Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #492

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Issue #492 // February 21, 2020 // View in your browser

#Favorites


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//datadog sponsored

Explorabl.es
//explorabl comments

Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas
//github comments

1-on-1 meeting questions
//github comments

The dystopian world of software engineering interviews
//jarednelsen comments

Signs you’re working in a feature factory
//cutle comments

Why SQLite succeeded as a database
//changelog comments

Rules to run a software startup with minimum hassle
//joisig comments

How to Take Smart Notes
//fortelabs comments

What eight years of side projects have taught me
//junglecoder comments

Don’t stage off Starship
//caseyhandmer comments

#Ask HN


What job can a “jack of all trades” look for?

How do you learn complex, dense technical information?

#Show HN


Kasaya – A scripting language and runtime for browser automation //github comments

Autocode – Automatically generate API code for SaaS apps //autocode comments

A Firefox extension to add latency to distracting webpages //mozilla comments

Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through for your landing page //github comments

#Code


C4: C in Four Functions //github comments

ESbuild – A fast JavaScript bundler and minifier in Go //github comments

Dogelang – A Python with Haskell Syntax //github comments

Broxy – An HTTP/HTTPS intercept proxy written in Go //github comments

Wikipedia replaced its markup parser in JavaScript with PHP and made faster //wikimedia comments

#Data


Ask HN: What are some examples of good database schema designs? //ycombinator

Google/Trax – Understand and explore advanced deep learning //github comments

Google Fonts Analytics //google comments

Facebook URLs Dataset Now Available for Academic Research //socialscience comments

#Design


18-year-old personal website, built with Frontpage and still updated //fmboschetto comments

A stream of AI-generated art //art42 comments

Principles of Icon Design //uxdesign comments

Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them //npr comments

#Learn


500 Byte Images: The Haiku Vector Icon Format //leahhanson comments

Airbus unveils 'blended wing body' plane design after secret flight tests //reuters comments

Hallucinogenic Fish //wikipedia comments

Benford's Law //wikipedia comments

Fork Bomb //wikipedia comments

#Books


How These Things Work – A book about CS from first principles //reasonablypolymorphic comments

Top Fantasy Reads – Fantasy books Reddit is reading //topfantasyreads comments

Book Review: Tiny Habits //muratbuffalo comments

Applied Critical Thinking Handbook (Formerly the Red Team Handbook) //hsdl comments

#Watching


Brown: color is weird //youtube comments

Hacking my arm prosthesis to plug into a synth: thought-controlled music //youtube comments

Vue.js: The Documentary (Trailer) //youtube comments

Adam Savage Builds a Rickshaw Pulled by Boston Dynamic's Spot Robot //youtube comments

#Working


Kickstarter employees vote to unionize //vice comments

Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets //google comments

Why do incompetent managers get promoted? //medium comments

#Startup News


Lambda School’s Misleading Promises //nymag comments

DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M //techcrunch comments

SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM //techcrunch comments

#Fun


Sherbet: An Ergonomic Gaming Keypad //billiam comments

Defacto: Factorio-like game in the browser for the PICO-8 //lexaloffle comments

Create a First-Person Shooter In Godot //godottutorials comments

Plink-plonk.js – hear webpages render with DOM observer and audio API //github comments

Aggressively Stupid: The Story Behind After Dark //lowendmac comments

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