HACKER Q&A
📣 azhenley

If you could teach a course, what would it be?


If you could teach a course on any topic of your choosing, what would it be?


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Building Mathematical Intuition. We live in a time of expanded access to computing tools which can be used to build intuition for various mathematical subtopics. Admittedly, 3B1B and similar channels do a great job of this already. My only addition would be to approach a set subject (e.g. Linear Algebra, Statistics, ...) using computational tools with an aim to demonstrate "how" the theorems work and "why" those are useful in real-life situations.

👤 Startup4Life
Sales & Marketing for Engineers I think knowing how to build a product/company is great, but being able to sell it and market it is just as important. I would teach it in a way tailored to engineers.

👤 andykx
I’ve always wanted to teach a course about IT topics that comp sci students tend to miss out on in university-level programs. Think “applied computing” stuff, like Linux administration, routing/switching, etc.

👤 hahnchen
Math. Not a die hard math fan but I think it can be beautiful and interesting. Saddens me to see soooo many people hate it.

Probably discrete math or introductory calculus.


👤 thelittlenag
I've thought about putting something together on protocols and systems design for years now. I've found that the protocols-first approach to system design, analysis, construction, maintenance, and sustainment has worked really well for me, and is probably the most valuable tool I have as an engineer. I would love to see it formalized and taught.

👤 egberts1
How to hardened Linux and maintain a proper white lab, way past QubeOS, past Whonix, past SELinux, GRC …

- First step, ditch the systemd

- second step, replace the glibc

- third step …

- Profit!?


👤 Atiscant
(Constructive) Mathematics from the group up using intuitionism, formal logic, Curry-Howard and Type theory.

👤 stackola
Building and flying custom FPV quadcopters. I think this would be a great way to teach young kids all kinds of interesting topics AND get them to go outside.

👤 drakonka
Something about designing and building life simulations, if I was good enough at it to teach such a thing (I am not).

👤 paulpauper
It would cover logical and reasoning fallacies. It would be like LessWrong and related websites.

👤 alxmng
Stress-free software development.

👤 mikewarot
Random Access: Bring a question, and we'll find answers to it together.

👤 labarilem
At the moment I'd teach one on Node.js backend performance optimization.

👤 quickthrower2
How to froth cappuccino milk. Once I am suitably good at it myself.

👤 kelseyfrog
The Development Of Heresy: How Meta-Ideologies Shaped Our World.

👤 2rsf
Well, I do teach about software testing and quality

👤 kettunen
Mixture of programming and arts.

👤 pabs3
Something about open source.

👤 stonecharioteer
Learning how to learn.

👤 usgroup
Sextant navigation

👤 nnoitra
How to wake up tired 90% of the time for Dummies.

👤 bitxbitxbitcoin
How to find a cannabis product you enjoy.