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shreythecray

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shreythecray··on Newsletters: What to Do or Not to Do?
Yes I feel the same! Have you seen any examples that have peaked your interest or worked well?
shreythecray··on Newsletters: What to Do or Not to Do?
Interesting! I'm unfamiliar with RSS but will look into it.
shreythecray··on What's with the Labubu Hate?
Interesting! I wasn't familiar with the Beanie Babies trend, but that's a good example. Funny how these trends come and go.
shreythecray··on What's with the Labubu Hate?
Yeah that makes sense!
shreythecray··on What's with the Labubu Hate?
That's fair! I think both can be true. In this case, I think that his confusion for their popularity came from a place of hating the concept of Labubu's.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: How are people using ChatGPT to increase productivity in personal life?
I'm having some issues with Gemini giving me inaccurate information with a lot of confidence. Have you faced this? And if so, how do you ensure you're able to trust its responses.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: New Founder Failures
Thanks!
shreythecray··on It's A(door)able
This made my day
shreythecray··on [dead]
I'm a big fan of visual learning/teaching so I created a comic series in which each episode is going to outline an adventure of how this "Ser4less Spy" uses serverless tech to solve problems. Let me know what you think and if you have any feedback!
shreythecray··on Ask HN: What Is Serverless
How would you explain to them what a web server is? Same for request or server. What type of instructions are you referring to?
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Best and Worst API Documentations?
Could you share an example of a code snippet that is meaningful vs one that isn't?
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Best and Worst API Documentations?
Didn't know this was a thing, and it sounds awful and inaccessible.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Best and Worst API Documentations?
MS docs definitely make me want to cry sometimes
shreythecray··on Ask HN: What Makes a Hackathon Successful?
What is the issue with having a monthly hackathon? Is it just the lack of urgency to complete the project?
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Honest thoughts on TechTok (tech TikTok)?
Fair
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Honest thoughts on TechTok (tech TikTok)?
What type of techtok content do you enjoy? Do you have any programming based tiktokers you recommend?
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Recommendations for Good Developer Conferences?
Planning on going there this year, what should I expect?
shreythecray··on Automated text/email reminders for volunteers
I think this is a great place to start. I've been working at a volunteer based nonprofit for 4 years and there aren't a lot of great free/cheap options for volunteer management, so it would be great if this could be expanded to something that not only takes care of reminders but large scale volunteer management in general.

There are also a lot of awesome suggestions for improvements in the comments here. Looking forward to seeing how you grow.

shreythecray··on Ask HN: How to Improve Documentation?
What do you mean by "traditional documentation"?
shreythecray··on Ask HN: How to Improve Documentation?
Thanks for sharing!
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Why does Twitter need my location for me to tag a location on a post?
I always post after an event, not during. "Usually" does imply not always, right? Instagram and other apps have managed to allow tagging locations without having access to your current location, just curious about why Twitter is unable to do so. Appreciate the advice though.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: How to Improve the Newsletter Experience?
That's a great point. Thank you for sharing.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: Where to look for software engineering internships?
Will do, thanks for the idea!
shreythecray··on Ask HN: What are some communities bringing non-tech folks into tech?
That's awesome! We do have some prep programs but I would love to get your thoughts on how we can make our programs more beginner friendly.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: What are some communities bringing non-tech folks into tech?
At this point, through teaching people. I want to connect with people who want to learn coding with the goal to enter the tech industry.
shreythecray··on Ask HN: What are some communities bringing non-tech folks into tech?
I founded a tech education non-profit where we build free and open source coding bootcamps (bitproject.org) and want to make sure that our resources are being distributed to people who will benefit from them the most i.e. to respond to your question - both financial and volunteering.
shreythecray··on I made font changer tool
This is actually really helpful! I use figma for a lot of projects and find it a little frustrating that you can't preview fonts (although you can install a plugin for this). Have you considered adding filters by font style/family?
shreythecray··on Copilot Wrote This Code
How did you get started with copilot?
shreythecray··on A study guide for software engineering students
Although the specific list of topics may be up for debate, I completely agree that software engineering courses are all very theoretical. A degree in CS barely prepares you to be successful in the industry - instead it exposes you to a wide range of topics and skills out of which only a few may be valuable for each individual.
shreythecray··on How many people are in space right now
This is really cool!