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I guess the answer will inevitably depend on how much potential for growth you see in ETH and/or smart contracts.

I mention 2021 as it seems that Figma is now king on many design fronts, but I understand that some books may pre-date it and be timeless.

I'm a non-technical person, but I'd like to understand better how I can be helpful to people developing apps, websites and tech solutions in general.I understand this is a broad and overloaded question, but would love to get some insights on this. Thanks!

I am building a site where users from a niche demographic can review products and services targeted at them. Businesses, in turn, can claim their page, respond to reviews and manage their reputation.I'm just starting and would really welcome any insights, advice and or reactions on the points below. Most of what I hear is that by getting into this I'm facing an uphill battle bigger than the one...

Hello. I would like to create an online review platform around a niche industry. Something similar to Capterra (https://www.capterra.com) would be nice, but I don't need anything that fancy. Good SEO capabilities would be great though (I guess this obvious, no?).What stack/tools should I be looking into?Note: Last time I built and hosted a website Dreamweaver and Geocities were popular. So it's...

Posting for a friend. Her company is giving her $5,000 to spend on a course of her choice. She comes from a statistics background and wants to spend the money on a Python-based machine learning course that has a deep learning component.Any ideas? I know a bunch of the free ones, but have no clue which paid courses are worth it.Thank you.

Any regrets? When did you do it? Things you would have done different knowing what you know now?I remember that even a few months ago I would see a few threads on people quitting their job without anything lined up even in the midst of this pandemic (e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22944314)Would also be interested in hearing from those who quite their job during times of high...

Next month I'll be taking my first flight since COVID-19 started. I'm looking for recommendations of what mask to wear through my flight.Any tips? Also, are goggles worth it?

Due to RSI and ulnar nerve irritation I am not able to bend my arms a the elbow for long periods of time. This directly impacts my ability to type and use a mouse throughout the day as one normally would.I am considering hand-free mouse control options.Looking around there don't seem to be that many options, so any suggestions in terms of devices, software and their precision and performance...

I'd be interested in learning what project management tools/frameworks, if any, those working on data science and analytics project here use.I don't have much experience with Agile, Waterfall and Jira but my understanding is that they are used for software development.Any suggestions would be helpful.

It's been a while since I worked on data visualizations and dashboards. I'm about to start a project that requires some statistical computations in the back-end and a interactive dashboard to present results, while also allowing users to tweak parameters and/or select certain parts of the data.I have used Tableau, PowerBI, R Shiny and Python Dash for this purpose in the past. But have been out...

Is Python losing popularity when it comes to developing SAAS applications and/or web apps?Perhaps it's mainly still used for backend development, e.g. Django?

I have an idea and want to move it forward. Details below. Any advice?(Given HN's technical inclination, I am aware that most will frown on this from the start. Yet another "ideas man".. ;-))Background: I have never developed an app or website. I come from a non-tech project management and statistics background. I've dabbled in Python and R for statistics and academic-type research. So nothing...

Is now a good time to move to Canada for tech-related jobs, data science/analytics in particular? What parts of Canada should one consider?

I suspect that more and more managers will demand that they need someone "who can switch gears as time-sensitive items come up and juggle a few things at once".Thoughts? Where should the line be drawn?

A similar topic was posted back in 2017, but I'm sure things have changed since then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14386607I'll be moving to Madrid for a year for non-career related reasons. I hold an EU passport and I'm fluent in both English and Spanish. My background is in data analytics (Python/R/Stata) rather than software development. That said, I would like work in tech while in...