Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #551

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Issue #551 // April 23, 2021 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Adobe Summit — The future of customer experience is waiting for you
Free virtual event April 27-29, 2021
//adobe sponsored

“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
//kernel comments

Apple Introduces AirTag
//apple comments

The “Granny Knot”
//fieggen comments

Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years
//bbc comments

SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases
//unixsheikh comments

Basic Music Theory in ~200 Lines of Python
//mvanga comments

I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning
//simulator comments

Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Instagram for children [pdf]
//commercialfreechildhood comments

Science and math-flavored programming problems for beginners
//projectlovelace comments

Software designers, not engineers: An interview from alternative universe
//tomasp comments

Noise in Creative Coding
//varun comments

#Ask HN


What was the biggest leadership challenge of your career?

How to Speak Confidently?

#Show HN


Side project passed $2.5k/mo revenue after 2 years //ycombinator

Calendso: An open source Calendly alternative //calendso comments

I built a tool to generate triangulated art from images //github comments

Wildtype: Sushi-grade salmon grown from Pacific Salmon cells //wildtypefoods comments

ArchiveBox: Open-source self-hosted web archiving //archivebox comments

Starboard Observable – An open source ObservableHQ notebook editor //starboard comments

Photopea: A free alternative to Photoshop used by millions of people //photopea comments

#Code


Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3 //grafana comments

Livebook: A collaborative and interactive code notebook for Elixir //dashbit comments

Prisma – ORM for Node.js and TypeScript //prisma comments

Java Is Criminally Underhyped //jackson comments

Tiny Container Challenge: Building a 6kB Containerized HTTP Server //devopsdirective comments

.NET MAUI: .NET Multi-Platform App UI //github comments

Node.js 16 Available Now //medium comments

Replace Google Analytics with a shell script //go350 comments

The True Meaning of Technical Debt //refactoring comments

#Design


Unsettling capital letters //art-by-kaine-shields comments

Why has no one made a better Goodreads //uxdesign comments

Car Design History – A data visualization of Italian car design //cardesignhistory comments

#Learn


Unicode Proposal – Textile Care Symbols //github comments

Kelly Criterion //wikipedia comments

List of Emerging Technologies //wikipedia comments

Paternoster Lift //wikipedia comments

Jumping Frenchmen of Maine //wikipedia comments

#Books


Shepherd – Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore //shepherd comments

Soviet children’s books became collectors’ items in India //atlasobscura comments

How to Write a Technical Book //serhack comments

B. Traven //wikipedia comments

‘Things’ in Fiction Shape the Way We Read //thenation comments

#Watching


First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter //youtube comments

I built a Guitar Hero robot //youtube comments

Wat (2012) //destroyallsoftware comments

#Working


Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit //substack comments

Hire me and pay what you want, just give me interesting work //truzzi comments

Job board to work on problems like climate change and food insecurity //goodjobs comments

Questions to ask in a job interview that reveal company culture //fastcompany comments

#Startup News


SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon //washingtonpost comments

Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft //wsj comments

Squarespace S1 //sec comments

Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform //techcrunch comments

#Fun


The Endless Acid Banger: algorithmic self-composing acid techno music //vitling comments

DIY Camera Using Raspberry Pi //ruha comments

Sid Meier: More Than Just Civilization //boilingsteam comments

Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale //lego comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-site tracking IDs //github comments

iPad Pro M1 //apple comments

I'd like to review your README //liw comments

Pulumi 3.0 //pulumi comments

PHP in 2021 //stitcher comments

A collection of open source, experimental, tiny tools //tinytools comments

_hyperscript: A jQuery and JavaScript Alternative //hyperscript comments

The Landlord's Game //wikipedia comments

Representing SHA-256 Hashes as Avatars //francoisbest comments

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Hacker Newsletter #549

Sunday, April 11, 2021

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. //Florence Nightingale hackernewsletter Issue #549 // April 11, 2021 // View in your browser I forgot to mention this week's issue

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Friday, April 2, 2021

Everywhere I went led me where I didn't want to be. //Paul Simon hackernewsletter Issue #548 // April 02, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Adobe Summit — The future of customer experience is

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Friday, March 26, 2021

If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine. //Jim Barksdale hackernewsletter Issue #547 // March 26, 2021 // View in your browser Hello! Close down

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Friday, March 19, 2021

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Growth and comfort do not coexist. //Ginni Rometty hackernewsletter Issue #544 // March 05, 2021 // View in your browser #Favorites Airtable - Orchestrate powerful business solutions with a single

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