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deadcoder0904on Show HN: Telegram is the new IRC – list of communities, bots and channels

Amazing curated list. I am always on the lookout to join new Telegram groups. Thank you :)

deadcoder0904on Show HN: CSS Scan – Instantly check or copy computed CSS from any element

Any chances you can get it integrated with React? Like show the component name when trying to copy styles.

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What's the best documentation you've ever read?

Vue JS docs are the best. I don't think anything beats it :)

deadcoder0904on Show HN: JSUI – A powerful UI toolkit for managing JavaScript apps

Its completely different man. I thought of the same but then I downloaded it. When you are working on multiple projects, this is lot faster than opening Finder & then dragging Project Folder into Terminal then opening VSCode. I can open multiple projects by a click of a button but if you don't want another Electron app then its not for you I guess :)

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Who is moving away from GitHub, recently acquired by Microsoft and why?

The foundation of the most popular text editor right now, VSCode, is based upon Electron & Atom. So yeah GitHub really paved a way for all the Electron apps.

Also, GitHub really works perfectly for me & I don't frankly need any new features as I am perfectly fine with what's given. There is less likely that I miss something on GitHub or need some new feature :)

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?

If its just frontend web app, then Create React App (or React + Parcel)

If it is a complete web app, then Create React App (or React + Parcel) + AWS AppSync

deadcoder0904on Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beautiful images

Not everyone uses Mac & some people prefer to have better looking screenshots from their Windows PCs or Linux Distros :)

deadcoder0904on Show HN: I'm Creating a GitHub Repo Quality Bot

Looks nice

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

Lol I thought absolutely not. Its a good site. I'll probably launch it in a couple of days. And when do you release new newsletters? Any specific days?

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: How do you benefit from Hacker News?

Wow love the lifting lesson. Subscribed. Telegram bot will be amazing as I use it a lot. I probably will make it myself if I can do something with that RSS Feed. Do you mind if I make it?

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Do you know any interesting websites that don't use JavaScript at all?

Any Statically generated website doesn't use JavaScript.

Interesting Website will be WikiPedia. Source - https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-the-web-looks-like-with...

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: When to use Servers and when to go Serverless?

I know RemoteOK very well :)

I know people don't care whether it is serverless or not. But that's not the point. The point is reducing cost.

Why should I pay for services I don't use?

Why should I write the same code twice (once for server & once for serverless)? Although a lot of that would be same but I still need to write a lot of config to run serverless.

Why should I worry about Scaling?

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Why would you choose Rust over Go or Node?

> Do not fix problems you do not have by throwing Rust at them

Thank you. I write mostly Node & wanted to try Go for a long time because of performance & then I heard that Rust is even faster. So I thought I would learn that.

But you are right, I don't have any problem with Node. Its working great for me. :)

deadcoder0904on Tell HN: My best productivity hack

Get Focus - https://heyfocus.com

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

Jesus Christ didn't knew that. Someone told me few months ago that's the SEO guy & the way he talks & all is solid content. Didn't knew it has so bad LightHouse perf.

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What are the best educational apps/games for 3-4 year olds on Mac?

Just let her play games. All the Nintendo games are for kids. Croc, Dangerous Dave, Snow Bros, Super Mario. Google Games for Kids. I'm sure you'll find tons of it.

Also, let her play video games & then maybe later introduce her to Mac.

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Do you scrape data? What do you use it for?

Go on

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Any place where you can get paid for writing about technology?

For writing blogs about Tech -

CSS TRICKS - http://css-tricks.com - They just say they pay on their website

SMASHING MAGAZINE - http://smashingmagazine.com - $200 for new authors or else $250

SCOTCH IO - http://scotch.io - $150

TREEHOUSE - https://teamtreehouse.com - $100-$200

TUTS+ - https://tutsplus.com - $100 for quick tip & $250 for regular tutorial

A LIST APART - http://alistapart.com - $200 for 1500-2000 words

SITEPOINT - https://www.sitepoint.com - $150 for articles & $200 for tutorials

For more info, checkout -

https://www.technig.com/pay-per-article-to-write-for-us/

http://justlearnwp.com/make-money-writing-articles-websites/

http://www.jeffbullas.com/20-amazing-sites-that-will-pay-you...

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

Yes. For SEO related content, I always check Backlinko - https://backlinko.com

The guy Brian Dean has many years of experience about SEO

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What are well designed SaaS websites?

Find some great Inspiration at https://hyperpixel.io

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?

Philip Roberts: What the heck is the event loop anyway? | JSConf EU 2014 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ

deadcoder0904on A curated list of stuff related to the new React Context API

Do not make the mistake of comparing Redux with new Context API

Read the 1st comment in the thread [0] for explanation

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/84d4m5/heres_how_r...

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Any step by step guide to get better in CSS with projects?

Ohh I don't even remember those projects now. If you want to get better at CSS, then I recommend check any website you love & try to imitate that.

Like I love Stripe so what I will do is I'll try to imitate that & I did [0]. For inspiration of websites which have great CSS, check HyperPixel [1]

Take 1 website & try to imitate that. Now don't just go on for 30 days making something that you won't use yourself. Make something useful too. Like a StopWatch like BigTimer [2] or Pomodoro. That way you make a useful application & get great at CSS. Remember its 99% inspiration & 1% perspiration.

TL;DR - Make something that solves a problem & raises your skill level at CSS. Don't make same application or on the same level like you might be making boxes all the time. Don't do that. Raise your level every time. If you are a beginner, do something that requires intermediate level skills. If you are a intermediate, then make something that requires experienced level skills. And while doing that share it with the world. Make it on CodePen so people can learn from you. Small victories will make you happy & you will continue to build something great.

[0]: https://codepen.io/deadcoder0904/full/MrLBwG

[1]: https://hyperpixel.io

[2]: https://www.bigtimer.net

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Any step by step guide to get better in CSS with projects?

I did that. The only way you learn is by building lots of projects. So I made 100dayz [0] where I coded for 100 days to build something beautiful & keep track of it.

The projects are different, sometimes just HTML & CSS & JS & sometimes just Node JS or something else.

Make your own projects & build it everyday for a year. That way you will learn stuff.

The best course that will teach you Advanced CSS & SASS [1] is from Jonas. It is the absolute best which teaches Cascading & how CSS actually works. If you do that, you won't need anything else other than practice. And if you can't afford it, there are tons of resources on the internet but are scattered everywhere but they will teach you how to do it.

[0]: https://100dayz.js.org

[1]: https://www.udemy.com/advanced-css-and-sass

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Is this is a good way to learn JavaScript?

I highly recommend reading the book You Don't Know JS [0]

It has a Gitbook version too [1]

But it is very big but really good that you will understand the depths of JavaScript. So to begin with learn Vanilla JavaScript. Vanilla JavaScript means JavaScript only without any framework.

Then try learning ES6(ES2015)/ES7(ES2016) or in generally ESM (EcmaScript Modules). You can learn it by checking the resources below on my personal Github repo.

So to summarise, learn Vanilla JS first, then EcmaScript Modules & then choose any framework. If you don't know what to choose, or are confused then I recommend choosing either one of React or Vue, due to both are very easy to start code with.

I also made a list of my favourite reads. Remember I read a lot of books & put my favourite on there [2]

[0]: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

[1]: https://www.gitbook.com/book/maximdenisov/you-don-t-know-js

[2]: https://github.com/deadcoder0904/awesome-javascript-reads

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Where are you?

127.0.0.1

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: What are the best resources for Internet marketing?

There is nothing best. Something might work for you might not work for someone else.

Not a direct answer. Its usually for SEO. But, I would recommend Backlinko [0]. SEO can be a factor in Internet marketing. So I would recommend that.

Other than that, it depends on what product you're trying to market.

If its a blog, then you can post on HN, Reddit, your niche related subreddits, etc...

If its a product, then HN, Reddit, Product Hunt, Indie Hackers, some news outlets like The Next Web, LifeHacker, etc...

[0]: https://backlinko.com

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Examples of great landing pages?

https://hyperpixel.io

http://pages.xyz

deadcoder0904on Show HN: Apply to Date – Create a page where people can apply to date you

Congrats, nice concept & I love the UI & the concept. Looks unique.

Feedback: On the apply page [0], the page field has https://applytodate.com/ cut off & it looks weird. I know you have optimised it for mobile but on Desktop it can be wide & on Mobile you can reduce the font-size.

Its real nice to see something unique in Dating world. Congrats you're onto something here.

[0]: https://applytodate.com/lucy/formal-on-friday-1eia/apply

deadcoder0904on Ask HN: Glamorous vs emotion vs styled components?

Well you are lucky. I have asked the same question on Reddit /r/reactjs [0]

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/84m529/styled_comp...