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martinnion Ask HN: Have you coded any productivity software just for yourself?

That's really cool, do you mind sharing?

martinnion Tell HN: Google ships a hidden extension in all Chromium builds for Google Meet

Google doesn't own chromium, they can't just do anything they want with it. Yes they contribute a lot to it but they don't own it.

martinnion Ask HN: What is a good guide for learning Vim

The way I did was to install vim mode in VSCode. Because running head first in vim without any plugin would slow down any serious dev work that needs to be done. Every addon you add has it's own learning curve. So at least with vscode you're in a familiar environment and you can still get work done.

martinnion CoScreen: Screen Sharing for Engineers

Looks promising. I've used and enjoyed VSCode Live Share before https://code.visualstudio.com/learn/collaboration/live-share

Two great features they have are:

- The ability share a local service to your peer by simply forwarding a port.

- Remote debugging. Participant 1 can start a debugging session and Participant 2 has access to the full debugging introspection without interfering with the host's session.

martinnion We Are Preparing a Class Action Lawsuit Against Robinhood

They’ll probably use that argument to justify their action. “See we saved you from yourself, look how low it got”. But who knows what would have happened if the trades weren’t stopped. The system is rigged.

martinnion We Are Preparing a Class Action Lawsuit Against Robinhood

I’m not sure it’s that simple. They pissed off their most loyal and active customers. I doubt they’ll be back. What to say RH will not do this again in the future?

martinnion Show HN: Peepthis- rate, discover, & discuss films, series, games, books, music

Great idea, however the main page is pretty loaded in terms of information. There's 9 tiles, 4 button each, date/pictures/tracks/likes.. I just don't know where to look.

A simple reorganization would make it a lot more usable and less overwhelming.

martinnion Has cryptocurrency failed for the time being?

I think it's a promising experiment. There's lessons to be learned and improvement to be made.

However, I just despise people we try to shove crypto down our throats. It became a solution in search of a problem..

martinnion Ask HN: Where are all the crypto companies?

Blockchain is a solution looking for a problem. So many failed to find a good fit.

martinnion Ask HN: Which companies you know about that have a great interview process?

I recently interviewed for both Shopify and Hashicorp. Their technical assessment were clear, not tricky and allowed for any tools or documentation. The recruiters also explained what to expect at each stages and how to prepare. I didn’t make it through either but it didn’t leave a bitter taste in my mouth.

martinnion Diving into Go by building a CLI application

Don't think cobra and viper should be the default CLI framework. They're useful but overkill for most use case. I personally find that the standard lib has more than enough power to do everything.

martinnion Show HN: Insomnia Designer – Open-source collaborative editor for API design

Have you looked into protobuf? Seems like it should do the trick

martinnion Ask HN: Where can I learn autoconf, automake and make?

I'd just suggest creating your own side project and copy a make file that uses the same tech stack and see how they do. Strip it down move it all around. Good ol messing around!

martinnion Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?

I highly suggest, [CoC](https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim). It's a simple LSP client, you'll get the exact same coding experience as VSCode. Then you install the [coc-tsserver plugin](https://github.com/neoclide/coc-tsserver) or any LSP server (gopls, omnisharp, etc..) and you're good to go!

martinnion Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?

Been using spectacle for years but since it's no longer maintained I had to moved to rectangle. Very similar, love it

martinnion Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2020)

SEEKING WORK | Toronto | Remote Technologies: Golang/C#/Python/Rust

6 years of experience, specializes in backend gRPC and protobuf. Built high scale airline software micro services. Can help your team reach their performance KPI.

www.github.com/nicolas-martin

nicolas.martin.0986@gmail.com

martinnion I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride

No matter what, after 100k loc, you'll encounter language quirks that irritates you. It's a matter of how complicated it was to find and what the work around is.

martinnion I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride

I agree. I would rather keep things minimal and have 90% correctness, than a weird and complicated interface that's 99% right.

martinnion Elon Musk went from sleeping in the factory to launching a crew into space

Why does everyone act like sleeping at his factory was the epitome of dedication? I'm sure he was just fine, it was probably just the most convenient thing to do given the location.

martinnion The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new computer model confirms

Rich people got "lucky" but they don't define what luck is to begin with. To quote Naval, there are 4 kinds of luck.

1. Blind luck - Where I just got lucky because something completely out of my control happened

2. Luck from hustling - luck that comes through persistence, hard work, hustle, motion. Which is when you’re running around creating lots of opportunities, you’re generating a lot of energy, you’re doing a lot of things, lots of things will get stirred up in the dust.

3. Luck from preparation - If you are very skilled in a field, you will notice when a lucky break happens in that field. When other people who aren’t attuned to it won’t notice.

4. Luck from your unique character - You created your own luck. You put yourself in a position to be able to capitalize on that luck. Or to attract that luck when nobody else has created that opportunity for themselves.

martinnion DoNotPay app waits on hold for you

Doesn't this defeat the purpose of the entire automated phone system? An agent time is precious the automation is there for simple tasks that doesn't require any intervention. If everyone starts requesting an agent it'll clog up the system for everyone.

martinnion Show HN:[BETA] Chatbot for sending physical poscards from whatsapp

I love chatbots, but I'm not sure creating a postcard is the correct application. There's so many question to answer. If this was a form there would be only 3 fields and could be complete extremely quickly.

martinnion Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff?

IppSec. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6eh7gCkpPo5XXUDfygQQA He does offline HackTheBox boxes, very detailed clear explanation. Excellent resource for anyone interested in hacking and exploits. It's also very fun to spin up the box yourself and follow along.

martinnion Ask HN: Which are the best written tutorials you have seen till now?

https://www.raywenderlich.com/

Funny, insightful, plenty of screenshots and very detailed explanations.

martinnion Tuples goodness in .NET 4.7.1

Could be as simple as a query. (Value, TimeTaken) or something along those lines.

martinnion Canadian software engineers paid peanuts

Numbeo has a great cost of living comparison tool. Here's Toronto vs NYC. It shows that you need less money in Canada to maintain the same level of living.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

I think the big one is this

> Rent Prices in New York, NY are 116.10% higher than in Toronto

It also doesn't account for different things like healthcare costs, etc.

martinnion Startup Ideas

I like the outdoor billboard idea. I'm actually surprised it doesn't exists already!

martinnion Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

It would help to put the salary on a yearly basis.

martinnion Canada's Tech Firms Capitalize On Immigration Anxiety

To me the bottom line is I can't be "part of the US". My personal values are not represented at all and I believe their leaders are making all the wrong choices.

martinnion Apple Loses Top Laptop Rating

The dongle comment comes from the new MacBook pro. Which is what these rating were based off of in the first place.