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“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 668 posts.
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I've acquired a new superpower
Yesterday, I was browsing Reddit. Midway through my feed, I stumbled upon a video from a German TV show, where a 9-year-old girl demonstrated her ability to…
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Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Patty Smith.
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Fast
Rarely in software does anyone ask for “fast.” We ask for features, we ask for volume discounts, we ask for the next data integration. We never think to ask for fast. But software that's fast changes behavior. Developers ship more often when code deploys in seconds (or milliseconds) instead of minutes. AI code…
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Bill Atkinson has died
Link to: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10238073579963378&id=1378467145&_rdr
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I tasted Honda’s spicy rodent-repelling tape and I will do it again (2021)
And I will do it again unless someone stops me.
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But what if I want a faster horse?
But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotext
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I'd rather read the prompt
I have literally never seen LLM writing that actually improved my life.
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I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
Writing about software, systems, and the craft of building things.
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A receipt printer cured my procrastination
Why can I focus for hours on a game but procrastinate on simple tasks? I finally cracked the code using thermal receipt printer and game design.
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Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
A Christmas Eve journey. Deutsche Bahn. 35 kilometers.
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I still like Sublime Text
I still use Sublime Text in 2025 even after trying a lot of other editors
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Always Invite Anna
Sometimes the people who need invitations most are the ones who always decline them.
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Googler... ex-Googler
My role at Google was eliminated.
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I Met Paul Graham Once
In their rush to conform, to obey, are tech industry leaders planning to discriminate against me?
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Spaced repetition systems have gotten better
Spaced repetition systems are a well-known way to efficiently learn material. Recent innovations have applied machine learning to greatly improve their scheduling.
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Slow
What problems can human beings only solve over a very long period of time? And how can we build institutions that solve those problems?
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If you're remote, ramble
A lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion for remote teams.
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I am rich and have no idea what to do
Life has been a haze this last year. After selling my company, I find myself in the totally un-relatable position of never having to work again. Everything feels like a side quest, but not in an inspiring way. I don’t have the same base desires driving me to make money or gain status. I have infinite freedom, yet I…
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Facts about throwing good parties
Parties are a public service; here's how to throw them.
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After my dad died, we found the love letters
a few days after dad died, we found the love letters, hidden away among his things. one of them said, i love dota and i love peaches, but i love you more. i ...
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The year I didn't survive
Grief and new motherhood have transformed my brain, my body, and my sense of self.
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Maybe the default settings are too high
I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings for two months and I’m just at the end of the first part. It’s not because I’m not enjoying it. It’s one of the most ...
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