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Duolingo Handbook

Posted by shacker on Monday February 10, 2025 @04:17PM
from the handbook.duolingo.com dept.

https://handbook.duolingo.com

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Search Google Docs, Slack, GitHub and 17 other services in parallel

Posted by shacker on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @04:28PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/duolingo/metasearch

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Migrating Duolingo's Android app to 100% Kotlin

Posted by shacker on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:45PM
from the blog.duolingo.com dept.

https://blog.duolingo.com/migrating-duolingos-android-app-to-100-kotlin/

( Read More... | no comments | 16 points | on HN )

Re:Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo on Monday January 27, 2020 @09:17PM (#22165826)

The Duolingo CEFR Checker: An AI Tool for Adapting Learning Content

Posted by shacker on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:26PM
from the making.duolingo.com dept.

https://making.duolingo.com/the-duolingo-cefr-checker-an-ai-tool-for-adapting-learning-content

( Read More... | no comments | 7 points | on HN )

Duolingo launches a craft beer brewery 'based on science'

Posted by shacker on Friday March 30, 2018 @10:30AM
from the brewolingo.duolingo.com dept.

http://brewolingo.duolingo.com/

( Read More... | 2 comments | 15 points | on HN )

Rewriting Duolingo's engine in Scala

Posted by shacker on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:56PM
from the making.duolingo.com dept.

http://making.duolingo.com/rewriting-duolingos-engine-in-scala

( Read More... | 1 comment | 27 points | on HN )

Flipping Duolingo: filling a gap in support for right-to-left languages

Posted by shacker on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:30AM
from the making.duolingo.com dept.

http://making.duolingo.com/flipping-duolingo-filling-a-gap-in-support-for-right-to-left-languages

( Read More... | no comments | 13 points | on HN )

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016) on Thursday September 01, 2016 @05:54PM (#12409197)

Duolingo is hiring in Pittsburgh, PA, multiple positions ONSITE, VISA.

https://www.duolingo.com/jobs

Duolingo Raises $45M, Now Valued at $470M

Posted by shacker on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @10:20AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/10/duolingo-raises-45-million-series-d-round-led-by-google-ventures-now-valued-at-470m/

( Read More... | 181 comments | 347 points | on HN )

Google VP named Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science

Posted by shacker on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @01:26PM
from the cs.cmu.edu dept.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/google-vp-named-dean-carnegie-mellon%E2%80%99s-school-computer-science

( Read More... | 20 comments | 185 points | on HN )

Duolingo is the iPhone App of the Year

Posted by shacker on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @07:48PM
from the usatoday.com dept.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/12/17/duolingo-apples-iphone-app-of-the-year/4042469/

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Duolingo: English from German now in Beta

Posted by shacker on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @02:44PM
from the reddit.com dept.

http://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1qk23e/now_in_beta_learning_english_from_german/

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Duolingo Helps Student to Propose to His American Girlfriend

Posted by shacker on Monday June 17, 2013 @10:40PM
from the blog.duolingo.com dept.

http://blog.duolingo.com/post/53207277316/a-duolingo-proposal

( Read More... | 1 comment | 24 points | on HN )

Duolingo Android app released

Posted by shacker on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @10:22AM
from the play.google.com dept.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo

( Read More... | 8 comments | 28 points | on HN )

Duolingo Adds Offline Mode And Speech Recognition To Its Mobile App

Posted by shacker on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:17PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/14/duolingo-adds-offline-mode-and-speech-recognition-to-its-mobile-app/

( Read More... | 1 comment | 3 points | on HN )

Duolingo’s Data-Driven Approach to Education

Posted by shacker on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:49PM
from the blog.duolingo.com dept.

http://blog.duolingo.com/post/41960192602/duolingos-data-driven-approach-to-education

( Read More... | no comments | 5 points | on HN )

Duolingo (not YC 2012) is looking for an Android developer

Posted by shacker on Monday November 26, 2012 @01:37PM
from the jobs.duolingo.com dept.

http://jobs.duolingo.com/apply/BDy4zN/Mobile-Engineer-Android.html

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Official Duolingo Blog: Portuguese is Here

Posted by shacker on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @02:39PM
from the blog.duolingo.com dept.

http://blog.duolingo.com/post/34645793141/portuguese-is-here

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Ask HN: what software do people use for project management?

Posted by shacker on Saturday August 11, 2012 @04:40PM
from the ask-hn dept.

What are your experiences with teambox, basecamp, flow, wunderkit in a startup environment?

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Duolingo Launches

Posted by shacker on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @11:13AM
from the bits.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/a-computer-scientist-banks-on-human-superiority-over-machines/

( Read More... | no comments | 8 points | on HN )

Duolingo: We’re hiring engineers

Posted by shacker on Monday March 26, 2012 @12:14PM
from the duolingo.com dept.

http://duolingo.com/jobs

( Read More... | 3 comments | 17 points | on HN )

Libyan Revolution Is Falling Apart

Posted by shacker on Friday July 29, 2011 @06:05PM
from the economist.com dept.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/07/libyas-rebel-forces

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Re:Google Labs Winding Down on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @06:37PM (#2787696)

it really was just a matter of time.