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Issue #399 // April 20, 2018

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# FAVORITES

Apple open-sources FoundationDB //foundationdb comments

How to Decide What to Build //dcgross comments

No boundaries for Facebook data: third-party trackers abuse Facebook Login //freedom-to-tinker comments

I built a progressive web app and published it in three app stores //judahgabriel comments

My Favorite PostgreSQL Queries and Why They Matter //severalnines comments

Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them //steveblank comments

The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ //jeffgeerling comments

Flow chart of cognitive biases //breakdown-notes

related cheat-sheet //coach comments

Stripe Home //stripe comments

An in-depth tour of Nikon’s Hikari Glass factory //imaging-resource comments

How people die vs. media coverage of death //github comments

The many deceptions of Mark Zuckerberg //creativegood comments

# ASK HN

What is your favourite tech talk? //ycombinator

What are some tech companies that do not use an open floor plan? //ycombinator

Organizing company knowledge? //ycombinator

# SHOW HN

Mylo: A leather-like material made from mycelium //boltthreads comments

Zulip 1.8: Free software Slack alternative with email-style threading //zulip comments

Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook //pine64 comments

Tube – Minimalist YouTube //quinzel comments

Grasshopper – A coding app for beginners //grasshopper comments

Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers //hackerdaily comments

VuePress: a fully Vue-powered static site generator //vuejs comments

Telescope – News and RSS Reader //apple comments

I Write In-Depth Wordpress Plugin Reviews //wpplugincheck comments

Umbrella Note – Simple app for notes and journals //umbrellanote comments

# CLASSICS

NirSoft Freeware //nirsoft comments

Bill Joy: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us //wired comments

The Web We Lost //anildash comments

# CODE

GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere //graalvm comments

D3 in Depth //d3indepth comments

Python 3.7: Introducing Data Classes //jetbrains comments

Learn React by building a web app //udilia comments

Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now generally available //googleblog comments

Kaniko: Build container images in Kubernetes //googleblog comments

Cosmos is an operating system “construction kit” //github comments

Mocktastic – Simple, Offline mock REST APIs for your entire team //mocktastic comments

# DATA

Types of Regression Analysis //listendata comments

Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos //quantamagazine comments

You Can’t Do Data Science in a GUI //dominodatalab comments

Mode Studio – Python, R and SQL Editor //modeanalytics comments

# DESIGN

Soviet-Era Industrial Design //atlasobscura comments

It's Time for a DevTools for Designers //uxdesign comments

TurboTax Freemium Funnel: Critical Analysis and UX Teardown //medium comments

# LEARN

The Myth of 'Learning Styles' //theatlantic comments

Conway's Law //wikipedia comments

Eroom's Law //wikipedia comments

Gruen transfer //wikipedia comments

# BOOKS

Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention //nytimes comments

Front-End Developer Handbook //frontendmasters comments

Talk to Books //google comments

Eminent Philosophers Name the Most Important Philosophy Books from 1950-2000 //openculture comments

The Fallacy of the Free Market //washingtonmonthly comments

# WATCHING

Towards Battery-Free HD Video Streaming //washington comments

Uncontrollability of a bricycle //youtube comments

A dive into the making of a 64K Intro //ctrl-alt-test comments

How to Be a Systems Thinker //edge comments

How to build a house alone //youtube comments

Startup Mechanics //ycombinator comments

# WORKING

The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid homework //qz comments

Hiring and the market for lemons //danluu comments

Amazon worker’s median pay in 2017: $28,446 //seattletimes comments

# LONGREADS

24 hours in a diner in New York //1843magazine comments

“Coming Out” as Face Blind //narrative comments

The murder that shook Iceland //theguardian comments

# STARTUP NEWS

Coinbase acquires Earn.com //earn comments

Zillow surprises investors by buying up homes //techcrunch comments

# FUN

Lisp Game Jam 2018 //itch comments

Random Darknet Shopper: A Live Mail Art Piece //bitnik comments

A game of tag that’s been going for 20+ years //kottke comments

Semantic Experiences //google comments

# CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

A Taxonomy of Technical Debt //riotgames comments

In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information //bloomberg comments

Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to European authorities //theregister comments

Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service //techcrunch comments

Abusing Linux's firewall: the hack that allowed us to build Spectrum //cloudflare comments

Using GnuCash as a Freelancer to Track Finances and Prepare Taxes //nickjanetakis comments

Radio host Art Bell has died //reviewjournal comments

1Password for Open Source Projects //github comments

Phi-editor, a text editor implemented in Go and SDL //github comments

Cointabb //cointabb comments

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