Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2020-06-21 -- 2020-06-27

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 27, 2020 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Good articles/courses for understanding mathematical notation?
  
• Tell HN: YouTube fixed the dot after domain ad bypass
  
• Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
  
• Ask HN: How to learn to create/draw mental models for programming?
  
• Ask HN: How to develop a growth mindset?
  
• Ask HN: How to avoid over-engineering software design for future use cases?
  
• Ask HN: How are you holding up?
  
• Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
  
• Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned?
  
• Ask HN: What are the technical justifications for keeping .DS_Store?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2020-06-14 -- 2020-06-20

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 20, 2020 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available?
  
• Ask HN: Tips for students before starting their first job
  
• Ask HN: A way to adblock “we're using cookies” popups?
  
• Ask HN: What are your go to SaaS products for startups/MVPs?
  
• Tell HN: Skiena's “The Algorithm Design Manual” currently free from publisher
  
• Ask HN: How do you divide time between engaging with users and development?
  
• Ask HN: How do you develop internal motivation?
  
• Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn how electricity works?
  
• Ask HN: What’s a big trend we should all be following?
  
• Ask HN: Google won't remove my site URL from random business using it on Maps
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2020-06-07 -- 2020-06-13

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 13, 2020 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
  
• Ask HN: How bad should the code be in a startup?
  
• Ask HN: Moving from a startup to a big co, what should I be aware of?
  
• Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old
  
• Ask HN: Which tools have made you a much better programmer?
  
• Ask HN: Career and life advice for a 30yo
  
• Ask HN: What, in your opinion, are the greatest and most useful textbooks?
  
• Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?
  
• Ask HN: Is there any work being done in speech-to-code with deep learning?
  
• Ask HN: Is working as a developer on technical route until retirement feasible?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2020-05-31 -- 2020-06-06

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending June 06, 2020 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: I'd like to learn vocals, any suggestion on how I can do this?
  
• Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?
  
• Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS major, what should I know?
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)
  
• Ask HN: How does your company manage its encryption keys?
  
• Ask HN: How do you organise your files and folders?
  
• Ask HN: Have you ever gone without a computer or phone for an extended period?
  
• Ask HN: Are my expectations on code quality and professionalism too high?
  
• Ask HN: How do I reach making $1-1.5k/mo in 13 months?
  
• Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?