Majored in philosophy, now running AI infrastructure at a mid-sized startup. Been coding professionally for 6 years after teaching myself through building random tools - including an AI photo enhancer that eventually became https://flux-kontext.io. Tech's beautiful because what matters is what you can ship, though you'll need a killer portfolio to get that first break. The non-STEM background actually helps sometimes - gives you different perspectives when everyone else is stuck in engineer brain. Just be ready to constantly learn and prove yourself through work, not credentials.
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moskogaige commented on Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to? · Posted by u/ahmedfromtunis
Since Pocket’s sunset, I switched to Raindrop.io —clean UI, solid tagging, and open API. For devs, Wallabag (self-hostable) is great, though setup takes effort.
If you’re building your own, consider:
Simplified archiving (just URLs + highlights)
Offline-first (PWA works)
AI tagging (auto-categorize saves)