jeffwiederkehr

I stumbled into a career in programming due to originally learning excel in an unrelated field. This project is such a great idea imo and seems like it would be a game changer for anyone that is regularly working between excel and python files for data.

Also my take on the transpilation vs LLM is that you chose the right path. The point of transforming an excel spreadsheet to python is to have better organization and ability to reason about the operations being performed.

I have the same question/confusion. I'm not sure what the benefit is of merging the projects? I get they are very close feature wise but why physically combine and make Remix features an opt in vite plugin vs just keeping the projects separate repos?

I love yabai and use it every day. It’s the only Mac OS is tolerable for me vs Linux with a WM.

I am sad though that you lose a good chunk of functionality without disabling SIP, which isn’t allowed for work devices

I managed fast food restaurants prior to becoming a SWE and our target turnover was 130% annually so not quite to that level.

This guide was the only resource that made my 400 CS networking course material final stick.

I don't think anything close to the compute needed to train chatgpt or any of the other LLM's would be possible in 1985 or 2000

I'm not sure I agree with the premise of the post. I recently graduated college and the absolute best opportunities available to me where I made the most growth as a dev where internships. I know internship recruiting just started to open up for Summer 2024 so my recommendation would be to spend time prepping for interviews and do your best to land an internship for next summer.

I think the numbers above actually make sense if you look at the pressures that influence decisions on what to study and whether to get a PhD for national vs international students.

If you're international getting a bachelors you need to find a company willing to sponsor when you graduate so it makes a lot more sense to pursue a STEM degree that is in high demand to employers.

For graduate students their is compounding pressure because getting a PhD allows the student to stay in the USA while they obtain the degree and STEM degrees qualify for the STEM OPT extension so instead of only having 1 year of work authorization post graduation you have 3 years. If the goal is to stay in the USA permanently it really doesn't make any sense to pursue a non STEM grad degree.

I don't have any commentary on whether the way the system is set up makes sense but I don't think it's just a case of American kids don't want to study these subjects rather theirs intense immigration pressure on international students to funnel them into STEM subjects.

Excited to see Taro on the front page of HN. I’m just finishing up my first internship at a Big Tech Co and the advice and discussions I’ve seen from Rahul/Alex were extremely valuable in helping me perform well.

I feel somewhat connected to the product in a weird way in that I went through the non profit Codepaths interview prep summer course which is where I heard about Rahul and seems to solve a somewhat similar pain point in that outside of the interview prep piece it allowed me to make connections and receive mentorship from experienced engineers that was incredibly valuable

Another company that I love that scratched that same itch was Hackpack. They charge a monthly membership fee and it's centered around interview prep but the main value I got from being part of the program was deep connections and mentorship with experienced engineers.

I have some small user feedback with a sample size of 1. I love the content that you guys create and consume the majority of the blogs/youtube videos/linkedIn posts but don't use the app much. Content I consume on my phone is almost exclusively hackernews, reddit and youtube. I'm not sure what the blocker is but it is strange to me that given how much I enjoy the content that I don't use the app more.

Congrats on the launch post and wish you both the best!

Stoked to see hackpack on the front page of HN. Not affiliated with the company just a customer but they were critical part in my success prepping for technical interviews. Can't recommend them enough.

I'm a huge fan of waterloo's model as well for students but I think it's really hard to replicate without the prestige of a University like Waterloo.