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varunagrawalon Ask HN: Should we waive technical interviews if candidate contributes?

I like this way of doing things. Some people are brilliant and very good at general communication but just don't interview well due to various factors. This sort of free form conversation should put them at ease as well.

varunagrawalon Ask HN: Should we waive technical interviews if candidate contributes?

We don't see this happening for tech jobs, and at the worst, interviewers will still ask programming language specific questions. Plus "meaningful patch" might mean different things to different people.

varunagrawalon Let’s write a simple Kernel (2014)

Am I the only one who's pretty much done with reading these sort of rinse and repeat articles about just writing a bootloader in the name of a kernel?

varunagrawalon ShareLaTeX is joining Overleaf

I don't believe it is an absorption or merger. It seems more like a strategic partnership.

varunagrawalon The Fuck – An app which corrects your previous console command

Didn't this appear on Hacker News years ago? I have been using it since and absolutely love it!