LLMs are also very prolific programmers that don’t actually understand any of the math underlying what they’re doing.
If you were trying to say something with this comment, it communicated nothing to me
Readit Newsbsnnkv commented on As a programmer, get your math sorted csprimer.in/series/dm... · Posted by u/csprimer-in
bsnnkv commented on As a programmer, get your math sorted csprimer.in/series/dm... · Posted by u/csprimer-in
> Master the mathematical foundations essential for computer science
I get that this is marketing fluff, but I really don't like this sort of gatekeeping - it's what kept me from programming until I was almost 30
These days I'm quite a prolific programmer both on the clock and in my free time, and I wish I could have started earlier now that I know how little math is involved or required to build useful and beautiful things as a programmer
bsnnkv commented on Show HN: F2 – Cross-Platform CLI Batch Renaming Tool github.com/ayoisaiah/f2... · Posted by u/ayoisaiah
Incredible name choice here - it's very rare that I get this feeling associating a new project with its name. I'm filled with feelings that touch on nostalgia, utility, UX design history and computing heritage when I hear the name F2 associated with a batch renaming tool. Great job!
bsnnkv commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
Thank you for the great insight.
I just subscribed to your channel — I’ll be studying your videos. I really appreciate you sharing your experience.
By the way, are you also using blogging or any other channels for traffic?
I do blog, but not really about the software
Besides the channel, there is a Discord community associated with the project which has ~2500 members at the moment, but other than that I sometimes post in the comment sections of various forums whenever I see someone is looking to solve a problem that the software could help with
bsnnkv commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
bsnnkv commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
How long did it take you to get to 90 people through YouTube videos?
I've been selling licenses[1] for less than 5 months, which is how long it took me to get to 50 active licenses
I've had GitHub sponsors enabled for about 2-3 years now I think, and I currently have 40 recurring sponsors
I've been making YouTube videos for about the same time and it took just over a year to get my channel monetized (1k subscribers + watch hours)
[1]: https://lgug2z.com/software/komorebi - there is a live active subscription counter here
bsnnkv commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
How did you get people to know about your Youtube channel and start watching the videos? Getting into "the algorithm" seems to involve quite a bit of luck of the draw these days.
Honestly, it was all the algorithm - I started with very shoddy[1] live programming videos, and slowly I got better[2] by listening to feedback from the early users who gave my videos a chance
There is an element of luck involved (i.e. for extremely viral videos), but most of it is iteration - learning how to record and mix audio properly, learning how to make the best of the lighting you have available, learning that if you want to make live coding videos you need to increase your text size to an uncomfortably large size so that viewers have a more pleasant viewing experience, etc.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ece_NCcgiMY - one of my earliest videos
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1yECfF7Qyg - my latest video
bsnnkv commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
My credentials: I just got my 50th individual commercial use license subscription last night, and including sponsorship for personal use of the software, I have 90 people contributing financially towards the project.
My advice: Make YouTube videos sharing how you use the product and sharing updates about the product in a structured format. Places like HackerNews, Reddit, pretty much any text-based network, are extremely hostile towards people sharing the outcomes of their individual creativity, whereas video-based networks are surprisingly open to it.
bsnnkv commented on Show HN: A Tiling Window Manager for Windows, Written in Janet agent-kilo.github.io/jwno... · Posted by u/agentkilo
I always disliked the chaos that happens quickly with application windows, and loved the idea of tiling. But none of them really worked for me practically until I found PaperWM around a year ago or so (gnome extension). It has few core shortcuts and feels more natural. Like you would really arrange applications directly on your desk. It does not limit itself by your screen width and has the nice default that a new window appears to the right of the current window (configurable). You seldomly have the need to re-arrange windows, because the default just fits 99% of all cases. In addition, you still have the comfort of gnome. No hacky config files just to get wifi working or so. For work we have OSX, and I am really missing it there (I am using rectangle there instead). https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM?tab=readme-ov-file#usage
Jwno can do this! https://agentkilo.itch.io/jwno/devlog/871672/scroll-jwno-scr...
bsnnkv commented on Show HN: A Tiling Window Manager for Windows, Written in Janet agent-kilo.github.io/jwno... · Posted by u/agentkilo
Just in case someone new is looking, komorebi is great:
komorebi dev here - Jwno is awesome and I highly recommend people give it a try (especially people who enjoy writing Lisp!)
The Windows tiling window manager development scene is a very kind, relaxed and collaborative space where we all take inspiration from and support each other