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Super early on in my carrier. Just wanted to download an mp3 from my favorite artist without weird ads or tracking

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I'd recommend you to have a look at yt-dlp [0] and NewPipe extractor [1]

[0] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp [1] https://teamnewpipe.github.io/documentation/

You got the knack, bud, and that's all it takes. Plenty of people have finished CS degrees without acquiring the knack. But that's really all it takes. If you've got it, it's just a matter of time before you're knocking people's socks off.

i find it interesting how some HN threads are super supportive like this one and others tear people apart for overstating their expertise, getting overleveled job titles as a "senior" developer while missing some esoteric/deep knowledge. we're all on our meandering paths somehow.

It's useful to remember that this is a community of individuals, each with their own opinions and experiences.

There's a line of "real curiosity about interesting aspects of computer software" and no-substance snake oil.

So, in one case, it's "low substance but good effort", in the other it's "low substance and low effort"

After spending enough years mentoring juniors, you pick up on it pretty fast whether someone is worth your time. Ask for a specific solution, and you'll get it from me once. Ask for understanding the generalized case, and I'll happily sit around explaining things to you all day long.

Even asking for a specific solution is fine if it's followed up by thoughtful probing questions on the general patterns. But there's just no room for hand holding in this industry.

Well written article... nitpick - your article date [1] as of posting this comment is DEC 31 2024...

> fullstack dev versus youtube - DEC 31 2024

[1] https://vincentsg.dev/blog/

Also the coffee in the image is yellow, which is really weird.

sure thing, who doesn't

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