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by pyzhianov 1y ago
> natural language used to be one of the metrics of AGI what if we have chosen a wrong metric there?
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by pyzhianov 1y ago
The reasons why companies hire or don't hire someone usually have very little with the candidate themselves. From my experience, whenever this machine needs another cog, almost any will do - usually the first one within reach. And when
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by pyzhianov 1y ago
Finding the right balance between "zero dependencies, building everything from scratch", and relying too heavily on third-party code. Both extremes are full of misery and frustration, and it's so hard sometimes to get it righ
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
Well done! This is a pretty cool and unique idea. I think it would be nice to have some UI when you first open the app, so you can at least learn how to play it. It's kind of hard to figure out what you're doing wrong when you tap
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
> First, there are things that are simply old. Second are things that made substantial contribution to our intellectual heritage I wish there was a way to easily distinguish one from the other. I find that the age of the book often distr
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
Definitely not a classic by most definitions, but I agree that it's really good
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
Wow, so many great responses, thank you all for that! I'm going to throw in my personal favorite: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Somehow it touches me in a way that no other book does. It's also quite short, I think I've read i
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Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books?
28 points by pyzhianov 2y ago|46 comments
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
If the money is good, and the job doesn't take all of your time and energy, then you can just ignore the dysfunction and focus on your work. You can use your free time to look for something better, or to work on your own thing if you&#
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
So far, I haven't found anything better than collecting individual RSS feeds that I like. Mostly personal blogs, a bit of HN of course. It's not a "platform" of course, but it's very future-proof
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
That looks pretty cool. But as far as I know, the biggest challenge is getting through the ATS systems on the company's side. Even in the old days, every job posting used to get ridiculous hundreds and thousands of applications, most o
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by pyzhianov 2y ago
> Given my experience with this archaic pattern, I've now started exploring HTMX with Golang. This seems more my speed. It's actually a pretty good way to start. And not in any way "archaic". The web these days is dom
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Show HN: A Chrome plugin that previews stars for GitHub repo links on the page(github.com)
2 points by pyzhianov 6y ago|1 comments
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by pyzhianov 6y ago
Get it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-star-spy/b... A week ago I was browsing this list of zsh plugins https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins and I wonde
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Ask HN: How hard is it to build a platform like Netlify?
95 points by pyzhianov 7y ago|18 comments
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Ask HN: Do you regret building your own software as a non-technical company?
1 points by pyzhianov 7y ago|2 comments
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
Frontend developer looking to help a cool startup blow away the competition and make a ton of money. (TypeScript, React, Redux, Node, humor). Remote? Why not. Email me at alex.pyzhianov@gmail.com my LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
I'm not the author of the comment above, but I did. I didn't compromise too much, but I could have done much better I believe, have I prioritized salary/tech/opportunities. But I get to build a thing that is meaningful t
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
Ok, if you are going to disrupt the yoga industry, I'll join you even if you are not backed by "XYZ" :D
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
Startups actually care. You often see interest in their product/industry as one of requirements. But large companies care much less. It's much more important for them to find a person who will be effective with their well defined
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
Agreed. But if the product doesn't do any good to the world, can you have ANY motivation at all? Even if the tech is awesome
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
I might switch back to Vim
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Ask HN: Do you care about the product you are building?
23 points by pyzhianov 8y ago|31 comments
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by pyzhianov 8y ago
I'm a frontend developer. I have 3 years of experience. I focus on building fast, accessible and maintainable UI. I care about bringing value to my users and being a good teammate. I'm also experienced with data visualization (D3,