Ask HN: What are some "hardcore" technologies with high learning potential?

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I'm asking this as a general question, but for some background, I'm a mobile (iOS) and back- (Django,Node) and front-end developer. I'm looking for some hot, rising, and hardcore technology that has a lot to teach about CS and/or software development. I have interests in AI, but haven't done much work/research about it so far.

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If you like algorithmic-type stuff, give opencl/cuda a shot. It's amazing to be able to really feel the kind of power locked away in a standard desktop gpu. Writing gpu code is also much different than writing standard synchronous code, especially for algorithms that aren't embarrassingly parallel.

I wouldn't call gpu computing a "hot" rising technology, but it's certainly hardcore and is used widely in research, games, and many other computationally intensive applications.

Yes, it seems widespread enough that whatever it has to teach cannot be wasted. Thanks!

Crypto currencies for fun and profit. Everyone knows Bitcoin, but it seems like there is a new fork / take on it everyday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies

That's a good suggestion, thanks! But I wandered in the realms of cryptography before and that kind of math turned me off a bit.

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