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tom--··on Ask HN: How can I make the most out of high school?
Here's a nice advice page done by founder of Stripe - https://patrickcollison.com/advice

You'll be missing out on teenager life as you worry about teenager life, so don't worry about it and just do what you want to do.

tom--··on Mobile Patterns – UI UX Inspirational Gallery for iOS and Android
Awesome resource, a feedback would be to show 4 apps per scroll-view, instead of dedicating an entire screen height to one app - since first-time users are only going to see that one app when they load the page, and there's quite some scrolling involved to view more than two.
tom--··on What I say to people who are looking for a job
Great advice, similar to the concept of building an "MVP" as a solo programmer. If you're too motivated then you'll have all these specs and wear yourself out thinking about the details - aiming to instead build a lame minimal version helps a lot with that.
tom--··on Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing (2017)
It can be seen as a style that emphasizes just how 'casual'/easy this attempt was, so I think it adds to the content.
tom--··on Show HN: Codeadvice – Create, edit and collaborate on code online
Is the editor a fork of an existing editor out there?

Spelling mistakes in "84 languages" and "Accessibility", by the way.

tom--··on What can I do about climate change?
Have you been finding the jokes regarding vegans forcing veganism on others to be on the decline or is it still pretty bad?

If that sort of 'stigma' goes away I would imagine a lot more people would be going vegetarian/vegan.

tom--··on Migrating away from Google Maps and cutting costs
Right, and to even get an API key for experimentation you have to provide a credit card number, which a lot of students wouldn't have.
tom--··on Show HN: Millow – Stay connected with your inner circle
Nice idea, what did you write the app with?

On Win 10 Chrome the font is Times New Roman which makes the site look a little cheap, but the graphics are cute.