The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality - <AUTHOR> https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160421-the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality <comment><USER2> Previously:[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11588698](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11588698)

</comment><comment><USER3> I think this article stretches some terms and statements to say things that sound reasonable, but aren't quite right. I noticed the pattern a few times:

1) Yes, QM talks about observations making a difference. But to say that "objectivity results from the fact that you and I can measure the same object in the exact same situation and get the same results — it's very clear from quantum mechanics that that idea has to go"? There's a lot of steps in between where the work isn't shown.

2) Yes, scientists who ignore QM are using "300 year old physics". But somehow mechanical engineers (and even electrical engineers) still manage to create things that work without ever thinking about physics beyond 1900. There's definitely an argument that could be made that brains need QM to be understood - but again, it's not immediately obvious that this should be the case.

3)Yes, an organism that sees only "fitness" can outcompete one that sees "reality". But that doesn't mean that there's no relationship between "fitness" and "reality".

I think the main argument of this article is mostly a philosophical point about consciousness and perception, and to be fair, that discussion is really important! But I think there's a huge step missing between the science of QM and the brain that's being discussed, and the conclusions that are being drawn.

<comment><USER4> To point 3, see Peter Watts novel Blindsight [1]. In it, he makes the case that consciousness is not necessarily aligned with the fitness function; that's curiously similar to the argument Hoffman makes that "correctly perceiving reality" is not necessarily always an improvement upon the fitness function.

However, from my admittedly layman's poor understanding of QM, his "conscious agents all the way down" doesn't mesh with our current understanding of QM. That is, I've not read anywhere that current QM theory and practice postulates nothing exists until a conscious observer pays attention to it. Can someone with a physics background please chime in on what Hoffman is referring to?

[1] [http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm](http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm)

</comment></comment><comment><USER5> My work lately has lead me to think there are two parts to the "self", the intelligence and the simulation running around it within the brain. The intelligence uses the senses to better augment the simulation to represent external reality. Sometimes I think that leads us to believe that reality isn't "real" but this is just the limit of our perceptual self. When our internal simulation gets a bit off or were poke at its resolution too much we notice the gaps, and this leads some people to erroneously declare their is no reality when I think in fact they are just poking holes in their own cognitive model. Ones flaws does not reject the others existence.

When you drill into this concept is goes a long ways in describing everything from Platos cave to this guys hunches.

It also opens up some interesting possibilities that our intelligence could but remote in some fashion while we still perceive ourselves within our body... Or lots of other things.

All in all though I think our social nature is used to validate our internal simulations. Just the fact that other intelligences are creating similar models leads me to think there is an objective reality.

<comment><USER6> Are you familiar with _Thinking, Fast and Slow_? It's late here, and I've had a long day, so I will leave it as an exercise for you to lookup and learn how there is considerable support for the idea that there are at least two parts to each of us (not quite as you describe, but you may find this interesting).

<comment><USER5> Actually I've spoken to Danny in person about his book, he lives down the street. My final line about socializing to make our simulations more accurate comes directly from a conversation with him.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> > Suppose in reality there's a resource, like water, and you can quantify how > much of it there is in an objective order — very little water, medium amount > of water, a lot of water. Now suppose your fitness function is linear, so a > little water gives you a little fitness, medium water gives you medium > fitness, and lots of water gives you lots of fitness — in that case, the > organism that sees the truth about the water in the world can win, but only > because the fitness function happens to align with the true structure in > reality. Generically, in the real world, that will never be the case. > Something much more natural is a bell curve — say, too little water you die > of thirst, but too much water you drown, and only somewhere in between is > good for survival. Now the fitness function doesn't match the structure in > the real world. And that's enough to send truth to extinction.

My that seem like BS. I can't quite figure what on earth the argument is supposed to be but too much or too little water being bad for you sending "truth to extinction" just seems nonsense. Maybe it's some kind of late April fools joke?

<comment><USER8> Here's the argument as far as I can tell:

"Assume your fitness function is correct. Now assume it doesn't match reality. Therefore, your fitness function is incorrect, and thus fitness functions are useless."

<comment><USER9> > thus fitness functions are useless."

or perhaps: thus fitness functions should be taken seriously, but not literally?

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> Two points in the article that stand out for me are:

1\. it's a logical flaw to think that if we have to take it seriously, we also have to take it literally.

That literalness narrows us, keeps us in the confines of language. Seriousness let's us act/respond, literalness is extra.

2\. The experiences of everyday life — my real feeling of a headache, my real taste of chocolate — that really is the ultimate nature of reality.

Returning/remembering the sensual world, the everydayness of things, less cluttered by our literal interpretation is a way of reconnecting with "reality". It is a move away from metaphysics by questioning the metaphysics we may hold without realizing it.

</comment><comment><USER10> Jesus, this crushed my beliefs. Philosophers arguing about "identity" are just arguing about a knack of the human perception of the world. There is no such thing as a thing.

Additionally, his answer to "But how can seeing a false reality be beneficial to an organism's survival?" makes me think. Entire complexes can be completely meaningless to another. A piece of data, an arrangement of bits, is just that. An arrangement of bits. It is only something to us. It is something to me, and it is something else to you.</comment>


Show HN: A TV Guide for UK - <AUTHOR> http://uk.zapping.io/

<comment><USER2> It's a good project! Good design: clean, simple and easy to use</comment>


A Revolution is Coming: Networking for the Facebook Generation. - <AUTHOR> http://www.fastcompany.com/1815993/fast-talk-with-meeteor-facebook-stalk-for-the-job-you-want

<comment><USER2> Ugh, that never really worked, did it?

<comment><AUTHOR> Interesting...why wouldn't it work? The reason people are shy to connect with professionals on Facebook is privacy, but if you're able to leverage those relationships without giving up any of your privacy, that's a win, right?

<comment><USER2> All I know is that several networks have promised the same things before, for example LinkedIn and Xing.

I think it doesn't work because people on those networks are not your real friends, and the value of creating an introduction that way is negligible.

What works maybe is just spreading information. For example if I would announce on Twitter that I am looking for a new job, I am pretty sure several of my followers would retweet that, and maybe even some of their followers. But the value of being "friend of a friend" if the friends are not even real friends is next to nil.

<comment><AUTHOR> Agreed Tichy! That's why we're built on Facebook's graph (that's where your real friends are). Additionally, our algorithms try to evaluate closeness between people, so that we leverage your closest relationships to help you and make introductions for you.

Let us know what you think!</comment></comment></comment></comment>


Have any YC companies been born out of VA besides Reddit? - <AUTHOR>

Does anyone know of any significant web startups birthed out of the state of Virginia? <comment><USER2> Sure. Plenty. Google for Virginia Tech incubator and you should find many. There is a whole small start up business center right off campus.

</comment><comment><USER3> Yep. The VPI Tech incubator is one source. Another would be the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Lots of those guys are government-related, so they don't hang in the same circles as HN'ers. I'm willing to bet there's more "submarine" (unknown in the tech community yet making tens of millions or more) startups in Northern Virginia than anywhere else in the country.

UVA also has a strong tech community. You can try Googling the Charlottesville Venture Group for some leads.</comment>


Tech Veganism - <AUTHOR> https://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/31/tech-veganism/ <comment><USER2> > DuckDuckGo provides better search results than Google.

DDG is getting better at about the same rate that Google is stuffing new ads and sponsored content into results. It's not a stretch to say that I'm more productive with DDG as my default.

Google is no longer as focused on delivering what I ask for as they were when they weren't a monopoly. Maybe they're still the best, but there have been tons of HN articles recently about biases in Google results.

</comment><comment><USER3> > where the executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy admits to > having proprietary software embedded inside her body, because that was the > only option for a defibrillator. She advocates open-source software, and yet > despite her best efforts, she's a closed-source cyborg!

Ignorance is a bliss, so I'm sure she would have felt better not being aware of the issues.

<comment><USER4> > She advocates open-source software, and yet despite her best efforts, she's > a closed-source cyborg!

What a hypocrite. If she truly believed in free software, she would tear out her defibrillator and _die_. /s

</comment></comment><comment><USER5> Man that nicely spoke to a lot of my own struggles with ethical software... My wife gets it and appreciates the control we have over our tech lives, my son doesn't mind (yet, though he has been whining that he wants "a google wifi"), and my parents are proud that I've resisted a lot of the negative tech trends I grew up in.

But oh boy, explaining to anyone else that I refuse to own a system I cannot change is like telling them I worship a space donkey and only eat tunafish every odd numbered saturday. They just do not get it, and I'm in too deep to be able explain it kindly and plainly. :/

<comment><USER6> I'm a software engineer who does not practice "tech veganism." I use an iPhone, iMessage, Gmail, Google, Google Docs, etc. I'm interested in understanding why people who do practice this feel so strongly that using these products and services is bad. So what if Google reads your emails? Why is it bad if they correlate those and your search results to offer a more personalized service -- even more personalized advertisements -- for things you might actually be interested in buying some day? Is it fear of public embarrassment? Of being blackmailed? Of being discovered doing less than legal things? Have you been slighted by the company before so it's a matter of never doing business with them again out of principle?

No need to worry about explaining it kindly and plainly to me :)

<comment><USER3> > I use an iPhone, iMessage, Gmail, Google, Google Docs, etc. I'm interested > in understanding why people who do practice this feel so strongly that using > these products and services is bad.

You mean services from American conglomerates, why don't you use Huawei, Yandex, WeChat, etc?

<comment><USER7> Probably because they are in America. What you're trying to insinuate is not correct.</comment></comment></comment></comment>


Hypothes.is: Taking peer review to the Internet - <AUTHOR> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwhly/1239089754

<comment><USER2> This is a great idea, however there is fundamental flaw in their hypothes.is, a flaw that is inherent in all comment-based sytems (Hacker News, Digg, Redit ).

The flaw is to score people based on past comments, thereby creating a meritocracy that will lead to those voices that need to be heard the most being lost in the noise.

<comment><AUTHOR> That's only true under the assumption that popularity is the only factor in visibility. On hacker news that's not even true entirely because there's a temporal factor: new postings remain visible for at least a short time. However, there may exist other possible ways to artificially increase visibility in order to promote diversity. Some of these methods are the research subject of Paul Resnick at the University of Michigan who is listed as an advisor.

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> I enjoy the spirit of this idea!

I simply fear that clout will ultimately drive it's growth, rather than the desire to correctly inform!

Maybe impart a "prick" score (for lack of a better term) that people can rate a comment based off of how accepting the author is at discussing their viewpoint rather than denigrating the person who has a "wrong" answer!

Best of luck!

-Ben

<comment><AUTHOR> My understanding is that attempts will be made to algorithmically promote diversity and to reward/punish social behaviors in such as way as to discourage discursive protectionism.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> The founder previously founded GetThere.com which sold to Sabre for $757 million.

Wow.

</comment><comment><USER4> Initially I thought this would be a free system for paper publishing which would let all new papers published to be available in public domain.

Why doesnt such a thing exist by the way?

<comment><USER5> Well, there's <http://arxiv.org> .

And of course, anyone can put anything they want on the internet, which is a form of publishing into the public domain. If you mean, publish in such a way as to get read and become part of the academic literature, that's another story.

<comment><USER4> I'm talking about fully peer reviewed with conferences and the whole shebang ... Its really the only way to get that knowledge out into the public domain.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> It's a great vision, but their website does not disclose how will they implement it better than existing similar projects.

<comment><USER7> Their response to this concern on the FAQ at Kickstarter is as follows:

"No one has yet made an effective attempt to leverage the strengths of the Internet to improve the quality of information we consume, at the place that we consume it. In essence, we are bringing crowd-sourced peer-review to the event horizon where information is produced—the thousands of news sites and blogs on the Internet. To encourage quality, we will employ a reputation framework.

We've closely researched over 20 current and previous online projects such as ReframeIt, SpinSpotter, ThirdVoice, Stickis, Fleck, ShiftSpace, WebClipper, zBubbles, and others – as well as offline efforts such as FAIR and Media Matters. All have key conceptual flaws which ultimately are or were fatal limitations on their effectiveness and scalability. Hypothes.is is a direct result of our conclusion that previous efforts have missed the essential ingredients of success, and has been designed to address each of them."

<comment><USER5> Or http:://marginize.com , whatever happened to that?</comment></comment></comment>


Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2013) - <AUTHOR> Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility. <comment><USER20> In the hopes of making this thread _more_ than just an over-glorified classifieds, I would encourage everyone to leave one of the following comments either here (for everyone), or on the individual posts:

1\. _If you are looking for a freelancer, list the three most important needs you are looking to solve with a freelancer._ I think we can all get so caught up in listing everything we think we need, that we forget the few things that are actually important to get the job done. Once we take a hard look at what we need, and match it up with #2, I think we can go along way to meeting expectations on both sides.

2\. _If you are a freelancer, list the three areas you are strongest._ Are you amazing with game mechanics? Do you have a track record of successful social media campaigns? If all we list is our technical abilities, then HN who's hiring just becomes another place for outsourced development. Lets be better than that, and show our domain expertise.

</comment><comment><USER21> SEEKING FREELANCER

We're looking for a software engineer that loves big data and distributed systems - you know who you are!

AppMonsta collects massive amounts of data about mobile apps and turns it into actionable metrics for a wide variety of business customers ranging from investors to health care companies to startups. We really love data, building distributed systems, and helping people understand complicated market dynamics through our data.

We're looking for a distributed systems/big data guru to join our distributed team. You'll take ownership of our crawl & data pipeline, keeping them running with high uptime, scaling them up to handle load, and adding new data sources and new features to help our customers make even better decisions. This shouldn't be your first time to the distributed systems/big data rodeo - we're looking for a senior engineer that likes mentoring junior engineers and is interested in growing into a tech lead role.

Our current tech stack is mostly python, linux, aws (ec2, s3, & emr mostly), mongodb, and redis. If you haven't worked with individual pieces of this before it's fine - we like working with smart people that are comfortable working in a distributed systems/big data/cloud environment. We're happy to help you get up to speed with anything you haven't seen before. We practice peer code review and continuous deployment on all our code and systems.

Our entire team works remotely. We're very flexible about where and when you work, as long as you ship code, keep systems online, and are reachable by other team members for part of the day. We stay in touch via a team chatroom and weekly team video chats, with impromptu 1-on-1 video chats whenever there's a detailed issue to discuss. To make this work, you'll need to be in a compatible timezone (between PDT(UTC-08) and CET(UTC+1)), and be very fluent writing and speaking english. Like getting out of the house to work? Ask about our mobile internet subsidy:)

This is a full time, longterm opportunity. If this sounds exciting, email me your resume and a couple hundred lines of some code you've written (preferably python), so we can get a sense for your coding style to firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER22> SEEKING FREELANCER

I'm based in the UK. Happy to work with a freelancer from anywhere provided you can serve UK (GMT) Hours.

I have a project to quote on in the next 1 or 2 weeks. I'm looking for someone that can do UI/UX design for the Web App, iPhone App and Android.

Logo and Mascot design will be done by someone else, but ideally if whoever does the UI/UX design can liaise with the logo/mascot designer that will also be good.

Ideally someone that loves creative control and are willing to bring their own creativity and passion to the table that can show in their work. Client is willing to take direction from whoever wants to take on this project.

Person has to be reliable and dependable - Personality important. Previous examples of work preferred, but not essential. If you're someone that knows they can do a good job of this, but is looking for an opportunity to prove themselves, this would be it.

Please email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com

I need the following information from you when you contact me:

\- Availability \- your willingness to liaise with the client (Client is UK based) \- Examples of your work \- Your aesthetic taste \- How you work/Your work process \- Your favourite ice cream flavour \- anything else interesting that you'd like to tell me. Can be absolutely anything.

Thank you.

</comment><comment><USER23> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance Python/Django/jQuery, with extensive experience building e-commerce marketplaces. I have a research background, data analysis, playing around with NLP right now. I run a django dev shop, currently taking gigs for it. Here's my portfolio:

* <http://www.cloudshuffle.com/>

* <http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio.html>

Contact details in my profile or the link above.

Here're some examples from my portfolio:

* <http://www.ecomarket.com> \- An online marketplace for ethical and eco friendly products.

* <http://www.teaspiller.com> \- An online marketplace for tax experts.

* <http://www.knowyourbank.com>

* <http://www.garnishbar.com> \- social network, to share mixed drink recipes

* <http://www.fertilityplanit.com>, built their self serve ad network + billing and payments.

* <http://www.turlytag.com> \- an app to connect owners with people who found their lost items.

* <http://www.fratmusic.com> \- an online radio streaming app serving over 1.3 million uniques a month.

* <http://loudfarm.com> \- A music event site.

* <http://www.wisekangaroo.com/> \- Find a tutor.

and many more.

</comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING FREELANCER (remote)

Looking for Front-End Developers to grow our team. We're an around the clock dev shop specializing in PSD to HTML5/JavaScript conversions with quick turn- around times. Irregular or regular work schedules are good. <http://overnightconversions.com>

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING FREELANCERS - Myrtle Beach, SC

I and members of our coworking space: <http://www.coworkmyr.com> in Myrtle Beach, SC have a lot of projects we want to push forward, like <http://www.gfscale.com>

We're looking for any development, design, marketing, etc. skills to come out to the coworking space and get involved. Eager to pay the right people! Primarily looking for folks in the geographic area first (even if you would only occasionally be in coworkMYR), but if you're going to be in Myrtle Beach this summer - stop by!

You can find my contact info in my profile.

</comment><comment><USER26> SEEKING WORK - US based (Washington state) - Remote preferred - <USER2> part-time to full-time

Full-Stack Developer. HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery mobile, JSON), and RESTful APIs built with PHP and Node.js on the server.

Specializing in responsive mobile designs that work beautifully on different screen sizes and devices, and iOS and Android apps built with Cordova/PhoneGap.

Strong design skills to build projects that are simple to use and attractive in design. Proficient using Photoshop to build the artwork needed to go in a website or app, and to listing apps on the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

20 years professional software development experience, 15 years freelance experience

Portfolio: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagenuity...](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagenuity.scorekeepr) [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagenuity...](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagenuity.scorekeepr.bacon) [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scorekeepr- free/id490888743?...](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scorekeepr- free/id490888743?mt=8) [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scorekeepr- bacon/id586533542...](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scorekeepr- bacon/id586533542?mt=8)

Contact: twitter: @jimbergman or <http://jimbergman.net/contact/>

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING WORK

Looking for a serious position as allround senior software engineer. I am a multi-disciplinary developer with a unique blend of creative, managerial and technical talents. Have experience developing software for both Unix/Linux as well as Windows based software in different programming and scripting languages. Specialised in dealing with a mixed Operating System environment for development and system administration; using Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OS X systems and other operating systems. An active consultant for Linux and Open Source in China and as part of this I hold lectures on software development and Open Source. Prefer a lead or manager position. I am based in Beijing (北京), China and have 10 years of experience dealing with China and Asian culture. Served two terms on the Fedora ambassador steering committee to represent APAC. Remote work is possible.

       * (Agile) Project Management.
       * System administration (Linux/Unix, Windows).
       * Desktop, web development and cross platform GUI development.
       * Performance tuning and debugging.

       Linux, Java, C#, PHP, HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Android, C
       teaching, public speaking, management, etc.

<http://gbraad.nl/resume/>

<http://linkedin.com/in/gbraad>

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SEEKING WORK - Remote or On-Site, San Francisco Bay Area

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      - 5 years Ruby on Rails (full stack).
      - 13 years of engineering.
      - 4 years user growth.

      Looking for long-term or short-term consulting work.

      Specialize in Rails (full stack) and user growth
      (marketing/advertising). I'm a hybrid coder and marketer
      with a proven track record. I love working on-site and
      work just as well remotely.

      I'm a friendly guy with an aggressive attitude and good
      communication skills.

      I'm looking for projects solving real problems. My belief
      is that the product (features) reach customers ASAP and
      that's what ultimately matters. Testing code is good, but
      not the end-all be-all. Iterate on what works and make it
      better.

      I'm a believer in customer development, mining data for
      user behavior that we can code into features and marketing
      campaigns.

      Have built new, and worked on existing, Rails applications
      including (but not limited to):

      - A permission based advertising platform.

      - An e-comm up-sell marketing platform.

      - A social media platform.

      - Most recently one of the
        largest e-commerce flash sales sites.

      Contact me below to have your problems solved.

      Cheers!

<http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=coffee>

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</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

I have been shipping software for more than 10 years now, and love building high-quality products (or at least try my best for it!). I started freelancing a few months ago after my stint as a single founder. One of my first clients was a HN member for whom I did remote contract work for almost a couple of months.

I am proficient with Ruby on Rails and generally quite adept at picking up new technologies as per the needs of the product. I call myself a generalist, and if you are a non-technical person, I can handle most of the things for you that go in to building & launching a software product (including screen flows, server-side programming, system administration, analytics & a little bit of digital marketing.)

To give an example of me trying out new things, my current gig is related to conversion optimization(s) and driving growth for a startup in the education domain. I am up for any work that is challenging & stimulating.

I am open to a potential co-founder role as well, but as you know well, a lot of things need to fall in place for it. I guess it would be best if we work together on a short project first to see how good we are as a team.

Please see my profile for the contact & other relevant information. Just drop a line to say hello, it's always good to interact with fellow HN members!

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING FREELANCER looking for a "data reporter", Burlingame, CA and/or remote

 _About Us_

We think that OkTrends (<http://blog.okcupid.com/>) is one of the best blogs for compiling research on real-life usage patterns in an interesting, visual, way, and we want to re-create it for car-buying.

We also think that people should be able to buy a car using the internet for as much of the transaction as possible. Our mission at CarWoo!(YC S09) is to become "THE Transactional Car Buying and Selling Marketplace." We are getting closer to our goal all the time, and have now seen many thousands of transactions come through the site. We're sitting on piles and piles of data, and we need to get it out in a more broad way.

To fulfill our mission, we have to get the word out about who we are. That's where you come in.

 _About You_

You should be curious about patterns in data, have a background in research or other relevant experience, and have a knack for writing in a way that is relatable to ordinary folks, yet packed with insight and deep understanding.

 _More Details_

We've got lots of ideas on posts, you'll be free to add your ideas to the pot also. As far as the actual content of the posts, think lots of charts, statistical analysis of our data, and a story around everything from who our visitors are, to what times of the year people do their car-buying, to trending & popular cars, etc.

If you're interested, email me at email@example.com This would be an ongoing project, with a steady stream of work.

</comment><comment><USER31> SEEKING WORK - Philadelphia, PA / Remote (Willing to relocate)

Looking for junior level Rails work, but I am also interested in anything which I can get my hands on. I presently live in Philadelphia and would place priority on working here, but I am also willing to relocate (depending upon location) and/or work remotely. I am self-taught and extremely receptive to learning new technologies. Where I lack knowledge, I gain the drive to absorb and surround myself with anything I can.

A primary project I am working on right now called "define.io" is linked below. It is a fairly simple, yet (hopefully!) effective way of allowing users to review tech products. It is in a very early state, but does have some basic functionality. All of the site's code is posted on Github (also linked below), and it is hosted using Heroku.

I primarily work with: Ruby/Rails, JavaScript/jQuery, HTML/CSS (Bootstrap), Heroku I'm interested in learning/working more with: Go, Haskell, Objective-C, Redis/NoSQL. Also open to working with: Python/Django

<http://pauldipietro.org/> <http://github.com/cuttooth> <http://define.io/>

Email: paul[at]define[dot]io

</comment><comment><USER32> SEEKING WORK - London or remote.

I work with 'big' data and distributed systems.

> ... list the three areas you are strongest

Identifying the essence of a problem. Drawing on existing research and theory to produce simple, practical solutions. Explaining the solution clearly and simply. By way of example:

<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4902219>

[http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2012/12/19/search- trees-a...](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2012/12/19/search-trees-and- core-dot-logic/)

[http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/12/08/optimising- tex...](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/12/08/optimising-texsearch/)

[http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2012/08/16/causal- orderin...](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2012/08/16/causal-ordering/)

I've spent the last few months at the NYC Hacker School, adapting research from the BOOM and STEPS projects to build tools for rapidly prototyping distributed algorithms ( <http://scattered- thoughts.net/blog/2012/12/02/hacker-school/> ). I would be especially interested in putting these ideas in practice.

Github - <https://github.com/jamii>

Resume - <http://scattered-thoughts.net/about.html>

Blog - <http://scattered-thoughts.net/>

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING FREELANCER - Based in Minneapolis, Remote OK for the right candidate

Our startup is looking for a front-end engineer or designer to join our team on a contract basis (for now). The right candidate will need to possess demonstrable experience writing:

* HTML * CSS (Sass) * JavaScript (jQuery, CoffeeScript)

Bonus points for experience working in a Rails environment. Design skills aren't required, but illustration skills (icons, logos) will be a plus.

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK remote or in Austin, TX

I'm Vitorio, a skilled _user experience and interaction designer_ in Austin, TX, specializing in web, mobile, and emerging technologies.

If you think your current site and onboarding flow and app design is _okay_ and just want someone to make it prettier, make the logo pop, etc., that's not me.

If you want more users to sign up, users to stick around longer, users to pay more, heck, users to pay at all, _that's_ me.

If you don't have a site or app yet and want to know what you need to know to make sure you don't have these common "let's just build it we'll figure it out later" teething problems, to have your app designed well from day 1, that's _really_ me. I love those kinds of engagements the most. You'd be my favorite.

Ideally, we'll do a little research together to figure out exactly what you need, and _then_ we'd do a bunch of design together. But, every project is unique; contact me and let's talk: <http://vitor.io/>

Not sure what you need? Never hired a designer? Just want to have a structured conversation by the half-hour or hour? Consider signing up for UX office hours instead, there's _no obligation:_ <http://uxhours.com/>

Will also _barter_ UX for art or development; iOS, front-end, Python, Node, or AWS (via Python or Node) are all of interest.

I've _founded_ three startups myself so far, so I have some idea about what you're going through: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1214065#score_1214439>

And, one startup has found me through HN, so that's something.

</comment><comment><USER35> SEEKING WORK - Remote with up to 50% travel (I'm based in Europe, but can work EST working hours).

I am a full web stack engineer with 12 years professional experience. I recently worked as CTO & Product Director at a small startup. Previously, I worked as Lead Software Developer at a mid-size company (sold for 9 digits at that time). I am happy with similar position as my last one or with 100% hands-on technical role as senior software developer.

I have lot of experience with various projects. I worked on web applications, enterprise intranet software, social websites, and so on. I am great in both solving little but tough problems and designing and implementing architectures using physical and cloud based servers, SQL and NoSQL databases, integrating various APIs, architecting applications to work under significant load and ensuring following patterns and best practices. My only drawback is that most of my backend experience is in PHP which is not that popular among HNers these days. But I learn quick and I'm always hungry for new experiences and knowledge. I have lot of experience in leading and coaching small teams, including remote/distributed teams, and leading projects.

In the last three years I started working on UX and interfaces, designing products, not only developing them. If you don't have resources for dedicated UX/UI person, I'm your go-to guy and can connect graphics designers with developers to build a great product.

I'm seeking remote or partly remote freelance or permanent work between 4h/wk and full-time. For full-time, I'm happy to travel worldwide as long as I spend at least 50% time at home.

<http://www.linkedin.com/in/bartekr>

Please contact me at bartus79 at gmail to discuss how I could help your company.

</comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK -- Delhi, India (Remote work preferred; I am also willing to travel)

I'm a software developer and operations guy. I love taking on interesting and challenging projects where there's a lot of figuring out to do and an elegant system to be built. I have more than eleven years of paid work experience; I have been hacking and programming for much longer than that.

The five most recent languages I used are .NET/C#, XSLT, JavaScript/node.js, Windows PowerShell, and shell script, with a side of HTML5 and CSS.

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU

Pretty much anything, but here's what I absolutely love doing:

1\. Setting up servers. I love building servers on AWS and Azure, and more generally, setting up an infrastructure for app deployment/website hosting, like on Google App Engine, Heroku, or static sites on S3. I love building out the automated scripts and processes that take your code, build it, and deploy it to one of these.

2\. Packaging software. I love writing Windows installers for all sorts of software, and even more so, developing tools and build scripts that actually _generate_ installers.

3\. Automating stuff. I love writing scripts and software to automate anything and everything, from simple Microsoft Word document processing, to more complex Node.js scripts to send out hundreds of email messages per second via Amazon SES.

CONTACT ME

You can contact me via email: firstname.lastname@example.com or Skype: ndabas.

On a side note, I like using Elance as a project management and escrow platform, and you can check out my Elance profile (work history + client reviews) at <http://niksci.elance.com/>. On Elance, I am usually ranked among the top 1000 contractors, out of a total of nearly 150,000.

Thanks, Nik.

</comment><comment><USER37> SEEKING WORK: Remote (we're a distributed team of high quality mobile & backend engineers)

<http://mobilejazz.cat>

We are Mobile Jazz, a collective of excellent engineers and designers with a strong focus on everything mobile and beyond. We're doing Android since the first 1.0 release in 2008 and iOS since 2009. We also do Mobile Web and cross- plattform (PhoneGap & Titanium). Additionally we've a ton of experience in backend development (Java & Rails) and web frontend development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript). Check us out here: <http://mobilejazz.cat> If you need more references and testimonials have a look here: <http://stefanklumpp.com/testimonials.html> If you've any questions please get in touch with me via firstname.lastname@example.com - happy to answer any questions :-) PS: We've worked successfully with other HN members before.

</comment><comment><USER38> SEEKING FREELANCER - near NYC

I need a frontend developer/designer to work with me on a project. Aside from the usual (HTML, CSS, Javascript), the technology you want to use is up to you. I would, however, recommend a templating language to make life easier. The backend will be in Python, using the Pyramid framework.

If you are near NYC and interested, contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING FREELANCER: NYC

Looking for JS/CSS/HTML UI developer / force multiplier. Mobile/Touch experience important. On-site preferable (you will be paid more than enough to live nearby) and a more permanent offer will be made if we work well together.

If you are interested, my email is in my profile. Please send a cool demo of something you have worked on / are currently working on.

</comment><comment><USER40> SEEKING WORK, remote or near Mountain View, CA

Hi, I'm Amir. I'm a backend developer who specializes in node.js apps and building APIs. I'm also available for API-related Objective-C work for iOS and OS X. A list of my recent projects can be found at <http://amirmalik.net>

My tech stack includes tools like Redis, MongoDB, CouchDB (Cloudant), PostgreSQL, and ElasticSearch.

If you're starting something new, I'll work with you and your team to determine the required tools to build your app in the desired timeframe. Have an existing project? I'll dive in with a third-party perspective and help you refine and extend what you have.

Web: <http://amirmalik.net>

GitHub: <https://github.com/ammmir>

Email: amir at pilvy dot com

I'm available 2-3 days a week. I can do either daily rate billing or fixed bid projects, no hourly please. If interested, please email me. If you're local, let's grab coffee. Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING WORK - based in London, though working remotely

We are a small web development team mainly focused on Ruby/Rails, along with expertise across the rest of the stack - CoffeeScript, Spine.js, SASS, LESS, Chef, PostgreSQL, Redis etc. We have domain expertise integrating with external APIs such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and also in handling high load both in terms of web traffic and background processing with Sidekiq or Resque.

We are a whole team who work well together. We can either integrate to your existing dev team or take and implement a standalone project. As many of us are overseas (China, Ireland) we are less expensive than many other development companies (£400 - £500 / day or potentially £55k / year per developer depending on project length, size of team etc).

I personally am based in London and have 12 years professional development experience. If you would like details on projects we have done as a team, just send me a quick email.

email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER42> Seeking Work (remote preferred, US and Europe are options) -

Full stack developer (minus eye-candy -- IE, everything below UI implementation) \- my specialty really is obscure/unusual technology stacks -- a recent client had a combination PHP/Filemaker setup; prior to that he also helped me a bit on a PHP/Drupal/Java/hard goods fulfillment project \- scaling \- making shit work \- C/C++/Python/PHP/mobile/embedded/Java if necessary \- security/PKI/identity management

One of my most recent projects is in the storage space: \- drive monitoring agent in Objective C (for OSX) and C# (for Windows) \- python backend \- restful webservices

I'm a jack of all trades who is looking for interesting projects to work on. I'd love to build this up into something I could quite my day job for. Currently based in the US, I am married to an EU national and will likely be relocating to Europe in the next year or two, so location is open.

If project and rate justify a move, I am open to it.

</comment><comment><USER43> SEEKING WORK - Brighton, UK. London, UK. Remote.

Freelance developer based in the Brighton in the UK. I can travel to London but I usually prefer to work remotely.

I love helping to produce MVPs and prototypes. I'd love to help you turn your idea into reality. I work in a range of languages but I usually choose Python when I have a choice, I also do a lot of work in JavaScript. I have a range of skills from web development to computer vision. I can also help with Rich JavaScript Applications and RESTful API design (see a talk I gave on the subjects here[1]). I've also been doing some Natural Language Processing things recently with NLTK in Python, so if you have needs in that area do get in touch.

Some technologies I have experience with: Python, JavaScript, Django, Node.JS, Backbone.JS, OpenCV.

Please do get in touch!

Email: email@example.com

[1] <http://asyncjs.com/hypermedia/>

</comment><comment><USER44> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Switzerland

I'm interesting in helping people build low-level networking software. Interfacing to the kernel and to hardware, getting NUMA right, taking advantage of exotic hardware features, writing firmware, etc. I have a lot of experience. I've recently started focusing on open source with the Snabb Switch project (my baby) and I'm funding this with consulting.

Links: Snabb Switch - <https://github.com/SnabbCo/snabbswitch/wiki> LinkedIn - <http://www.linkedin.com/in/lukego> My homepage - <http://www.lukego.com/> My company - <http://www.snabb.co/>

</comment><comment><USER45> SEEKING WORK Hi! I'm Daniel Boles. I'm an American largely based in Asia with over 10 years experience in business. I have an MBA, but more importantly I'm a problem solver and that seeks out of the box solutions to grow your business to achieve your dreams. When many people look to consultants they are usually looking for someone to help them grow their business as a means to an end. They want to move away from trading time for money and instead want to develop their business in such a way that they have a lifestyle as well as a business. I can help you achieve this. I can't make any promises, but I can assure you of professionalism, problem solving, and a clear focus on your goals. So, if this interests you, let me know and lets see what we can do.

Seeking remote work

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco, CA - New York, NY - <USER17>

We are an iOS and web development company specializing in Ruby on Rails and web design. That is currently run by <http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wilsonlin45> and <http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=danest>

We do Ruby on Rails, Javascript/jQuery, BackboneJS, iOS Applications and Android Applications.

You can visit our portfolio at <http://onetinybit.com/> and <http://wilsonlin.com/>

Contact us at email@example.com or <http://onetinybit.com/#contactus>

</comment><comment><USER47> ACCEPTING A SMALL NUMBER OF NEW CUSTOMERS FOR 2013

EEQJ: Berlin, New York, Detroit, Chicago, SF

My team and I are accepting a small number of new customers in Q1.

EEQJ is a small boutique consultancy specializing in working with startups and medium enterprises to identify, remediate, and prevent security-related errors in critical businesses processes. We're experts in things like operational security, network and physical infrastructure, project management and development, scaling, and optimization (from software to process).

I personally have over 15 years of professional experience and work only with the most skilled industry practitioners.

My background can be found here: <http://jp.eeqj.com>

Please feel free to contact me at email@example.com or (800) 403-1126 (+1 312 361 0355 outside of the US).

</comment><comment><USER48> SEEKING WORK - SF Bay Area - Remote or Local - Long or Short Term Projects

I'm a full-stack Java and Rails developer as well as a published mobile app developer.

Web/Back-End Development - An expert in Java and Rails environments. Comfortable with web development, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Significant JavaScript experience, including client-side MV* with Backbone.js as well as back-end Javascript with Node.js.

Mobile Development - Have deployed multiple apps across iOS and Android platforms for phones and tablets. Experienced in both native (iOS, Android) and cross-platform HTML (Sencha Touch, JQuery Mobile) development.

firstname.lastname@example.com

<http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickkleinschmidt>

</comment><comment><USER49> SEEKING WORK - Remote Web+Mobile UI designer and front-end developer.

4+ years of experience with designing usable interfaces with a focus on increasing user conversions.

Designed patio11's site which increased his conversion rate and profits:

[http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/04/19/ab-testing-is- frustratin...](http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/04/19/ab-testing-is-frustrating/)

[http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/08/06/stripe-and-ab-testing- ma...](http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/08/06/stripe-and-ab-testing-made-me-a- small-fortune/)

Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript/Jquery. Knowledge of Ruby, Rails, BackboneJS, Git and Heroku.

Portfolio: <http://www.madebyargon.com>

Pricing: $55/hour

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER50> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco Bay Area or Remote

I build single-page web apps and SaaS platforms. I understand both biz speak and tech speak and enjoy connecting the two worlds together.

Front-end: Ember.js, Angular.js, Backbone.js

Back-end: Go, Python, Node.js or Ruby.

<http://resume.dan.me/>

<https://grouptalent.com/talent/3944>

<https://github.com/baliw>

<http://stackoverflow.com/users/1305696/daniel>

<https://angel.co/daniel-walton>

<http://www.linkedin.com/in/dangogh>

</comment><comment><USER51> SEEKING WORK - Remote or occasional travel around Europe fine. Native British developer based in Warsaw, Poland.

Back-end jack-of-all-trades, concentrating on PHP/C#/MySQL, experienced with Apache/nginx/IIS, and general Linux admin.

A few sample projects I work on in my spare time, using PHP/Kohana/MySQL/jQuery:

<http://tweetingmachine.com>

<http://campaignbar.com>

<http://interactwive.com>

I'm very good at finding solutions to complex problems, enjoy rescuing projects in trouble, and like working with technology in general. I always chatting about requirements, feel free to drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER52> SEEKING WORK - iOS, Remote

I am an iOS Consultant with 3 years of experience and have built numerous apps. Not only can I build new apps for you but I can also help you make upgrades to your existing apps.

Recent apps include HackerNode(<http://www.nodemesh.net/hackernode>), a popular app for reading hacker news on iOS and Just Add Beer! (<http://appsto.re/justaddbeer>), a not so popular way of drinking beer!.

Initial Consultation (Upto 1 Hr) is free!

Please reach out to me at email@example.com or on linkedin at <http://lnkd.in/dk8Gme>. Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER53> Seeking Work - Remote only (based in LA currently)

Things I do: Front end dev, back end dev, Full stack dev, Design (I have a partner who does the designing)

Buzz words: - HTML5, CSS3, Backbone.js, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Photoshop, PSD to HTML, Responsive design, Bootstrap, Foundation, Wordpress, PHP, MySQL, git

I've worked for great firms in Silicon Valley and elsewhere and am always on the look out for interesting new projects. I won't belabor an explanation of my philosophy and experience on this thread, but please visit my site <http://nealke.mp> or email me if you are interested in learning more.

You can contact me at me(at)nealke(.)mp

</comment><comment><USER54> SEEKING WORK - Remote - <USER5>

I am a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.

I provide web development and consulting services to software development companies, consulting firms, creative studios, and more.

I strongly believe the best interests of my clients are critical to our successful collaboration on current and future projects.

If you have a business and are looking for a website, SEO, web security consultation, or even internal web applications, I would love to speak with you.

What I can do for you:

* General technical consulting

* Web security consulting

* Frontend/backend Development (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, etc)

* Wordpress themes and modifications

* Search Engine Optimization

* API development

* Responsive design

<http://jayhuang.org>

You can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER55> SEEKING WORK - Remote (Based in Colorado, USA)

I write code for both sides of the HTTP request as well as both sides of the USB cable. My current project involves d3.js, node, LLVM, and custom hardware. Somewhere between frontend and embedded, there's probably something I can build for you.

I primarily work with:

        - HTML5, JavaScript (CoffeeScript), CSS, jQuery, Backbone
        - NodeJS, Python, Flask
        - C, C++, Linux, Git
        - PCB design, AVR & ARM microcontrollers
        - among many more

See some of my projects at <http://kevinmehall.net>. Shoot me an email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER56> SEEKING WORK: Looking for remote based work.(Live in London, UK) Short projects or equity/percentage share start-up deals interest me most

Skill set: Web-dev(PHP(Experience with all major frameworks), JS(Backbone, handlebars, ember, derby, node), Python, Java, ROR Meteor and node are 'tickling my fancy' at the moment) Flex and air applications are intriguing me at the moment, just finished building a desktop based multiple monitor karaoke application

I am the type of person who gets personally involved in work; I eat, sleep and dream in code. I always speak my mind on features and ideas.

If you are interested, feel free to drop me an email at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER57> SEEKING WORK - Remote with onsite visits (based in asia/pacific)

Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, RubyMotion

\- Web developer since 15 years, startups since 2007, as founder and employee

\- Expert-level Ruby and JavaScript

\- Created of RubyJS, an open source project that Matz the creator of Ruby endorsed. <http://rubyjs.org>

\- Speaker at Ruby and JS conferences around the world

\- Commits to Rails/HAML, jQuery

\- 6 years Ruby/Rails, 2012 focus on JS and CoffeeScript

\- Writing highly performant code in Ruby and JS

\- Remote consulting/freelance since 2 years, currently in Asia/Pacific (UTC +07:00)

\- Excellent at kickstarting projects and getting your MVP out.

\- Open for onsite visits

More information and contact info on: <http://hasclass.com>

</comment><comment><USER58> SEEKING FREELANCER: Must be in NYC. Looking for someone to build a simple Python/Django app for a huge customer of ours. You'll have to come by the NewsCred NYC office (or you can work here). Contact Asif : asif at newscred.com

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK {USA/Caribbean} {AMERICAN CITIZEN} {REMOTE | WILL TRAVEL FOR DEPLOYMENTS}

Full Stack Software Engineer with a focus on web technologies. Is interested in collaborating with software companies/agencies in the Continental USA.

Languages (a brief list):

        Python
        Ruby
        JS
        Lisp
        HTML5/CSS
        PHP5
        SQL
        Java/Android

Frameworks:

        Django
        Rails
        Flask
        Sinatra
        Ember
        Jquery
        Code Igniter
        Slim
        Symfony
        Bootstrap.

Experience designing and building high traffic advertising networks, online payment platforms, custom CMS, and E-commerce.

References available upon request.

firstname.lastname@example.com

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Joe Cortopassi

Email: joe[at]joecortopassi[dot]com

Skype: joe.cortopassi

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iOS developer

Full stack web developer

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Objective-C

iPhone/iOS

PHP

MySQL

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Digital Marketing Strategy

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<http://joecortopassi.com>

<http://linkedin.com/in/joecortopassi>

<http://www.facebook.com/CortopassiConsulting>

<https://github.com/JoeCortopassi>

<https://twitter.com/JoeCortopassi>

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About Me:

I started off in web development, doing mid-large size lead generation web sites. As a big part of dealing with lead generation, I became proficient in RESTful API integration and development, along with complex javascript web applications used for analytics. I then began working on iPhone and iPad applications over the years, working on apps for Cie Studios and their perspective clients. My ability to understand complex api's, also helped me build connection management and caching systems for iOS apps that assured the user that their information would always be posted to the server, regardless of their data connection.

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</comment><comment><USER60> SEEKING FREELANCER for remote, full-time work, extremely flexible hours

I'm looking for experienced Java developers who have worked on webapps. At least some experience in any of the following: Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere, MySql, Oracle, SQL Server. Competent on Windows and Linux.

The job involves migrating applications to new technology stacks and fixing any issues that arise. Pay-rate is $60/hr. You must be able to work up to 40 hrs/week. Work remotely and any hours you choose. Very few or no meetings.

To apply, firstname.lastname@example.com (yes, that's my email... at least when I'm expecting spam by posting it publicly)

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Sent you on your spam expected email id. Please check.

</comment></comment><comment><USER62> SEEKING WORK - Pakistan - <USER17>

I will be interested to work on short to mid sized projects in any technology as long as they're interesting and challenging. Some of the stuff I have already worked on are given below but i am not limited to it.

Desktop

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\- VB.NET \- C# \- QT toolkit

Web

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Mobile

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\- J2ME \- iPhone development in Titanium/PhoneGap

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\- FF/Chrome/IE extensions \- Basic WP plugins \- MS Exchange Server development \- DB[Triggers, SPs, Queries] in MySQL,MSSQL, Oracle,PostgreSQL

yes I can work on ANY technology. Just bring it on! In the era of Stackoverflow and Google it should not be an issue for any programmer. :)

my Portfolio

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[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35231160/Resume/Adnan-Siddiqi-IT- con...](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35231160/Resume/Adnan-Siddiqi-IT-consultant- Resume.pdf)

</comment><comment><USER63> SEEKING WORK - NYC or remote.

I am a mobile developer who focuses on Android Java development. I have worked on multiple Android apps, both large and small, for a variety of clients. My portfolio and Github are listed below:

<http://www.bricolsoftconsulting.com/category/portfolio/>

<https://github.com/bricolsoftconsulting/>

My previous experience includes C/C++, VB.NET, and HTML / PHP. Feel free to get in touch -- email is theo---AT---bricolsoftconsulting----DOT---com.

</comment><comment><USER64> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

Human/machine interface designer/developer.

From scratch experience and interface design, from the napkin to nginx.

Frontend: HTML5 (Haml, Slim), CSS3 (Sass, Less), JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, Ember.js, Backbone.js, Handlebars)

Backend: Ruby, Rails, Mongodb (Mongoid), Postgres

Design: Pencils, pens, paper, Photoshop

NOTE: I am not available to do any work relating to social networks, online marketplaces broadly, and will have to review any consumer-focussed work before I can confirm availability. If you're working on a b2b product we're probably game though.

Contact is at <http://robotfuture.net/>

</comment><comment><USER65> I'm an iOS developer in the Midwest that specializes in apps that integrate into web services. This last month just some of my work includes an app that is used to help athletes train, a photo effects application, an upgrade to a group photo application, and upgrades to a top-25 travel app.

Email me at email@example.com and we can go over your idea for free, no strings attached. Unlike others I don't charge for or set a time limit on meetings - meetings are always free, because I want to build you the product you want. You pay only for time I spend coding.

</comment><comment><USER66> SEEKING WORK - Prague, Czech Republic - <USER18>

 _Front end development_

\- HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery

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 _WordPress development_

\- Themes, Plugins, BuddyPress

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 _Contact information_

Website: <http://www.tomasstark.com>

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Twitter: @tomasstark

</comment><comment><USER67> SEEKING WORK: * 5 Years experience of manual & automated testing of Website, Desktop, Mobile(iPhone, Android, Blackberry, J2ME) & Tablets (iPad, Android) Apps * Hands on experience on designing & implementation of Test planning, Test Cases, Test automation and Bug Reporting * Experienced in test automation framework implementation for web & Android version of a corporate product * Currently working in all areas from requirement gathering to deployment & client communication Know me more on Naveedsaleem.com

</comment><comment><USER68> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Chicago

Interface design shop. Specializing in visual design and front-end development of applications and sites.

Proficient with: HTML(5), CSS, Javascript (jQuery), Wordpress, and Tumblr. Also capable of working within Rails apps using Rails templates (ERB) and the asset pipeline.

Looking to work with:

Startups - Looking for solid application UI and marketing.

Studios - Looking for help with overflow/extra pair of hands. Also, project collaboration.

Benevolent Orgs - Need help cleaning up sites, miscellaneous UI.

<http://wellroundedgent.com> email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER69> >>> Seeking Challenging Problems <<<

Princeton, New Jersey or Remote (Full time/Part time/Per project)

Experienced with full stack development on Java platform : Tomcat/Spring/Hibernate/MySql/JMS/JavascriptMVC.

In 2012, a new health industry startup received an equity investment from a major insurer after deploying our Java based cell phone text messaging solution.

Let us help you deliver your vision for 2013!

Need a real-time web app? Let us help you exploit Play 2/Scala/Akka/AngularJS & Android App

Contact the experts : <http://www.kripa.com/>

</comment><comment><USER70> SEEKING WORK - Based in Columbus, Ohio but willing to travel. My specialties are Ruby, Rails, and javascript/Coffeescript/jQuery/Backbone, but I also have a great deal of experience with Chrome Extensions, Asp.net MVC, iOS, and UX Design. I also have a partner that I often team up who has similar skills.

Email: adam [at] jetcode.io

<http://jetcode.io/>

<http://github.com/adamalbrecht>

<https://twitter.com/adam_albrecht>

</comment><comment><USER71> SEEKING Work,remote. Hadi Asiaie, from Iran, Tehran. Seeking remote work.Interested in python and Java works.Very interested in hard and algorithmic projects! this is my profile in Freelancer.com: <http://www.freelancer.com/u/HadiAsiaie.html>

And my profile in topcoder.com: [http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=MemberProfile&cr...](http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=MemberProfile&cr=22823840)

</comment><comment><USER72> Seeking remote work / short local engagements throughout Europe

I'm specializing in

1) PHP scalability consulting, refactoring, and bug hunting

2) quick (24h) web app prototypes and proof-of-concepts

Languages: PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Delphi, Java, C

Environments: LAMP stack, NginX, Node.js, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD

Web Tech: HTML5, CSS, jQuery, MySQL, JSON message passing, WebSockets, WebGL, mobile web development

Data: MySQL (and derivates), some Redis, flat file parsing and storage, experience with data synchronization

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My profile: <http://udos.name> or contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER73> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

iOS / Android app development.

I'll build you an app that will literally figuratively blow your pants clean off. Also, I'll do it from $2000.

Reasons:

I've done a few of these now but the majority are in-house apps and as such I have little to show. I need to build up a bit of a portfolio that folks can actually see.

Also, due to personal circumstances, my hours are all over the place so I'm not Johnny Officehours.

I also have many, many years of web app dev and design experience. Happy to go into more detail via e-message and discuss all the bits & pieces.

Email is in my profile.

<comment><USER74> Why don't you put a couple of apps up on the app store?I don't see how anyone can hand you $1000 up front when there is no proof that you can actually do the job.

</comment></comment><comment><USER75> SEEKING WORK - remote, or on-site within the Netherlands

I am an experienced professional dev with 10+ years of experience shipping software in a variety of sectors, including web apps small and enterprise- large, triple A game titles and Unity games to CDN's and desktop software.

I'm available for new projects February onwards. I'm most interested in web apps or mobile/Unity projects.

My portfolio site & resume: <http://www.dave78.com> \- or get in touch via email@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER76> SEEKING WORK - <USER10>

French technologist and marketing guy based in South East Asia (Manila, Philippines). I have been CTO/co-founder of a few startups and agencies, based on technologies such as Rails, PHP and Erlang. Love to implement awesome front ends (Coffeescript / Websockets etc...) and scalable backends.

I've also worked with many startups and big agencies on marketing and UX issues.

My LinkedIn : <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/julienmarie>

My email : jm at producture dot com

</comment><comment><USER77> SEEKING WORK -- remote. In Berlin, can travel.

Do you need a data scientist that can also do the data pushups and communicate the results? I have ~8yr experience in R, PhD in machine learning, and 2 startups under my belt.

Problems I solve:

Why are customers canceling their memberships?

How are users moving through the site?

What is the maximum I should pay to acquire customers?

\--

We'll use both math ( bayesian models, e.g., Custora-like), and Patio11's style of mail campaigns.

I have helped luxodo.com, and betabrand.com (through a former company that tanked). Feel free to contact me to talk about your problem.

</comment><comment><USER78> SEEKING WORK - based in SF bay area, remote/travel is fine, not quite willing to move altogether

Main skills -

Matlab - Perl - <USER11>

Other skills -

Java/C++ - iOS/Objective-C - Linux system administration - Arduino programming

My work experience has mostly been in scientific computing/embedded programming, and most of my hobby stuff has been game programming. I'm looking for a fun, productive, and smart projects. I'm not so great on the front-end stuff, but good at getting the back-end stuff running.

Email me if you think I could help you! Contact info in my profile.

</comment><comment><USER79> SEEKING WORK - Salt Lake City/Remote

We are dev/design shop out of Salt Lake City, UT specializing in frontend web- development (HTML5, CSS3, JS, Backbone), Ruby on Rails, iOS, and Wordpress.

You can have a look at some of our past work here: <http://airkrft.com>

Also finished up this side project not to long ago: <http://mixture.fm>

Traveling to work on-site is always a possibility.

Ran by @erickreutz and @jordanbrown

Contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER80> SEEKING WORK

I specialize in PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Front-end, Backend, Java, Ruby, Python, Node.JS, etc.

I've been writing code professionally for 8 years. If you are looking for a developer to spearhead your new project help you get a good start using the right tool for the job, then contact me, I'll be happy to discuss with you.

My profile is at <http://www.linkedin.com/in/echo28> or you can contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER81> SEEKING WORK as a German freelancer in Hamburg, Germany or remotely in a nearby timezone.

      - Ruby on Rails
      - <USER12>
      - <USER13>
      - <USER14>
      - Some Photoshop skills
      - Scrum Master

German is my native tongue, but my command of the english language is very good (8 out of 9 in the IELTS test).

Please have a look at some more info and my e-mail address at <http://www.lorenzkitzmann.de/>

</comment><comment><USER82> SEEKING WORK - Glasgow (Scotland, UK), Remote.

Web developer.

I built this in my spare time with CodeIgniter: <http://howmuchyoubench.com>

Experienced in front-end and back-end development. Main technologies are PHP, .NET, HTML/Javascript/JQuery/CSS, but quick at picking up new skills.

Email: email@example.com

Website: <http://martinw.net>

Github: <http://github.com/martinwnet>

</comment><comment><USER83> SEEKING WORK. Remote. Based in the Netherlands (CET), but able to conform to US timezones if necessary.

Clojure & Clojurescript developer with a lot of experience in web development and search (e.g. Apache Lucene and web scraping; see <https://github.com/fmw/alida> for a link to a video of a talk in London on that subject).

Willing to travel if necessary. My contact information is in my HN profile.

</comment><comment><USER84> SEEKING WORK - UK based and often found working remotely connected via Skype, forums & email.

Areas where I am strong.....

* Alcohol production - bet that got your attention ;)

* Manual testing of social media apps/games, digital campaigns, websites and mobile & tablet (iOS, Android & Blackberry) apps

* Asking the "stupid" questions... why test what you can see when you can query why the design was created the way it was and whether the target market has any specific foibles.

</comment><comment><USER85> SEEKING WORK - Palo Alto, SF Bay Area, Remote

Rails, Ruby/JRuby, Objective-C/iOS, JavaScript, CSS

Experienced full-stack dev, from html/css/js through rails to optimizing sql queries. Substantial Redis experience and expertise.

<https://github.com/aaronblohowiak> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4070959>

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER86> SEEKING WORK :: SoCal or Remote

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End to end web stack developer, with experience in building API's, virtual worlds, and 3D iOS applications. My email is available in my profile.

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Technologies:

Scala, MySQL, Redis, iOS, PHP, Flash, Unity3d, Javascript, HTML, CSS

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Work Examples:

iOS: <http://bit.ly/XvfGde>

Python/AS3 : <http://bit.ly/vVqXxU>

Github : <http://bit.ly/Vzh5z4>

</comment><comment><USER87> SEEKING FREELANCE (remotely)

Graphic designer / web designer

james at <http://www.avdisco.net/>

10 years experience. Simplicity and usability matters.

</comment><comment><USER88> SEEKING WORK. Data analysis / optimization / predictive analytics. I'm a data analyst (Python, R, STATA) with strong functional analytics programming skills (Python, PHP, javascript, SQL). Past projects: full hadoop-based analytics stack design, dashboard development (d3.js), designing events libraries, A/B test design (architecture), data set analysis. firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER89> SEEKING WORK - Based in San Francisco. Remote okay. Branding, UX / UI Design, Front-End Dev, and Responsive Design.

Reach me through my portfolio website or social media:

<http://briandelaney.me>

<http://dribbble.com/maxmzd>

<http://twitter.com/maxmzd>

<http://github.com/maxmzd>

Cheers!

Brian

</comment><comment><USER90> SEEKING WORK - remote OK. located in Boston. Ruby on rails web apps. mobile apps via Sencha Touch. soup to nuts dev. backend ruby/sql/pg/mongo. front-end js/jquery/coffee/html/haml/css/sass have worked with all the major social apis fb/tw/4sq/etc. ui/ux even some graphic design in a pinch. reference work: <http://onthebar.at>

</comment><comment><USER91> SEEKING WORK

Full stack web developer. Very experienced with Backbone, jQuery, CSS & Sass, Python and Django.

I have a home office that I work from but enjoy travelling and interacting with people.

I'm currently helping to finish up Toyota.com, and may be looking for something once we launch.

Resume: <http://kvnn.github.com/files/KevinRiggen-Resume.pdf>

</comment><comment><USER92> SEEKING WORK - Australia, Melbourne / remote <http://nimblegecko.com>

I am web and mobile developer with over 10 years of experience.

Full-stack web development. iOS and Windows Phone 7 development.

My customers include publicly listed companies and major Australian banks. Strongly business goals oriented, focused on maximising return on investment for my clients.

</comment><comment><USER93> I'm putting polishing touches on <http://wonderwheel.fm> and I would love to build another Spotify app.

In general, I'm interested in projects with novel UIs, interesting interactions, and new ways to present information, like I would totally love to work on <http://moonbase.com>

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER94> SEEKING WORK - SF Bay Area or Remote

Full-stack developer, mostly specializing in Frontend (HTML/CSS/JS) work. Also do Objective C/Cocoa Touch

I've worked at both small and large (e.g. Yahoo) companies; now doing freelance work. If you need someone who can build modern and unique interfaces for the web, I'm your guy.

firstname.lastname@example.com <http://nive.us>

</comment><comment><USER95> SEEKING WORK - Raleigh, NC or Remote

Full-stack developer (web/mobile) with strong business sense. I love customer development, inbound marketing and funnel optimization.

10+ years of writing code and building product. If you need someone who can code and knows business––I may be your guy.

Resume: <http://bradjasper.com/resume/>

Contact: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER96> Seeking Work - Remote/Onsite \</comment><comment>---- Mourad Mourafiq

Email : - mouradmourafiq [at] gmail

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Web Developer, RESTful API integration and development, also interested by data analysis.

I have experience with current technologies:

-Python

      * numpy
      * scipy
      * pandas
      * django

-Hadoop

-javascript

      * jquery
      * angularjs (learning)
      * momentjs

-Posgresql

-mysql

-sphinx search

-elasticsearch

-twitter bootstrap

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Github - <http://www.github.com/mouradmourafiq>

</comment><comment><USER97> SEEKING WORK Remote based work as a full time freelancer from Croatia. Strong: web application functional testing, security testing, load testing. Tools: WATIR, Cucumber, All types of Python web modules. Punchline: If you think that your web application does not have problems, hire me and I will prove that you are wrong.

</comment><comment><USER98> Seeking work: Ruby on Rails developer who can also do front end work (JavaScript, jQuery, d3.js, HTML, CSS). I also specialize in building financial applications (portfolio management tools, analysis tools, etc.). Based in Tochigi, Japan and used to working remotely with clients from all over the globe. email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER99> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

Web development AND design. A horse with a horn. Billions of years experience.

Exciting bullet points:

* PHP - primarily Codeigniter but I'm flexible :)

* HTML 5 / CSS 3

* Javascript (+ jQuery)

* iOS/Android app dev (Titanium / PhoneGap)

* Git/Mercurial

* SEO

I also have a degree of exposure to things like SASS, Mongo, AWS etc etc.

Kind of things I've built recently:

* E-commerce x 100

* JS rug builder

* iPhone restaurant offers app

* iPad fashion app

* Sexy mrP/CRM enterprisey integrations

My site: <http://pitbot.net> \- email in profile.

I'm in the UK.

</comment><comment><USER100> SEEKING WORK - in particular, remote work. I'm in Windsor, Ontario.

Currently working primarily with iOS, but I've got significant professional experience with:

\- Microsoft SQL

\- PostgreSQL

\- Perl

\- PHP

\- C#

\- JavaScript

\- SharePoint

I've worked as a team lead, consultant and developer for organizations large and small.

You can find out more on linkedin: <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/douglas- sartori/19/7a0/60b>

</comment><comment><USER101> SEEKING WORK: Remote (based in Portugal, can easily travel through Europe)

Full-stack team ready to craft products from start to finish. Solid code, competitive rates.

SKILLS: HTML5, CSS3, javascript Ruby on Rails Mysql, Postgresql, Mongodb, Redis Heroku, Linode.

More info: <http://unplu.gg/consulting>

</comment><comment><USER102> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

Primarily specialize in game development and windows apps. Some of my relevant buzzwords:

      • C# (+ WPF), C/C++, x86 assembly
      • DirectX, OpenGL
      • Git, Mercurial, SVN
      • HTML, LESS/CSS, CoffeeScript
      • PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Contact me at gerald+hn at cloupp dot com. I'm based in the USA.

</comment><comment><USER59> ACCEPTING CLIENTS {REMOTE | WILL TRAVEL} {USA}

Are you looking to improve your sales?

Want to improve your conversion rates?

Your adwords campaigns could use a little help?

Would you like to improve your pricing structure?

Is your startup in a slump and investors are beginning question you?

Marketing consultant who only develops actionable and measurable marketing campaigns is now accepting proposals.

email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER103> SEEKING WORK - Remote Web designer and front-end developer

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Name: Gilli Sigurdsson

Email: email@example.com

Website: <http://gilli.me>

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About me:

I am a freelance web designer from Iceland with 5 years under my belt.

I mostly design websites and code them in HTML5, CSS3 and jquery. But I am very interested in getting into the mobile world.

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</comment><comment><USER104> SEEKING FREELANCER: Remote or NYC - part time

Looking for freelancer to develop an algorithm and integrate into django based site. You should be creative and able to figure out complex problems. Please send portfolio, experience, and amount of time to dedicate to the project. Thanks! Email: elezam [at] gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER105> SEEKING WORK - Brisbane, Australia or Remote.

I'm a full-stack javascript developer and web designer with many years experience.

<http://lemoncreative.net>

Strongest Areas:

* Design projects

* Front-end development in HTML, CSS & JS. I'm also well versed in AngularJS, jQuery, etc.

* Back-end development in node.js or PHP.

</comment><comment><USER106> Seeking work: looking for some small Ruby (Rails / Sinatra) projects. Have a few hours per week to full. Based in Wales, UK, used to working remotely with international clients. <http://www.millwoodonline.co.uk>

</comment><comment><USER107> SEEKING WORK - Chicago, IL/Remote

Product Design. Specializing in user interface, user experience and visual design for web and mobile apps. Also skilled in front-end web app development.

<http://www.dribbble.com/jordanful> j.fulghum at gmail.

</comment><comment><USER108> SEEKING WORK - Southern California. Can travel.

Full stack Ruby engineer. API architect. Front-end frameworks like AngularJS and D3.js.

<http://scottmotte.com>

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</comment><comment><USER109> SEEKING WORK - Mountain View (San Francisco/Remote OK)

Specialized in building Ember(+Bootstrap) and SproutCore webapps.

Got an Ember-based project, or considering starting one? I'm currently available for short term, part time consulting/freelance needs. Give me a call: +1-408-506-9791

</comment><comment><USER110> Seeking work: I have a lot of experience with web technologies Ruby on Rails / ASP.NET MVC etc,. Looking for challenging work requiring use of Go. About me: <http://minhajuddin.com/about> .

</comment><comment><USER111> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

Full-stack developer based in the Czech republic! Love to work with Ruby and Ruby on Rails.

<https://github.com/mekishizufu> <http://jpospisil.com/>

</comment><comment><USER112> SEEKING FREELANCER - <USER18>

Requirements:

-Deep expertise in a programming language

-Prior teaching experience

-Fluent in English

Email email@example.com if you're interested.

</comment><comment><USER113> SEEKING WORK, Remote or in Sweden Skills includes Django, Python, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3 and Linux. Would like to pick up some cool Django projects while I'm bootstraping my own product. More info and contact: anderspetersson.se

</comment><comment><USER114> SEEKING WORK || FREELANCE GROWTH MARKETING || SAN FRANCISCO

Focus: customer acquisition and development for eCommerce and SAAS companies

Specialties: advertising, analytics, sales optimization, user experience, email, social

I have domestic and international clients.

read me: zaru.co

email me: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER115> SEEKING WORK - <USER19>

Full stack Ruby engineer. Backbone.js, AngularJS. Have also done extensive FB app development. Can do markup as well, slicing PSD's into clean HTML/CSS. I would love to chat about your project and needs! firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER116> 29 seeking work, 0 seeking freelancers. Looks like a buyer's market at the moment!

<comment><USER117> Guess that's what happens when people shift to selling 'how to be a freelancer' tools, books and content on HN :)

<comment><USER118> Doesn't help that the bubble is bursting/deflating, investors are getting stingy, and people are being called out for their "boring" ideas.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER119> SEEKING WORK

Freelance web and iOS software tester. Brighton, UK - remote work is ideal.

If I don't find any good bugs you can have your money back! :)

<http://www.testninjas.com/explore-ninjas/?id=41>

</comment><comment><USER120> SEEKING WORK - Remote / South Africa

Jurgens du Toit email@example.com / <http://jrgns.net>

Full Stack Systems Developer / CTO.

I have 10+ years experience in the Web Dev world, with recent experience as Head of Development & CTO.

</comment><comment><USER121> Seeking work: USA/Baltimore|Remote

SysAdmin/config (fbsd,obsd,solaris,linux), backend dev (C, ObjC, Java, PHP, Ruby, scheme, common lisp), ios/android dev

<http://www.elfga.com/~erik/> firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER122> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco / Remote

We're a team of three highly skilled technologists specializing in solving an organization's most difficult problems. We like to work closely with companies as hands-on members of the team to design technical solutions, implement and deploy maintainable systems, and meet business needs to deliver a compelling ROI.

While we are certainly capable of implementing spec sheets, we typically are not black box coders for hire -- our value is working with you to design "what to build" as much as actually building it.

\- Web app development: Python, Ruby, PHP, Java (backend) and HTML/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, ExtJS / Sencha (frontend)

\- Mobile development: iOS and Android

\- Server/infrastructure: Apache / nginx, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, open source (no Microsoft)

\- Well-versed in every framework under the sun: Django, Rails, Sinatra, WordPress, 3rd Party APIs, et cetera

Latest projects include writing BART's parking system [1], co-founding a mobile transaction and data security company [2], increasing revenue by re- writing the advertising platform for a privacy company [3], re-formulate the value proposition and rebuild the platform for a financial product comparison engine [4], and working on a web-based property manager [5].

We're based in San Francisco and can do on-site visits as well as remote.

Let's work together!

<http://www.bitmatica.com/>

<http://www.bitmatica.com/BitmaticaResume.pdf>

[1] www.select-a-spot.com/bart/ -- BART's online parking reservation system (we wrote it from scratch in Django)

[2] www.claveo.com -- Mobile and transaction and data security with a high- availability, scalable web service and strong cryptographic mobile clients (we were co-founders)

[3] www.getcocoon.com -- In-browser malware and anti-virus protection (we re- wrote the ad delivery platform, built part of the web interface, server back end, and front-end clients)

[4] www.knowyourbank.com -- Financial product and information comparison service (we worked with the founders to re-define the value proposition and rebuild the service so it better aligned with the needs of their customers)

[5] www.appfolio.com -- Web-based extremely intuitive property management (front-end interface, back-end, and server deployment and continuous integration management console)

</comment><comment><USER123> SEEKING WORK - Edmonton, Alberta - Remote Possible

Tom Prince - Continuous integration specialist

I'm one the core developers of <https://buildbot.net>

I design, deploy and manage various buildbot installations.

<comment><USER92> <https://buildbot.net> seems to be down

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Seeking Work - Based in Calcutta, India

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Prakhar Srivastav - prakhar1989[at]google's email service

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Full Stack Web Developer (Python/mySQL/mongo/javascript/css/linux)

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Github - <http://www.github.com/prakhar1989>

</comment><comment><USER125> SEEKING WORK - Advanced website maintenance and upgrades. Focusing on API integration, database management, full text search, eCommerce and jQuery/Javascript.

Specialties: PHP, jQuery, mySQL, Sphinx Search

</comment><comment><USER126> I'm Christoph, a user interface designer based in Latvia. I'm looking for remote work. You can find me here : www.christophcup.com / mail: email@example.com / skype: kristapsso

</comment><comment><USER127> SEEKING WORK — India( remote ) I design logos and websites. 6 years experience. Portfolio: <http://www.dffrnt.com/design>

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK - {USA}{REMOTE}

Experienced Javascript developer now accepting projects.

Frameworks: Jquery/UI, Ember, Bootstrap, node.

Rates: $40/hour, with a 10 hour minimum.

References available upon request.

email@example.com

PS. Agencies are welcomed to contact me for work.

</comment><comment><USER128> SEEKING WORK

Ember.js, Backbone.js, Ruby on Rails, Node.js.

Full-stack developer. Experienced, reliable, resourceful.

Remote or occasionally-on-site in Philadelphia.

<http://ablegray.com>

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SEEKING WORK - Based in Melbourne, Australia

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William Porter

Email: william[at]psdtobootstrap[dot]com

Website: psdtobootstrap.com

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Front End Developer

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Specializing in the conversion of PSD's into HTML that utilizes the Twitter bootstrap framework.

</comment><comment><USER130> SEEKING WORK (Remote) - Android developer. Several well-known apps in the marketplace, 10 mil combined installs. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more info.

</comment><comment><USER131> Seeking freelance work. Key skills: Full stack asp.net mvc, javascript, coffeescript, SQL, Azure, c#. Very strong SQL and data skills.

</comment><comment><USER132> For Ruby On Rails developers - <http://railyo.com> (a private job board for rails)

</comment><comment><USER133> SEEKING WORK

Electronics/robotics/hardware/PCB layout

Based in Cologne, Germany, willing to travel or work remotely.

Contact at kliment[at]0xfb.com or /msg Kliment on Freenode IRC

</comment><comment><USER134> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Omaha

Corey Spitzer

coreyspitzer/at\rifflabs/dot\com

Full stack web/mobile developer

PHP

Ruby on Rails

iOS

Android

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

(and more; see <http://coreyspitzer.net/resume> )

www.linkedin.com/in/coreyspitzer/

</comment><comment><USER135> Seeking internship: onsite (based on Kuala Lumpur)

Skills: Mobile App Developer

More info: <http://rheza.net>

</comment><comment><USER136> SEEKING WORK

Web designer - UI/UX/Consulting

Portfolio: <http://Masswerks.com>

Only available for remote work

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER137> SEEKING WORK Bay Area,freelancer, remote work is fine Objective-C, PHP, MySQL, Scalability

</comment><comment><USER138> SEEKING WORK - Remote, I'm Russian but live in Bali.

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Alexander Zaytsev, email@example.com

If your backend isn't Rails, you can stop reading.

If you are looking for a ninja, go to Japan or NY storm sewers.

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Rails, HTML5, CSS3, Ember, Backbone, Responsive design, SCSS, Coffeescript.

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Side projects & open source:

<http://feetlot.com> \- Summer 2012, scratching my own itch. To build the shoes database I used several APIs and wrote parsers when there were no APIs.

<http://nabbber.com> \- 2010, 4000 users, 18k words added, Zend Framework (I moved to Rails shortly afterwards). Three 'b's? But dribbble was hot back then!

<https://github.com/AlexanderZaytsev/active_model_pusher> \- I believe the bright future of the web is Rails + Ember + websockets. This gem makes it easy to connect Rails with websockets.

<https://github.com/AlexanderZaytsev/human_date> \- A gem to help in displaying dates for humans (because I care about users).

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I'm really easy to work with.

I know my stuff and improve constantly.

I go through Rails/Ember commits on Github to see what's new before it is announced.

I'm not afraid to say "I don't know."

I prefer the back-end but at the same time I experiment with CSS stuff like vertical rhythm or using single-direction margins. In other words, I'm universal and strive for the best practices in every technology I use.

I almost never use jQuery now because Ember and Backbone, that's why. I know when to use Ember and when to use Backbone. Lots of people don't.

Apart from being good at the technical side, I'm also good at seeing the whole picture. I will help you build a better product. I will scrutinize your ideas and suggest new ones. I will add value to your product.

Get in touch even if you don't have a cool project for me to work on, I love meeting new people.

Blog: <http://say26.com>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/AlexandrZaytsev>

Github: <http://github.com/AlexanderZaytsev>

</comment><comment><USER139> Seeking work <http://goo.gl/G7yLE>

</comment><comment><USER140> SEEKING WORK

Old-school consulting - Software Engineering, System Programming, SQL, Performance tuning, etc.

Informix, Solaris, Linux, *BSD. 15+ years of experience.

<http://karma-engineering.com/lab/>

</comment><comment><USER141> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Milan, Italy

Full-stack(Rails, Node, Backbone) developer.

Special interest in messaging(xmpp, irc).

<http://muis.co/abhishiv>

</comment><comment><USER142> LOVE TO WORK -- WEB development. PHP, CSS, HTML5, JAVASCRIPT, CSS3, IOS, ANDROID. BLOG POSTING, LIKING POSTS ON FACEBOOK. LOGO DESIGNING, PHOTOSHOP WORK. COST: WHAT EVER YOU CAN AFFORD. BANGALORE remote ok.</comment>


Philip Greenspun: "$1K HP desktop running Windows Vista" - <AUTHOR> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/01/30/the-1000-hp-desktop-tower-running-windows-vista

<comment><USER2> _My friend said "this is going to be a nightmare; I've heard such bad things about Windows Vista; maybe I should switch to Apple?" I confidently assured her that we would have the machine up and running within 20 minutes._

That's the funniest thing I've heard all year.

<comment><USER3> No kidding. I really like reading stuff by Greenspun, and I've no doubt he's a lot smarter than I am, but sometimes he really says some daffy shit.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> Remember that scene in "Independence Day" when Will Smith punched that alien in the head and yelled "Welcome to Earth!"...

Welcome to Vista.

</comment><comment><USER5> If it's running Vista, the manufacturer should be paying me.</comment>


1 Million Linux Kernels Booted for Vast Botnet Simulation - <AUTHOR> http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/1-Million-Linux-Kernels-Booted-for-Vast-Botnet-Simulation-67720.html?wlc=1249404560 <comment><AUTHOR> Note: Advertisement before the page loads.</comment>


The Dex File Format - <AUTHOR> https://blog.bugsnag.com/dex-and-d8/ <comment><USER2> For a quick reference of the Dex file format, Ange Albertini (known for PoC||GTFO) made a poster: [https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/DalvikEXe...](https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/DalvikEXecutable.pdf)

All his posters are pretty amazing: [https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/README.md](https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/README.md)

</comment><comment><USER3> > _The next value is a checksum, which is calculated by applying a function to > the contents of the entire file, excluding any bytes preceding the > checksum._

[...]

> _The header also includes a SHA-1 hash of the file (excluding any preceding > bytes)._

Wait, each checksum includes the other? How does that work?

<comment><USER3> ... nevermind. Pardon the stupidity...</comment></comment>