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Ask HN: Strategies for Staying Informed Without Getting Overwhelmed

by yiamvino on 7/9/24, 5:13 PM with 1 comments

Dealing with the overwhelming amount of information on this portal can be challenging. What is your secret to staying up-to-date without feeling overwhelmed? Please share your personal experience on how you navigate and engage with topics or issues. How do you choose to engage, such as reading and responding?

  • by caprock on 7/10/24, 3:52 PM

    I find it's best to just understand the landscape at a big picture level first. Then you only need to follow details when a need arises. It helps relieve the angst.

    For example, I understand the landscape of machine learning and the landscape of generative models inside it. I can't rattle of each model or it's nuances, but I can research that when it's really needed.

    Or on the UI side I roughly know about react frameworks and such. But not more. I don't do much UI work so it's fine to just mentally slot all the posts about react, next.js, typescript, etc in that vague box and move on.

    Be T shaped. Know the landscape and only worry about depth in your current area of practice.