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dikekon Ask HN: How do you learn Rust in 2023?

There's a Youtube playlist I stumbled on. It follows along with the Rust Book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9HJsJUDxA&list=PLai5B987bZ....

dikekon Ask HN: What are your favorite scholarly papers? Why?

It has been on my list of books to read since I saw it on the Incidental Economist blog years ago. Thanks for giving me the push I needed to read it.

dikekon Ask HN: What are your favorite scholarly papers? Why?

Not tech related but...

Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care by Kenneth Arrow (1963) [1].

This paper effectively makes the case that medical care shouldn't be treated like other goods.

If you're remotely interested in health econ/health industry, I recommend reading it.

1. https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/top20/53.5.941-973.pdf

dikekon Ask HN: How do I get a better understanding of NoSQL databases

The Little MongoDB Book might help. It doesn't answer all your questions but it gave me enough background (albeit MongoDB specific) to learn more. It's also a fairy short read. http://openmymind.net/mongodb.pdf