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Re:Docker Is Weird on Friday October 23, 2026 @02:48AM (#50205281)
I am a huge Docker fan! I would reiterate what several commenters have said already that it had a huge impact on my career. My question is relatively pedestrian compared to what others have asked already. I absolutely loved the "adjective-scientist/nerd" container names Docker generates. In fact, that is one of my most favorite things about Docker. How did that come about and who chose those combinations?
Re:Learn SQL Once, Use It for 30 Years on Thursday June 04, 2026 @05:29AM (#48396208)
Love it! I am speaking as someone who has used SQL for over two decades with very good success. I find it extremely logical and a good fit for my mental model. Long live SQL!!
Re:CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @01:12AM (#48366330)
Can the assignments be done on MBP M5 Max? I am hoping to get my hands on one in next couple of weeks and really want to pursue this course
Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job? on Sunday December 03, 2023 @11:10PM (#38513657)
I use Obsidian extensively to organize my life. A big thank from me to the entire team! The only thing I wish it had out of the box was web clipping. I know there are few third party extensions but I havn't found one that works seamlessly
For me, it's Postgres all the way. I use MS SQL Server at work and Postgres for my personal projects and I was always amazed by its maturity and feature parity with commercial databases
Surprised to see Postgres documentation not being mentioned. It is one of the most comprehensive and intuitive documentation I have ever seen
Re:Driving Compilers on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:26AM (#35812367)
Is the choice of C books mentioned in the beginning of this article still a good recommendation? I find all the books to be little outdated now
MS SQL Server at work and SQLite + Postgres for side projects
Re:The Internet Is on Fire on Saturday December 11, 2021 @04:38AM (#29519720)
OP here. What is the quickest way to fix it? Given the ubiquity of Log4j, this seems to be a problem that lot of folks must be racing to fix
Re:Ask HN: How do I learn how to tell a good story? on Thursday November 25, 2021 @02:01AM (#29338906)
Could you please send me one too. My mail id is in my profile. Really appreciate your help with this

Ask HN: Best Books for NLP

I am a data engineer with decent machine learning skills. I have decided to build expert level knowledge on natural language processing and would like to build a product using that . I learn best through books. Can community members suggest me their top 3 picks to learn it. It would be great if suggestions include a mix of practical and textbooks

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020) on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:26PM (#24652840)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Data Engineering, Databases (Relational & NoSQL), Spark, Kafka, Azure

Email: [email protected]

Ask HN: Improving Data Quality for Addresses

I am currently working on improving data quality of global postal addresses that we store. It has turned out to be a lot harder problem to solve than I had originally imagined owing to no standardized format for addresses. I am leaning towards using ML to solve it but cant figure out a way to do that. Can forum members share their experiences if they have solved such problems in the past. I...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020) on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:39AM (#24350305)
Data Engineering Manager

Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: SQL Server / PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Apache Spark / Apache kafka / Apache Flume / Python / Azure

Résumé/CV: On Request

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: How did (technically) India block TikTok? on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:03AM (#23756796)
Yes correct. That's what it is
Re:Ask HN: How did (technically) India block TikTok? on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @03:01AM (#23756492)
TikTok has been taken off of both playstore and appstore. ISPs and telcos have been asked to block traffic to these apps
Re:Woodworking for Engineers on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:43AM (#23496396)
Thanks! I am in Bangalore and will definitely give IWST a try. Btw, I found a DIY woodworking site from India https://indiandiy.blogspot.com/
Re:Woodworking for Engineers on Thursday June 11, 2020 @08:26AM (#23488059)
Does anybody know of any Indian youtube channel/blog/website which dispenses similar knowledge. I am deeply interested in pursuing woodworking and such in my spare time but haven't been able to start because of paucity of resources applicable to Indian context
Re:Calculus Made Easy (1914) [pdf] on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:06AM (#23270039)
Just read initial few pages and it piqued my interest. Truly love the way it opens and kept me engaged.