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Issue #555 // May 21, 2021 // View in your browser

What was one interesting thing you learned this past week? kale

#Favorites


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//datadog sponsored

Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together
//blog comments

A teenager's guide to avoiding actual work
//substack comments

The tools and tech I use to run a one-woman hardware company
//thea comments

Observing my cellphone switch towers
//fabiensanglard comments

Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit
//tinyprojects comments

The Return of Fancy Tools
//macwright comments

Can't Unsee
//cantunsee comments

Flat Data
//github comments

Programming and Writing
//antirez comments

One Hundred Ideas for Computing
//github comments

#Ask HN


What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

Favorite purchases of last two years?

What lessons did you learn from your best or worst colleagues?

#Show HN


1Password for Linux //1password comments

HTML Notepad – HTML WYSIWYG editor //html-notepad comments

Nyxt Browser 2.0.0 //atlas comments

Design structured diagrams, built to increase your team's trust in your docs //icepanel comments

Csvbox.io – CSV import button for a web app, SaaS or API //csvbox comments

Vandal – an alternate navigator to Wayback Machine //github comments

NumWorks – An open source Graphing Calculator //numworks comments

#Code


Half a million lines of Go //khanacademy comments

The data model behind Notion's flexibility //notion comments

Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popular open source projects //schleiss comments

Elder.js – An Opinionated, SEO Focused, Svelte Framework //elderguide comments

Definitive Guide to Ruby's C API //github comments

How to look at the stack with gdb //jvns comments

#Design


Tool that turns your images into plotter-like line drawings //javier comments

Material You – The next stage for Material Design //material comments

Snap Judgment: A brief history of trick photography //laphamsquarterly comments

#Learn


Positions chess engines don't understand //chess comments

Home Gardening //cornell comments

The brain maps out ideas and memories like spaces //quantamagazine comments

Chiropractors are bullsh!t //theoutline comments

Braess's Paradox //wikipedia comments

#Books


The Textbook That Unleashed Ramanujan's Genius //google comments

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development //gamemath comments

Great books on classic video games //bossfightbooks comments

#Watching


Systemd: The Good Parts //christine comments

Google I/O 2021 //google comments

#Working


I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain about developer shortages //usejournal comments

Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack //bbc comments

For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care //thecut comments

Apply for a job through SSH, $ ssh jobs.hackclub.com //hackclub comments

Ask HN: Would you rather work 4 days per week for 80% salary? //ycombinator

#Fun


A URL Lengthener //aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa comments

Terms and Conditions Game //termsandconditions comments

Squeezebox Keyboard //peterlyons comments

“I Could Rewrite Curl” //haxx comments

The Midnight Pub //midnight comments

One Way Dungeon – A game I've been developing in the last five months //google comments