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author here: part of the problem is that there are many countries, each with their own complex scheme for identifying premium numbers. it's not a straight-forward task, though libphonenumber (I believe) aims to make this easier.

author here: these are great ideas, thank you!

Ah yep - the one I describe is the same as the one Twilio discuss.

I think the fraud here is that the user isn't an actual, legitimate user of the web service. Maybe 'user fraud' is a better term to use here.

author here: Hey Adam - Elon has mentioned SMS fraud being the reason for blocking it on several occasions. See here: https://commsrisk.com/elon-musk-has-radical-solution-for-a2p....

Re libphonenumber: I think you misread me? I was definitely saying consider it :) I just don't have much personal experience with that approach.

author here: awesome, thanks for sharing this pg_bot! :)

I'd take a look at this: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

Lots of great content about the basics of system design, should be very helpful for someone new to backend.

Hey emrah - thanks for the feedback :)

Good point - I was trying to be playful and fun, but perhaps it doesn't read as I expected. It's still early stages, so I can rebrand if needed. Will have a think and talk to a few users to hear their thoughts too.

Hey everyone - OP here,

Over the last few months I've been helping my friends prepare for interviews at FAANG, since I was fortunate enough to receive offers when I applied myself a few years ago.

They've found my mocks really helpful in improving their technique, but when it comes to finding more people to do interviews with online they've really struggled - people they're partnered up with on existing platforms are often at a completely different level and can't test them like a real interviewer would.

So I decided to build something to help! https://mockme.io

The key idea with mockme is that instead of being matched with someone randomly, we use your LeetCode rating, previous experience (verified by LinkedIn) and other info to find a partner who can challenge you as a real interviewer would.

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, questions or any other comments Oh - and signup if you'd like to join the beta!

Hey everyone - OP here

Over the last few months I've been helping my friends prepare for interviews at FAANG, since I was fortunate enough to receive offers when I applied myself a few years ago.

They've found my mocks really helpful in improving their technique, but when it comes to finding more people to do interviews with online they've really struggled - people they're partnered up with on existing platforms are often at a completely different level and can't test them like a real interviewer would.

So I decided to build something to help! https://mockme.io

The key idea with mockme is that instead of being matched with someone randomly, we use your LeetCode rating, previous experience (verified by LinkedIn) and other info to find a partner who can challenge you as a real interviewer would.

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, questions or any other comments Oh - and signup if you'd like to join the beta!

Two things:

1 - An additional monitor. Before I used to work on just my laptop. Now I have a 24" monitor on the side. I use it for offloading non-essential tabs and windows, and it makes working so much easier. I'm considering getting another monitor for the same reason.

2. Clearing and cleaning my desk at the end of the day, so it looks tidy and all non-essential things are removed. For me, a tidy desk == tidy mind :)

Sell it to this guy: https://www.dommerch.com!

I'm by no means an expert - only a beginner when it comes to this - but I'm happy to help if I can :)

Just let me know!

This is cool! I used Phabricator (https://www.phacility.com/phabricator) in the past, which I really liked, and this seems to have many of the same features.

I think your landing page could be clearer though. If I hadn't had used better tools than GH in the past, I don't think I'd understand what I was considering signing up for.

I built a website that makes it easy to find comedy nights to perform at in London: https://apuchitnis.github.io/open-mic-nights

It's been out for a week and got ~ 400 users so far :)

Before, I would have to use a google sheet with the same information. I'd first make a copy, because you weren't allowed to edit the original spreadsheet, add filters for the columns I wanted, find out where the comedy night was, only select it if it was convenient, and finally sign up.

This was too slow for me - I'd be spending an hour a week managing where I was performing, opening dozens of Chrome tabs, and getting frustrated when travelling hrs to a venue on the other side of London. So I built the site to make my life easier!

Source: https://github.com/apuchitnis/open-mic-nights More details: https://twitter.com/apuchitnis/status/1391122602920382469

This is awesome - love the landing page too. Great job!

Hey HN

I just released ProgressBar Windows - a simple widget that sits in your Windows toolbar and tells you how much progress you've made through the day.

I built it because I found myself trying to perfect tasks I was working on instead of just "getting things done". ProgressBar reminds me that my day is finite and that I've got to get a move on.

I was inspired by @andreyazimov's ProgressBarOSX [1] as to tool to help me stay on track during the day, but unfortunately it was only available on OSX and I couldn't find anything similar on Windows that I liked the design of.

So I decided to build it myself as a side project!

Features:

- Show/hide progress bar by right-clicking on the Windows taskbar

- Dark mode supported

- Change the time when your day starts and ends by clicking on the bar

- On the roadmap: add dates for custom goals.

It's a really simple app, built in .NET Framework and C#.

Excited for my first launch, and would love to hear what people think!

Apu

[1] https://www.progressbarosx.com/, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16897803

Enjoyed reading this - some very actionable advice and honest learnings too.