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  1. Ask HN: What are the best resources for learning networking?

    What have you found to be the most helpful resources to learn about things like network interfaces, VPN's, NAT traversal, hole punching, DHCP, etc.?

    16 points 7
  2. Ask HN: What are the best tools you've used for quickly root causing incidents?
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  3. Ask HN: Are there studies on whether multiple monitors affect productivity?
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  4. Ask HN: What are the best resources for learning about CRDT's and OT's?
    3 points 1
  5. Ask HN: What do you think of a Metamask-like extension to pay for GPT apps?

    I've been thinking about all the use cases I've seen online for OpenAI and it got me thinking about payment models. Three I imagine will be popular are: - Pay as you go: Website charges you per interaction, with the…

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  7. Ask HN: What's the best way to learn Git deeply in 2022?

    Most of the resources I've found are either: 1. Surface level but up-to-date with git's newest features (e.g. `git switch`, `git restore`) 2. Deep references of git's philosophy, commands, organizational structure,…

    2 points 1
  8. Ask HN: What's the Best Git Book?

    I'm motivated half by wonder at the scope of what git can do, and half by the frustration of ending up in weird states and struggling with figuring out if I'm supposed to reset, revert, or restore. Any good books for…

    6 points 3
  9. Ask HN: What are your weird ideas about Distributed Systems?

    Most weird ideas are either unlikely to work because they miss key insights, or unlikely to gain traction because they seem too weird or against-the-grain. It's easy to dismiss weird ideas for fear of them living in the…

    3 points 1
  10. Ask HN: Are there any new social networks you're excited about?
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  11. Ask HN: Why did HN just go down?

    For a couple minutes, Hacker News was returning 502 Bad Gateway error codes with the message that "We're having some trouble serving your request. Sorry!". Any idea what happened?

    30 points 33
  12. Ask HN: How do you avoid bikeshedding?

    I frequently struggle with going down a lot of unimportant rabbit holes when I'm working on a project, especially in the early stages when there are lots of decisions to be made and things to set up. Have you found any…

    31 points 14
  13. Ask HN: Where Do You Live?

    The last thread like this is from 2009 and I thought it'd be interesting to see where y'all are from. Please comment your city or upvote if someone has already posted it. Hello from Chicago, IL!

    6 points 5
  14. Ask HN: What tech stack do you use for quick web side projects?
    7 points 11
  15. Ask HN: Fun Tech Book Recommendations?

    I'm currently reading Seven Databases in Seven Weeks [1] and finding it to be a really fun and interesting look at some tech I don't know much about. I'm wondering what other interesting books there are out there that…

    139 points 45
  16. How to mathematically choose the best secretary (or pizza) (datagenetics.com)
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  17. Ask HN: What are some ways web apps can better respect user privacy?

    Context: I'm working on a web application that would deal with user data, and I'm looking for some best practices and tips for respecting the privacy of the user as much as possible. Ideally, I'd like all data to be…

    2 points 1
  18. Ask HN: Where do you back up your files?

    There are several old HN threads about what tools people use to back up their personal files to remote servers, but I'm specifically wondering what the best options are for hosting the remote backups. I'd love to push…

    1 points 1
  19. Ask HN: What's the black bar at the top or HN right now?
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  20. Goodhart's Law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure (en.wikipedia.org)
    229 points 136
  21. Ask HN: How do you get started creating a webapp?

    I have a few webapps I'd like to make, but every time I start, the interfaces I create look so juvenile and plain (in a bad way). I look at websites like AirBNB or Evernote or Facebook and they look so clean and sleek.…

    2 points 1
  22. Ask HN: I'm a student with a Mac App; how do I sell it?

    Hi HN! I'm looking for a bit of advice as I'm a complete beginner to selling software. I've created a Mac App which I can't distribute in the Mac App store (It interfaces with some Apple software, and I'm certain Apple…

    2 points 3
  23. Musk launches company to merge brain with computers (businessinsider.com)
    1 points 1
  24. PHP has a built in method to get the time of sunrise (php.net)
    4 points 0
  25. Amazon considering using blimps as huge floating warehouses (businessinsider.com)
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