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Re:How I use LLMs to learn complex topics on Sunday August 09, 2026 @11:47PM (#49239005)
having llm audit all my work/code, and generate review pages (as a teacher) of before/after with working examples is incredibly useful. Its something no course can do for me, even a teacher wouldn't have enough patience to go through each one of my mistakes.

having things defined/have correct solution to compare for review is useful, and keeps llm on track. Don't think i would trust llm if it were reviewing it all on its own

Re:The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @01:37AM (#46054759)
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Re:Reddit.com appears to be having an outage on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:51AM (#36294582)
HN is feeling janky too, not sure if it's related to this.
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:43PM (#36252845)
I use infinity app, might as well leave reddit from mobile :/ I sometimes use Twitter from mobile browser, the experience is ok but for Reddit, it's absolutely terrible.
Re:Deck.of.cards on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @10:56PM (#35534483)
Upvote for just how smooth animation is. Loved it :)
Re:GitHub's Down on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:29AM (#35326448)
> We’ve identified an infrastructure change that has been rolled back and we are monitoring recovery.

From github status

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2023) on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @11:49PM (#34992138)
UI components as a service. I struggle to find inspiration for simple ui components when i design and build websites.

It would be great to not start from scratch everytime and still have base ui that could be customizable.

Codepen partially solve this, but searching them takes time and often they are not customizable.

There are multiple sites but they just redirect to selected codepen.

Don't know if it's viable. I am banking on the rise of indie devs building products without designers.

I can talk about webdev part, dunno about other areas.

When I started, I built simple utilities with just HTML/CSS & JavaScript. When I had a solid understanding of these three, then I dove into frameworks and complex stuff.

Here are some ideas - a calculator - A To-do app - A pomodoro timer - a static webpage (with just HTML/CSS), then learn about accessibility, responsive design, design system. - a REST API with node (e.g. Express js) - Consume public APIs in JS frontend (or you can use React too) - Building a full stack app with your CRUD API, can also add auth, image CDN etc

Basically, gradually raising the complexity with every project or within it by adding a new feature

I recently wrote about building projects as beginner (even more ideas here) : https://mnsh.me/blog/beginner-ideas

Good luck!

Re:My Bad Habit of Hoarding Information on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:33AM (#34276840)
I hate it when that happens, more often that not i remember the visuals of the site, then i try to find it in my browser history like a sucker.

I have yet to find a solution for this.

One solution is I screenshot all the sites i visit, extract their colors, and create a searchable index. Nice side project idea I guess.

Re:Make your DOM look like an eye that can focus on anything on Sunday November 06, 2022 @09:17AM (#33492866)
Well, I thought it was about depicting eyes on a webpage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Make your DOM look like an eye that can focus on anything on Sunday November 06, 2022 @06:22AM (#33491439)
I made something similar for my personal site, except it didn't track cursor, no JS, & blinked too. Made with pure CSS

https://codepen.io/mnsh/pen/BaYxvxo

Re:Ask HN: What's Stopping You from Blogging? on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:43PM (#33454653)
I built my blog(& personal site) this year.

The thing that stopped me from blogging consistently was the notion that blogs are showcase of your expertise.

When i realized everyone is unique and have unique perspective, all the procrastination was gone and my mind was filled with things i could write about.

False notion of " showcasing expertise" changed to " sharing unique perspectives"

I have multiple first drafts that i am working on now.

Also this helped: https://guzey.com/personal/why-have-a-blog/

My blog: www.mnsh.me/blog

Re:Show HN: I solved my New Tab page on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:51AM (#33357449)
I have been using https://tabliss.io/ for a while now. Yours seem cool, but I personally don't like too much information on my start page.

Only reason I use tabliss is to see random Unsplash image on every new tab.

I have maintained a list of such books and articles here: https://www.mnsh.me/blog/favourite-books-and-articles
Re:Life Stats on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:41AM (#32012707)
Experience on mobile is quite smooth. Thanks for sharing!
Re:Ask HN: Share your personal site on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:21AM (#30940570)
https://www.mnsh.me Recently finished building it.