Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #511

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Issue #511 // July 10, 2020 // View in your browser

Catching up on two weeks of good reads so you better grab another cup of coffee. Enjoy! kale

#Favorites


Datadog provides dashboarding, alerting, app monitoring, and log management in one tightly integrated monitoring platform so you can get end-to-end visibility. Try it free
//datadog sponsored

The End of the Redis Adventure
//antirez comments

1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders
//lucaiaconistewart comments

De-escalating social media conflict
//nickpunt comments

Openstreetmap, a global map for worldwide insight
//mapbox comments

Finishing a side project
//hugozap comments

Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify
//stevebenjamins comments

I built a desktop radiation monitor with Raspberry Pi, brass and wood
//balena comments

The saddest “Just Ship It” story
//kitze comments

Must ride mule to and from work location
//deepsouthventures comments

24a2: An ultra-minimalist game engine
//github comments

From context collapse to content collapse
//roughtype comments

The Slack Social Network
//stratechery comments

#Ask HN


What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?

How to improve my abstract thinking?

#Show HN


Zettlr – FOSS markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing //zettlr comments

Foam – A Roam Research alternative with VSCode, Markdown and GitHub //github comments

Hacker News front page in the style of a print newspaper //wolfgangfaust comments

Linear – A fast issue tracker //linear comments

Runnaroo – A new search engine //runnaroo comments

Keep Your Stuff, for Life //perkeep comments

Megadesk //tindie comments

Debubble //debubble comments

#Code


How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner //daedtech comments

A terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day at Slack //slack comments

Textures.js is a JavaScript library for creating SVG patterns //riccardoscalco comments

Hyperapp – A tiny framework for building web interfaces //hyperapp comments

Mastering Jq: Part 1 //substack comments

#Design


New Stuff //thefarside comments

USA.css – units set in inches, 1776 bytes //bennettfeely comments

The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design //applypixels comments

Milton Glaser, designer of ‘I ♥ NY’ logo, has died //nytimes comments

The Faces of Microsoft //typemag comments

#Learn


Lights and Shadows //ciechanow comments

Intuitive Guide to Maxwell's Equations //github comments

Göbekli Tepe //wikipedia comments

A 1950s proposal to nuke Alaska //atlasobscura comments

#Books


Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff //charlieharrington comments

Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager? //ycombinator

Coding Career Handbook //learninpublic comments

Why I’m Writing a Book on Cryptography //cryptologie comments

The BEAM Book //stenmans comments

Numerical Linear Algebra for Programmers //aiprobook comments

Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the money //theguardian comments

#Watching


Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit //youtube comments

Not a Wheelchair //youtube comments

Professor solves 240 computer science exam problems in 4 hours //youtube comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //ycombinator

Invasive, secretive “bossware” tracking workers //eff comments

Full Employment //locusmag comments

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //ycombinator

#Startup News


Uber, Postmates Agree on $2.65B All-Stock Deal //bloomberg comments

Google Acquires North //blog comments

#Fun


Websites that look like desktop GUIs //simone comments

Windows98 Running in the Browser //copy comments

I open sourced my game along with a tutorial on how to make it using Lua //github comments

Rainbow – an attempt to display colour on a B&W monitor //anfractuosity comments

Cronk: Long-lost beverage resurrected after 120 years //theguardian comments

Walking Dream – single-player adventure game for the Oculus Quest //walkingdre comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Abstract Wikipedia //wikimedia comments

Apple Lightning //github comments

SheetUI – Turn Google Sheets into Web Pages //sheetui comments

Dynamic linking //drewdevault comments

How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works //roadandtrack comments

Xbox Architecture //copetti comments

QuickBasic64: Basic for the Modern Era //qb64 comments

Identity Beyond Usernames //lord comments

Missing Structure in Technical Discussions //github comments

Formula 1 2020: The secret aerodynamicist – are capes the key? //bbc comments

Goodhart's Law and how systems are shaped by the metrics you chase //substack comments

The caretakers of Sealand, the most stubborn micronation //atlasobscura comments

A 28-year-old with no degree becomes a must read on the economy //bloomberg comments

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