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kyoung18on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world

Cool list. Just one point of feedback. Having hiked a good portion of the AT, I would re-classify the Difficulty (if this is referring to physical difficulty) as hard, and Accommodation Access to easy.

kyoung18on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2020)

Location: Green Bay, WI

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: At the end of July, yes

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Node.js, Java, Javascript, React, Redux, Typescript, CSS-in-JS, Material UI, Next.js, Firebase, Jest, Cypress, HTML, CSS, SCSS, BEM, responsive mobile-first web design, PostgresQl, MySQL, Netlify, Heroku, AWS. Currently learning GraphQL/Apollo.

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/kevwy

Email: kevin.william.young18 at gmail.com

kyoung18on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2020)

SEEKING WORK | Green Bay, WI | Remote (willing to relocate in a few months time)

Hi, I'm Kevin. I'm an experienced generalist developer, recently specializing in front-end development. Technologies I am proficient in:

React/Redux/Typescript/CSS-in-JS/Material UI/Next.js/Firebase/Jest/Cypress

Expert at HTML/CSS/SCSS/BEM, responsive mobile-first web design

Ruby on Rails/Node.js.

PostgresQl/MySQL.

Netlify/Heroku/AWS.

Currently learning GraphQL/Apollo.

Personal website: https://kyoung.codes

Twitter: @kevin_w_young

Email: kevin.william.young18 at gmail.com

kyoung18on Ask HN: Why is there a black bar at the top of the site?

I don't know why it's there, but it's breaking my HN client app on iOS :-/

kyoung18on One year of cycling to work

I once crashed head-first at 20 mph into hard asphalt. Point of impact was at my right frontal lobe. My helmet cracked. If I wasn't wearing one I'm sure it would have been my skull instead.

kyoung18on Ask HN: Where to start?

I think you should find a resource that will guide you step-by-step along the way and teach you modern software engineering concepts, not just language syntax. A lot of tutorials out there today simply focus on syntax and eschew the bigger picture, which is critical for fully understanding what your doing.

If your at least somewhat familiar with object-oriented programming concepts already, I would highly recommend the following course: https://courses.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2013_Spri...

It deals with modern programming practices in the ruby/rails environment. I'm working through it myself and it's already answered a lot of questions that I've had about most of the tools you mention and how they work. It has specific sections on BDD and TDD also, among other relevant topics.

If you need some more general background first, take an introductory computer science course. I would recommend CS106A Programming Methodology from Stanford, which is a good pre-requisite course for the one listed above.

All of these courses are free.