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Issue #234 // January 09, 2015 // View in your browser

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#Favorites


A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
//californiasunday comments

Elon Musk AMA
//reddit comments

Can't you just turn up the volume?
//medium comments

A Teenager’s View on Social Media
//medium comments

JavaScript in 2015
//glenmaddern comments

How HoursTracker earns five figures a month on the App Store
//medium comments

Make Your Own Programming Language
//github comments

A mile wide, an inch deep
//medium comments

The MS-DOS Showcase
//textfiles comments

How to Build a Pinball Machine
//howtobuildapinballmachine comments

#Ask HN


Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make? //ycombinator

Does anyone actually hire from 'developer bootcamps'? //ycombinator

What are some nice electronics courses that blend theory and practice? //ycombinator

#Show HN


Intel Compute Stick //intel comments

WordsAPI //wordsapi comments

Pgcli - A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting //pgcli comments

Automatic REST API for Any Postgres Database //github comments

FlickSurfer - a way to find Netflix gems //flicksurfer comments

Save your side project //assembly comments

Building a Weather Station //drbunsen comments

Formula 1 Lap Charts //github comments

Electric scooter designed for commuters //theverge comments

#Code


Sed – An Introduction and Tutorial //grymoire comments

Mistakes Node.js Developers Make //airpair comments

What most young programmers need to learn //joostdevblog comments

Pythonpy – Command-line Kung Fu with Python //github comments

Wren: A classy little scripting language //github comments

#Design


Sass Guidelines //sass-guidelin comments

2014 CSS Report: Examining how CSS is being used in the wild //quickleft comments

Hover.css – A collection of CSS3-powered hover effects //github comments

#Learn


The Science and Art of Practicing //violinist comments

Lou's Pseudo 3d Page //extentofthejam comments

Puzzle Dependency Charts //grumpygamer comments

#Books


Write You a Haskell: Building a modern functional compiler from first principles //stephendiehl comments

The Game AI Programmer's Bookshelf //mit comments

#Watching


Is it really 'Complex'? Or did we just make it 'Complicated'? //youtube comments

Redstone Word Processor in Minecraft //youtube comments

Alan Kay's Tribute to Ted Nelson at “Intertwingled” Fest //youtube comments

#Working


My Resume Is Total Fiction //chrisbaglieri comments

How my life was changed when I began caring about the people I did not hire //brookeallen comments

New Science on Building Great Teams //hbr comments

#Fun


Scroll Slow. Have Fun //scrollslowhavefun comments

Hubble captures the sharpest ever view of Andromeda Galaxy //spacetelescope comments

Smithsonian Digitizes 40,000 Asian and American Artworks //theverge comments