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dev_0on Chain-of-thought can hurt performance on tasks where thinking makes humans worse

From Claude:

I'll rank those three fruits from largest to smallest:

1. Grapefruit 2. Orange 3. Blueberry

The grapefruit is definitely the largest of these three fruits - they're typically around 4-6 inches in diameter. Oranges are usually 2-3 inches in diameter, and blueberries are the smallest at roughly 0.5 inches in diameter.

dev_0on Ask HN: How do you stay organized for solo dev?

Obsidian is good

dev_0on Ask HN: What software/tech blogs/magazines should I be reading in 2024?

Communications of ACM

dev_0on Ask HN: Top 10 Timeless Software Books That ChangedLife as Software Engineer?

Did you get this booklist from ChatGPT?

dev_0on Ask HN: Is the AWS console developers friendly?

It's simpler than Azure and GCP

dev_0on Ask HN: How do I code offline for a week?

Do it localhost? Make sure you download all dependencies before you go offline

dev_0on Ask HN: How do you make time for side projects and Leetcode grinding

Who will be hired if three candidates can pass the leetcode test?

dev_0on Ask HN: Am I Doomed as a Dev?

You can do actual practical while studying the certs

dev_0on Ask HN: As a self-taught developer, what are your self-directed learning tips?

How do you learn if you don't take exams? I mean how do you know if you understand a concept if you don't have someone assessing your knowledge

dev_0on Ask HN: What are some of the most impactful novel inventions in the past 20 yrs?

Chatgpt

dev_0on Ask HN: Who is your favourite living philosopher?

Massimo Taleb

dev_0on Ask HN: Where to learn Big Tech engineering, without working at Big Tech?

Stop thinking that Big Tech engineering works for everyone

dev_0on Ask HN: How do you become smarter?

Does Jordan Peterson helps?

dev_0on Ask HN: Can I stop OpenAI from using my website data as training data?

Use simple authentication headers

dev_0on Ask HN: Sci-Fi Book Recommendations

Three Body 三体

dev_0on How to specialize after a career as a generalist?

IT team need to be a generalist. Maybe upskill yourself to management by becoming the COO of the IT team

dev_0on Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've seen?

This is an opinion. I am not saying Andrej is overrated. I find Daniel Burke video series more useful https://youtube.com/@mrdbourke

dev_0on Ask HN: What would you learn if you would have three to six months free time?

Golang and Rust Bug Bounty

dev_0on Ask HN: YouTube channels like Ben Eater but for CS, programming and math?

Primagean???? The mustache guy

dev_0on Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

Any technical courses do you guys recommend?

dev_0on Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma

Read Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler

dev_0on Ask HN: Again: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma

Never tell others what you gonna do unles you have done it.

dev_0on Ask HN: How do you create learning plans for skills development

There are so many learning resources. Do you just learn randomly?

dev_0on Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?

You will lose all your freedom to work on side projects

dev_0on Ask HN: Where to watch skilled developers writing code and explaining ideas?

Do all developers learn only from building? I don’t think watching tutorial is useless…….sometimes your work restrict you to know a scope of a language….and watching other videos can expand your mind

dev_0on Ask HN: Lisp and Artificial Intelligence

Python took over because it is easier to write than func lang

dev_0on Ask HN: What Is the Hype with Docker?

Docker is like the Java of Infra

dev_0on Amazon reportedly freezing AWS hiring

I see many people are happy to work in Amazon or AWS....is it accurate for majority of Amazonians?

dev_0on Ask HN: Why is tech hiring so focused on leetcode?

The argument is if you can leetcode, you can learn everything that is in TS list

dev_0on Ask HN: Is there a Long Tenure Red Flag for hiring as well?

That's why recruiters shouldn't be the ones who make hiring decision