Hacker News: ebp234https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ebp234Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:02:09 +0000<![CDATA[Seeking recommendation: open-source project for lawyer learning to program?]]>Hey! I'm a lawyer teaching myself to program. I've been working through SICP [1] and online classes, but now I want to get my feet wet and pick up some real experience.

I'm looking for an open source project that I could contribute to. Any recommendations?

Possibly relevant:

- I am based in NYC/NY bar qualified - Experience working with finance data/SQL database

In an ideal world, I could find a project where my legal background would be helpful, but really the goal is a good learning environment/friendly community, so all ideas welcome. Thanks in advance!

[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23115177

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]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 14:26:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23115177ebp234https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23115177https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23115177<![CDATA[New comment by ebp234 in "Show HN: RNN that generates Game of Thrones text"]]>I believe it would still be a derivative work. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf

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