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Harmohit

305 karma · joined March 29, 2019

Physicist turned Software Engineer.

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Harmohit··on Assembly
I love the idea! I never got too seriously into Core War but I remember discovering it as a high school student and getting exposed to assembly programming. I think that the "natural" language that this game uses is quite intuitive and the whole game is a great way to get started with assembly.

However, I do find the UI quite unintuitive at certain points. Especially when I wrote a program, I couldn't figure out how to run it in the local training assembly.

Harmohit··on Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done
Building a browser does seem intimidating! What technical considerations made you finally take it seriously? Any advice for folks trying to do the same or taking on another intimidating project?
Harmohit··on I'm puzzled how anyone trusts ChatGPT for code
I am not a LLM lover but I think you are thinking about it the wrong way. I think that most of the value that LLMs provide for writing code is in syntax suggestions and being slightly better autocomplete.
Harmohit··on Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun
I agree as well and had a similar but slightly different experience. I think that some of the material that I read in high school was great; but not appropriate for my age. While reading that material in school, I was bored and frustrated because I did not have enough life experiences (and empathy) to understand the emotional delicacy that the piece was bringing to my mental palette.

When I grew up (just by a few years) and accidentally re - discovered a work that I hated in school, I found it extremely deep and thought provoking.

Maybe high school students are not a great audience for appreciating a lot of literature, at least I wasn't.

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