Hacker News: wagslane

New comment by wagslane in "OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent"

wagslane — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:35:50 +0000

I've been using opencode for months with codex. best combo I've tried so far

Programming in Prison: My Redemption Arc

wagslane — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:32:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ck-7vn.dev/blog/Home

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074896

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

New comment by wagslane in "Searches for Learn Python up 150%"

wagslane — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:03:48 +0000

I'm the founder of Boot.dev and I was doing my regular "what's going on in my industry" research - searching through Google trends, and was baffled by this.

I'm not sure what on earth is driving the sudden spike in Python learning resource searching

Searches for Learn Python up 150%

wagslane — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:02:17 +0000

Article URL: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=learn%20python&hl=en

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953437

Points: 11

# Comments: 5

New comment by wagslane in "Coursera to combine with Udemy"

wagslane — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:43:21 +0000

I _think_ this is good for Boot.dev... (I'm the founder, which is why I care)

Supply and Demand Are Broken in Programming Education

wagslane — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:38:39 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.boot.dev/jobs/supply-demand-broken-programming-education/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46035249

Points: 15

# Comments: 0

New comment by wagslane in ""Vibe code hell" has replaced "tutorial hell" in coding education"

wagslane — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:22:19 +0000

Yeah I think there's some nuance. As a relatively experienced dev I still use autocomplete when using a new language, but I think it's different when you already have a strong grasp of coding fundamentals. Learning your 3rd or fourth language when you already understand the constructs is much different than baby's first for loop

"Vibe code hell" has replaced "tutorial hell" in coding education

wagslane — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:48:24 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.boot.dev/education/vibe-code-hell/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45540313

Points: 283

# Comments: 161

New comment by wagslane in "Which table format do LLMs understand best?"

wagslane — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:48:48 +0000

I think they may be referring to token usage, which is mentioned in the article. fewer tokens = higher performance

New comment by wagslane in "Show HN: The Boot.dev Training Grounds"

wagslane — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:45:56 +0000

one thing to keep in mind is the video you linked is the _walkthrough_ of the course, the actual course itself is probably what you're looking for, because it moves at a much more reasonable pace

Show HN: The Boot.dev Training Grounds

wagslane — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:23:58 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.boot.dev/news/training-grounds-launch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45052546

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by wagslane in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2025)"

wagslane — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:19:18 +0000

Boot.dev | Senior Course Producer (Full Time, Remote)

We’re building the smartest way to master backend development by tackling the hardest problem with e-learning: boredom. We’re a small team of developers who love to make the process of learning as fun and hands-on as it can be. We are looking for a course producer and editor to help us create more programming and computer science courses on Boot.dev!

If you’re a highly technical developer with a love for teaching, this could be the perfect role for you! Your main responsibility will be to work with course authors and our in-house engineering team to produce new high-quality interactive courses on the Boot.dev learning platform. Our courses are highly engaging with coding challenges and quizzes along the way. They are mostly written (in Markdown), however, each course also typically includes 5-10 explainer videos that our in-house animators and editors help create visuals for.

Please see the official job description before applying: https://blog.boot.dev/careers/

More about Boot.dev: https://www.boot.dev

To apply: lane@boot.dev

New comment by wagslane in "Gemini CLI"

wagslane — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:34:06 +0000

check out opencode by sst

New comment by wagslane in "Working on databases from prison"

wagslane — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:54:11 +0000

I've had the chance to interact with both Preston and Clyde (Preston helped Clyde get going in code as well) - Clyde actually completed like all the backend courses on boot dev and is doing great at unlocked labs.

anyhow, thanks for all you did to help Clyde Preston!!! and thanks to glauber and turso for giving Preston a chance, he's such a a cool guy with such a cool story

New comment by wagslane in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)"

wagslane — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:09:22 +0000

I've published a lot of interactive programming courses on Boot.dev over the last few years, but the issue that's been plaguing the platform is how quickly it moves through material.

Like we give people challenges for each new concept, but we don't give them 4 or 5 challenges for each new concept. It's hard to get right because

1. It's a lot of work to make challenges/review material 2. Every student wants a different amount of practice/review

So anyways I think we've got a really good solution in the works, been cooking on it this week and we're hoping to be ready to go live in August

New comment by wagslane in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

wagslane — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:27:10 +0000

Just finished porting Boot.dev's backend learning path to TypeScript (used to only be available in Python/Go, now also Python/TS)

Official release is Cinco de Mayo, I'm very excited!

https://www.boot.dev

New comment by wagslane in "Show HN: SQL Noir – Learn SQL by solving crimes"

wagslane — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:08:15 +0000

haha this is such a cool aesthetic! nice work.

education needs more stuff like this - less matter-of-fact regurgitation of information (which ai does an okay job of anyhow) and more creativity.

New comment by wagslane in "Krazam Unfiltered [Podcast with Ben Burke) [video]"

wagslane — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:36:23 +0000

Lane here, I wa so excited that I got to record with Ben, his and Shiva's 2020ish videos hit me soooo hard when they dropped. I think Krazam is pretty popular around here so figured I'd share.

Krazam Unfiltered [Podcast with Ben Burke) [video]

wagslane — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:34:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKW7a1oPIFY

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43001474

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by wagslane in "SST: Container Support"

wagslane — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:59:27 +0000

yes. also, let's be clear... dax ain't the founder