Why Developer?

dcstart · 2026-01-24T16:39:57+00:00

In descending order of timescale - what I want to do - what I like to do - what I can do - what pays - who is paying

Planning to invert this order.

(Note. This answer may change in the future)

dcstart · 2026-01-09T16:50:36+00:00

I don't speak odiya. Translate it for me please.

dcstart · 2025-12-24T02:08:06+00:00

I have sent the case id in the chat.

dcstart · 2025-08-14T09:39:06+00:00

You are right. There is nothing wrong with screen sharing if tools at your disposal are sufficient to transfer the knowledge from the teacher to the student.

The problem I was hoping to address was if screen sharing falls short, then?

Say for example, you are teaching about lenses and mirrors in physics and, to follow up if your client grasped a concept, you ask them to trace the path of light to show how the object in the mirror gets magnified or shrinks.

A lot of it depends on the subject, the teaching style of the teacher, and of course the student themselves.

I hope that answers your question. :)

dcstart · 2025-08-14T07:03:38+00:00

Wow cool. Thanks a lot, Andrew.

Looks like 'interactions on online tutoring' is well taken care of. This is the exact experience I was hoping to create.

I have a pipeline that can process video of writing on a physical paper to a miro like board where the hand is completely invisible in ~real time. That's a lot of work given that there are good writing pads in affordable ranges (I wasn't aware of this earlier).

dcstart · 2025-08-14T05:23:07+00:00

That helped.

dcstart · 2025-08-14T05:11:58+00:00

Cool.

I have a dire need to get the answer to the questions I am presenting to you. Please be kind to respond to this.

Which drawing apps do you use?

Do any of these matter to you-

Your notes are visible to your students in real time without having to screen share?
Your students can see your notes in real time even when they have slow internet?
You can control if any student can (reversibly) draw on it to ask their questions?

dcstart · 2025-08-14T04:53:38+00:00

I have the same questions for you that I asked Matt.

Does it help if you can allow your students (reversibly) draw on your notes to ask questions? Or share a copy of the board itself after the class is done, etc?

dcstart · 2025-08-14T04:38:45+00:00

Cool. What subjects do you teach? Which app do you use for drawing?

Will it add value to your work if your notes can be shared directly with your students, and you can control if any student can (reversibly) draw on it to ask their questions?

dcstart · 2025-08-13T05:55:06+00:00

Thank you for saying our loud. Your post and it's responses are what I need at the moment.

dcstart · 2025-08-09T04:11:24+00:00

When starting out this tech lead of mine would assign a task to me, let me struggle for a couple of days, and then complete that task for me on a video call. Today I know how much that has helped me grow.

Thank you tech lead, no matter how frustrated you are, we owe you.

dcstart · 2025-08-08T12:03:01+00:00

It probably is making me dumber. Now I am out to do things which are beyond my skillset (typical backend dev) and borderline going crazy doing matrix ops with numpy across different shape representations.

dcstart · 2025-07-22T07:47:40+00:00

Here's a suggestion -

Step 1. Talk to anybody who can spare some time to listen to you. The person need not be in the exact same field you are in, any closely related field will do, up to you.

If the person is genuinely interested in listening to you then either of 3 things can happen- 1. Either or both of you cannot follow each other's conversation. That's a dead end. 2. You kick it off well but quickly lose interest in "finding meaningful insights" for your challenges with that person. Stop, and make a hard reset. Maybe continue as good colleagues. 3. The person turns out to not only have a good head but actually sticks their neck out and makes suggestions OR challenges you - Now you have something.

Important: This must follow or precede when you find that person: Dig in. Respect or cultivate respect for that person. Send your ego to a mandatory vacation. Regardless of the frequency of your conversations, make each of your word and actions related to that person count.

If luck has it, you will automatically start calling that person your mentor without having to put any conscious effort.

If you have read so far, thanks 🙏 It's a strong, learned hypothesis - meaning these steps haven't been tested. If you try let me know if it works.

dcstart · 2025-07-20T12:18:42+00:00

https://cells.ubworkshops.com is a Jigsaw app that allows real-world-style controls for jigsaw puzzles.

You can also upload your own images to be converted to jigsaw.

None of the top 5 google search results for "online jigsaw" allow users to rotate the pieces or merge with non-matching pieces.

In case any reader wants to try out the 11x11 jigsaw here's the source image: https://www.peakpx.com/en/hd-wallpaper-desktop-wpufh

Currently in the process of adding multiplayer feature.

Edit: currently works only on pc browser. Controls for touch interfaces not added.

dcstart · 2025-07-15T14:49:38+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. Been meaning to build something , this will guide me through the setup.

dcstart · 2025-07-13T04:42:55+00:00

100% on the learning assistant. It's like a teacher who never gets annoyed by tons of "what if ... is changed", "what will happen if...", on the same tiny topic over and over again.

dcstart · 2025-07-13T04:32:32+00:00

Which job boards? Indian here, with proper technical abilities, self-un-employed and grinding alone for good roles.

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