greatatuin

Hi all!

I've been using LLMs like most of us to help with code completion and suggestions and have been getting a decent productivity boost.

But I'm interested in learning who in the world is best managing to use AI tools to accelerate the development of web and mobile apps and how are they doing it.

Are they managing to get significant steps of the development process of building a new app fully automated or significantly automated?

Who in the tech world is doing this particularly well? I'd love to follow people or companies that are sharing their workflows and insights. Any recommendations on who to follow?

Cheers!

Hi!

So much of the world of software development is building variations of custom CRUD applications that take user input, store it and then present it back to the user in various ways allowing them to read, update or delete it.

On top of this is often a layer of other features such as workflow management, notifications etc.

How do you believe this type of software development will be impacted by the advancements in AI in general and LLMs in particular?

Cheers!

Hi all!

What specific tasks related to software (other than general programming) can be turned into a successful consulting business?

I'm looking for those things that a lot of organisations either don't like doing themselves or don't quite have the expertise to do it well themselves and would happily pay an expert to do.

Cheers!

I really want to build my own queue of articles, videos and podcasts etc that is like my own personal curriculum of things I want to learn.

I want to be able order the queue though into a logical order and work through it sequentially. Both reading articles or listening via text to speech when on the go.

I use Pocket currently to save articles and listen but it doesn't have the ability to order the queue.

My problem is I always jump around just reading the latest things I saved or come across rather than building myself a stricter curriculum and sticking to getting through it in a logical order.

Does anyone else do something like this to structure your personal study and how do you do it?

Cheers!

Hey HN!

Asking here as I trust your judgement.

What's the best and objective book for understanding climate change, the main sources of carbon and feasibility of potential solutions?

Thanks!

What is the main thing that made your business take off and start to see success that you're kicking yourself you didn't start doing it much earlier?

Thanks HN!

Hi,

I am considering a move from developer to a solo consultant specialising in something. Just looking for ideas of what types of specialist consultants exist out there and what is marketable and profitable?

Rather than just specialising in a particular technology, programming language or framework I am looking to see if there are opportunities to specialise in things like:

- Optimising sales funnel (shout out patio11) - Data cleansing - Improving Analytics - Upgrading legacy systems - Development for specific industries etc

Curious what specialities people are having success marketing themselves as?

Thanks!

Hey!

Other than HN, what are some good sites for learning about very early, interesting, potential game changing tech and trends?

I was surprised that I somehow missed NFTs until the mainstream media picked it up and realised I'm no longer in the loop!

Hi!

I run a small agency doing mostly enterprise mobile apps and web development. I'm an engineer first so I feel like I have so much to learn about sales to best run and grow the business.

Does anyone have any recommendations on good B2B sales training courses, books etc you got a lot of value from?

What one thing did you do that caused the biggest leap in the number and quality of clients you received and you wished you had done much sooner?

Hey guys,

As a web developer I've realised how rarely I get to actually write a nice meaty algorithm.

It's always highly enjoyable when I do and I find that even though it's more complex than plumbing CRUD apps together, I create way less bugs because my mind is fully engaged on one task.

What type of development work out there allows you to spend lots of time writing fun algorithms?

Thanks!

Flow as coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, where you are completely focused and in the zone, time is flying by and it's challenging enough to bring you plenty of satisfaction but not too challenging to cause stress and anxiety.

I've realized lately how important this is to my happiness and satisfaction with work. As a web developer though, I find I'm spending more and more time plumbing things together in a stop-start fashion and it's getting harder to achieve.

The best experiences I can remember were when I was building games prototypes in XNA. I was only using the basics of the framework and writing a lot of the engine myself. These days I'm using Unity which is great but once again harder to get into the flow state for me.

I'm feeling the temptation to go back to doing more things the old fashioned way just for this reason.

What type of work do you do that regularly gets you in this state?

Looking for some inspriration and ideas!

What has been your most fulfilling job/project and why?

I've been looking to make a change away from typical enterprise development (full stack web developer) as it's not just about the paycheck any more. Recent events have given me a different perspective. Perhaps looking to join a team of great people doing something worthwhile or start my own consultancy helping people solve problems in a sector I can feel good about. Just not sure what that service looks like yet.

The best bit about being a developer I've found is when working directly with the customer who is in some distress and the look on their face when you solve the problem and make their life easier, even if it was easy to solve. I'd love to find something where every day was like that!