Best of Hacker News — December 2020

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   A computer science study plan to become a software engineer

   This is a multi-month study plan for becoming a software engineer for a large company. The items listed here will prepare you well for a technical interview at just about any software company, including the giants: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Please Note: You won't need to study as much as I did. I studied about 8-12 hours a day, for several months.

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   GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark

   GitHub’s dark mode colors are darker than their counterparts in other apps. This can make it harder to read text. For something as important as code review, I’m using GitHub light mode. The red / green for code diffs looks super off to me.

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   Monica: Personal CRM. Remember everything about your friends, family and etc.

   Monica is an open-source web application to organize and record your interactions with your loved ones. Think of it as a CRM (a popular tool used by sales teams in the corporate world) for your friends or family. It will help you remember the name and the age of their kids. It can also remind you to call someone you haven’t talked to in a while.

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