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Off by one
Personal blog · offbyone.us/posts · on HN as zekenieprogrammingcareer
Off by one is a personal blog at offbyone.us about programming and career. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 41 times, most often “Have a ball of mud? You need(ed) a map”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Most-linked posts?
- Have a ball of mud? You need(ed) a map2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-18
- Get shit done by warping friction-space2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-29
What Hacker News says?
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on “How to help a programming student get unstuck”Submitted Why is Excalidraw so good? as a story · 738 points
HN discussionDone! https://offbyone.us/feed.xml
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on “How to help a programming student get unstuck”Submitted How to help a programming student get unstuck as a story · 273 points
HN discussionI wrote a blog post answering a related but different question about bootcamps: https://offbyone.us/posts/things-to-consider-before-joining-... I feel like there are many paths to computation and I’ve met many people who have become functional technologists from various backgrounds. I think the most important thing to figure out early is do you like programming. Do you like this kind of thinking?
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on “Ask HN: What do you say to someone who wants to get into software development?”Submitted I returned my Remarkable2 as a story · 183 points
HN discussioni love this product and at one point wrote down why https://offbyone.us/posts/why-is-excalidraw-so-good/
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on “Open-source drawing tool – Excalidraw”Submitted Maximizing results of eng job searches in 2022 as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Babies Collapse Household Systems as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Helping students with pair programming as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a micro-startup week 1: laying the groundwork as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things to consider before joining a bootcamp as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Have a ball of mud? You need(ed) a map as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Modeling out of control monoliths with Claude 3.5 Sonnet as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Refactoring a monolith? You need(ed) a map as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Get shit done by warping friction-space as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My new micro-business will let you set up micro event sourcing endpoints as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hook Reducer: easily set up a webhook endpoint with custom logic as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Modeling Monoliths with Claude as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacker or Engineer? Unraveling the Many Hats of Software Developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a micro-startup week 1: laying the groundwork as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hook Reducer: a tool to quickly set up a webhook endpoint with custom logic as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Work in Progress: Hookreducer.com as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Use Obsidian when you onboard to a new job as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a personal knowledge base for better eng onboarding as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Helping Programming Students with Pairing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Helping coding students with pair programming as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Semantic operation layer to add meaning to your app as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A word of caution on hiring rubrics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting shit done by warping friction-space as a story · 1 points
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