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Re:Ask HN: How to Be Alone? on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @05:41AM (#47321004)
Find an MMORPG that suits you and start playing. Preferably an older one with a mature community. There you can find real friends whom you can meet without leaving your home.
Re:Ask HN: I'm a programmer and I hate my teammate. Should I change my... on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @09:02AM (#25645562)
It sounds extremely uncomfortable to me, but I know it is good advice. I don't know if I can get the courage to have this conversation. Anyway, thank you very much.

Ask HN: I'm a programmer and I hate my teammate. Should I change my job?

Posted by mrstefan on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:40AM
from the ask-hn dept.

There is a man in my team who I don't like very much and I have to work with him a lot. He is a dozen or so years older, but he has less programming experience than me and, unlike me, he did not study computer science, which can sometimes be felt. From the very beginning I have the impression that I do not fit him. Every code review looks like it criticizes my code very strongly and often makes...

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Re:Ask HN: A master's thesis topic that will help me get a job at Google? on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:26AM (#21594995)
Why do you think it's overrated? Have you worked there?

Ask HN: A master's thesis topic that will help me get a job at Google?

Posted by mrstefan on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:01AM
from the ask-hn dept.

What topic could I choose for my Master's thesis to learn a skill that will help me get a job at Google?I'm not asking you to come up with an exact subject for me. I'm asking for some kind of guidance.I know that Google tests the knowledge of graph theory quite strongly. Maybe it would be a good idea to write on something related to this topic?I'm a computer science student.

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Re:Ask HN: What stack is your personal blog built on? on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:16AM (#19838106)
I created my blog few years ago and it is written in Spring on backend and AngularJS on frontend. Relational DB is MySQL. If I created it again, all I would change is newer version of Angular.

Also I used Docker for containerizing and Jenkins for Continous Integration but it was only in order to practice DevOps skills.

Ask HN: Trendy programming language for creating 2D game

Posted by mrstefan on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:55AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I would like to keep improving my webdevelopment skills (I'm a Java/JS developer), but at the same time I would like to create a pet project - 2D game (let's say it would be a simplified Factorio, desktop/web).What trendy technologies do you recommend for creating such game? I don't want to use a C/C++ for this, I'm not a fan of these. Or maybe Java/JavaScript would be suitable for it?

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Re:Show HN: A Color Picker I Made on Friday March 22, 2019 @08:19AM (#19461795)
Really cool! I will definitely use it when making new website.
Re:Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios? on Monday February 11, 2019 @09:31AM (#19134681)
I recommend Sam Altman's blog. Especially his post about productivity: http://blog.samaltman.com/productivity

Everytime I want to do something meaningful, I think about Sam Altman and I feel inspired.

Re:Ask HN: Should I focus on building apps or practicing coding tasks ... on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:14PM (#18186917)
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear.

I mean: Which is more valuable for interviewers: having couple of working and deployed projects or be good at doing coding tasks? (I have 3 year programming experience)

Ask HN: Should I focus on building apps or practicing coding tasks to get a job?

Posted by mrstefan on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @12:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Which is more valuable for interviewers: having couple of working and deployed projects or be good at doing coding tasks?I have 3 year programming experience but feel lack of confidence when I think about interview. And I wonder if having couple of projects on Github can replace whiteboard coding.

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Ask HN: Any ideas of preparing for a programmer's interview when bored at work?

Posted by mrstefan on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:55AM
from the ask-hn dept.

There are days when I have literally nothing to do at my current work (I'm a Java/JS programmer). Or there are moments when the project is building/ starting (15 minutes usually) and I have to wait.Do you know some reliable websites/applications/other ways where I can prepare for a technical programmer's interview in such moments?

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Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen as developers? on Thursday August 24, 2017 @09:00AM (#15089709)
Thank you!
Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen as developers? on Thursday August 24, 2017 @08:59AM (#15089703)
I heard very good opinions about this podcast.