Show HN: Bekli, where the graph comes to life

1 points by bharal 7y ago ↗ HN

I'm really pleased with the way I display user results here. I'd love feedback on how you think I might be able to use this.

http://www.bekli.it

Wait - context. I've been working on a flash-card site for java developers on and off for a while, the latest iteration is above.

I'm unsure if companies actually want people who know the language anymore though. It seems they all want someone who can solve algorithms and then pay them a ludicrous amount of money to surf stackoverflow and read documents all day.

Any thoughts on my display of data, or if there are companies that want knowledge over algorithms?

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davelnewton 7y ago ↗

I... am not sure what to say. Anybody can learn a language, especially if they already know any, relatively quickly. Teaching someone to think about how to solve problems is much, much harder.

I'd take someone who can think over someone who knows any given language any day of the week. Even in my preferred languages I still look up documentation and "how-tos", and that's not likely to ever change.

I don't care if someone knows everything in the JLS or is Java Certified. I do care if they can solve problems at a reasonable pace.

federicoponzi 7y ago ↗

Haven't tried the site, but have a couple of points: * Why no https? * Link broken: http://www.bekli.it/whoWeAre * I don't like the overall design, it looks like it looks like too empty or simple (I'm also talking about the "take a quiz screenshot") - but I'm not a designer at all.

Well done shipping :)