Ask Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2018-08-05 -- 2018-08-11

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 11, 2018 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What are some good projects/resources to learn distributed systems?
  
• Ask HN: What is going on?
  
• Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy?
  
• Ask HN: What is the most unethical thing you've done as a programmer?
  
• Ask HN: How do you all deal with lack of motivation?
  
• Ask HN: What are the most interesting emerging fields in computer science?
  
• Ask HN: What are your go-to blogs and books on building business applications?
  
• Ask HN: How to find contract work in Bay Area?
  
• Ask HN: Do you cover the camera/mic on your computer/phone?
  
• Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2018-07-29 -- 2018-08-04

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending August 04, 2018 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: Who is using Common Lisp?
  
• Ask HN: Why did you quit your last job?
  
• Ask HN: Is software engineering really a dead-end job after 35-40?
  
• Ask HN: Which books are “must-read” for anyone trying to learn about your field?
  
• Ask HN: How old are you (optional) and what was the last thing that you learned?
  
• Ask HN: How to pursue acquisition?
  
• Ask HN: What “dumbphones” are available and viable in the US?
  
• Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
  
• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
  
• Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from being homeless?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2018-07-22 -- 2018-07-28

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending July 28, 2018 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: How do you organize/track your personal goals?
  
• Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be programmer. What can I do?
  
• Ask HN: Please help me recall a certain programmer horror story
  
• Ask HN: As a CTO, what is your most frustrating problem with technical debt?
  
• Ask HN: How do you backup your files without depending on a third party service?
  
• Ask HN: Where can one learn about the history of the internet and the protocols?
  
• Ask HN: Which self-hosted solutions are you using?
  
• Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
  
• Ask HN: How to raise a seed round for people with no elite connections?
  
• Ask HN: My Microsoft account has been suspended by Microsoft without details
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2018-07-15 -- 2018-07-21

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending July 21, 2018 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: How to be found as a technology co-founder?
  
• Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?
  
• Ask HN: Should I abandon a functioning SaaS with no paying users?
  
• Ask HN: Going to lead a struggling dev team in a different culture, now what?
  
• Ask HN: Researchers: What practical research hasn't been commercialized?
  
• Ask HN: How to stop Google indexing dynamic search pages?
  
• Ask HN: How do you sell to governments and large organizations?
  
• Ask HN: What are the best resources for learning security and pen testing?
  
• Ask HN: What are the things keep in mind while giving/preparing for a tech talk?
  
• Ask HN: Were you happy moving your API from REST to GraphQL?
  

Weekly Ask Hacker News for 2018-07-08 -- 2018-07-14

The 10 highest-rated "Ask HN" (or more generally, submissions without links) on Hacker News in the week ending July 14, 2018 which have not appeared on any previous Ask Hacker News Weekly are:

• Ask HN: What you wish you'd known before getting into JavaScript?
  
• Ask HN: How did you find your passion?
  
• Ask HN: Have you ever chosen Postgres over Mongo and regretted it?
  
• Ask HN: Anyone rather just be alone during work day?
  
• Ask HN: As a team lead how to handle project going off the rails?
  
• Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?
  
• Ask HN: What are your heuristics for deciding which HN links to click on?
  
• Ask HN: Are you a remote worker that escaped to the countryside?
  
• Ask HN: How to find an effective career coach?
  
• Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base?