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Re:How I use LLMs to learn complex topics on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @06:53AM (#49270424)
I am really fascianted by this topic. Like i want to learn about lot of stuff that I couldnt easily and couldnt make time for and also learn critical thinking as well. But i feel llms cant help to learn properly.

From many research paper i skimmed ( without llm, from youtube videos though :p) i understand its the friction of not understanding and then getting +/- feedback faster with lots of iteration helps us learn fast. But for knowledge work it seems very hard as there isnt any verifier that can give me the mental mode that will evolve/extend my current mental model.

One feedback mechanism can be testing myself on the topic but software engineering related tasks are pretty hard to do without expermiemnt and experience.

Re:Writing by hand is good for your brain on Saturday July 25, 2026 @06:49AM (#49046449)
Silly question, if we believe the concept of evolution then we evolved to write by hands to materialize our thoughts. But as in some future we might not have paper to write on ( though we have writeable devices)

this gives me a question like when would our brain think its time to evolve from handwritting to typing and then typing to Brain computer interface so that we can write at the speed of thought?

would love to know how can i improve if you can give some feedback like which part is confusing.
will try it this weekend. Thanks for the suggestion
Learning java is not that hard. I really love this language with all its quirks. so i guess i will be little biased here but its my fault not to represent the information in such a way that it can be more intuitive.
the source is mostly the content tags in each blog posts. https://mohibulsblog.netlify.app/blog/ each post have some content tags. graph is based on that.
sorry as UI was not optimized enough for mobile but my intention was to show the adventure of writing and learning more about java
I completed 100 Days of Java and ended up and it took me roughly 5 years.

Made an interactive map/index of the posts, linked by related topics. I made it to make the series easier to browse by concept instead of only by day number.

Re:What 81,000 people want from AI on Thursday March 19, 2026 @04:20AM (#47436384)
I work sometimes in frontend and mostly in backend but I cant still comprehend why are we going backwards. shouldnt the websites be so optimized that they should be able to run in normal pc / smartphone rather than s23 is failing to load it. I guess at least bigger companies have that kind of resource for optimization but still not doing it why?
Re:An interactive intro to Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:34AM (#47215660)
TBH i needed this when i was working on my undergrad thesis with ECC and ECDHA but thanks author for making this. Helped me remember all the fundamentals.
Re:No Bookmarks on Saturday February 28, 2026 @02:07PM (#47199007)
same here. That is why i came to discussion to find out how are people using those.
Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @06:35AM (#45744972)
can it be like perceiving the value is higher making your taste as good as it is the value of it? can it be a placebo effect?
Re:A Comprehensive Survey of Self-Evolving AI Agents [pdf] on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:04AM (#44898341)
I was thinking like your source of learning, it can be books, tutorial etc. I am not asking for blogs or tutorials made by you
Re:A Comprehensive Survey of Self-Evolving AI Agents [pdf] on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:01AM (#44886159)
would love to know how? do you have any blogs or tutorials that I can follow to get started on making self evolving ai agents?

Ask HN: Critical thinking system prompt for ChatGPT, Claude etc.

Anyone made any system prompts for ChatGPT, Claude etc llms where it will let you think critically and improve your analytical abilities and thought process by being a genuinely interested partner/debate/devils advocate/research scientist?Like it will help me think critically/out of the box/ creatively and broaden my horizons rather than answering like a sycophant?

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I have used Azure AI services whisper model and for some other users Google Gemini 2.5

These worked really great for our usecase where we needed to transcribe from 6 different languages in production

Ask HN: Is learnig just pattern matching and project known patterns to find new

I am trying to study ML/AI and the more I dive into it to teach these models to recognize stuff and generate stuff, this question came to my mind like is the process of learning and synthesizing information to knowledge and wisdom is just pattern matching? We use other patterns to find new pattern and try to fit novel stuff into those known patterns? or extend those pattern?just some rumbling...

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The question and this comment[1] help me narrow down my real question which is

I want to learn enough mathematics that will help me to understand and learn about ML/AI and newer research and furthermore quantum computing.

Is that even possible? If so which topics I can target first? That will help me refactor and rebuild my foundational mathematical knowledge

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42933232

Re:An Unreasonable Amount of Time on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:23PM (#42582002)
I have silly question to anyone here who is willing to answer

I truly understand it takes unreasonable amount of time and dedicated focused effort to get good at something. But why is there any explanation for it? I know about the traditional neuro-sci explanation of myelin[1].

So my question is, is there any research on how to reduce this time? Like we all know life is short and as human we have interest in many things and we should specialize and try to go deep in one craft.But is there any way of getting closed to that master level performance in short practice-perfomance cycle

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4261922/

Ask HN: Asking for implementable advice for taking ownership of Software Product

I am working as a senior Software Engineer consultant for a crm company which is a saas based product for 2+ years.Recently all the core team members have left the company and only the remaining senior engineer and offshore employee ( me and another engineer) is left and the core engineer will also be going away soon.Manager is asking us (offshore team) to figure the stuff out ourselves as the...

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Re:Learning to Learn on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:11AM (#41911370)
I so much agree with you. I understand and remember the things I learn more when I am having fun or it piqued my curiosity. But I guess shortness of time needs us to focus on the efficiency aspect of it too.
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @05:16AM (#41718658)
thank you so much. I will look into erlang in anger then
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang? on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @03:37AM (#41718144)
Thank you so much for these resources

Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Erlang?

I have working experience of using java and javscript.But my current project requires me to learn erlang and in a faster pace as well. Currently I am looking into `LearnXinYmin` and learn you some erlang for great good book. But for me book is a very tough way to learn a language. So I started looking into exercism to practice erlang by doing hands on coding. Are there any better approach to...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2024) on Thursday September 05, 2024 @07:22AM (#41455518)
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (Open to relocation) Remote: Yes (Strongly preferred) Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Vue.js, AngularJS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL AWS, Docker

ABOUT: Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in developing scalable, high-performance applications. Strong background in backend technologies, with a focus on creating robust, user-friendly applications.

Core Skills: Backend: Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Node.js, RESTful APIs, GraphQL

Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, Angular.js, Nuxt.js, HTML5, CSS3

Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch

Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions

Testing: JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Selenium

Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, TDD, BDD

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohibulhassan

GitHub: https://github.com/dhrubo55

Blog: http://mohibulsblog.netlify.app

More details can be found on Profile: https://profile.fyi/mohibulhassan

Ask HN: Advice on Relocation as Software Engineer(CA,AU,EU,NZ,Malaysia,Thailand)

Hi HN,My wife and I are both Software Engineers with 5 years of experience each.We are from Bangladesh. We're considering relocating to one of the following countries: Canada, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, New Zealand, Malaysia, or Thailand. We're seeking advice on navigating the job market and visa processes in these regions.We've heard that software engineering is...

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