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swyx

24,264karma·6,033submissions·December 9, 2015
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Writer/Angel in devtools and smol AI enjoyer.

ai engineer pod/news: https://latent.space/

conference: https://ai.engineer

devrel/devtools: https://dx.tips/

personal blog: https://swyx.io/ideas

book: https://learninpublic.org/

but you can also email username [at] ai dot engineer

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as a web developer my perception is dreamweaver and frontpage are now no longer relevant. is this actually true or am I just biased because of my job?
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discussing on twitter here https://twitter.com/swyx/status/949946224043610112 …
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could we actually take a snapshot of npm’s top used but relatively inert libraries every 6 months or so and freeze them? (call it UserlandJS 2018a, 2018b, etc) and then have a separate dependency mana…
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I am sure you are tired of hearing this but probably should replace AngularJS with Angular in your default search and also offer more Angular options in the textbox than Angular 2. (best to just roll …
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good on you for pointing out the security hole. i'm still a newb when it comes to it.
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clicking thru on the signup link: https://www.sunsed.com/sign-up Page not found. The requested URL /sign-up was not found on this server.…
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i agree.
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then it wouldnt be signed by them
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immutability/permanent record
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holy shit. just on litecoin?
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oh god. what an absolute mess of branding.
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congrats on graduating!! would you recommend it vs the other online masters' on here? i dont even know how to think about comparing one or the other if i'm supposed to ignore ranking.
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hey so how do you evaluate opportunities post graduation from Georgia Tech? really curious. congrats btw!!
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i often wonder if there is a way for people to put information on the blockchain so it -is- verifiable (you can post a public key to demonstrate that the information is from you). so that all public i…
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What else do your elf eyes see?
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I like the shoutout to Numerai. I think they are so left field that traditional hedge funds don't even have the ability to understand how much better Numerai can be.
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what is the bigger picture here with Apple's media intentions? Bought Pop Up Archive (podcast tech), Shazam, hires a top TV exec, and that's only just this week. Is Netflix on the radar?
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Hey Ben! i'm going to start at 2Sigma soon. would love to meet up with you if you are ever in new york. swyx@swyx.io
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Good for you that you ran a public company, and you may well be right on the boon for altcoins bit, but please know you are incorrect in relating options and shorting to futures trading. Please try to…
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i believe Lumi (YC company) uses Haskell for its backend https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12732592 …
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hello! i worked there for 2 years. yes it is a fork called Mu, no it is not not lazy. The Mu Core team are devout Haskellers so don't be too quick to dismiss them as abandoning Haskell's cor…
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hello! i had the honor of working with them from 2014-2016. top guys like Lennart Augustsson (sp?) and Neil Mitchell. Happy to answer any questions.
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odds on them having a job when they graduate? :)
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oh for sure man i understand. not criticizing you. i was just trying to respond to the guy above me.
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