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meta.stackoverflow.com 3d ago

The 2026 Developer Survey is Live

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component-party.dev 7mo ago

Component Party – Compare JavaScript Frameworks

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en.wikipedia.org 7mo ago

George Washington's Teeth

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support.apple.com 8mo ago

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

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www.gayle.com 8mo ago

Why Coders Shouldn't Join a Start-up When They Graduate

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support.google.com 8mo ago

Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

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pdoc.dev 9mo ago

Pdoc – Generate API documentation for Python projects

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interactive-forgetting-curve.streamlit.app 9mo ago

Interactive Forgetting Curve

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interactive-forgetting-curve.streamlit.app 9mo ago

Show HN: Interactive Forgetting Curve

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en.wikipedia.org 10mo ago

Bystander effect

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en.m.wikipedia.org 10mo ago

Curse of knowledge

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en.wikipedia.org 10mo ago

Washback Effect

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www.brasstacks.blog 10mo ago

Active Recall and Spaced Repetition Are Different Things

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drawdata.xyz 10mo ago

drawdata.xyz

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en.wikipedia.org 10mo ago

The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two

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meshedinsights.com 11mo ago

The Rights-Ratchet Model

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vite.dev 1y ago

Vite 7.0

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quarter--mile.com 1y ago

One Man Armies

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stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com 1y ago

2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

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github.com 1y ago

Py-FSRS 6.0.0

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news.ycombinator.com 1y ago

Ask HN: How should we version our models?

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github.com 1y ago

Show HN: Py-FSRS – Build your own spaced repetition system in Python

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joshdavham.com 1y ago

Why French is so hard to understand

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expertium.github.io 1y ago

20 reasons why Anki isn’t popular

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en.wikipedia.org 1y ago

The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two

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blog.google 1y ago

Google Translate Learns Inuktut

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cij-analysis.streamlit.app 1y ago

What makes comprehensible input comprehensible?

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I actually like Docker Desktop a lot, but then again, I've never tried any alternatives. Perhaps I'll give Podman a shot one of these days!

I guess a more concise question might be "what would a Claude Code for non-technical users look like?"

Do you have any ideas for what that could look like? It's interesting to think about.

HN is social media and I think most people recognize that.

It's just that HN is a social media that respects your time and doesn't try to get you addicted. For example, HN has a very useful 'noprocrast' feature and one of the co-founders, pg, has openly worried about HN's addictiveness in the past [0].

So while HN is social media, I feel like it's qualitatively different than other platforms.

[0] https://paulgraham.com/hackernews.html

The top 3 programming books mentioned this year were

1. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs 2. Clean Code 3. Crafting Interpreters

Also, it’s quite fascinating how often fiction books were recommended! I wouldn’t’ve expected that on HN.

I get so much decision fatigue when choosing a course series on YouTube. On every technical topic, there are like 15 people making courses anywhere from 10 minutes to 10 hours.

I recently bought a course on the Spring Boot from codewithmosh. Despite spring boot being a dry subject, it was probably the best intro backend course I’d ever taken!

What people miss is that vibe coding actually is coding, except the code are your prompts and the LLM is the compiler.

The problem here is that human languages are terrible programming languages and LLMs are terrible compilers.

You've stated in a previous comment that non-US citizens can be denied entry to the United States if border officers request access to your phone and you decline to do so.

... but what about when non-US citizens leave the US?

For example, as a Canadian, if I'm down in the US and, on my way back up to Canada, a US border officer requests access to my phone and I decline... what happens then?

Comic Code Reviews 8 months ago

You actually might be on to something... AI aside, it's often a good idea to include visuals in a PR such as diagrams.

But having something like a comic where it's both visual and communicative in a more conversational/narrative way could prove pretty effective. Also if you can throw some humour in there, it could potentially add even more comprehensibility, etc.

Thanks for sharing!