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alem··on Ask HN: Can tech interviews show whether you learned programming at a young age?
In a subtle way, I don't think so.

When trying to quantify such a subjective characteristic we end up with a "Wittgenstein's ruler" situation where the question tells more about how the interviewer envisions someone programming from a young age rather than the interviewee past programming history.

alem··on Ask HN: Does learning coding at university result in a "programming accent"?
"Programming accent", that's a cool concept.

I think you get your "programming accent" during your first real work experience or major project rather than the learning phase at uni.

It tends to mimic the "accent" of the most experienced programmer on your team.

alem··on Show HN: I built a Notion for science
The demo looks promising. I can see myself using it for my ML modeling logs.
alem··on Show HN: Code Screenshot – Create visuals of your code
When downloading a PNG the font is not Mono and different from the one displayed.
alem··on I created an online guitar pedal database
Cool database, plus the search makes it easy to look for effects and technical specs. My brother will love that!

The only thing I feel like missing (or maybe I missed it), what if I want to know which pedal is best for a specific style or effect?

Anyway, really cool!

alem··on What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs
You are absolutely right. What I meant is the implication that it can have beyond having copies, like doing legal paperwork to 3 or 4 government services because we need to update our email and credentials (I live in a country that is not tech friendly regarding to any administrative matter and it's a real nightmare sometimes).

And speaking of that, I tried once to create my own email server...so maybe I have to retry that and make a contingency plan, investing in a local server lab and preparing for the worst scenario.

alem··on Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400 Browser Tabs Open for 2 Years
I see this as a compliment to Firefox.
alem··on What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs
Beyond this specific case related to Google Docs, I'm really starting to develop a certain fear about losing my gmail account, or my main Google account in general, every "serious" aspect of my life is linked to it from keeping in touch with relatives to work and taxes.

I wonder if there is an actionable way to prepare such a disastrous outcome?!

alem··on Show HN: An API to track, plot and call webhooks for moving objects
Thank you!