baylessj

Hi there! I hit a transient 404 error when accessing the link you gave here. I was redirected to the top of the "about" page after the initial 404, but it doesn't look like the "Careers" link on that page works either. I found https://boards.greenhouse.io/elementaryrobotics in the footer, is this the right link?

The ink on one's hands after reading the newspaper is the best part! Obviously an inconvenience, but it does bring a bit of nostalgia for me.

Glad to see that this exists and is under such promising development -- the tool looks like a perfect fit for my needs! I like working in the VSCode environment and I've been looking for the right tool for my Zettelkasten. Will definitely give this a shot once the subfolder linking gets added, that's a must for me given the structure of my Zettelkasten.

I'll echo the same sentiment as many others in this thread: tried polyphasic sleep in college (2 hour block at night and 3-4 20 min naps during day) and found it to be horrible. Any inconsistencies in my schedule and I was a wreck. Was _slightly_ better than just getting the 2 hour block like I had originally been doing, but wasn't anything like getting a healthy 6-8 hours.

Looks great! I also built my pedalboard(s) from scratch like this and they've held up really well.

Agreed, I've been using VimWiki as the means for writing my Zettelkasten and I've really enjoyed it. Wrote a post about the experience on my blog here: https://jonathanbayless.com/2020/03/09/zettelkasten-vimwiki....

Yeah, the X series processors come with the Wraith Prism which is a really nice cooler. My processor isn't overclocked but the fact that I've never seen it get above 55 degC with the prism is impressive.

Really like the visualization, this does a great job of explaining the concepts of PID in an easy to understand way!

The visualization used here could also work as a nice foundation for more complex controls algorithms for 2D space like path planning splines and pure pursuit.

You're correct, this scenario is why the AGPL was written. A lot of companies allow the use of GPL software but forbid the use of AGPL software.

Looks like a great resource and it comes at a good time for me, I was just starting in on installing and learning ROS yesterday. Thanks for posting!

Excellent writeup, I love seeing real engineering applied to guitar pedals rather than black magic tone chasing.

I'd be really curious to see if the model could be expressed as a transfer function and compared to the schematic for the pedal. The Tubescreamer is a fairly simple circuit but the mystery surrounding it indicates that there are some weird variables at play with the component properties that would lead to additional factors in the transfer function. Wonder if those variables could be identified somehow.

Agreed. The general advice here is really useful. I am not clear on the benefit of the discussion on programming languages and specific tech though, that section seemed like an out of place admission of a lack of knowledge in an article that contained many useful tips.

I've only ever been involved in Vex Robotics, but I've always had a ton of respect for the FIRST competitions. Robotics is the reason I'm a software engineer now and taught me more about succeeding in engineering than any other of my life experiences so far. Couldn't recommend it enough.

This guide is good at going in depth without being too heavy on the jargon. I've found that it's still a bit much for younger students learning about the concept and related math for the first time. George Gillard's intro to PID [1] has been a staple of VEX robotics instruction because it fills this niche -- it's an excellent resource for teaching high school students and younger.

1. http://georgegillard.com/documents/2-introduction-to-pid-con...

Thank you for the excellent write-up here. I'm sad to hear that Starsky is dissolving, but I have hope that the lessons learned here will be applicable elsewhere.

The point about safety being a low priority with investors makes sense but is unfortunate. I hoped that Google's investment in Waymo would push past this hurdle, but they're latest funding round makes it clear that they also have to deal with investor wants over the success of the technology. Really hoping to see someone get the funding to make this tech work reliably in the future and apply the same safety-first design that Starsky used.

I'm a simple man -- I see an open source Flutter app, I upvote it.

Thanks for publishing this, I always appreciate seeing examples of full-fledged Flutter apps for reference! The app looks really well built and intuitive to use.

AI is just "if" statements with good marketing.

I like smaller profile keyboards (I use a 60% and an ergodox clone), but I don't think I could ever use this few keys comfortably. Maybe with some creative QMK layers and triggers on the alphas, but anything less than a 40% and it's got to be more of a pain than it's worth IMO

Glad to see a shoutout to Workona here, I've really appreciated the ability to save bookmarks in workspaces and better separate and compartmentalize my browsing by project.

Their support team is great too, had an issue with an update using Brave recently and they were very helpful with fixing the error.

Agreed, I was an EE at Purdue but still familiar with Xinu from CS clubs. Didn't expect to see it on HN, but a fun throwback!

Hi, I'm in Eastern Time Zone USA and I'm looking for someone interested in helping me build a cross-platform mobile and web app for keeping track of car maintenance tasks. The mobile app is currently in a closed alpha release for Android and I'm hoping to move it to a public beta and get an iOS alpha out soon. I would greatly appreciate someone with experience in developing profitable projects or simply another developer to collaborate with. I'm currently developing the app in Flutter, you can view my progress and some degree of planning in the project's github repo here: https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo I would prefer someone in a similar time zone to me, but that's not a hard requirement. You can reach me at: contact [at] autodo.app!

Hi, I'm in Eastern Time Zone USA and I'm looking for someone interested in helping me build a cross-platform mobile and web app for keeping track of car maintenance tasks. I have an above average set of development and team leading experience for someone only recently out of college (https://github.com/baylessj), but I would greatly appreciate someone with more experience in developing profitable projects or simply another developer to collaborate with. I'm currently developing the app in Flutter, you can view my progress and some degree of planning in the project's github repo here: https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo I would prefer someone in a similar time zone to me, but that's not a hard requirement. You can reach me at: contact [at] autodo.app!

With Sphinx's Napoleon extension (https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/napole...) Python 3 type annotations will be added to the generated docstrings so you don't have to write the annotations both in the function definition and in its docstring. I've found this to be very helpful in keeping docs in sync with the code.

The Mythical Man-Month is one of my favorite books about managing engineering projects, and I've found it to be useful beyond just software development. The surgical team principle is one that I pushed for heavily when leading a competitive robotics team in college and found to work quite well. I think that organizing an actual software development team to work in this manner would be difficult, but the limited ability to have many people working on the physical robot at once made the surgical team approach worthwhile.

The book typically referenced the scarce resource of compile time, which is not a concern today. I can't really think of a good parallel to that scarcity in software development today, but in a situation like the robotics team where there was a truly scarce resource to be shared amongst the group (the robot) the surgical team approach worked excellently.

The RobotMesh python software listed above is free for individual use, and the PROS C/C++ option is completely free and open-source.

VEX has announced a new micro and accompanying electronics - which should hopefully mean that their current Cortex system will become cheaper secondhand. Lots of benefits to the new micro but for hobby use their Cortex is sufficient.

Also a lot of good programming options available with this system - the same ROBOTC for C-like programming/graphical as is used with LEGO Mindstorms, but also Python (https://www.robotmesh.com/studio-editions) and actual C (https://pros.cs.purdue.edu/)