jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: Are file sharing services good for recurring revenue?
I want to launch a file sharing service as a profitable side project but i'm wondering if there are people who are willing to use and pay for such services in the post dropbox and cloud services era.

I'm planning to offer many features, including:

- password protected downloads.

- preview for pictures and albums.

Also, I have a special domain for this project "file.[tld]"
Show HN: AutoTool – text-to-dashboard with ToolJet/Retool
https://www.loom.com/share/b4d778b803ac4b2e98a8255747e59f5b
Hey all!

Excited to demo AutoTool, a GPT3-powered conversational UI for rapidly prototyping internal tooling in ToolJet/Retool. You can describe what you want in an internal tools in natural language - e.g. "a dashboard that does X" - and it produces the result for you. You can also iteratively refine your dashboard using textual prompts, e.g. "Move this table here, add a form to do Y".

This is all done with prompt engineering and a creative technique for transforming GPT-3 (and Codex) output to a DSL for internal tools.

Would love to hear any feedback. Thanks!
A graphical walkthrough of a simple windows executable 
http://code.google.com/p/corkami/wiki/PE101?show=content
This graphic is a walkthrough of a simple windows executable, that shows its dissected structure and explains how it's loaded by the operating system.
United States GSA Problem. Maybe.
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/167855
"monitor your bank accounts" seems to be the solution to this enormously vague problem.
Newt Gingrich a werewolf? Data doesn't lie.
http://dressler-llc.com/ElectionEffect/
Check the Election Effect for more weird relationships
Those awesome Refcards are being published again.
http://refcardz.dzone.com/
At some point they stopped by I think it's back now.
A Hidden America: Living in Cars, Tents and Cheap Motels *Video Report*
http://globalfreedomstrategies.blogspot.com/2011/12/hidden-america-living-in-cars-tents-and.html
The following must-see 60 Minutes segment further highlights the deteriorating economic conditions across the United States.

It turns out some families are losing their grip on the motels and discovering that the homeless shelters are full. Where do they go then?
Show HN: I Wrote a Book on Git
https://i-love-git.com/
Hello everyone!

In 2020 I was approached by O'Reilly (I am one of the instructors on their online platform) to see if I wanted to work on a book on Git. And not just any book, a Head First book.

I have always been a huge fan of Git, and have been using it since 2009. I regularly teach Git at conferences, online platforms like O'Reilly's, and the occasional corporate training gig. So I figured, why not?

For those who are familiar with the Head First series, Head First Git is one of the first with a newer and more contemporary L&F. Gone are the stock photos—rather almost all images in the book are illustrations (done by someone at O'Reilly). Also, my book uses a very diverse set of characters in every chapter—we have Sangita, Brigitte, Trinity, Armstrong, Gitanjali and Aref and a few others who'll join you on your trip as you learn Git.

For those NOT familiar with the Head First series, IMO it is a truly unique approach to teaching ideas. It uses a very conversational style, with light-hearted narratives woven through every chapter to teach ideas concretely. The books use a variety of techniques to help truly cement ideas—there is a lot of repetition, dozens of hands-on exercises, and lot of quizzes—even crossword puzzles. AFAIK Head First is truly a class of books on its own, though Manning's "grokking" series is one that comes to mind that is attempting to do something similar (and doing so very well).

As for the intended audience, I am thinking most HN'ers are NOT the target audience. This book is directed towards folks very new to Git, and the hope is get them to 80% of what they need to know to use Git effectively.

My approach in writing this book (despite it targeting beginners) was not only to teach _how_ to use Git, but also _what_ happens when you do things to Git's DAG and the working directory/index/object datastore. The book uses a LOT of visualizations to explain what happens when you add and commit your work, and how operations like merging, reverting/reseting affect the DAG.

The book is done, available on O'Reilly's platform if you have an account and now on Amazon. I'd love to hear your feedback if you decide to take a look at it. My email is raju.gandhi @ the biggest search engine company in the word and my twitter is https://twitter.com/looselytyped (DM's are open), LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajugandhi/

This is my second book (first one is from Apress) so if anyone here is interested in knowing what it takes to write a book, or in particular a Head First book, I'd happy to share everything I've learned. Feel free to post a comment here, or email/@ me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Finally, a shout out to the awesome community that is Hacker News. I saved dozens of insightful comments, tips/tricks, articles about Git that showed up here and while many of the advanced tricks did not make it into the book, they certainly made me better at Git. Thanks everyone!

In case my site gets hugged to death:

https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Git-Learners-Understanding...

https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-git/978...
Making a Mac app and want to please sysadmins? Packaging do's and don'ts
http://glarizza.posterous.com/the-commandments-of-packaging
Titans in the Mac sysadmin field weighed in to help produce this manifesto. These are basics that a huge number of large vendors still can't accomplish, how to get the bits on disk and updated while offending as few laws of nature as possible.
The Tao of Programming
http://repetae.net/computer/tao.html
The Tao of Programming
Show HN: Parsers VC – Real-time tracking Venture Capital data provider
https://parsers.vc/
Parsers VC collects data on startups, investors, and venture capital firms in real time. The databases are updated every 24 hours.
It's very simple: Parsers VC installs its trackers on the venture capital funds' websites (namely the startup, team, and news sections) and automatically collects all updates. The data is also obtained from social networks and news sites. Thus, there is no need to wait for the startup or venture capital firm itself to update the information on the aggregator site, all updates appear by themselves.
You can see examples of the data here: https://parsers.vc/about/
Show HN: Review your favorite coffee beans and discover new ones
https://www.coffeebeans.fyi/
Hello!

Coffeebeans.fyi lets you review your favorite coffee beans and discover new ones. It's my solo project in the hope of sharing my favorite coffee beans with you and discovering other great coffee beans from you.

As a coffee lover in Seattle, I've been trying to taste different coffee beans that have deep aroma, nutty flavor, and smooth aftertaste with low acidity (I am not a coffee expert, by the way), but I've only found a few ones: beans from Monorail Espresso, Espresso Vivace, and Stumptown Roasters (Trust me they are great). I am eager to know what your favorites are and try some of them!

I'd LOVE to hear your feedback since I will probably reflect it in the next product development. Also, if you like some of the beans on the website and want to let your friends know about them, you can just click the "Share" button on each bean page :)

Thank you and don't forget to have a nice cup of coffee today!

Eric
A simple Android game a Friend built.  What do you think?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turtleescape
A friend of mine threw this together (HA! 160+ hours). What do you think?
Standards for developing flexible, durable, and sustainable HTML and CSS
https://github.com/mdo/code-guide
I encourage you to take the 5+ mins to read over this. Quite beneficial :)
Cross the dating game with the recruitment game
http://www.tapajob.com
Sign-up now for our beta, launching soon at http://www.tapajob.com, follow us on Twitter @tapajob and on Facebook
India : Rise in Education
http://www.gyanvihar.org
India has made tremendous progress in terms of increasing the enrollment rate in primary education and literacy to increase about two-thirds of the population. India improved education system is often cited as an important factor for economic growth in India. Much of the progress of education has been credited to several private institutions. The private education market in India is estimated at 40 billion dollars in 2008 and increase to $ 68 million in 2012.
DoString – String Manipulation Tool
https://dostring.com
DoString is the best String Manipulation Tool which can save you from hours of unnecessary manual effort. This website features a helpful collection of free online tools for web coding, text conversion, generation and formatters. We have designed this website to save you time making web pages or preparing content for web publishing projects or other exciting stuffs. https://dostring.com
Askn HN: Founders, how do manage the emotional stress of startup environment
Those confidence downfalls, how do you persuade oneself that you do the right thing, or how do you decide that it's time to raise hands and give it up.
Shit Happens It does
http://sunilarora.org/33543961
Would like to hear some nerve breaking production mishaps :)
A message to developers gone wanna-be startup founders – Must Read
http://silentinteraction.com/a-message-to-developers-gone-wanna-be-startup-founders.html
Lots of developers love coding. But they never really make any income from their side projects because, that's all they are, side projects.
Show HN: Rebudget, a personal finance app
https://rebudget.app
Hey HN,

Today, I'm announcing the public release of MVP of Rebudget, a personal finance app that I've been working on over the last 2 years. Rebudget helps you create a budget and track your personal finances using the zero-based budgeting or the envelope method. I originally started working on this mostly as a fun side project to experiment and see what I could do, but also as a potential Mint/YNAB replacement for myself (as well as my wife's spreadsheet!).

There is still a lot of work to be done (it may be a little rough around the edges in some places), but I'm excited about the challenges and work ahead.

I'm open to any questions or feedback that is provided. Thanks!
Google page speed
http://www.dev-articles.com/article/Google-page-speed-442002
Google page speed service, another great service provided by google that can be really useful.
New blog redesign
http://aslamnajeebdeen.com/
Hello guys, I've redesigned my blog. Your comments as feedbacks are mostly welcome.
ClojureScript Compiler Service (poc)
http://www.deftitlenil.com/2011/11/clojurescript-compiler-service-poc.html
ClojureScript compiler as a service, proof of concept.
Linkody - Maximize your linkbuilding efforts.
http://www.linkody.com
Linkody is the 1st service that offers 24/7 inbound links monitoring in the cloud.
There’s No Machine-Readable Government Org Chart
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/theres-no-machine-readable-government-org-chart/
If the administration wants to advance the ball on transparency for its part, it will begin to publish coherent information—starting with basic information about the organization of the executive branch—in machine-readable form, using standardized identifiers. An edict from OMB to harmonize on identifiers down to the program level could be implemented in months, if not weeks.
RunKeeper for Android is here
http://runkeeper.com/android
As of tonight, the leading iPhone GPS fitness app (1.5 million downloads, TIME Magazine top ten iPhone app of 2009) is now on Android too!
Show HN: cashay.me – translating time at work to cost of items
http://www.cashay.me/
Just a toy I put together while learning AngularJS.
Show HN: Sotira- financial tracking and pricing for ecommerce seller/resellers
https://www.sotira.co/
Hi everyone! - I'm Amrita and I'm excited to launch Sotira with the Hacker News community. Sotira is a financial tool to help sellers and resellers track profits, calculate the best listing prices, analyze and forecast sales over time, and more. Sotira enables ecommerce sellers/resellers to make more informed choices about where to list products and how to price products. Sotira is integrated with ecommerce platforms like Etsy.

You can sign up for beta access for free here: www.sotira.app

Please refer any ecommerce sellers or resellers you know to sign up and feel free to leave any feedback in the comments below or you can email amrita@sotira.co.

If you would like to talk with us, you can schedule a 15 minute call here to talk about tracking financials for your ecommerce business: https://calendly.com/amritabhasin/15min?back=1&month=2022-11

Thank you so much. We appreciate the support.
Online Checkout Process Web Design
http://www.shayhowe.com/web-design/checkout-process-design/
The checkout process has become widely known on the internet and making purchases online is fairly common for most households. One would think the checkout process has been nearly perfected. Learn how to design the best checkout process with examples.
Memex #001
http://trevor.smith.name/memex/
What happens when a prototype engineer in 2013 decides to build Vannevar Bush's Memex from 1945?
Dealflow.com releases first newsletter targeting open venture capital deals
http://dealflow.com/newsletter
Registration (sign up) is required, and you must select an "Accredited Investor" option during sign up. Product releases around 3PM US Eastern Nov 13th, 2013
You Might Not Need JavaScript
http://davidvujic.blogspot.se/2014/03/you-might-not-need-javascript.html
Are you about to code some awesome web stuff and have JavaScript enabled in your browser?

Turn that s* off!

It's about a development style called NoScript First.
This Rick and Morty episode was written by A.I
Rick pulls his dick out.
summer: (flattered) you guys must really like me.
brock: don't flatter yourself. you're simply a means to reproduce. (to the army of ricks) escort the package to the reproduction facility!
morty: this isn't even my story anymore, rick! some of the imitation ricks grab summer and start running away with her.
summer: no! stop! i m more than a vagina! i volunteer!

cut to [int. jerry s room - night] (jerry looks over to see beth fast asleep. he slowly tiptoes out of bed and out of the room) [int. kitchen - night] (jerry creeps into the kitchen and looks through the drawers. he finally finds what he is looking for and pulls out a turkey baster) [ext. smith house - night] the light in the kitchen is seen going out. foot steps are heard and a door creaking shut is heard. jerry shuffling around is heard. the light in the bedroom turns on. beth (v. o.) : jerry? what are you doing?"morty's castle" nothing. jerry (v. o.) beth (v. o.) : (extremely confused) is that a turkey baster? no. jerry (v. o.) beth (v. o.) : then what is it? jerry (v. o.) :... none of your business. cut to [ext. morty]

via: creative-ai.net/rm.php
Why shouldn't you study computer science as a hacker
http://blog.senatehouse.org/2011/09/dont-study-computer-science.html
This article is a personal confession from a hacker who ended up being a neuroscientist instead of studying computer science. There are a lot of hackers in high school in Hacker News. So I thought this is appropriate.
Microsoft could have bought Bejeweled for $35,000 in 1999
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/07/13/popcap-games-microsofts-missed-opportunity-11-years-ago/?mod=google_news_blog
Ouch. Meanwhile, Microsoft bought Bungie for a rumored $40-$50 million by 2001.
Scala Pattern Matching Part 2
http://www.scalatuts.com/blog/2013/08/24/scala-pattern-matching-part-2/
http://www.scalatuts.com/blog/2013/08/24/scala-pattern-matching-part-2/
Perseverance and burning out.
http://louiebacaj.com/perseverance-and-burning-out/
The difference between constantly improving and burning yourself out.
Finding you next big idea
http://says.webflow.com/
Crowdfunding your software needs.
The problem with the Internet startup craze
http://venturehacks.com/articles/startup-craze
“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it.”
Boys Will Be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence and Common Stock Investment [pdf]
http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/odean/papers/gender/BoysWillBeBoys.pdf
Modern financial economics assumes that we behave with extreme rationality; but, we do not. Furthermore, our deviations from rationality are often systematic. Behavioral finance relaxes
the traditional assumptions of financial economics by incorporating these observable, systematic, and very human departures from rationality into standard models of financial markets. Overconfidence is one such departure.

Models that assume market participants are overconfident yield one central prediction: overconfident investors will trade too much.
...

Men trade more than women and thereby reduce
their returns more so than do women. Furthermore, these differences are most pronounced between single men and single women.
Review my Startup - Sandglaz
Sandglaz helps people focus on what is important. Inspired by the urgent-important matrix and iterative processes, it is a task manager/ to-do list designed to make prioritization easy and productive.

To review it you can signup at http://sandglaz.com it takes 15 seconds or sign in with your google account.

I appreciate all your feedback.
Histofme - Micro Diary
http://www.histofme.com
Histofme is a service to write and share the chronicles of your life.

Record anything you want to remember about your life!

Find your friends and stay informed about their life
Show HN: SSort – The Python source code sorter
https://github.com/bwhmather/ssort
Hi HN - SSort is a tool I've been working on that sorts the contents of python modules in dependency order. It's like isort, but for the rest of the file.

It's starting to get a bit of momentum. We have users across a few different companies and some consistent contributors (thank you, in particular, jgberry). We're reaching a point of stability, and would like to gather some final feedback before hitting the big 1.0.
'Bandwidth Divide' Could Limit Reach of MOOCs
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Bandwith-Divide/137633/
Some call it an instance of the Red Queen effect, right out of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass. Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, promise free education from Harvard and other elite colleges, but only if you have broadband access to watch those free lecture videos. Many lack such access, and ISPs are talking about phasing out all-you-can-surf data plans, so that it will be even more costly to watch large amounts of online video. As the Red Queen tells Alice: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" Keeping up with digital technology is like that race—it takes a continual investment of money and time just to keep up with the latest, and an exceptional amount of work to get ahead of the pack. Colleges considering MOOCs should remember that.
Require someone who can help in ScalaZone startup
Hi,

I'm starting Scala Zone. I would require someone who can help me in startup.
A Thinking Person
http://www.2think.org/hii/thinkman.shtml
Makes you wonder..
Change directory forwards or backwards though time.
http://www.lbackup.org/lcd_manual
New LBackup screencast online :

The 'lcd' command (a component of LBackup) allows you to change your working directory forwards and backwards though time within your backup set.

An introduction to the 'lcd' command, screencast was just released :
http://www.lbackup.org/screencasts

The screen cast focuses on Mac OS X within a BASH shell.
How Lean is Your Startup?
http://theleanstartupmachine.com/events/new-york-july-28/
Apply now for the next Lean Startup Machine in NYC: July 28-31. We're the world’s leading bootcamp on Lean Startup methodologies. In a single weekend, we provide founders with a framework of tools, techniques and resources designed to help identify key customers and iterate their products quickly. You'll never look at entrepreneurship the same way again.

Apply here: http://bit.ly/LsmNYC

Questions? Contact: Fatso@theleanstartupmachine.com
How Github can be friendlier with academia
http://blog.michelemattioni.me/2012/08/23/how-github-can-be-friendlier-with-academia/
With the rising movement of openscience and reproducibility, the necessity for science to share their code and result is getting higher and higher.
Show HN: Lurk – A pretty (simple) alternative to strace written in Rust
https://github.com/JakWai01/lurk
Hey fellow procrastinators :-). I just released lurk, a simple and pretty alternative to strace which I’ve been working on as a side project. Lurk implements an opinionated subset of strace. Compared to strace, lurk is optimized for readability.

I'd be happy to receive some feedback : )
Show HN: ConcertMash – Easily generate a playlist for your upcoming concerts
As a regular music concert and festival attendee, I like to prepare for these events by listening to all the artist's songs.

I got annoyed at the lack of playlist generation features inside of Spotify, so I created https://github.com/mcmxcdev/ConcertMash, which can easily generate a playlist for upcoming concerts based on selected artists!

It does save a lot of time that is usually spent on manually creating a playlist ;)

It is open-source and built with SvelteKit.
Feel free to check it out, contributions welcome!

https://github.com/mcmxcdev/ConcertMash
https://concertmash.com
Scoble Declares 20's vs. 40's Age War
http://www.sproutly.com/2007/08/01/scoble-declares-war-on-the-20s/
Scoble's Top 10 Facebook Apps vs. TechCrunch's Top 10 Facebook Apps
Show HN: VS Code Extension – Display AWS Amplify Environment
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=poyashad.display-aws-amplify-environment
I created a VS code extension that simply displays in the status bar which Amplify environment you are currently working in. Also, if you change the Amplify environment, this extension will notify you with an information message. Please let me know what you think and if you find any bugs! This is my very first VS Code Extension so i am grateful for any input
5 Best iOS Free Music Identifier Apps
http://appsnuke.com/253/music-identifier-apps/
These are 5 great applications for iOS users interested in playing with music and finding more information about what they listen while they listen...
10 of the most annoying Facebook status’ ever
http://cultivatus.com/2011/12/05/10-of-the-most-annoying-facebook-status-ever/
Facebook has evolved into the go to place to spew random crap into the world. Is it just me, or are the majority of Facebook status updates annoying? After some careful observation, I’ve determined that the average Facebook updated can be categorised into one of the following 10 persona’s.
Fingerprint verification software
im looking into create a fingerprint verification solution, whereas the fingerprint is taking from the device and sent online to a centralized database for verification, the idea will basically be used as a punch-card system. Has anybody here came pass such a system before? should i start working on it?do you think it can be done? any tips u can give me could be of great help
Haxe NME on github (finally)
https://github.com/jgranick/NME
The haxe NME cloned repository on github.
How To Generate Motivation
http://startupinternals.com/how-to-generate-motivation/
So you founded a startup, how you can maintain your motivation?
Self-hosted HTML5 Notepad App with Sync 
http://konstruktors.com/projects/html5-notepad/
Spent the past week coding this as a proof of concept. Has anyone worked with syncing browser's localStorage with an external data source? (I've found persistenceJS which is JS only)
Google's brainteasers and Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Data Analysis
http://simplystatistics.org/2013/06/20/googles-brainteasers-that-dont-work-and-johns-hopkins-biostatistics-data-analysis/
Data analysis at Hopkins focuses on open ended problems to evaluate hustle/flexibility of students.