Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #501

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Issue #501 // April 24, 2020 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Get great visual feedback & bug reports, even from non-technical folk
//bugherd sponsored

It’s Time to Build
//a16z comments

Things I wished more developers knew about databases
//medium comments

If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try charging it on the right
//stackexchange comments

Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming
//byorgey comments

I've been writing TILs for 5 years
//github comments

Userscripts Are Fun and Are Still Very Much Relevant
//dutzi comments

When did I run that command? Update your Bash prompt with the command start time
//redandblack comments

Ok Google – it's time you discovered cyclists
//cyklistbloggen comments

Covid-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons
//quillette comments

Using a self-rewriting README powered by GitHub Actions to track TILs
//simonwillison comments

30 Years of iRobot
//linkedin comments

#Ask HN


I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?

How do I overcome mental laziness?

Why did you leave the tech industry?

#Show HN


I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing //getintention comments

ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced video backgrounds //zoomerbackgrounds comments

Wekan: Open-source, trello-like kanban //github comments

SpacedTime – Remember the important things in your life //spacedtime comments

Box Line Text – A simple whiteboarding tool for screencasts //github comments

Grain, a startup built atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making //techcrunch comments

Photo Ark – An effort to document every species living in zoos and sanctuaries //nationalgeographic comments

VimTricks, a Vim Email Newsletter //substack comments

#Code


Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C //ycombinator

Build a real-time Twitter clone with LiveView and Phoenix 1.5 //phoenixframework comments

Why do we need Flask, Celery, and Redis? //github comments

Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 //pythoninsider comments

Guitar – Git GUI Client //github comments

Testing Sync at Dropbox //dropbox comments

Learn to code by creating working applications //jetbrains comments

#Data


Learning to See in the Dark //github comments

TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management //tableplus comments

The Intensional Spreadsheet //billwadge comments

#Design


98.css – design system for building Windows 98 UIs //github comments

Pattern.css – CSS-only library to create background patterns //github comments

The Baymard Institute: An evidence-based trove of UX best practices //medium comments

Open – Free React landing page template //github comments

#Learn


List of oldest continuously inhabited cities //wikipedia comments

Fruit Trenches: Cultivating Subtropical Plants in Freezing Temperatures //lowtechmagazine comments

Crimson Contagion //wikipedia comments

Dueling Scar //wikipedia comments

Pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West //apnews comments

#Books


Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? //quora comments

Books I recommend to my software engineering students //utk comments

A Genealogy of the Idea of Universal Basic Income //lareviewofbooks comments

#Watching


A basketball hoop to maximize shots that go in //youtube comments

Roger Penrose – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered? //youtube comments

Blip – 1977 Mechanical Pong //youtube comments

Building Your First SaaS: The Ultimate Crash Course //youtube comments

#Working


Half of American workers would rather work from home forever: poll //zippia comments

Remote Work Report //gitlab comments

#Startup News


Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from consumer plans //techcrunch comments

Instacart announces new Covid-19 policies and plans to hire 250k more shoppers //techcrunch comments

Patreon lays off 13% of workforce //techcrunch comments

Unicorn layoffs keep piling up //techcrunch comments

#Fun


Goat2Meeting //sweetfarm comments

The NSA called me after midnight and requested my source code //medium comments

Game developers share what they're most proud of making //rockpapershotgun comments

Build a Working Game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life //stackexchange comments

Swiss Cat Ladders: Documenting and Deconstructing Feline-Friendly Infrastructure //99percentinvisible comments

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