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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 322 posts.
The Impact Github is Having on Your Software Career
Update 2019: This article got 183 comments on Reddit, and 237 comments on Hacker News. Many commenters said it couldn’t be done — they…
Good at programming competitions does not equal good on the job [video]
A couple of days ago I watched a How Computers Learn talk by Peter Norvig. In this talk, Peter talked about how Google did machine learning and at one point he mentioned that at Google they also applied machine learning to hiring. He said that one thing that was surprising to him was that being a winner at…
Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned
1/ After 10+ years of publishing professional writing at https://t.co/ddc2F89IIV , I have a couple opinions on how to get your stuff read
The software engineering notebook
Fellow software engineers/hackers/devs/code gardeners, do you keep a notebook (digital or plain dead-tree version) to record things you learn?
Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements
LinkedIn endorsements are useless. See the research we did and learn why these endorsements are dumb.
The Sound of Silence
I recently heard one of the more interesting insights about Silicon Valley I'd heard in a while. It explained something I’d wondered about for years. But I can't tell you what it was. There's too...
Hard-won lessons: Five years with Node.js
After five years working with Node.js, I’ve learned a lot. I’ve already shared a few stories, but this time I wanted to focus on the ones I learned the hard way. Bugs, challenges, surprises, and...
The Reality of Developer Burnout
Burnout is, unfortunately, a very real phenomenon in software development — especially when creating and maintaining open source projects with large numbers...
How to Get into Natural Language Processing
We’re excited to introduce a new series we’re calling Paths [https://ycombinator.wpengine.com/category/paths/]. Each post will outline an emerging technology and give you clear steps on how to get started in that field. This series was designed with makers and aspiring entrepreneurs in mind. We talked to college…
Catfish Programmers
ROMA99 - menghadirkan standar baru hiburan digital modern dengan sistem profesional, tampilan elegan, dan akses cepat di berbagai perangkat.
Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”
The venture capitalist explores how to shape an innovative mindset.
I spent three months working full time to get a job
A retrospective on the technical interview process based on three months of searching for a job.
Staying with the US Digital Service
A few months ago, I took a leave of absence from Google to do a stint with the US Digital Service. A lot of people know about the US Digital Service because they helped rescue the healthcare.gov we…
De-Location Package: Keep Your Career and Live Beyond the Bay Area
Learn about the most recent initiatives at Zapier.
Nevertheless, She Coded
She was discouraged, she was given an excuse to quit. Nevertheless, she coded.
ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity
Thoughtworks is acquired by Apax Funds. The current management team will continue to run the company as before.
How you can contribute to Firefox 57 success
If you’ve been following Firefox development over the last year, you probably know that we’re hard at work on a major refactor of the browser, codenamed Quantum .