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funwieon Ask HN: What are the ways you go about getting comfortable with a new codebase?

In addition to already mentioned steps,

0) Read the code base docs (or README).

1) Pair with someone with knowledge of the code base or ask them to walk you through the code base.

2) Identify the public interface to interact with the app/api. How do consumers use the software. Play around with the app or api to get a sense of how things link up.

3) Identify various tools used in the code base(db, messaging, external api, etc). Now you know each tool is setup somewhere and used in one or more places.

4) Identify the patterns and conventions used (CQRS, mediator, dependency injection, middleware, pipelines, logging, etc). Now map the flow of each public interface using this knowledge.

funwieon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)

  Location: UK

  Remote: If it’s an option

  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: C#, Asp.net core, Python, Django, JavaScript, React, SQL, HTML, CSS, AWS, Azure

  Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jeuMsZSX-Z6VoeS2LMylYyFV1mcsB4VE2jcX0pT1mEo/edit?usp=drivesdk

  Email: In resume/cv

funwieon Anatomy of a Killing

This is one example of routine acts committed by Cameroon’s military especially in the English-speaking regions. No reaction from international community. Instead, the west is asking Cameroon to investigate. They’re basically asking Cameroon govt to cover up its atrocities.

Video clearly shows Cameroon military shooting at mother with children. Same as hundreds of other incidents. What’s there to investigate?

Condemn the actions and let the govt face consequences.

funwieon Ask HN: Have you built a house?

Get some experience.

Find small construction sides where you can work as an amateur. Small sides so that you can grasp most of the pieces and how they fit together.

Understand a house plan.

Learn to read building plans and how they translate to a physical structure. The tools and materials used.

Get the tools for the job.

You can not build a solid house in first attempt so Practice. Practice. Practice. Play with the tools, know what fits where, why, and how. Get a sense of how all pieces fit together to form a house and build your confidence.

I recommend you get some bricks and and practice building small structures. No cement. You can use mud so it’s essier to breakdown and start over.

Launch your project when you feel confident you have the skills to see it through.

funwieon Trump Accuses Google of Burying Conservative News in Search Results

Which data is this accusation based on?

I see google as a mirror that reflects what the world says about you. Of course, they moderate results but I don’t think that they do it to such an extend that only negative results will show for a person seen as positive in the world.

Trump is denying his reflection in the mirror (Google search). He doesn’t want to accept that Google’s result is how the world sees him now.

Google does not write the negative content

funwieon Netflix is the latest company to try bypassing Apple’s app store

>Apple and Google not only created the device and funded the R & D for the features,

App developers have to pay for Apple’s and Google’s R&D and devices? Do consumers not pay for this when they buy their devices.

>but also created the APIs, the tools, the infrastructure, and attracted the (hundreds of millions of) users.

These were created for their consumers and not for developers. You think features are added to their devices to please developers? Why do developers have to pay for these things?

>The 30% cut they ask of developers is more than reasonable.

More than reasonable? Do a little experiment. Run a business and have 30% of your revenue taken from you.

funwieon Bing.com now runs on .NET Core

.Net Framework is windows only

Mono is open source port of .Net Framework to non-windows platforms (linux, mac os)

.Net Core is cross platform (like Java but without GUI features for now)

.Net Standard for libraries shared by all 3 above.

funwieon The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be

I think it will make more sense to compare hardwares at same level. 300$ or 1000$ PC to 2000$ Mac seems odd, isn’t it?

Buy a PC with same price tag as a Mac. Use and then feedback.

funwieon Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?

Airplane is not a bird Ship not a fish Car not a horse .... Computer is not a smarter human AI will never have human intelligence Chatbots will never be humans ... These and many other inventions are useful. They extend human capabilities. But will never be humans, unless we create a human (as opposed to giving birth).

funwieon Facebook takes on Twitch with a new video gaming portal

Apart from mostly copying competitors (especially startups), I don’t think Facebook has introduced useful, original idea products for a long time now.

funwieon Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundation’s Reaction

I really hope Microsoft makes Github even more useful to developers and not screw it up. Fingers crossed.

funwieon Ask HN: What is your favorite way of setting up online store in 2018?

Are there any online services that offer all the features needed for the online store?

If yes, then why build? If no, can you customise the service? If not, then build and make use of available code (libraries, apis, framework)

doing it by yourself will be a great learning experience but costly one.

Wish you and your friend all the best with your online store.

funwieon Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order

What if this request was under GDPR jurisdiction?

funwieon GitHub Alternatives

If it is an alternative then it is probably not the best option.

You and I use Github not because we don’t know the alternatives, but because Github is better

funwieon How to be a Manager – A step-by-step guide to leading a team

Good leadership ideas. I think defining relationships and respecting the boundaries is also important.

Make sure all employees understand relationship types and know which there have with one another.

Are we colleagues, friends, etc?

This will lead to smooth interactions.

funwieon Hello, GitHub

Congratulations to Microsoft.

I’ve heard it all after this acquisition was announced. Microsoft is evil, Microsoft will never change, Microsoft is that and this, Microsoft will destroy GitHub.

There are people who see a monster when they hear Microsoft but I bet ask them how they’ve been hurt by Microsoft and nothing will come up.

Is our bias towards Microsoft stoping us from seeing the great work they’ve done in embracing Linux and open source software. Tell me it’s not a big change, and departure from the old Microsoft.

funwieon I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report

I think we turn to compare wrong product categories.

a > $700 premium iPhone to a < $200 android phone.

a > $2000 premium mac to a < $500 PC.

Get premium devices equivalent to the prices of apple products, use and share your experiences.

funwieon Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

I see no situation where slowing phone‘s performance is better compared to giving the user options to improve phone’s performance. Something is fishy.