of events to meet up. So why hold physical boundraies, open to anyone.Are people interested in a platform where you get linked with random people and that weekend you solve a random...

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Ask HN: General Formula to choosing a language

I am speaking at a talk "What programming language should I choose" and thought would be funny to have a formula to convey the meat of it. Am I missing something or do you have a better formula?f(x) = (context * times) - financial netcontext = what are you working ontimes = how current is the language, are there newer better ones or are their current versions unstablefinancial net = will this...

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Re:Ask HN: Is web development still a viable career choice? on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @10:20AM (#18856056)
Right now yes, in the near future, probably not. As automation and better services come out, website development will be one of the first jobs to be replaced by this. Although services like Wordpress, Wix, have their problems, they get better and better every day. In the future, no one will be coding websites/not a viable career option (people may just code on the side website for really niche things)

It is a great launchpad to do other programming besides web dev. Go into web dev, because there is a lot of cool tech in it and lessons. But learn other technologies as well that will not be replaced by automation.

Ask HN: Has HN karma ever helped you?

Wondering from people's experience because some of my friends actually got jobs for having a high StackOverflow reputation score. But HN is not as technical so wondering if people have stories of the karma coming in handy.Or I am just looking to deep into it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? on Sunday January 06, 2019 @01:05PM (#18839595)
InkDrop https://inkdrop.app/

Google Keep

Physical Moleskin Notebook 4inc x 2 inch in back pocket

.txt file where I write quick stuff in terminal

I do not have one source but a combination of mediums to jot down my thoughts. I prefer that than having a centralized place because different thoughts and ideas are better conveyed in different ways.

> You're not well-positioned to understand the core nature of problems, and which are most important, from the outside

Great point. What startups that are trying to infiltrate "old/traditional" industries like hospitals or healthcare are realizing. Need to shadow doctors to see their workflow, not just propose a solution based on your observation or reading articles about hospital shortcomings.

What I found in my experience is that an idea is great but until you start working on it, you will not know if you're passionate/interested/capable/ready for it.

I have a lot of projects/ideas that I am working on or want to work on. I jump from one project to the next until there is one that really grasps me, then I try to finish till completion. Most people have shallow understandings of a lot of things. Only with deep knowledge does innovation or sparks of it come to being. So with your interest in a lot of subjects (Energy, AI, Healthcare) try to learn a little of them in the beginning beyond shallow understanding. MAybe you will find something from that.

Re:Firefox Fights for You. We keep your data safe, never sold on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:11PM (#18833931)
I will look into it!

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