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I'm getting into embedded development. Got me a STM32F3Discovery (recommended by Embedded Rust). Started going down the embedded rust rabbit hole before I got tired of the complexity (though do like the idea of…

I created a Discord Bot that sends a word of the day either from Merriam Webster or Urban Dictionary. You can set the hour/timezone that it's sent everyday. Any feedback/thoughts/ideas would be appreciated!

Has anybody done this successfully? After being in the software development industry for a decade, I'm looking to pivot. I've considered potentially doing a part-time MPP/MPPA but so far, the cost/benefit doesn't look…

Yo HN, I'm working on a little side project that deals with the US federal legal system, specifically federal prosecution and defense. Just curious if anybody else here works at or has any experience in what the SaaS…

Currently been interviewing at a FAANG-ish company, started in June. The first two months were the actual interviews (multiple rounds of code challenges, arch reviews, culture fit, etc). The last two and a half months…

I'm at 4 months, feels like it's been an eternity. Already denied an offer along the way while I hold out. Yes, the position is worth it but the waiting has been killing me.

I just got a job offer from a startup and as part of the compensation negotiation, the CEO is offering less equity on the basis that "since the option pool is smaller than typical (~8% rather than 10-15%) the offered…

First, I know that I can but should I. In my specific situation, I want to start the new job fast but I also want a week off. Giving two weeks to my current job would also coincide with vacation I had previously…

Hey HN, I'm considering jumping into a startup under as Director/CTO for a post-revenue, seed-backed (including seed bridge) startup. This would be their first full-time tech hire. They're offering pretty competitive…

Hey everyone, So I'm implementing cursor-based pagination through GraphQL and curious how everyone else is handling their ids throughout their system to fully conform to the idea. My schema had a mix of sequential…

I'm a solo founder and many, if not most, startup accelerator's literature mentions that while they do accept solo founders, they are heavily biased against them due to teams being stronger. They use the fact that since…

I've been getting migraines pretty consistently (monthly) for the past 4-5 years and a trigger for me is light reflection into my eye. This is a problem being a SWE and sitting in front of a monitor all day where light…

Hey HN, So I've been toiling away at creating a new social platform for TV (https://couchmate.com). I'm running into the classic chicken/egg problem at trying to get users simply aware that I exist. I'm looking for…

I was just having a discussion with some fellow devs about the toxicity levels aspiring or junior developers face as they try to break into the industry. While there is an insane amount of information readily available…

Hey HN, So I've been developing for a long time, professionally for almost a decade and am becoming disillusioned by the industry, however I still love coding. I actually developed the love in high school when I took…

Hey HN! I created a Scala compiler plugin that takes Scala case classes and traits, transpiles them into Typescript, and emits it as a build artifact. There's a couple of SBT plugins that try to accomplish this but due…

I'm currently working on a project where the .com is owned by a domain reseller who has, in my opinion, an unrealistic valuation. I own the .io, so I'm not super concerned but it's frustrating to negotiate when I feel…