Ask HN: How to go from tech-adjacent to SWE?
What projects, study plans, books, etc. would you recommend to someone that (1) has undergrad CS experience but (2) is in a non-SWE role at a software company?
jnac
Re:Having Self-Control Leads to Power [Study]
on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:11PM (#39648412)
What steps did you take to "cultivate self-control"?
Ask HN: Good open source codebases to study?
Looking to learn about best practices, specifically for Django, Mongo stack but open to other Python codebases as well.
Re:The new local data stack: Integrating Dagster, dbt and DuckDB
on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:13AM (#38642942)
Dagster (orchestration tool) is complementary to dbt core (open source CLI tool for defining data transformation jobs) but competitive to dbt cloud (SaaS, orchestrates dbt jobs).
Re:Longevity Drug for Dogs Passes Key FDA Hurdle
on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @11:59AM (#38447924)
On Tuesday, Loyal for Dogs announced that its first-of-its-kind longevity drug received the first of three green lights needed for FDA approval. The decision, made in early November, is essentially a vote of confidence from federal regulators that this drug should actually work to extend dogs' lifespans, based on evidence so far.
Longevity Drug for Dogs Passes Key FDA Hurdle
Re:Ask HN: Best app to read Hacker News on iPhone?
on Thursday July 20, 2023 @09:26AM (#36800098)
Octal
Re:Why Write?
on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:07AM (#36521416)
Is there any review(er) in particular you used as inspiration here? Curious if you treat this more as personal notes, or a public-facing review?
Re:Ask HN: How do you synthesize books that you read?
on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:35PM (#35766363)
Readwise reader is my go-to for articles; just hard to ingest from physical books.
Re:Ask HN: How do you synthesize books that you read?
on Sunday April 30, 2023 @04:33PM (#35766348)
This is a beautiful app - my problem with tools like this is I don't use a Kindle so ingesting highlights is painful, but I'll plan on giving this a shot nevertheless.
Ask HN: How do you synthesize books that you read?
When you read nonfiction (i.e. Designing Data Intensive Applications, Thinking in Systems) how do you 'lock in' your understanding and apply it to your daily life?Have tried note-taking, book reports, services like Readwise personally.
Re:Ask HN: Is there an app for reading newsletters?
on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:03PM (#34795964)
Reader is expensive, but the best as you can save and annotate PDFs & Youtube videos as well.
Ask HN: What to Do in San Francisco?
Assuming many of you live in SF, what are some "off the beaten path" places / events that you'd recommend for someone visiting alone for a couple weeks in the spring?
Re:Show HN: Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app
on Thursday December 15, 2022 @11:19PM (#34010142)
Having the same debate - feels like this supports a better variety of sources, but Matter has a better/simpler UI for web articles & newsletters specifically.
Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster?
on Thursday November 17, 2022 @11:12AM (#33640993)
That's a good data point, the market is surprisingly small which could account for lack of competition. But the last annual report has the ticketing org alone at 37% EBITDA margin [1] (they call it AOI). No expert on benchmarking this # but wouldn't say they're not milking it.
[1] https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_6fc34851c72a6087b32b93... p47
Re:Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster?
on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:54AM (#33640700)
My thought too- charging higher prices in the first place & passing the same % on to the venue would allow you to offer the venues a better deal while still allowing fans to pay less than they would to resellers.
Limited/no transfers - returns offered instead - offer flexibility to customers.
However as others have said I think the real obstacle is the venue relationships that came from the purchase of LiveNation. These are difficult to replace although maybe it would be possible to start with smaller venues and acts....or using public places a la music festivals.
Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster?
It seems there are a variety of solutions to prevent value from being transferred from artists/fans/venues to resellers. Why does it seem like there have been no significant attempts to implement an alternative?The only YC company[1] I can find in this space seems to be DOA.[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/the-ticket-fairy
Re:Ask HN: Does a formal education in CS matter?
on Monday June 13, 2022 @06:53PM (#31732759)
I actually read your blog on this while applying :). It was very helpful and part of my initial decision was exactly your quote to yourself at the top of the post. I do think I underestimated the time tradeoff as I generally breezed through my undergraduate coursework.
These are all good points to consider, and I definitely think I learn better & am more motivated when learning via projects, rather than the classroom environment. Work is more of a question mark, am on the lookout for what I want to do after having found analytics work unrewarding. Have considered SWE and product management, I just feel very _behind_ in the former (doubly so in research). Additionally I do feel I would generally enjoy a more social role. Regardless, thank you for the reply, this is a good framework for thinking about if this will be valuable or not.
Edit: Additionally, reading your post again: really like the point about figuring out what you don't know. Right now there seems to be so much 'magic' that I cannot comprehend; definitely feel that satisfying that curiosity is one reason to push through.
Re:Ask HN: Does a formal education in CS matter?
on Monday June 13, 2022 @06:07PM (#31732394)
This is a helpful way to look at this thank you
Ask HN: Does a formal education in CS matter?
I am attempting to complete a MS in CS part-time and am struggling with the workload alongside a full time job and hobbies. The main issue is I am not sure if this is a worthwhile endeavor at this point.I am young, and my job role is already lightly CS-related (data). I have an undergraduate minor in CS, so I have taken Data Structures, Discrete Structures, AI, etc. I don't think I want to be a...
Ask HN: How does your SaaS startup track transactions and contracts?
Considering building an analysis tool for customer retention in small SaaS businesses, but don't know which ERP to start with. Salesforce application? NetSuite API?