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Build actual websites. Code a lot. Pick a website every week that fits your definition of "modern web design" and try to clone it. This will be exponentially better than joining an online course and reading/watching a video about building something.

Actual learning happens when you're applying knowledge, not merely ingesting it.

You speak for yourself, I hope. Because I (for one) found this useful.

To be fair, you need to find yourself in a situation where raising funds is the easiest thing on your "to-do" list. Raising funds will revolve around whether or not your product resonates with your target user segment and how many people would actually pay to use your product/service.

Once you've found the answer to those questions, what you do next will be dictated by logic. Best of luck!

Could you recommend any books that you found particularly useful?

AI and Machine learning, while important technologies, are at a high risk of becoming a buzzword (if they haven't already). To what extent do you agree with the fact that the end output or experience matters more than the tools (like AI, etc) used to create them?

Does it matter? The purpose of these guidelines IMO is to improve the standards of EdTech products and perhaps the value they create for education as a whole.

This is fantastic. But this sounds like it's mostly intended for startups at an early/mid stage. What I mean is companies who already run a monopoly are more likely, in my opinion, to overlook these guidelines.

Any time Microsoft is criticized for making the most boring tech out there, and looking like an uninspired company, there's always one person to hit back at Apple (and more often than not, the iPhone/iOS)

I met with the founders of Urbit over Dinner a few years back, part of a community meetup at the Thiel Fellowship Finalists Round in 2014 (yeah, bring out the pitchforks) and they seemed like pretty amazing guys.

What I don't understand, however, is the need to romanticize software. There's too much magic in this. I get the feel that this is something very important, but I don't understand what it is. Anyhow, best of luck to the team!

Yea. Slap on a pair of dog ears and a filter. And then disappear.

This is like Clipart, but better, and for the internet. Loving it!

Or just ask a friend who lives there.

This might be a good idea, but I don't see why one should pay for it. It's like saying "I'll tell you which color dress you should wear. But first, pay me."

To make a recommendation that is actually worth paying for, you need to know a little more about the persons taste than you do.

Absolutely. Now by my estimation there is still some effort going into supporting those Ballmer-era failures, but such is the burden of being a company as large as Microsoft.

Microsoft without the dead-weight of having to support failed tech — Now that is a place I would like to work.

Edit: Do you think that Microsoft is actively taking steps in trying to do away with supporting things like Vista, etc?

Indeed. I may have judged them from the technologies that I see being used commonly, and turned a blind eye to important ones. That being said, Office365 and Azure are fairly popular anywhere.

Firstly, I didn't intend to "troll" Microsoft.

Well, I agree with the last sentence. Satya Nadella was the much needed U-turn from the Balmer era. It's just that by the standards Microsoft has set for itself, they've under-performed over the years. I'm talking about major failed experiments like Windows Vista, Lumia (or even the entire Nokia acquisition)

Microsoft always gives the vibe of a company that is desperate to salvage some pride from its glory days. It was once a giant, but now they're on the brink of redundancy, in terms of being viewed as "innovative".

This opinion may be controversial to many, but it is what a lot of people are thinking. They experiment, which is phenomenal. But none of those experiments have been a major hit.

Apple has flagship products like the iPhone, etc. Google has search, Android, and even Youtube at the center of its existence. A fallback option, if you please.

Mircosoft "somewhat" has Windows, but hasn't really nailed it yet. These "experiments" will not bring back the glory days.

The title kind of assumes all kids are amateurs. I feel age has nothing to do with programming prowess. I may sound like I'm nitpicking but it should be "Python Exercises for Beginners".

These exercises can be too tough for a 50 year old beginner, and a 15 year old can breeze through them.

Site isn't loading for me, but I'd be interested in this (guessing by a quick google search) — mail@arsln.co

I have been using it on mac for a few days. Loving the slick design. Don't see markdown for composing by default? And also support for custom domain email accounts are not supported (yet).

Will the same invite for the mac version work on the iOS version?

Edit — Check this out: https://superhuman.com/

Correct me if I'm wrong, do you guys limit the number of messages sent on a daily basis?

Nice website. Did you use stock photos or actually take those photos yourself?

In my opinion, you may want to drop the price tag on entry. It is widely looked down upon (eg — pay to pitch, etc) and will make you lose some credibility when it comes to discovering serious talent.

Also I feel bringing religion into business (which is essentially what startups are) is unwarranted. Don't get me wrong, but there is literally no correlation here.

You seem like a genuinely nice guy so I just dropped in my 2 cents, and yes, you should reach out to Slack. Best of luck, mate!

No, it's not. Your religion doesn't affect how well your startup does, as you pointed out. This is just an unfortunate case of somebody using religion as a tool to sell you something you may not purchase otherwise.

This is against the Slack Terms of Service.

https://slack.com/terms-of-service Clause #6.7

Idea: Try getting this onboard the internet.org program by Facebook. This is literally the only way I think internet.org could be useful without raising a controversy.

So that would mean telling Docker to setup a container to model the configuration on AWS on all my environments, correct?

Docker is one of the tools that was concocted (by brilliant people!) after I began programming professionally. From my understanding, Docker allows you to containerize your applications so they function properly anywhere you (so to say) "place those containers".

Now, does if I'm working with say Django or Flask, and things behave differently on an AWS server than they do on your local machine, for example — relative paths for file uploads work on localhost, but mess up on AWS. Also file permissions are irritating to work with on AWS, but never an issue on localhost (on a Mac). In such a scenario, is Docker for these issues? I imagine I use Docker, make a "container" and setup everything properly in that, and then just move it to AWS when I'm deploying?

Might make a good "Show HN"?

I think the norm is to use the format "Show HN: <name of your project here> + <short description>", for example — "Show HN: Tuber — Tinder for Uber"

The textbox at the bottom seems broken (visually), but looks awesome other than that! I might be using the service myself very soon ;)

Yes, I second this.

Wow. This is the most unique setups I've heard. I did hear once about a person who got an internship at Facebook (if I recall correctly) over online in-game chat.