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I've been using this tool for a few months consistently and it is providing the same value that Pocket did to me. I think a big part of the PH launch failure was the audience, while the app didn't get any attention in Product Hunt, I actually got a few dozens users from a single post in Threads. Even a key member of Pocket's founding team commented in that post.
I've been reading online for as long as there's been something to read online. But the experience keeps getting worse. Ads, popups, auto-playing videos, modals before you've read a single word.
Pocket was my solution for years. Then Pocket went away. So I built my own.
Pura Letra strips everything away and gives you just the writing. Clean typography, highlights, notes, a personal library. Free to use. Launching today.
After many years of discouraging women and other underrepresented minorities in tech, those groups have a clear disadvantage and creating groups and other ways to help them catch up is what we need to balance things out.
You are right about one thing, this isn’t only a problem within tech, there are many other industries and careers where women and other underrepresented minorities haven’t been given a chance to succeed and show their capabilities. But it has to start somewhere and with tech being so important for everything we do in our lives everyday, it just makes sense to be louder about this in this community to pledge for a change.
Experts become experts after years of experience, coaching, support, and having people who approve of them and their knowledge all of the time. Women and minorities lack that support, like I said, we are just playing catch up now.
I do believe that the majority of coding will be replaced by AI or some automated process requiring some inputs and expected results to "code" an application. However, this article reads like an advertisement, and it fails to go deeper into the topic at hand, unfortunately.
A developer becomes a "great developer" when the company, team, resources, projects, recognition, etc., are compatible with that person. Under that logic, I believe any programmer can be great if they desire to do so and find the environment and motivation to thrive.
Most technical interviews fail to find the right people because interviewers and hiring managers usually go at it with an "idea" of what a "great developer" looks like to them. In most cases, everyone ends up hiring people who don't work out and miss out on people who could have become the "great developers" there were looking for in the first place.
I would pay for a social network that can offer a simple UI, that works on any device (have you tried to use Instagram on an iPad Pro), and that can help me switch between private, anonymous, and public posts intermittently.
Based on the description it looks like you'll be doing some programming and working closely with software engineers. If you don't have a lot of programming experience this could be a great way to learn and get your foot in the door.
I agree with some of the points in this blog post. However, shouldn't the same advice apply to companies that use the same useless templates to describe development positions and then spend little to no time telling potential candidates about the type of work they will be doing? In today's world, getting a good developer is as hard as getting a good development job.
Correct. So most online blogs that "recap" news do the same correct? Would you agree then that Marco and Daring Fireball are spam as well? if not, please tell what is different?
blogspam? I personally curate articles that I think are interesting and add some commentary sometimes. If providing a summary and a link to the original article is blogspam then I guess hackernews also qualifies as one - based on your poor point of view.
True about product placement, very possible. However, Microsoft made lots of changes to their entire platform and executive line up so I am expecting nothing but bold changes and interesting stuff coming from them this year- I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I write about software development, travel, and photography over at https://rcrdo.com/. Feel free to drop me a line if you'd like to chat about any of those topics!
Open invitation: I'm always happy to receive emails about software, startups, or anything else that's on your mind. I try my best to reply to most unsolicited emails, especially from fellow HNers. If you don't hear back from me, it's only because I'm swamped, not because I don't appreciate your message.
Just a heads-up: Unless otherwise noted, everything I write here is my own personal opinion and doesn't necessarily reflect the views of my employers, clients, friends, or any other entity.