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Ask HN: How to become a software engineer as a self-taught front end developer?

Posted by moonfleet on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @05:52AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a self-taught frontend developer with a couple years of experience. Though software engineering is a broad term that may cover some aspects of what I do professionally, I do not consider myself a software engineer. Maybe it's the lack of formal CS education or having minimal experience developing actual products as opposed to UIs for them.Is being a software engineer a state of mind or an...

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Re:Ask HN: Got Any Movie Recomandations? on Saturday November 13, 2021 @02:21PM (#29212457)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The ending made me hyperventilate and cry out loud.
Re:Ask HN: Do you offer a lower price for your product in developing c... on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @03:20PM (#28777116)
Last month I decided to buy RunJS license. The price was a bit too high for me, so I contacted them asking if they offer any discounts for users from developing countries. They just gave me a promo code for 20% off without asking any questions.
Re:My bank sent me 64 copies of the same debit card on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:26PM (#26432209)
In Kazakhstan, we have debit card “ATMs”. You can have a named debit card printed out for you in a matter of minutes. All you need to do is to have it scan your QR in the bank’s mobile app. It’s quite convenient.

Ask HN: How to Have a Life Without Seeming Lazy?

Posted by moonfleet on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:46AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a mid-level front-end developer at a startup. I am passionate about the product we are building and enjoy working with my colleagues. Lately, however, things have been stressful at work due to the launch and I had to work overtime. Even when I’m not working I still have to be available in slack. Others seem to be okay with this kind of environment and they seem to be very hard-working.My...

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Re:Ask HN: I want to know how to code. What's the best way for me to s... on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:29AM (#25542559)
Speaking as someone who never had formal education, I recommend starting with Python. It’s easy and fun to work with. You can pick up basics of programming in two weeks. After that I’d suggest diving into HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Once you get the hang of these technologies, you go on to exploring anything that tickles your fancy.

Ask HN: Software to fix display hardware issue

Posted by moonfleet on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:00AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey, HN.A few weeks ago, a vertical line about 5 cm wide appeared in the middle of my Macbook's display. The colors inside the line are distorted in a regular pattern: whites are always pinkish-purple, blues are a bit greenish, greens are only a bit lighter, greys do not change at all. This is why I am using dark theme on MacOS and all websites.I've consulted repair services and they are...

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Re:Ask HN: How to Become a Music Buff? on Thursday August 20, 2020 @01:15AM (#24220116)
My musical taste is pretty underdeveloped and surface-level and that is why it is not bound by any particular genre. I can barely differentiate genres, to be honest. But from what I have noticed my preferences gravitate towards electronic music. I can share my favorite albums if that'll help you: Abyss (Chelsea Wolfe), Dummy (Portishead), Ones and Sixes (Low), Ege Bamyasi (Can), Mystere (La Femme), Sirens (Nicolas Jaar), Big Fish Theory (Vince Staples), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye), Awaken, My Love! (Childish Gambino), Soft Animals (Sofi Tukker), Modal Soul (Nujabes), Your Queen Is a Reptile (Sons of Kemet).

Ask HN: How to Become a Music Buff?

Posted by moonfleet on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:51AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Music has always been the least appealing art form for me out of the music-film-literature trio. Now I am looking to get more familiar with its history, evolution and simply discover good music.Is there a music buff's roadmap, some sort of a chronologically-ordered list of the best and most influential albums that gives a coherent picture of how music evolved over the 20th century? And is that...

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Re:Ask HN: Why have a knowledge base when anything is easily googleable? on Monday July 20, 2020 @06:07AM (#23896362)
I'll give you an example to make my point clearer.

For the past month I have been reading Sylvia Plath's biography and works. I decided to document what I had learnt about her. I created a sort-of wiki page of her in my personal notes app. But then I went to the actual page and found the same information there.

This made me think that I needed to change my approach and I came here to ask this.

Re:Ask HN: Why have a knowledge base when anything is easily googleable? on Monday July 20, 2020 @05:50AM (#23896276)
Currently, I am trying out obsidian[1]. So far, I really like it. To be completely honest, it's one of the reasons I want to start a knowledge base.

[1]. https://obsidian.md

Re:Ask HN: Why have a knowledge base when anything is easily googleable? on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:57AM (#23890190)
> I've been thinking for a while that a (sort of) mix of the two would be worthwhile.

Perhaps, that is a better way to go about it but that just becomes a glorified notes app.

Re:Ask HN: Why have a knowledge base when anything is easily googleable? on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:52AM (#23890159)
Do you actually go back to your KB to look something up? I feel like having a KB is merely a way of reinforcing retention of new information.

Ask HN: Why have a knowledge base when anything is easily googleable?

Posted by moonfleet on Sunday July 19, 2020 @11:42AM
from the ask-hn dept.

For the past couple of months I have been entertaining the idea of starting my personal knowledge base. However, while this idea appeals to me as a person who likes to document stuff, I fail to see any purpose in having a knowledge base when any information lies within a google search. So my question is, why have it?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most beautiful song or album you've ever listene... on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:14AM (#23496536)
This video popped in my recommendations just a couple of days ago. A welcome surprise. It made me think about how music changed since the medieval ages, not in terms of technology, but in terms of composition, rules and etc. And I haven't yet come to any definitive understanding. Maybe because I don't know the first thing about music theory.
Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn *nix and shell? on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:09AM (#23412686)
Thanks for the book recommendation. Yes, I would love to have a PDF of that. How would I be able to get my hands on it?
Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn *nix and shell? on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:07AM (#23412669)
Could you elaborate on how working with shell taught you to program?
Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn *nix and shell? on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:06AM (#23412659)
Thank you for your advice.

> what's actually happening is the shell is searching directories that are listed in your $PATH environment

These kinds of explanations is what I actually need. Many tutorials I have followed explained which command to use when I want to have X done. Instead, I need to know what those commands actually do on a lower level.

Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn *nix and shell? on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:00AM (#23412615)
Hey, thanks for sharing these! I will definitely check them out. And yes, zsh is the default shell on Catalina, although bash and other common ones are available and easy to switch to.

Ask HN: Best way to learn *nix and shell?

Posted by moonfleet on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:10AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I got into programming fairly recently and currently I am working as a frontend dev. Often I find myself at a loss when I need to do simple tasks in the terminal, such as start a db server, handle packages, set up symlinks and paths. So, I end up going on stack overflow and mindlessly copy-pasting commands into my shell, hoping it would resolve the problem. I feel like I have a huge mess in my...

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Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Saturday May 16, 2020 @03:17AM (#23201155)
That’s understandable. Make sure you Show-HN it when it’s ready!
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:19PM (#23188496)
Hi! I would not consider myself a movie buff but I really enjoy watching movies and your project sounds very interesting. I am a frontend dev, and I would very much like to contribute to your web app. If you are interested, please shoot me an email at [email protected].
Re:OpenLayers on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @11:04AM (#21763717)
It’s a small company that creates software for the public sector in Kazakhstan.
Re:OpenLayers on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @04:30AM (#21760923)
We use OpenLayers at our company. We are building an interactive map with a bunch of tools for measuring distance, calculating routes, drawing features, displaying diagrams right on top of the map, and OpenLayers is doing wonders for us. It has a steep learning curve but once you grasp the fundamentals, you can figure out how to do all kinds of magic tricks with it.
Re:List of Lists of Lists on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:53AM (#21384328)
A quick search through the Elements tab in the Developer's console does not yield any anchor tags with the page's url. So it seems no.

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