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The protein denitrosylase SCoR2 regulates lipogenesis and fat storage [pdf]

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.adv0660
1•thunderbong•1m ago•0 comments

Los Alamos Primer

https://blog.szczepan.org/blog/los-alamos-primer/
1•alkyon•4m ago•0 comments

NewASM Virtual Machine

https://github.com/bracesoftware/newasm
1•DEntisT_•6m ago•0 comments

Terminal-Bench 2.0 Leaderboard

https://www.tbench.ai/leaderboard/terminal-bench/2.0
1•tosh•6m ago•0 comments

I vibe coded a BBS bank with a real working ledger

https://mini-ledger.exe.xyz/
1•simonvc•6m ago•1 comments

The Path to Mojo 1.0

https://www.modular.com/blog/the-path-to-mojo-1-0
1•tosh•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I'm 75, building an OSS Virtual Protest Protocol for digital activism

https://github.com/voice-of-japan/Virtual-Protest-Protocol/blob/main/README.md
4•sakanakana00•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built Divvy to split restaurant bills from a photo

https://divvyai.app/
3•pieterdy•15m ago•0 comments

Hot Reloading in Rust? Subsecond and Dioxus to the Rescue

https://codethoughts.io/posts/2026-02-07-rust-hot-reloading/
3•Tehnix•15m ago•1 comments

Skim – vibe review your PRs

https://github.com/Haizzz/skim
2•haizzz•17m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Open-source AI assistant for interview reasoning

https://github.com/evinjohnn/natively-cluely-ai-assistant
4•Nive11•17m ago•6 comments

Tech Edge: A Living Playbook for America's Technology Long Game

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-01/260120_EST_Tech_Edge_0.pdf?Version...
2•hunglee2•21m ago•0 comments

Golden Cross vs. Death Cross: Crypto Trading Guide

https://chartscout.io/golden-cross-vs-death-cross-crypto-trading-guide
2•chartscout•23m ago•0 comments

Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly

https://www.spritely.institute/hoot/
3•AlexeyBrin•26m ago•0 comments

What the longevity experts don't tell you

https://machielreyneke.com/blog/longevity-lessons/
2•machielrey•28m ago•1 comments

Monzo wrongly denied refunds to fraud and scam victims

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/07/monzo-natwest-hsbc-refunds-fraud-scam-fos-ombudsman
3•tablets•32m ago•1 comments

They were drawn to Korea with dreams of K-pop stardom – but then let down

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgnq9rwyqno
2•breve•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI-Powered Merchant Intelligence

https://nodee.co
1•jjkirsch•37m ago•0 comments

Bash parallel tasks and error handling

https://github.com/themattrix/bash-concurrent
2•pastage•37m ago•0 comments

Let's compile Quake like it's 1997

https://fabiensanglard.net/compile_like_1997/index.html
2•billiob•38m ago•0 comments

Reverse Engineering Medium.com's Editor: How Copy, Paste, and Images Work

https://app.writtte.com/read/gP0H6W5
2•birdculture•43m ago•0 comments

Go 1.22, SQLite, and Next.js: The "Boring" Back End

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/go-next-pt-2
1•mohammede•49m ago•0 comments

Laibach the Whistleblowers [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Mx2mxpaCY
1•KnuthIsGod•50m ago•1 comments

Slop News - The Front Page right now but it's only Slop

https://slop-news.pages.dev/slop-news
1•keepamovin•55m ago•1 comments

Economists vs. Technologists on AI

https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/p/economists-vs-technologists-on-ai
1•econlmics•57m ago•0 comments

Life at the Edge

https://asadk.com/p/edge
4•tosh•1h ago•0 comments

RISC-V Vector Primer

https://github.com/simplex-micro/riscv-vector-primer/blob/main/index.md
4•oxxoxoxooo•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Invoxo – Invoicing with automatic EU VAT for cross-border services

2•InvoxoEU•1h ago•0 comments

A Tale of Two Standards, POSIX and Win32 (2005)

https://www.samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/tale_two_stds_os2.html
4•goranmoomin•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is the Downfall of SaaS Started?

4•throwaw12•1h ago•0 comments
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Ask HN: How to develop a brand and distribution network as a developer?

2•findingMeaning•9mo ago
I'm a software developer with expertise in a highly specialized technical niche. By my estimation, only about 10,000-50,000 professionals worldwide possess comparable skills in this domain. While this specialization has served me well professionally, I'm concerned about several aspects of my career trajectory:

My knowledge depth is considerable but narrow, making it challenging to adapt to other domains due to time constraints. I've attempted to create educational content to share my expertise, but engagement has been minimal given the specialized nature of the subject matter. I'm increasingly concerned about long-term career sustainability, particularly as technologies evolve and the potential for automation increases.

I'm interested in building a more robust professional network and creating additional revenue streams while leveraging my specialized knowledge. Specifically:

How might I expand my professional network beyond my current technical niche? What strategies have worked for other specialized technologists in building a personal brand or distribution channel? How have others successfully transitioned from pure technical work to creating sustainable income streams with greater longevity?

I'm particularly focused on achieving financial security and independence before my current technical specialty potentially becomes less valuable. Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

asdefghyk•9mo ago
RE ".....I've attempted to create educational content to share my expertise, but engagement has been minimal given the specialized nature of the subject matter....." To maximize potential engagement...your educational content need to be promoted >>where the target people would congregate <<...online. OR more correctly people wanting to learn the specialized content... maybe in a forum or facebook group ?
findingMeaning•9mo ago
Hmm... Is there a way to promote this? I suck at promotion?

I feel like I am not hitting the bar and bar is too high for me.

What would you do in this situation?