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Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like? on Monday May 08, 2017 @12:45PM (#14293263)

around 21:30 or 22:00.

Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like? on Monday May 08, 2017 @10:08AM (#14291554)

-Awake at 04:00

-Start remote work at 04:30

-Gym at 10:00, followed by shower/lunch

-Resume work at 12:00, finish at 14:00

-Side-projects from 14:00 on.

Re:Ask HN: Best business advice for software developers on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @07:35AM (#14146997)

Regarding (6), what were a few brutal truths you had to confront?

Re:Americans Are Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off on Monday April 10, 2017 @10:46AM (#14078882)

Your ass in your seat, taking minimal vacation (with your Blackberry), justifies my existence and competence as your manager in Big Corp.

Re:Ask HN: What is your commute like? on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @12:58PM (#13822061)

Toronto

Subway (two lines). 30 mins door to door assuming no subway outages.

Re:Microsoft starts shipping Windows 10 mixed reality developer kits t... on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:57PM (#13768860)

Any suggestions on how to best get started in AR?

What I have is an XPS 15 with a GTX 1050 with 4GB ram.

Ask HN: Has Anyone Switched from Linux to Win10 Linux Subsystem for Development?

Posted by throw20161123 on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @03:52PM
from the ask-hn dept.

In the past, I dual-booted with Ubuntu and Win7. Development was on Linux with certain apps (Office, etc) on Win 7.I'm about to get a new laptop with Windows 10 Pro, and wondering whether the Linux subsystem offers enough of the Unix ergonomics to get stuff done.

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Re:Ask HN: Experiences with cloud-based dev platforms? on Thursday December 22, 2016 @03:19PM (#13240034)

What size droplet do you use and what kind of apps do you develop on it?

I see the cheapest one has only 512MB RAM.

Re:The Most Popular Language for Machine Learning on Thursday December 22, 2016 @02:31PM (#13239655)

I'm guessing Python for research and prototyping with C++ for production-izing and scaling.

Re:Silicon Valley Stumbles in World Beyond Software on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @12:03PM (#13124039)

This article reads like Google tried the MVP route with physical products and discovering that physical space is a far less forgiving operating environment.

Re:Show HN: Learn to Code for Free on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:51AM (#13022241)

This is great work. And (this is not a jab at the creator) a signal for me to move on from web development.

We are now at a similar point to knowing HTML in 1998 would land you a plum job; except it's now frontend frameworks. There's going to be tremendous downward pressure on wages in the next few years; especially in web development.

I recommend everyone who wants to stay competitive to move on to harder things or leverage whatever soft skills they have.