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Ask HN: Best resources to learn more about PDFs?
3 points by lfciv 3y ago|1 comments
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by lfciv 3y ago
What is this?? Permutation City?!
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Ask HN: Embedding PDFs in My Web Application
1 points by lfciv 3y ago|0 comments
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by lfciv 3y ago
If you do end up getting a used Apple device I recommend making sure that it has the newer keyboard style that the current models have (I think it switched in 2018). The old keyboard was not fun to use.
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by lfciv 3y ago
Working with various data, ML, and researcher-type engineers there's a bit benefit to using Python. Especially if you want to be at the forefront of what's being built. I've been building with Python FastAPI and a React/
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by lfciv 3y ago
I feel like work from home is the modern version of this. If I need to go heads down I'll just let the team know and work from home.
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by lfciv 3y ago
Based on nothing but a guess, my bet is that it's probably roughly breakeven Though I'm curious how they're not charging any subscription given that the device will have ongoing costs to run the models. That feels like it cou
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by lfciv 3y ago
Given your timeline (since the 1940s) I'd say cell phones in general come to mind as meeting the hype I also think Cloud Computing has generally met the hype
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by lfciv 3y ago
A bit of a different take, but given the amount of experience you have, I wouldn't put as much weight on using a CV at all. With an updated LinkedIn you can reach out to past bosses, coworkers, and friends for introductions to other pe
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by lfciv 3y ago
It feels like it's sort of it's own thing. LLMs are really good at morphing or fuzzy finding. An interesting example – I had a project where I needed to parse out addresses and dates in a document. However, the address and date f
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by lfciv 3y ago
Companies with an API-first product will have a lot of opportunities to do non-web work.
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by lfciv 3y ago
Bit of a tangent, but I always come back to this read: https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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by lfciv 3y ago
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "really complex solution"? It is well-written/designed, but over-engineered? Or is it poorly done and subsequently hard to read + maintain? Or is it moreso an issue of documentation?
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by lfciv 3y ago
Also regarding CRUD apps – I actually was able to automate code generation of most of my CRUD pretty easily using cursor. I hand wrote a couple of them and now I just create the new file and prompt it referencing the Model and one of the ot
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by lfciv 3y ago
I used to use Github Copilot, but I find Cursor ( https://cursor.sh/ ) to be even better. You can add an OpenAI API Key and it'll use the GPT-4 API. It indexes your code for you and it'll crawl documentation for you
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by lfciv 3y ago
> I agree, but are HR people agreeing on this? Really depends on the company I guess > Is it sufficient to be skilled in one programming language, such as Python, and implementing a software renderer or ray tracer, your own neural net
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by lfciv 3y ago
Full stack engineer – and doing more AI engineering these days
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by lfciv 3y ago
GPT-4 has fully altered my dev workflow. I don't think I could move away from it unless there was a clear, equivalent, alternative. Not only on the OpenAI UI, but also via the Cursor IDE which I actively use with an OpenAI API Key. Eve
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by lfciv 3y ago
Not exactly in a DAW, but I found Syntorial to be incredibly helpful. Teaches you a lot of jargon around sound manipulation and how to reproduce a desired sound. It'll make you way more comfortable navigating a DAW later. https:/
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by lfciv 3y ago
I view it similarly, but differently. I think at some point a developer should aspire to level up to being a general problem solver. The language, the stack, etc.. are just details. Given a problem - they can tackle it.
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by lfciv 3y ago
I've been thinking about this recently regarding photos – Would be sad to lose a life's worth of photos just because someone can't get into your phone. In a similar, but different vein, I've recently found interesting to
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by lfciv 3y ago
Back when they used to charge a few dollars to download the app I bought the Ultimate Guitar App ( https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ ) Honestly been pleasantly surprised now that they've had a subscription model for years
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by lfciv 3y ago
Even if they're non-technical I value a technical approach to problem solving. I've always liked the idea that if they didn't have a technical cofounder they might still be able to hack together an MVP using tools like Bubble
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by lfciv 3y ago
Always has been...
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by lfciv 3y ago
I'd be curious if there are any strong programs where devs can provide mentorship to students interested in potentially becoming developers down the road (especially underrepresented). I find when you're just getting started there
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by lfciv 3y ago
One thing I love about the company I'm currently at is that pretty much every eng manager does some level of IC work. Meaning they all have some pulse on the codebase beyond higher level planning.
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by lfciv 3y ago
Also in a weird way my BeReal has become a bit of a photo diary – I use it pretty consistently on a daily basis. It's crazy how much looking back at a single photo can jog your memory on what you did that day.
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by lfciv 3y ago
Since reading "The Making of Prince of Persia" (highly recommend) I've tried to journal – roughly once a day – just a way to recount my day to day in the future when I don't remember the smaller details.
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by lfciv 3y ago
I've been recently thinking of this as similar to Data Warehouses vs a normal Relational Database. The Data Warehouse has a variety of usecases around analytics or marketing where it has replaced RDBs, but for other usecases – especial
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by lfciv 3y ago
I wonder if any earlier prompts asked about Honda – feels a bit weird to ask what the cheapest car overall is and have the chat bot say "well let me tell you about some Hondas overall" And if the user did specify Hondas then why w

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