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Manish Sinha
Personal blog · dopeboy.github.io · on HN as dopeboyprogrammingcareer
Manish Sinha's personal blog at dopeboy.github.io covers programming and career. Since 2015, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times, most often “Startup Mistakes”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Manish Sinha's blog for a 2016 post on mentoring in Gaza's first hackathon and a post-mortem of his startup, RentEver, with lessons on what to avoid.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Engineer
Most-linked posts?
- Startup Mistakes3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-02-28
- Observations I've made from training new technical hires2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-07-04
- Mentoring in Gaza's first hackathon2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-06-07
- Consulting2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-02-28
- Why did we stop playing?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-02
- I’ll write you a Slack bot in return for a $5K donation to ScriptEd2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-07-27
What Hacker News says?
Long time pizza enthusiast here. I've just gotten into the pursuit of making Neapolitan pizza after buying a pizza oven. I'm still coming up short and would love some tips. I've documented more on my blog but I'm still getting wrinkles, uneven leopard patterning, and stiff edges on the crust. [0] - http://dopeboy.github.io/roccbox-pizza/
Comment linking /roccbox-pizza/
on “The physics of baking good pizza”Submitted Mentoring in Gaza's first hackathon as a story · 343 points
HN discussionUgh, that really sucks. I worked on the same idea back in 2013 before Kitsplit came around [0]. Funnily enough, theft didn't keep me up at night, damage did. Especially hard to detect internal damage. I've met Lizbeth and Kristina and they are solid, thoughtful people committed to helping creators. I think they played this hand incorrectly, however. I can't figure out why they wouldn't eat the cost here and work wit…
Comment linking /Lessons/
on “How I Lent My Camera Kit and Had It ‘Legally Stolen’”Submitted Consulting as a story · 328 points
HN discussionThe guy quoted, Kenji, contributes to Serious Eats and is active on reddit and twitter. He's done a lot of work on comparing different flours, comparing different pizza ovens, and also has good recipes. If you're a pizza buff, it's well worth your time checking out his work. I've made his hacker free pizza [0] which turns out decent. The hard truth, though, is that you're never going to get the chewy, moist flavor f…
Comment linking /roccbox-pizza/
on “Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake the Perfect Italian-Style Pie”Submitted What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer as a story · 285 points
HN discussionIn case you missed Manish Sinha’s “Mentoring in Gaza's first hackathon” in 2016, it is an insightful perspective that complements this article. http://dopeboy.github.io/gaza/ EDIT Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11858963
Comment linking /gaza/
on “Gaza: Coding in a conflict zone”Submitted I’ll write you a Slack bot in return for a $5K donation to ScriptEd as a story · 150 points
HN discussionI've taught programming on a volunteer basis to high school kids on behalf of a non-profit in NYC for the past two years. [0] Rough thoughts: * This is great news. I'm not the biggest fan of DeBlasio but this is a step in the right direction. There are too many bright and talented kids who never get exposed to computers or the field of programming. Getting to these kids and showing them that they're capable of manip…
Comment linking /teaching-code/
on “New York Mayor De Blasio to Require Computer Science in Schools”Submitted Startup Mistakes as a story · 51 points
HN discussionAbout time. I had an opportunity to visit[0] last summer and it's ridiculous they're still on their list. Human rights record is more spotty and deserves scrutiny but they're not actively out to kill Americans. [0] - http://dopeboy.github.io/cuba/
Comment linking /cuba/
on “US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terror”Submitted What it feels like to be in the zone as a programmer as a story · 8 points
HN discussionNot to steal dopeboy's thunder, but here ( http://dopeboy.github.io/Lessons/ ) is a post-mortem about his startup. It might provide some good tips on things to avoid :)
Comment linking /Lessons/
on “Show HN: RentEver – Social Rental Marketplace – Rent Anything from Anyone Nearby”Submitted The post mortem of my startup as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI've talked about consulting here on HN in the past [0]. >> ... but I have a hard time understanding what people are trying to accomplish a lot of the time. This will be a problem. If you have non-technical clients, this will really be a problem. Work on this first. Given how the market is, you don't need to be really good. I've found communication to be more important than technical skills. [0] - http://dopeboy.git…
Comment linking /consulting/
on “Ask HN: Am I good enough to do consulting?”Submitted Mentoring in Gaza's First Hackathon as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI've taught high school aged kids how to code for four years on behalf of a non-profit [0] and now I run a for-profit coding camp in the bay area [1]. Here's my advice: * Realize that you need to frontload fun over value here. Fun needs to be the hook in a way. You can't jump straight into the coding, you need a bridge and that bridge needs to be something that is fun, visual, and most critically, provides immediate…
Comment linking /teaching-code/
on a deleted threadSubmitted COVID has changed these habits of mine as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I'll write a Slack bot for you if you donate $5000 to a non-profit that I love as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Observations I've made from training new technical hires as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I'm Working on a Startup as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Observations I've made from training new technical hires as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted People don't care how your product is built as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I’ll write a Slack bot for you if you donate $5000 to a non-profit that I love as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rendering an HTML link across Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud mail as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Visiting Auschwitz as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Teaching code in a NYC highschool classroom as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Teaching as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Speed and Startups as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why did we stop playing? as a story · 1 points
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