15:[[26849056,{"by":"juliend2","descendants":10,"id":26849056,"kids":[26849097,26850409,26849726,26850080,26856417,26851447,26870932,26866304,26850898,26849802,26854845],"score":11,"text":"I recently found that playing a certain type of game can increase my productivity at work (web dev). I wonder if people here experienced similar phenomena. I remember a blog post of one of Heroku's founders who used to play a certain game and told that it helped him take better strategic decisions. But I can't seem to find the article.

Thoughts?","time":1618710063,"title":"Ask HN: Games that made you better at your work?","type":"story"}],[26761195,{"by":"lordgroff","descendants":98,"id":26761195,"kids":[26765548,26831354,26761275,26762935,26763380,26762532,26767795,26762020,26765021,26764757,26767179,26769434,26768136,26761725,26762667,26765442,26761745,26768289,26763704,26761894,26767949,26770965,26761748,26761811,26762089,26767558,26817664,26769827,26762250,26786974,26762661,26766251,26761533,26764697,26767488,26761490,26765603,26806429,26766608,26768284,26808181,26789563,26766994,26851623,26783246],"score":52,"text":"I'm at the point where I feel a certain fatigue writing Bash scripts, but I am just not sure of what the alternative is for medium sized (say, ~150-500 LOC) scripts.

The common refrain of "use Python" hasn't really worked fantastically: I don't know what version of Python I'm going to have on the system, installing dependencies is not fun, shelling out when needed is not pleasant, and the size of program always seemingly doubles.

I'm willing to accept something that's not on the system as long as it's one smallish binary that's available in multiple architectures. Right now, I've settled on (ab)using jq, using it whenever tasks get too complex, but I'm wondering if anyone else has found a better way that should also hopefully not be completely a black box to my colleagues?","time":1618059903,"title":"Ask HN: What to use instead of Bash / Sh for scripting?","type":"story"}],[26775703,{"by":"graderjs","descendants":1,"id":26775703,"kids":[26783240],"score":3,"text":"I guess they must be recommending me articles based on what I normally read and often they seemed like good posts for each end but I noticed recently that I've been scooped on a lot of them so I'm wondering that probably other people are posting from there as well.","time":1618196305,"title":"Ask HN: Who else posts to HN from Chrome's new tab article suggestions?","type":"story"}],[26778262,{"by":"prakhar897","descendants":15,"id":26778262,"kids":[26781796,26779281,26782788,26786799,26779357,26783183],"score":5,"text":"A few days ago, I saw an article here which touched on ways to move to a non technical team. So, why does someone want to do that? What are the responsiblities and perks of that role?","time":1618227740,"title":"Ask HN: What are the perks of being a technical person in a non technical team?","type":"story"}],[26780866,{"by":"ilmoi","descendants":535,"id":26780866,"kids":[26785436,26783226,26783139,26784831,26781934,26781033,26784009,26781486,26784955,26781482,26783730,26781403,26781255,26781328,26781117,26781127,26783828,26781116,26783558,26785034,26785399,26784412,26781448,26785240,26784527,26781432,26781381,26785705,26787655,26781082,26781140,26783411,26781151,26781923,26782264,26784929,26782931,26782610,26784023,26781712,26783136,26783440,26787248,26788572,26781598,26781908,26783989,26782957,26781418,26783986,26782595,26782400,26785538,26784380,26784072,26819080,26781806,26783251,26784921,26786195,26788303,26785137,26782649,26784930,26787458,26785846,26786250,26785849,26784879,26786760,26784534,26783975,26793767,26793568,26785999,26782917,26784028,26787822,26783978,26785466,26782134,26783736,26793133,26786417,26781831,26782237,26784268,26786536,26782227,26783967,26787070,26783958,26792310,26785179,26783124,26781176,26781036,26784233,26781377,26786739,26785556,26781329],"score":347,"text":"Something that the world hasn't yet noticed but you think will be huge.","time":1618242930,"title":"Ask HN: What under-the-radar technology are you excited about?","type":"story"}],[26722428,{"by":"yernarak","descendants":101,"id":26722428,"kids":[26723023,26722859,26722921,26722812,26723284,26722779,26722916,26722971,26727403,26722911,26723209,26736090,26723079,26728561,26747453,26735785,26723292,26722860,26728687,26722855,26724381,26726729,26722945,26726442,26752775,26739637,26722933,26757888,26722842,26722767,26722649],"score":56,"text":"Basically title. I have 2 YOE as a full-stack developer without degree and I am really interested in moving to Europe from non EU. Any help appreciated!","time":1617788454,"title":"Ask HN: How to relocate to Europe as a software developer","type":"story"}],[26739378,{"by":"itssho","descendants":12,"id":26739378,"kids":[26740710,26756263,26739548,26746293,26740168,26756975,26749277,26745323,26749915,26740325,26757870],"score":12,"text":"Last time I had to do this I used Yahoo... what do people use these days?","time":1617893250,"title":"Ask HN: What APIs exist to pull stock quotes","type":"story"}],[26749685,{"by":"keosariel","descendants":10,"id":26749685,"kids":[26749937,26749931,26763361,26750022,26777776,26757858],"score":10,"text":"I and my team have been working on a platform for weeks now and we need to employ more developers. It's confusing to employ either the good ones or the ones who are really interested in what we are doing i.e they would still work even if they aren't on payroll","time":1617971400,"title":"Ask HN: As a startup do you employ good people over passionate ones?","type":"story"}],[26752565,{"by":"boffinism","descendants":14,"id":26752565,"kids":[26754015,26753569,26753155,26753099,26753536,26754095,26753094,26753960,26753501,26754508,26767736,26753694,26756130,26757824],"score":37,"text":"I'm aware of various frameworks for phrasing the questions to get actionable feedback, like NPS or the 4-question PMF survey.

But what I'm really curious about is how you actually put the survey in front of your users: Do you pop it up in-app, or link it via in-app banner, or send it via email/SMS/push?

What works to get lots of responses? What works to get high-quality responses?","time":1617985597,"title":"Ask HN: How do you solicit user feedback for your mobile app?","type":"story"}],[26734079,{"by":"d--b","descendants":264,"id":26734079,"kids":[26748218,26745131,26747344,26745462,26745215,26747363,26745531,26735626,26747518,26745394,26745260,26745136,26745267,26745036,26739428,26745171,26748885,26735231,26735108,26747971,26745741,26746201,26746195,26745739,26747652,26746167,26747693,26749263,26748252,26748157,26747878,26748943,26745421,26744196,26747004,26745003,26747056,26745616,26748648,26745056,26737178,26748881,26735930,26746509,26750176,26747353,26735569,26736120,26745428,26735013,26747347,26734936,26744386,26748640,26749422,26746706,26747866,26745455,26747612,26745259,26748724,26745555,26745216,26747546,26747915,26734309,26749835,26745657,26755146,26747659,26756999,26734399,26747378,26736819,26746236,26738781,26745300,26748006,26745250,26745468,26749862,26746034,26747180,26752438,26746029,26745431,26748555,26748229,26761897,26748042,26745207,26760397,26748310,26749911,26752894,26745946,26745532],"score":246,"text":"$16","time":1617846054,"title":"Ask HN: I built it, nobody came, now what?","type":"story"}],[26747318,{"by":"pototo666","descendants":97,"id":26747318,"kids":[26754513,26758082,26749985,26747863,26747594,26752198,26751385,26752123,26754635,26747508,26751599,26752543,26772393,26751800,26748579,26753052,26760631,26752108,26748375,26753862,26748499,26759598,26755679,26753077,26769180,26763760,26761641,26779607,26755469,26758387,26751451,26758039,26749929,26754012,26759533,26758770,26753653,26755153,26760115,26775689,26754637,26752296,26757623,26756016,26757324,26760975,26755195,26777540,26751705,26755186,26760391,26752736],"score":96,"text":"Hello HN, I am a new solo developer who quitted job 19 weeks ago.

At this moment of my writing, I just don't want to work. I come across this problem a lot recently.

I don't have the urge to work, and it feels too difficult to focus.

I know that once I start, I will be productive. But I don't have a recipe to start. If my mood changes, I work. If not, I dont' know what to do.

I recently read that no matter what, you just work. I tried and failed to just work.

Any advice?","time":1617949940,"title":"Ask HN: Solo developer, what's your recipe to start working?","type":"story"}]]

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