bazil376

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by bazil376 2y ago
Mad hatter
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by bazil376 2y ago
They’re still using tables for layouts so
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Ask HN: What questions do you ask a startup during an interview?
1 points by bazil376 2y ago|1 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
I have a fantasy of writing a technical book but not sure I could really put in the required effort
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by bazil376 2y ago
I am impressed
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by bazil376 2y ago
This does not sound like it happened recently
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Ask HN: What was your best interview experience?
16 points by bazil376 2y ago|17 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
Honestly I just found it irksome that the recruiter was trying to tell me how to prioritize my needs in the job search when it was obvious he was just trying to make a placement.
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by bazil376 2y ago
Outsourcing any part of the interview process for a small company is definitely one for me. Any hire is going to be absolutely critical and you’re going to let someone else make this decision?
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by bazil376 2y ago
And even if it wasn’t a good idea, the fact that the person couldn’t be respectful when they’re trying to impress you the most is a very bad sign.
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by bazil376 2y ago
I had a recruiter trying to convince me to take an offer lower than my current salary, telling me it’s not all about the money. I told him I’d do it if he made up the difference by giving me some of his salary. He told me he’s not giving me
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Ask HN: What are your personal red flags when you're interviewing at a company?
36 points by bazil376 2y ago|131 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
On the first point - I’m not sure there’s a difference to internet users between 1 billion junk articles on a topic and 1 trillion junk articles. On the second point - this is precisely what I’m talking about when I say if reputable sources
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by bazil376 2y ago
There’s going to be a lot of garbage content out there—but isn’t there already? People have been writing junk to try to get search engine placement for 20+ years. I’m not necessarily seeing the slop problem. People should always have been s
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Ask HN: What's your successful or moderately successful side project?
32 points by bazil376 2y ago|26 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
I’ve just been doing rss for a while but some readers prefer email. I wouldn’t opt people into it somehow, they’d have to subscribe themselves
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Ask HN: What's your preferred RSS to newsletter solution?
3 points by bazil376 2y ago|2 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
Yeh doing something that’s not scalable is uniquely something you can offer
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by bazil376 2y ago
Who’d have figured a bunch of people who didn’t read the docs would go on to become software developers
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Ask HN: Why isn't Laravel used in more enterprise apps?
10 points by bazil376 2y ago|14 comments
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IRS makes Direct File permanent(nextgov.com)
4 points by bazil376 2y ago|0 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
;)
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by bazil376 2y ago
I like it. The distinction between Authn and Authz isn’t nearly as obviously as login and permission. Sometimes I feel like we enjoy fancy terms more than we enjoy unambiguous terms.
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by bazil376 2y ago
Yeah it’s pretty much identical to what ChatGPT spits out. Looks like the comment is removed now.
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by bazil376 2y ago
Was this response generated by an LLM?
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Ask HN: What's an interesting, esoteric programming field?
36 points by bazil376 2y ago|20 comments
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The ChatGPT wrapper product boom is an uncanny valley hellscape(pcloadletter.dev)
72 points by bazil376 2y ago|26 comments
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by bazil376 2y ago
Were they ever not, at least in recent memory? All those govt and banking mainframes out there were the entire pool of COBOL devs retiring
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by bazil376 2y ago
I do miss it a bit. Something about the scarcity made it more special. Also, the ceremony of going to the video store, browsing the shelves, and bringing it home. Same applies to music for me, but maybe even more so. I know I’m wearing rose
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by bazil376 2y ago
The person on Reddit referenced how things were at their previous job, so probably not entry level

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