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Show HN: PianoTry, Play and remix beautiful chord progressions

https://pianotry.com

I am a Software engineer by trade. My main passion and love is music and songwriting, and sometimes I produce and release music.I play a little guitar (over 35 years lol), and I have always dabbled in piano, never seriously enough until recently, when I decided I wanted to get somewhat better technically.I also wanted to able to play nice chord progressions and be able to edit and tweak these...

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Re:The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Mind on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:45AM (#36322775)
Dean Starbuck Bragonier from NoticeAbility with an incredible talk on the real impact of dyslexia especially if not diagnosed early.

Some interesting points made in this talk, Dyslexic thinkers excel at Art, Innovation, Engineering and Architecture. It is also known as the MIT Disease, due to the number of Dyslexic thinkers studying there.

Re:Ask HN: What are the early signs of singularity? on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:27AM (#29349234)
Interesting,could Jesus be considered a character in the book, representing God?

I am purely interested in the Philospophy here. I love your reply with regard to the analogy of a book BTW, really great how you presented your view of a creator.

So are we saying creators are never part of their creation ? Does that mean AI being created by us humans, can never know we created it, does that mean, that evolution of AI means human intelligence can no longer exist after this point ?

Re:Ask HN: What are the early signs of singularity? on Thursday November 25, 2021 @02:32PM (#29344228)
Is the singularity when God returns to make his presence known to man, or when we discover God by scientific means ?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021) on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:10PM (#27359750)
Great idea, wonderful company
Re:Ask HN: How to disconnect from work? on Saturday May 29, 2021 @02:48PM (#27327365)
Programming may be your passion, but too much of something will eat you. You need to find balance. Its imperative you find a way to switch off and recharge.

I would suggest joining a hiking club or something you can do at weekends thats different to the daily grind.

Especially don't think about bugs at the weekend.

I would even go for a cycle or a run first thing Saturday morning, then go get a coffee, some breakfast. Invite a friend for coffee. I think ultimately find another pursuit in addition to development.

Re:Ask HN: Should I take this job? on Sunday September 24, 2017 @06:04AM (#15324135)
More money would help as I have 2 kids and my wife (ex dev) is a stay at home mom, which is by choice.

I guess a change of scene, more people, new people, work on some AWS stuff, new line of business, SEO type stuff, Big data Amazon EMR, Groovy... My only issue is I invested alot of time in learning all about Azure, and put alot into learning Vue/Webpack ES6, I love this stuff..

Ask HN: Should I take this job?

I am an "application architect" /chief dev in my little company (20 staff). Been there 10 yearsI just did an interview for a much bigger tech company (NASDAQ) listed. I did the interview for a role that might crop up next year, as I wanted to pitch myself as their "staff" or "senior staff" role, but they only have senior roles open currentlySo after 1 tech screen, and 3 90 Minute long...

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Re:Deploying ES2015+ Code in Production Today on Thursday September 21, 2017 @01:13PM (#15305514)
Fab article.
Re:Ask HN: Does coding give you brain fog? on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:27AM (#15025585)
So much genuine amazing feedback, thanks so much..

I have been doing this job 20 years now and I think this feeling is more prevalent now. The combination of family, commute, and sitting at a desk coding is frankly tiring.

I often get up and walk around, and drink water, etc.. I cycle to work often, used to do gym sessions at lunchtime And that definitely helps..

But sometimes when you are thinking intensely you just zone out...

I used a little poetic license regarding "I wouldn't drive" just to get my point across.

Re:Ask HN: Does coding give you brain fog? on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:31PM (#15019719)
I am the same, been like this for years. I recently cut out coffee and it's helped a little.

What I also find is my heart is always at its lowest at around midday.. drops to 49/50 before lunch.

I get up several times in the morning and walk around, but if I get in the zone with a problem I am always spaced out By the end of the day

Ask HN: Does coding give you brain fog?

Do you ever suffer from brain fog after a day of intense thinking/coding ?Some days after intense working I leave the office spaced out, to the point I wouldn't drive. Thankfully I hop on the train.I also find the whole prolonged screen exposure and posture just leaves me with a headache and neck ache.I really notice how much better I feel after maybe 3 days off work..

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) on Saturday August 05, 2017 @10:05AM (#14935758)
That is impressive, it's like rational rose or visio on the web.. one to bookmark for sure. I like the idea of a recipe layer on top of this, so you can remix diagrams.

Great work

the right idea, the wrong execution ;)
Really cool idea, and from the author of knockout.js no less!

You can just see how this could become a mainstream approach

Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers on Friday June 02, 2017 @03:36AM (#14468169)
Mindfulness is something that should be practiced. It's perspective that helps me. After all nothing really matters that much at all.... We are all just passing through. Maybe I got a little too Zen there... But hey keep busy being happy, move away from negative influences
Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @02:53PM (#14336976)
yeah, Belfast has been tranquil for a long time, some 20 years or more, the media perception always inflated the reality even in the bad old days..

the good thing is, that in the ensuing time, the city has become alot more vibrant, the youthful generation are now not as shackled with the past. Belfast feels fresh, and its a town with a great industrial and innovative past. Its about time!

Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @02:10PM (#14336750)
exactly... its not that bad! includes free healthcare! and in northern ireland, free prescriptions!
Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @01:52PM (#14336628)
not to mention the air quality in London!
Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @01:48PM (#14336604)
The OP is now a single income household, and is £400 in the red every month. Also they have just had a kid (big cash drain), so I can't imagine there will be much socialising in the near future. Think they may need to "move to the 'burbs"
Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @01:30PM (#14336505)
It's 40% on earnings above around 45K, below that it's 20%
Re:London Rent vs. London Salaries on Sunday May 14, 2017 @01:25PM (#14336470)
London is shocking price wise...I could never contemplate working there although I once did. I work in Belfast Northern Ireland, earn approx £57k, my spacious detached house with garden and tranquility 20 mins train commute from the office costs around £180K... So there is no financial way I would ever go to London...It seems crazy and illogical to me to work there.. nice place to visit however!
Re:Visual Studio for Mac on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:34PM (#14311420)
I have pretty much moved to VS Code from VS Studio.. The tool chain dictated the move, and I could not be happier.
Re:Next.js 2.0 on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:50PM (#13971075)
It is most excellent. Great little intuitive routing convention, plus plays well with express
Its wonderful actually. It shows how technologists and technology can be a hope for the future as opposed to politics. Seems to me alot of real change is being driven by technology and sharing of information. Well, lets be honest, Elon Musk is a very unique individual, and I really like his style.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017) on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:12PM (#13767821)
Nice. Do you use any medical archetypes or open standards like openEHR or FHIR

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