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hellectronicon Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?

I am testing out Skillshare https://skillshare.runkids.cc and I am using skills.sh to find skills.

You can have your own skill repository with Skillshare and sync across agents (symlinks or copys).

hellectronicon If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?

I can relate too. I reached a point (as a software engineer), that shitti functioning software annoys me so much. Functions that are just annoying that no one really asked about, functions that are so bad designed that I really ask myself who the beep is really responsible and accountable to sign off this crap. AI should help us really make this small but time consuming implementations better too, not just shipping more and more crappy stuff.

hellectronicon Learn Harness Engineering

Someone know of any other recommended resource similar to this one?

hellectronicon Bacteria (and their metabolites) and depression

I commented above, Checkout Brain Energy by Christopher Palmer

hellectronicon Bacteria (and their metabolites) and depression

Checkout the book Brain Energy by Christopher Palmer

hellectronicon The Submerged Nabataean Temple in Puteoli at Pozzuoli, Italy

Same in Greece too

hellectronicon Ask HN: Where to start when creating a programming language?

idk maybe Type Theory

hellectronicon John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf]

You mean like the ones working on Wall Street?

hellectronicon Aliens and the Enlightenment

yes it's an old story

hellectronicon Aliens and the Enlightenment

The Bible is hardly based on the clay tables. Genesis, the first book of Moses, tells the story of the flood, which the Sumerian refer to as Gilgamesh.

hellectronicon How I Program in 2024

IMHO there are tests and there are tests. I had to work with codebases that had awful tests. They broke frequently because they were badly written. They used a lot of mocking when mocking was not appropriate. This tests were written for the purpose to have tests not for the purpose to really test the domain. I do not write tests for simple cases, like method in class A just delegates to method in class B.

For a one man show - go on do not write tests, especially if you do not know where you will end up with the software. But in teams I find a lot of value in (good written) tests, preventing bugs and documenting bugs. Sure you can over-engineer it, as everything else too.

BUT working without version control? Good that it works for you. I think version control is one of the MUST USE tools.

hellectronicon So you wanna de-bog yourself

That is really good !

hellectronicon Greece, Argentina and India are the fastest improving business environments

Germany is hostile to everyone who wants to start a business. You have to check with different agencies/offices and just work it through. A lot of time consuming. Finanzamt, Rentenversicherung, Krankenkasse, Berufsgenossenschaft, Gewerbeamt, everyone has its own rules.

For the super rich its a good place.

hellectronicon Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why

I heard the podcast from Huberman and Dr. Chris Palmer and they talk about ketosis and mental illness. It was really interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEFo3a1AnI

hellectronicon Software engineering salaries come from one of three budgets

Sounds like the Gartner RGT model

https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/align-it-function...

hellectronicon A structured note-taking app for personal use

For me it is important to have effective note taking and management. I tried a lot of note taking apps myself and I am not satisfied with the ones I tried. Even unsuccessful planed and tried to write one myself : ) I used zim-wiki[1] in the past and at the moment I am using Obsidian[2], that is working good for me.

I like the way you use to take notes. I know it from Workflowy [3].

Everyone has some personal approach and use cases for taking notes. From taking only notes for a grocery list to a full-fledged personal wiki system. And it is important to figure out what PND (pain/need/desire) your application should really satisfy.

[1] https://zim-wiki.org

[2] https://obsidian.md

[3] https://workflowy.com

hellectronicon End of an era for electronics giant Toshiba

My first Laptop was from Toshiba. Worked with it for 7 years, Windows and Linux without problems.

hellectronicon Ask HN: Advice from people who strength train from home

I can recommend the bodyweightfitness reddit too. A few years ago I read a lot in this subreddit and I execised a lot at home.

If you like to read on the subject go on, but as others point out do not make it to complicated. You do not train for competitive reasons. This is what I would say to my younger me 20 years ago:

- As you will read in the reddit: vertical and horizontal pulling, vertical and horizontal pushing exercise, e.g. pullups, pushups etc.

- You do not need a lot of exercises. If you want to do more, two exercises are sufficient, e.g. two different horizontal push...

- Do 3-5 sets, 8-12 repetitions per exercise. Thats for building muscle. On your last rep you should feel, that you only could do 1-2 more reps. Pause 90 sec - 2 min.

- Do not get to complicated. If you feel great make 5 sets. If you feel not rested enough do 3. Select an exercise progression that has the needed intensity.

- Please try to keep the form. Quality reps count.

- Get enough rest. You do not need to train everyday. 2-3 times a week is enough. And sometimes only 1 time. Just be consistent.

- For the diet: In generall it matters how much you eat and what you eat. Coach Summer answered in an reddit AMA: "What diet are your students following?" - "The see food diet. They see it and they eat it". If you can afford beans then beans. If cou can afford more, then beans ; ).

- And the most important - just have fun : )

As another good resource I really liked the interview betwween Huberman and Galpin https://hubermanlab.com/dr-andy-galpin-how-to-build-strength...

hellectronicon Software engineering books to read and reread

I can recommend The Pragmatic Programmer by Thomas and Hunt

hellectronicon Paper Airplane Designs (2013)

That brings back old memories! I used to fold my paper airplane like this for the most part : ). I do not remember who showed it to me.

hellectronicon Ask HN: How do you explain the sloppiness of modern software?

"poor access to routes to complain"

this

hellectronicon Ask HN: How to learn about text editor architectures and implementations?

Yeah its good advice. All Architectures are build like this. Inkrementally.

hellectronicon Writing maintainable code is a communication skill