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mattcdrake··on Lambda School’s Misleading Promises
Are the other videos in this series publicly available? You are great at explaining things.
mattcdrake··on Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games
Thanks for making this, really. Phone games seem to be a sort of gateway drug for video games and it's a shame that most of them are so laden with microtransactions and attention-hacks. Anything that can steer people away from heroin-adjacent mobile games toward games with substance is a great product in my book. Nice job.
mattcdrake··on Things that I think will be important in the next decade
It would be harder for a fledgling competitor to comply with an increased regulatory burden than it would be for Facebook. This is especially likely given that Facebook would be influencing the regulation. That is one incentive for Zuckerberg to advocate for regulation even though he runs a monopolistic firm.
mattcdrake··on Ask HN: Which backpack do you use for work and work travel?
Seconding Goruck. I've got an older version of the GR1 and I can't speak highly enough of this bag. Had it for 5 years or so, used it almost every day, it's in near-perfect shape and looks/feels great.
mattcdrake··on I got 40 paying customers in 6 months with 0 dollars spent
The implication is that 18 months of development has an opportunity cost associated with it, even if OP spent no money.
mattcdrake··on Uber Go Style Guide
This is referenced in the first paragraph of the style guide:

"Styles are the conventions that govern our code. The term style is a bit of a misnomer, since these conventions cover far more than just source file formatting—gofmt handles that for us."

mattcdrake··on WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism
Pension fund managers.
mattcdrake··on Ask HN: What still sucks about remote work?
I've noticed that it's hard to build rapport with coworkers when working remotely (especially if they are in an office and you're remote). In my experience, remote communication is mostly transactional and doesn't facilitate building relationships with people.

I'm not saying I need my coworkers to be my best friends or anything, but I think that you are more likely to have a well functioning work relationship with people that you're comfortable around. In my experience, those relationships are usually built through informal conversations.

If any of you have this figured out, I'd love to hear tips. Most of the other aspects of remote work are fantastic.

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