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I have 6 months to fully invest in any cert or tech stack. I don’t need to work. I’ve been working with Salesforce for 10 years. Kubernetes is interesting me.

I feel too reactive with my work. Either waiting for people on what they want changed or handling unexpected bugs. When I’m not waiting on anyone or I understand the issue, I can work a lot and get into a flow state…

I’ve been working as a programmer for 10 years and think I’m done with it. I feel like the golden age of being a programmer is gone. With constant learning, AI, and competing in a global market because of remote work,…

I've been getting into the habit to write 1-10 sentences at the end of my day that attempt to anticipate appropriate responses if someone asks me about work over audio/video the next day. I'll sometimes add links.…

Any resource recommendations would be much appreciated!

Auto shipping household essentials via Amazon has been a big time saver. Getting groceries delivered is another. I wish there was a way to outsource managing my money and dealing with bills.

I think I’m one. I used to be a developer, but now I spend most time in meetings, creating tickets, and pushing tickets over the finish line. I’ve noticed I’ve had to drastically improve my writing skills. I function as…

I was able to claim citizenship by decent in European country. I plan to work remotely for the American company as a US citizen, but live in Europe. If you do that, what’s it like? How do handle taxes? Anything I should…

I charge $115-130 an hour. All work is 100% remote. I customize Salesforce. I think my rate is pretty good, but am wondering if I should charge more or if there is other tech I should specialize in that could get me a…

All my 8 year old wants to do is play Roblox or watch YouTube. They taught themselves how to play Roblox, so I know they are capable of learning other things. Can anyone recommend something like a YouTube series that…

For 1.5 years I’ve been assisting in the maintenance and enhancement of software that was built by a consultancy almost 3 years ago. No one on my team was part of the initial design, build, and launch. The documentation…

I'm an application architect for a brand new application. The application uses tons of data from multiple external systems. New data tables needed to be created for the application too. The person that designed the…

President Putin, I’m a Czech-American born from Czechoslovakian refugees that fled before Prague Spring. I hold citizenship in both Czechia and America. On behalf of my generation from both nations, I want us to learn…

I have about 5 years of professional programming experience and almost 3 has been with my boss. It's now nice side gig that I can work whenever. This side gig I'm the only developer. No CI or QA team. Low budget…

I'm a contract software developer and would consider myself mid-senior level in my skillset. I've been working for my current client for about 3 months. Every assignment they give to me I get done as soon as possible to…

Usually when I take a break I'll check HN, Twitter, text messages, YouTube, etc. I think these activities are fine on occasion when you need to just unwind for a bit and not worry about productivity. But when I follow…

I ordered close to $180 worth of shirts from GitHub's shop on 03/08/2019. They charged my card almost instantly, and now 11 days later, I have not received a tracking number or any information on my order. I've emailed…

Hi HN, I've started working a job as the only developer. It's the most senior position I've had, and my employer has given me a lot of trust on how to run everything development wise. They are planning to hire more…

I've just scored my first 100% remote developer job making $150k a year. My wife is a full-time parent. We have two kids that are under 4 and currently live in Los Angeles. I'm over the high cost of living, crowds,…

I'd like to get better at my CSS skills. My problem is I don't want to spend too much time developing my design skills. In addition, I feel like I'm the least creative person when it comes to designing a website. Does…

What tools do you use? A template, format, or live doc editor? How do you do it? My problem is my boss, who isn't a developer, will send me requirements to code something. This could involve 4-5 different objects in the…

I searched HN on how to write great documentation. This is something I want to get better at. A top link I found was this: https://jacobian.org/writing/great-documentation/ Is it still relevant? It's a bit old and some…

I've only been coding professionally for a year. I know how to write some basic server code, am familiar with rest apis, have built a few web applications with react and angular, and have a general understanding of full…