Skylar Liang

Developing software & personality

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Do recruiters actually look at personal websites I just spent a whole day updating it 🥺 But at least now my website looks like a sandwich

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@robertgriker First thing in the morning at 6 am! Really helps me to get out of my bed (+ fewer people at the gym)

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@robbyrussell Functional Programming in Java. I was traumatized by the way I learned Java and avoided it for years until this book changed my mind. It was almost spiritual.

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@bkono101010 That’s the learning motivation hahaha 💪🏼

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@_digitalanna @kevinmitnick It was a fun read👍🏼 Do you have any recommendations on other cybersecurity related books?

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@cszhu Just ask. I think it’s better to give something they actually like than a surprise + something they don’t want

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@LukasLiebich Struggling to take book notes +1 I'm experimenting with writing down a quick summary on post-it notes & stick it on the side of a book when reading and come back later. On kindle I just over-highlight and come back to the list of highlights to take more formal notes.

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@_digitalanna Love this kind of breakdown! How does this affect everyday users?🤔 (Other than being able to set a weak password lol)

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@bkono101010 Looking forward to the re:invent threads! 🙌 I'm trying to catch up on the updates lol

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@mr_mig_en Yea it also scares me that some people think it's okay to report people just because they disagree. It's 2022 and I can't believe this is the reality we're living.

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@bkono101010 Wow json-to-go makes it so easy 😯 thanks for the tips I’ll check out the encoder/decoder too. Yea I’m handling nested json 🥲 just trying to read some api responses is it too much to ask

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@jrtheobald lol I don't. I still google how to do a file IO every time I need to😅 I think it's understanding the problem/error & knowing what to google instead of blindly trying things the most important part.

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@AliAbdaal Woman by Natalie Angier

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@calonso Big yay for me 🙌🏼 For a while I struggled with taking notes & keeping my focus because I listened to them while doing other stuff. Now I treat audiobooks the same as physical books & have my laptop open for notes when I listen. Good alternative when it’s too dim to read etc

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@mr_mig_en That's pretty extreme 🤔

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@_paczkow Thanks Michal! I only started to use a password manager very recently after reading @_digitalanna's posts on data privacy lmao 🥲

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@AliAbdaal @mattdavella @RyanHoliday TL;DR
• Start small
• Don't see it as a task
• Be authentic
• Use prompts

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@AliAbdaal has been journaling for years, @mattdavella has a journaling for 30 days video, @RyanHoliday also has his take on journaling from a stoic pov.

Here's how to start journaling and make it stick:

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@AliAbdaal @mattdavella @RyanHoliday 4/ Use prompts

If you just don't have anything to put down, you can use prompts like:

• things you're grateful for
• what scares you and why
• what's something you want to do but never take the action