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znt··on Ask HN: Getting depressed day by day, how to cope?
Try to become an SME on the business side in addition to technical abilities.

For example understanding how financial instruments work and how to model them onto systems is a valuable skills and cannot be fully trusted (yet) in the hands of AI as mistakes can be really really costly.

znt··on A South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce
Yoghurt + Kefir + Kumis.

Golden Horde conquered the known world fueled by milk byproducts.

znt··on Ask HN: How can I escape my 3W country as a freelance dev with passive income?
I can't believe I'm typing this but actually trying to sneak into US via southern border looks quite promising at the moment.

It should cost you around $20K - $25K, paying for the smugglers and such.

Lots of white collar people from my middle-eastern country has chosen this route for the last 2 years, instead of waiting for the official visa channels.

znt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024)
Mate this is Who's Hiring thread, not "Who wants to get hired"

Please do not create noise.

znt··on Ask HN: Advice for a new father?
Quite surprised no one mentioned this:

Take care of the mom. Make sure she is rested, comfortable.

She is the primary caretaker, she is the baby's whole world.

Happy mom - happy baby.

znt··on Google Pays $21B for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress
Same here, Google's "How to" search share will be eaten by ChatGPT and similar products in about 5 years maybe.
znt··on Ask HN: Why did Python win?
I think it just survived naturally, filling in the cracks left by Java / C++.

And now the era of Textual (https://textual.textualize.io/) is here, python may get the spotlight even more.

znt··on French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists
Regardless of which digital tools they use, everyone is a potential terrorist if the government is tyrannical enough.
znt··on How to Cancel Your Hiccups
A few drops of lemon juice also cancels a hiccup.
znt··on Ask HN: How do you deal with large Python code bases?
If databases are in play, instead of trying to understand the business logic, have a go at understanding the database structure first.

What are your tables, how they are related etc.

Then look at the modules that interact with the data layer directly and move up.

This is a language agnostic approach though, but it has worked out well for me.

znt··on Ask HN: Has the British contract market dried up, or am I just unhireable?
What I'd suggest (having quite a bit of history with UK recruiters):

For each section in your work history, create a subtitle and just list the technologies used.

Eg:

2020 - 2021 Company A

Technologies used: Python, Django, MySQL

2021 - 2022 Company B

Technologies used: Kubernetes, MongoDB, C++, pandas

This will just help recruiters who'll be skimming through your CV to put you in the right category.

znt··on Launch HN: Neptyne (YC W23) – A programmable spreadsheet that runs Python
Jupyter online test page, no login: https://jupyter.org/try-jupyter/retro/notebooks/?path=notebo...

Online python REPL, no login: https://replit.com/languages/python3

Another generic online REPL service, with pandas example, no login: https://onecompiler.com/python/3x7an28pr

ReactJS online playground, no login: https://playcode.io/react

znt··on [dead]
Totally agree.

If you use django you get the following out of the box:

* Database management (migrations / schemas) * CRUD UI -> Django admin * Plug'n play API -> Django rest framework

If your DB schema is not super complicated (think views etc) and you are not relying on DB procedures, then such framework would save you so much time.

znt··on Ask HN: Information of tech stack used by hedge funds and stock exchanges
Heavy use of C++ and FPGAs really.

I know of one exchange that had a generic matching engine that used C++ meta programming to suit different markets.

DB-wise, postrges and Oracle and KDB.

UI-wise React is pretty much the standard.

znt··on Ask HN: Career advice for a 17 year old Russian computer prodigy
Setting up a Github profile with sample code would be good start.

If he can provide videos / screenshots of his work it would be even more impressive.

znt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
Yes we do.
znt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
B2C2 | London, New Jersey, Tokyo | ONSITE (hybrid/flexible) | Full-time | https://www.b2c2.com/

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, we have grown rapidly to become the leading cryptocurrency liquidity provider. We provide 24/7 electronic execution in the major cryptocurrencies and fiat currency pairs, and have traded hundreds of billions in notional to-date.

Senior Blockchain dev - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4027306101

Java dev - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4018879101

Python dev - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4018948101

Tech support analyst - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4046795101

Quant dev - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4019279101

Quant researcher - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4031767101

Quant researcher (junior) - https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/b2c2/jobs/4045415101

znt··on Cue: A new language for data validation
How do we handle interdependent validation between different fields?

Let's say I got begin date and end date, and I'd like to ensure end date always comes after begin date.

znt··on Sri Lanka’s ancient, almost lost martial art
> A traditional exercise to strengthen arms involves the assistance of an elephant.

Well that sounds kind of impractical.

znt··on U.S. Fed accepts $756B in daily reverse repo operation
It is fake.

The thing is is your average American would never even consider the ultimate possibility of a foundational collapse of their economy and currency.

And it's not just the average American. Nearly all hedge funds etc have USD as their basis.

Bitcoin, Gold, Stocks, real estate etc has a value tag that's denominated in Dollars.

You open up your portfolio and be happy when the USD value goes up in a nice green color.

But what happens when USD gets diluted and debased so much that it's not possible to stop anymore. Are we not past point of no return already?

Debasement of currency marked the end of the Roman empire, why would American empire be any different?

Because US has nukes?

Because they can force the rest of the world to keep using USD at gunpoint?

For how long?

znt··on US home construction surges 22.6%, third monthly increase
This may be a good read for you then: https://www.progress.org/articles/the-depression-of-2026
znt··on Show HN: Starboard – Fully in-browser literate notebooks like Jupyter Notebook
This has great potential.

You planning to seek funding to work on this full time?

znt··on Ask HN: What seeds you sowed years ago that you are reaping fruits of now?
Learnt Python to get started with webdev a decade ago.

It let me put bread on the table all this time.

znt··on Fed cuts half point in emergency move amid spreading virus
Stock bubble -> Stock crash -> More QE -> QE fails -> Bond crash & Govt crisis -> Currency crash -> Commodities skyrocket -> Civil chaos
znt··on Turkey buys Delphi licenses for an estimated one million students
Python & Java and .Net has quite a bit of traction in Turkish software industry. I believe Delphi is mainly used in healthcare but has been losing market share for years.

I think this is just another money embezzlement scheme by Turkish official, which shouldn't be that surprising unfortunately.

znt··on Inflated Bond Ratings Helped Spur the Financial Crisis. They’re Back
The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market - Michael G. Pento

This is a good read if you'd like to have an understanding on what's coming up next.

znt··on Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?
Chopin + Rainymood (dot) com.
znt··on Ask HN: What's the best way to improve typing speed?
Typing of the dead: http://store.steampowered.com/app/246580/The_Typing_of_The_D...

Cover your hands with a piece of cloth while playing for maximum improvement.

znt··on Ask HN: Resources to Learn Functional Programming?
You can just visit http://www.4clojure.com/ and start practising Clojure. No need to install anything.
znt··on Ask HN: What has HN given you?
This was around 7 years ago or so.

Found about Google App Engine on Hacker News. Ended up learning Python & Django so I could deploy apps on App Engine.

A couple years later, ended up doing (rather high profile) a couple of projects for Google itself.

Have been putting bread on the table as a Python dev since then.

Hacker News literally shaped my career, in a very very good way.

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