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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (MIT course) (missing.csail.mit.edu)

L 128 pts 17 comments by jonhoo Feb 3, 2020 compscieducationpracticesunix Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming Languages / CS Theory Productivity / Career / Business thread

Over the years, we (@anishathalye, @jjgo, @jonhoo) have helped teach several classes at MIT, and over and over we have seen that many students have limited knowledge of the tools available to them. Computers were built to automate manual tasks, yet students often perform repetitive tasks by hand or ...

The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (missing.csail.mit.edu)

L 116 pts 18 comments by jonhoo Feb 19, 2026 compscieducationpracticesunix Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming Languages / CS Theory Productivity / Career / Business thread

New iteration of the course for 2026.

Building products with javascript - free open source CC/MIT licensed video course on advanced js (github.com)

L 5 pts 4 comments by yamalight May 12, 2017 educationjavascriptshow Web Development Programming (General) thread

Hi lobste.rs! Long time lurker, posting first time here. For ~10 months I've been recording videos explaining how to build things with javascript. All free, no ads, permissive licenses. Includes livestreams of me coding if you want to see whole process. The link leads to the first course...

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L 37 pts 11 comments by jonhoo Feb 4, 2019 compscieducationprogrammingunix Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

Hi all! We (@anishathalye, @jjgo, and @jonhoo) have long felt that while university CS classes are great at teaching specific topics, they often leave it to students to figure out a lot of the common knowledge about how to actually _use_ your computer. And in particular, how to use it _efficiently_....

Ways to break into computer science research without a formal education or degree?

L 16 pts 13 comments by cliffordfajardo Feb 21, 2022 askcompscieducation Programming Languages / CS Theory Science / Math / Physics thread

**As a basis for discussion:** - Does anyone know stories of people without degrees or PHD’s doing strong research work in their respective fields (submitting co-authoring papers etc)? - If so, what their journey was like? - What other companies / organizations have research teams beside Amazon...

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (2020) (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (2020) (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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Ask HN: Mathematics Version of "The Missing Semester of Your CS Education?"

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I really enjoyed the "Missing Semester" MIT course for computer science. Has anyone come across a similar sort of course for mathematics?

MIT Missing Semester 2026 (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (2026) (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (2026) (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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MIT's Missing Semester Features Agentic Coding (missing.csail.mit.edu)

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education – Revised for 2026 (missing.csail.mit.edu)

HN 457 pts 132 comments by anishathalye Feb 23, 2026 thread

We returned to MIT last month to teach a revised version of Missing Semester, six years after the original debut (which has been extensively discussed on HN, in <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226380">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226380</a> and...

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