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KarimDaghari

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sent request on Nov. 7th, 2021 from karim_daghari@outlook.com

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KarimDaghari··on OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer science
I've tried both (but have not completed them): In contrast to OSSU, TYSCS focuses purely on the fundamentals.
KarimDaghari··on How to Be a 10x Developer
> wasting their time writing blog posts

Mind expanding on this?

KarimDaghari··on How to Be a 10x Developer
I first learned this from Tim Ferris (btw, that guy isn’t full of it he actually gives out some good stuff) : it’s better to learn things JIT (just in time) than JIC (just in case).
KarimDaghari··on How not to SaaS – lessons from 2 years of building 3k MRR SaaS
What you said sounds correct however it’s not really as black and white as it may seem. Figuring out pmf means figuring out what make your product unique relative to your competitors which makes it a bit hard if not downright impossible to skip this step.
KarimDaghari··on No More Google
Honestly, for me, the hardest one to replace is YouTube. I think the best I can do is to create an account specifically for it + use firefox containers.
KarimDaghari··on The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen
Also, Kurzgesagt released a cool video about it: https://youtu.be/dSu5sXmsur4
KarimDaghari··on Create React App 4.0
Maybe take a look at Nest.js: https://nestjs.com/
KarimDaghari··on Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages [audio]
Thanks OP for sharing this podcast/episode! For me it was very informative (and dare I say, pretty cool). I'm wondering what other podcasts I'm missing out on!
KarimDaghari··on How I generated incomes as a web developer without working as a freelancer
Not GP, but here's my 2c:

> How do you test your product hypothesis without a product?

You can't. Actually... it depends on how you define a product. The way I think of it is: a product is merely a vehicle for the added value. With that understanding it becomes easier to decouple the value from the actual product. Therefore the MVP is no longer a stripped down version of the product but rather the simplest tool you can build to provide [that] value.

KarimDaghari··on I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years
for whatever it's worth, I find dev.to as the better alternative to medium (at least for technical subjects)
KarimDaghari··on Magic Link: Auth simplified for passwordless and social login
Why would I use this instead of WebAuth?
KarimDaghari··on Ask HN: What are some evergreen HN threads worth revisiting?
I have this comment in my favorites which I check every now and then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24356341
KarimDaghari··on Ask HN: What time of the day are you the most productive?
This is the first time I hear of this, still I’ll try to answer. I can’t really give a specific time frame but it’s mostly during “quiet” hours (so, either early morning or late at night)
KarimDaghari··on CSS Layout – Grid vs. Flexbox
I would use: `flex-direction: row`. And use wrap the number and asterisk in a `span` and style them as needed.
KarimDaghari··on A Grand Unified Theory of Product Ideation
I completely agree with you.

Honestly, I think one should be skeptical of anyone who’s (1) giving advice and (2) don’t have the experience (knowledge itself is not enough) to back it up.

KarimDaghari··on CSS Layout – Grid vs. Flexbox
nav, figure and button: why wouldn't flex cut it?
KarimDaghari··on CSS Layout – Grid vs. Flexbox
> Grid is great for 2D layouts especially if you're going to shift stuff around (e.g. responsive versions of the layout).

Exactly!

KarimDaghari··on CSS Layout – Grid vs. Flexbox
There are some things that grids aren't optimized for, one example that comes to mind is `justify/space-between` where you don't really need to think about the layout (by adjusting cols spans).

But yeah, for structural layouts grids are better.

KarimDaghari··on CSS Layout – Grid vs. Flexbox
My rule of thumb:

2d -> grid

1d -> flex

For the resources, I recommend:

Flexbox: https://flexboxfroggy.com/

Grid: https://cssgridgarden.com/

KarimDaghari··on Poll: Do you set up healthchecks for your side projects?
Thanks!
KarimDaghari··on Poll: Do you set up healthchecks for your side projects?
Whaaaaat? What is this sorcery? Polls in HN? Cool.
KarimDaghari··on Cloudflare One
It was Amazon. You're right about what the commenter said.
KarimDaghari··on Why you should write
If I may: https://karimdaghari.netlify.app/blog/get-things-done/
KarimDaghari··on Purism – Fund Your App
The power of the web is that it’s accessible from ANY platform and there’s already an app to use it which comes preloaded with whichever platform you’re in: the browser.

That said, native app performance is still unmatched (but not by a long shot!) the react-native project (both by FB and MSFT) looks promising.

KarimDaghari··on Facebook/Zstandard – Fast real-time compression algorithm
If I remember correctly when Judge was asked about what company hooli was supposed to represent he said something along the lines of “hooli is not one company, it’s all of them [FAANG]”.
KarimDaghari··on WSL2 – Installation Tutorial for Graphical Windows Subsystem on Linux
In my experience, WSL2 is noticeably better than WSL1. Note that that I have an SSD w/ 32 gigs of ram so ymmv.
KarimDaghari··on Ask HN: Chat or forum-based platform for open-source community?
Fundamentally the result is the same: the conversation will happen regardless of the medium.

However, there’s a big difference between the types of conversations: async or sync.

That said, my recommendation is to pick whichever medium is easier for you to manage/moderate on the go.

KarimDaghari··on Your Response to Mistakes Defines You (2014)
Thanks for the nuggets!

Completely unrelated:

> 113. The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.

This is really interesting. I haven't ventured into neuroscience (yet) but I've been "practicing" psychology (I'm not an SME; I'm just observing, introspecting and thinking about the thing) and I've found the two (software + psychology) to be well connected. For instance, when it comes to designing the UI/UX, you _need_ to have an (intuitive) understanding of the psychology underlaying the design.

KarimDaghari··on Enjoy the Best, Not the Latest, Media
> Go by the average rating, not popularity. It’s better to watch something a million people love than something 10 million people watched and consider okay.

I agree on the principle, however there’s a trust issue.

Out of n reviews on IMDB and RT how many of them are authentic? And how much weight does a critic’s review bear on the overall score?

In my case, be it for a movie or a book (not so much for songs though) the Lindy effect applies.

KarimDaghari··on “Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World”
Disclaimer: I haven’t taken any psychedelics.

> all the various mental abstractions we have built for ourselves in life and society are not necessarily 'wrong', but definitely questionable.

If I may interject here: The mental models we, both as a society and individuals, operate on are at best incomplete and at worst inaccurate. But then again, humanly-speaking there are no and there will never be a complete or accurate nor true or even correct model — it is by design. And the most obvious (inward) reason is: cognitive biases (and therefore, evolution by extension).

That said, while on a micro scale it might seem imperfect/suboptimal, on a macro scale it’s actually beneficial because that’s (the imperfection) what actually allows us as a group of individuals to evolve and adapt.

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