Ask HN: Can I have a distributed website? - <AUTHOR> I work in-house with seven graphic designers. I'd like to build a home page for our Intranet and let each designer, on their workstation, have a web page/site residing there. Possible? <comment><USER2> Yes.</comment>


Ask HN: What are your favorite political websites? - <AUTHOR>

I am looking to contact some blogs and websites to try and promote a political satire website I am working on (http://thewashingtonfancy.com/) and was wondering where everyone else goes for their politics. <comment><USER2> In no particular order:

<http://www.lp.org>

<http://www.lewrockwell.com>

<http://www.mises.org>

<http://www.theadvocates.org/>

<http://www.ballot-access.org/>

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

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

<http://www.cato.org/>

<http://www.fee.org/></comment>


Show HN: WeTopTen – Create top 10 of books, movies, albums and more - <AUTHOR> http://wetopten.com

<comment><AUTHOR> Another of my experiment. This time playing with amazon and fb APIs. I'll probably add some open graph integration in the next days.

Any feedback is appreciated ;)</comment>


Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2012)  - <AUTHOR> Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility.<p>Also see: "Ask HN: Who is meeting up?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4857727 <comment><USER21> Is it kind of strange that given the developer "shortage" that we keep hearing about, all of the posts here have been seeking work? Maybe someone can explain that to me as I don't have ears on the ground in this industry so to speak.

<comment><USER22> Notice the preponderance of "seeking remote" posts, coupled with (mostly) far- flung locations, and I think that's the biggest clue. The type of developers in shortage are the ones that are onsite.

<comment><USER23> I'm based in Europe and that's not really a far flung, rural region overall, but I have yet to receive a single inquiry through HN. On the other hand, just because I'm posting here as a "seeker" doesn't mean I'm actually out of a job - it just means I'd love to do some work within the HN community.

It might be interesting to know how many people actually got projects or jobs through this page. That would make it easier to benchmark my own listing.

For what it's worth, I don't believe there is any developer shortage at all, except maybe occasionally in unstable and hip niches.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING FREELANCER(S): New York City well-funded startup (Midtown Manhattan). Remote work is possible.

I need:

1\. Dev Ops: Node.js/Mongo/Redis/nginx/AWS backend programmer with good dev ops experience. Video experience helps (Transcoding, knowledge of formats, knowledge of storage techniques). Prefer someone that has scaled a cloud-based network globally before and understands the idiosyncrasies of caching and file propagation on such a network.

2\. iOS developer: For cloud-based video sharing application. Must have good experience with AVFoundation. Any experience with video encoding or editing is a plus. Shaders a huge plus. But I need someone that understands how to send said video and other media across a wire using REST and sometimes more lower- level networking techniques.

Send email to ian_at_brabble.com.

Thanks! Please forgive any mistakes above I pounded the descriptions out very quickly.

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Columbus or Cincinnati areas, or the possibility of a travel / remote combination. My specialties are Ruby, Rails, and javascript/jQuery/Backbone, but I also have a great deal of experience with Asp.net MVC and iOS. Over the past year or two, I've primarily been doing Rails development for clients, including several startups, intermixed with some consulting work as a Team Lead and Ruby/Cucumber mentor at a large financial company. Recently, I've partnered up with another great developer to form a small small consulting company called JetCode here in Columbus. Look us up! Email: adam [at] jetcode.io <http://jetcode.io/> <http://github.com/adamalbrecht> <https://twitter.com/adam_albrecht>

</comment><comment><USER26> 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.

email@example.com

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

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING WORK - Poland, Remote

I'm currently looking for work as full stack Python/Django developer. I have successfully completed jobs from HN before.

I also have experience with Tornado, Pyramid, C++ (OpenGL and Qt) and Java. For my personal projects I use linux, nginx, postgresql, memcached, mercurial, jQuery and twitter bootstrap, but I'm also familiar with apache, mysql, mongodb, hbase, git and many other.

I've started my own consulting company this year and I've been working on oDesk since then: <https://www.odesk.com/users/~01af6dc541cff3a804>

<http://careers.stackoverflow.com/gvs>

E-mail: tomaszjama at gmail

</comment><comment><USER28> SEEKING WORK, remote or in Belgium. Can move for longer term projects.

Ruby on Rails developer, graduated from Code Academy / The Starter League two months ago.

I offer test driven development, design is responsive using Zurb foundation or Twitter Bootstrap. Please note that my Javascript is very limited.

Recommendation letter from Starter League instructor available upon request.

My CV is at <http://www.celis.org> and you can contact me at email@example.com.

Would like to work on some interesting projects while bootstrapping my own company <http://judge.me>.

</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK - SEEKING FREELANCER (Designer) - Wishing to build bridges to the Berlin design world with code for design swap. I am NYC based and preferably designer would be Berlin based. With over 10 years experience I am working on full stack jQuery/Python/HTML/CSS apps right now with an emphasize on scalability using the Brubeck framework. An ideal project could be taking existing PHP prototype and rebuilding it in Brubeck with a distributed architecture in mind. But any code for design swap would be considered. You can find me at my username dot com.

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING FREELANCER - SF Bay Area

Looking for a freelancer in the SF Bay Area for an iOS app project. This is a paid job, but I'm looking for someone who is open to partnering with me on future projects.

I'm also looking for Python or Ruby developers for a project I'd like to start in 2013.

I have a long track record of successful web projects. Currently the "poster child" for Google Adsense (picture of me on their home page: <http://www.google.com/adsense>

Please get in touch at: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER23> 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

\--- --- ---

My profile: <http://udos.name>

Contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER31> 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><USER32> SEEKING WORK I am a self taught designer/developer who believes in creating pixel-perfect designs and in writing clean, standards-compliant code. I have considerable experience working with Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Ruby on Rails.

Personal projects: \- Resumonk - <http://www.resumonk.com> \- UI Design + Front-end + Ruby on Rails

\- Engem.me - <http://www.engem.me> \- UI Design + Front-end + Ruby on Rails

\- QuotesCube - <http://www.quotescube.com> \- UI Design + Front-end + Ruby on Rails

\- Airball - <http://airball.in> \- UI design + Front-end + Desktop app (using TideSDK)

Skill set: \- UI Design (Photoshop/Illustrator)

\- HTML(5) / CSS(3)

\- JavaScript (jQuery, Backbone)

\- Ruby on Rails, Sinatra

Links:

\- Portfolio: <http://bharani.herokuapp.com>

\- Engem: <http://engem.me/bharani-muthukumaraswamy>

\- Dribbble: <http://dribbble.com/netastica>

\- GitHub: <https://github.com/bharani91>

Please feel free to drop me a line at <bharani91[at]gmail.com> or get in touch via skype(bharani.m91).

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco / Bay Area / Remote OK

I'm a fullstack developer who enjoys working on all parts a web app, from frontend to backend and even some sys admin. I've been building projects for myself, employers and other entrepreneurs for the past 6+ years. I'm most familiar with PHP, Python and node.js on the backend and have experience using jQuery and backbone.js for much of my frontend work. I'm currently the lead developer for 2 of my employer's sites but am looking to switch over to doing contract/freelance work again.

You can check out my latest side project <http://iwaat.com>, a search engine for web applications, which uses a combination of MySQL, MongoDB and Solr for data storage.

LinkedIn - <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/justin-lucas/8/61/2a4>

StackOverflow - <http://stackoverflow.com/users/205343/justin-lucas>

Github - <https://github.com/Lukeas14>

Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for more info on my background and to discuss your latest project.

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

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 have recently started freelancing after my stint as a single founder, and recently finished remote contract work for another HN member's startup.

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.)

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><USER35> SEEKING WORK. remote, US citizen based in Prague. Long or short-term projects. Specialize in cultural and artistic contexts, but willing to work on any interesting project. General skills, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript/jQuery, Drupal, git, photoshop, final cut pro, after effects, logic. Combine skills of a visual artist with ability to solve problems in code. MFA from U of Iowa.

</comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK remote or in Austin, TX

I'm Vitorio, a skilled _user experience and interaction designer_ in Austin, TX.

I am currently available for research and design engagements, and also for ad- hoc design questions by the hour.

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 small research engagement together to figure out what you need, and then a proper, full design engagement. 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_ ; 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><USER37> SEEKING WORK — based in San Jose, CA, remote okay

I'm a web designer turned Django programmer, but web design is my strength and I'm mainly looking for design/HTML/CSS/JS projects.

Portfolio:

* <http://weddinglovely.com>

* <http://weddinginvitelove.com>

* <http://weddinglovely.com/blog/>

* <http://rapportive.com>

* <http://www.limedaring.com/dotcloud/>

* <http://www.limedaring.com/zerocater/>

* <http://www.limedaring.com/tweography/>

* <http://juliahgrace.com>

<comment><comment>

See more about me: <http://limedaring.com> / <https://github.com/limedaring> / <http://twitter.com/limedaring>

<comment><USER37> Portfolio is now online: <http://limedaring.com/portfolio/>

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER38> Seeking work. NYC/Boston local. US Citizen, will happily travel on-site if deemed necessary PM/team.

* Back-end web work experience (mostly in the enterprise, though I do work with startups):

Django since 0.97c

ASP.NET MVC 3 for a Fortune 500 company (contact me for the case study)

Did an entire Rails-rework for a ticket-reselling site that does 150MM annual revenue. Streamlined purchase system decreasing annual expenditures in the low 7 figures for a low 6 figure project.

* Mobile Development:

iOS and Android work with 4.5 stars and in the 1-5 million downloads range. Case studies available.

* Experience prior to freelancing:

Full-timed at one of the big tech consultancies in Cambridge before branching out into my own shop with 2 fantastically skilled, intelligent guys and an administrative assistant.

* Generic language skills:

Somewhere between proficient and advanced at C#3 and 4. Intermediate with 4.5 (Full-disclosure: w/r/t async, I'm a little less than top-notch)

Proficient at F#.

* Front-end:

Front-end work is done by my partners Matt and Nicolas. Their portfolios available on request.

* Budgets:

We usually take projects between 20k and 200k, entirely dependent on scope mind you. Pretty flexible depending on the viability of future work.

Contact information available in my profile. Generally, what we like to do is talk about the project requirements (our best clients have a RFP but if you don't have one that's totally okay!), preferably in person if possible. Within 72 hours, we'll get back to you with a proposal where we can par down feature- set for an MVP to cater to your budget. Mutually agree, sign the statement of work and kick off.

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING FREELANCER, UK (Remote possible)

We are based in St. Albans and Newcastle. We are looking for a Python dev to join a team of existing developers working on web-based apps to integrate with our telecoms applications. We are also looking for skills with crawlers and data mining.

Please send an email the jobs email address in our profile with your skills and what you are passionate about

</comment><comment><USER40> SEEKING WORK - iOS & Rails Development (San Francisco/Bay Area or Remote)

 _What Have I Got?_

\- A successful iOS app on the App Store (<http://www.lineup-app.com>), experience developing iOS frameworks, building mobile backends and websites with Rails (and Heroku or AWS), and figuring out how to get things done.

\- I have worked with custom backends and Parse, I have built extensively on top of Twilio (Client and Rest API), and I pick new things up quickly.

\- I have about a year of experience in both iOS and Rails development, but have already done a lot. This means you will get excellent results, but at a cheaper cost.

 _What makes me different?_

\- I have a double major in Physics and German from UC Berkeley

\- I lived in Goettingen, Germany for over a year and am more than conversant in German

\- I was a professional lifeguard in Newport Beach, CA for 7 years

\- Straight out of college, I worked as a paralegal at an IP law firm in Palo Alto, CA for a year

What does all this mean? It means that I can get your job done, will actually talk to you (call me: 415-799-4160), and can help you far beyond being your code monkey (though I'm happy to do that too).

I am a US citizen, available immediately, can pick up new projects, fix existing projects, just answer your questions, or help at any stage of your app's progress (idea, building, testing, distribution, marketing, etc.) -- I've done it all and would love to help you out.

Did something up there convince you that I'm your guy? If so, shoot me an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or call me (415-799-4160). I'm more than happy to talk to you about your project (no cost of course) and let you know how I can help, or point you to someone who can.

</comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING WORK - Berlin/Germany or Remote

I am a frontend web developer (3+ years of freelance experience) and working with:

HTML5, CSS3, JS, jQuery, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js

I also hack stuff for the backend:

Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, MongoDB, HAML, SASS, Node.js

References:

\- <http://jqapi.com> (Alternative jQuery Documentation)

\- <http://usejquery.com> (jQuery Showcase and Blog)

\- <https://github.com/mustardamus/ketchup-plugin> (jQuery Form Validation Plugin)

\- <http://nodeknockout.com/teams/mustardamus> (Came in 3rd for the Nodeknockout 2012 in the category Utility/Fun)

\- <https://github.com/mustardamus/> (much more)

Links:

\- <http://mustardamus.com>

\- <http://twitter.com/mustardamus>

You can find my email address in my profile.

Cheers, Basti.

</comment><comment><USER42> SEEKING WORK - Remote / New York City. Willing to travel.

If you're looking to build a fluid, native-feeling web app, I'm your guy. I've got oodles of experience designing and developing rich client-side web apps, including many large-scale JS applications with Backbone.js and other MV* frameworks (in the past, Zuck's demoed my work onstage at the F8 conference). While client-side web work is my expertise, I'm a solidly 'T-shaped' generalist -- I'm capable of handling pretty much anything that needs doing in order to launch a product, whether that means server-side or native iOS development, copywriting or analytics, or anything in between.

Past projects and contact info can be found at <http://lazerwalker.com>. Don't be a stranger -- I'm always happy to meet fellow HNers.

Buzzwords: HTML5, CSS3 + SASS, JavaScript (+jQuery), CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Rails, Node.js

</comment><comment><USER43> SEEKING WORK

Preferably remote, though I do live in the San Francisco area.

Skills include UX/UI & Product Design, HTML & CSS. I'm also very comfortable working with the design integration in Django & Rails environments.

<http://dribbble.com/hastings/> for my latest work, hunter @ hah.to to get in touch.

</comment><comment><USER44> SEEKING work. Las Vegas local. Remote only.

\-- Frontend and javascript development (9+ years)

\-- Five years experience Rails experience (4 years)

\-- Comfortable in Ruby, PHP, Java, Python

\-- Advanced experience in design as well as UX/UI

I'm as comfortable writing a lengthy, nested join statement in SQL as I am designing a mockup in Photoshop, writing a web crawler in Node, designing a schema for Postgres, or building a web-socket driven Rails app.

Languages include: Ruby, Javascript, HTML5/CSS3, PHP, Python, SQL/NoSQL

Some examples of what I've built from scratch and on my own, from design to frontend to backend:

<http://2u.fm> (rails, websockets)

<http://gamegum.com> (rails)

<http://bassdownload.com> (php)

<http://webuildappsforyou.com> (rails)

<http://natewienert.com>

</comment><comment><USER45> SEEKING WORK - New York / NY, Remote OK

I'm a software developer and business consultant focusing exclusively on HTML5 applications. If you're an SMB or enterprise and looking for a new development partner, please contact me if you have end-to-end agency type project needs.

If you're a software company or agency looking for a contractor, I focus on modern Javascript / HTML5 single page applications and have limited availability in Q1 of next year. I'm looking for the following:

\- Rich-client Javascript projects using Backbone or ExtJS \- HTML5 mobile projects using Sencha Touch or jQuery Mobile

Please email me at barry AT barrypeerless DOT com.

I am also looking for new collaborators to partner up with on projects as I am working near capacity. If you are a contractor that codes in any of the above libraries and / or codes Rails back-end please feel free to reach out.

Cheers, Barry

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Singapore

Sridharan Srinivasan sri[at]arshu[dot]com

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Mobile Cross-Platform (Html & OpenGL based Framework) Reference Implementation Github: <https://github.com/Srid68/Priya.InfoList> Reference WebApp (Can run inside a Android/IOS) : <http://www.priyadoc.com> My Website: <http://www.arshu.com>

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From Mar 2011, I am individually developing a Cross-Platform Mobile Framework based on Html and OpenGL using Mono for Android/Mono Touch (C#). The code base has matured to a level that i can develop mobile applications using Html/OpenGL easily. Now working on making it a service.

Project Manager/Product Architect with 16 years of professional experience building _and_ shipping software with 2 years of individual coding experience developing the above mentioned Framework.

I _ship_ software. My charges are based on the value i create and not based on the effort i put in. I can even fund your project initially, but my charges will be proportional to the risk i take in executing your project.

My focus is on getting your software ready as quickly as possible and interactively improve with easy verification of progress using proven architecture.

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Focus Area of Work : (Mobile & Web)

Packaging of Html to Android/IOS, PhoneGap Type of Projects using Mono for Android and/or Mono Touch, OpenGL GUI based business application using Mono for Android/Mono Touch,

Projects in MonoTouch, Mono for Android, Unity3D, WebAPI similar to parse, AppStore within a AppStore using Html, Manage Your Freelancers with Assured Quality of Output, Software Architecture/Product Roadmap Development,

Preference is to work on full SDLC projects. \</comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment>-----

</comment><comment><USER47> SEEKING WORK, remote or in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

      I need some side jobs to pay my bills while working on my startup.

Linux system administrator / Python software developer

      10+ years of experience with Linux mixed with commercial skills.
      1.5 year experience in Python development

System administration skills:

      * clustering (OpenStack, Ganeti)

      * high availability (Keepalived, Pacemaker)

      * office automation (Linux, Samba, CUPS)

      * all possible server configurations: mailservers, DNS, etc.

Programming skills:

      * Still junior, coming from system administration

      * Mostly backend, Python, Django

      * A bit frontend: Javascript, jQuery, HTML5/CSS3

Other skills: sales, marketing, SEO, SEA

Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I live in Amsterdam.

</comment><comment><USER48> SEEKING WORK: C#, Windows Phone, Asp.net, (including Freelance/Remote opportunities)

I'm looking to help my brother who has graduated with a Bachelors in CS with a mediocre overall grade but decent grades in Computer Science subjects.

What's the best way to apply and where can such opportunities be found ?

Please no ODesk, Guru or Freelancer.com sites.

I'm talking about direct clients , companies, startups all over the world,

Who are willing to take a fresh graduate, or an entry level employee who's hard working, smart, eager to get that first opportunity, get a glimpse of the what it takes to code an app or product from scratch to finish, etc for a project or two and beyond if possible ( hopefully paid but reasonably based on skills and experience. if unpaid, must have good reasons) ?

Please kindly suggest, and happy to answer questions

</comment><comment><USER49> SEEKING WORK: Halifax and surrounding area (or REMOTE)

Full-stack engineer seeking consulting gigs. My skills range from software planning engineering and development, to system development, deployment and scaling. I am currently involved in a startup, and I am looking for some side consulting gigs.

Software/Systems Engineer

      - <USER3>
     	- Pyramid
     	- Flask
      - Node.JS (/ JavaScript)
      - <USER4>
     	- Kohana
     	- Zend
      - <USER5>
     	- Bootstrap
      - Backbone.js / Handlebars / Underscore
      - <USER6>
      - C and C++
      - <USER7>
      - <USER8>
      - <USER9>
      - <USER10>
      - <USER11>
      - <USER12>
      - SmartOS/Solaris 10
      - Linux (Debian, ArchLinux, Ubuntu)
      - <USER13>
      - OS X
      - <USER14>
      - Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, VPC, Route53)

URL: github.com/enmand

email: enmand at gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER50> Seeking freelancer. New York City, USA. Remote work OK.

Need translators from English into other languages. Preferably your native, home language is that language. We have enough Spanish translators, but anything else we are looking. We have projects ready to go now in many languages, and have projects coming down the pipeline in the coming weeks/months for other languages.

A little bit of XML knowledge would be helpful, although nothing extensive is needed. It would put you ahead of others in your language.

Paying market per word rates. Some (not all) of the translations will be for FLOSS projects, so you may be getting paid to work on FLOSS projects in some instances.

Project size varies - some are a few dozen words, some are thousands of words.

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

<comment><USER51> The market rates varies a lot. Can you specify how much it is? and also if you are looking for English->French translators.

<comment><USER50> Yes, we are looking for English to French translators.

It is true that it is generic to say market rate, but our rates depend on the language - some are more expensive per word on average than others.

Our projects have different and shifting priorities also - we would not pay above market rates for Finnish at the moment, but might pay slightly higher (at the moment) for Russian or Greek. We have different work as well - proofreading for correctness we would pay less for, translation that involves a little creative writing we'd pay more for.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER52> SEEKING FREELANCER - <USER20>

The work is for a photography shopping cart product called "Photography Orders". You can see the product here: <http://www.photographyorders.com>

Photographers upload their photos and sell them to their clients using this software.

What I would like is to build an app so that photographers can upload photos from their iPhone.

The application would have the following screens

1\. Login screen \- Username and password. Authenticated from their installation of Photography Orders \- Photographers would need to enter the url where their Photography Orders is installed on this page. (This URL would need to be remembered so that they don't need to enter it in all the time)

2\. Select client and gallery screen \- This screen would have a dropdown button where the photographer selects the client they would like to upload photos for \- There would be another dropdown button where the photographer selects the gallery they would like to upload photos into \- There would be another dropdown where the photographer selects the category they would like to upload photos into \- Then there would be a button where the photographer could tap "Upload photos"

3\. Upload photos \- When the photographer taps "Upload photos", they are shown a screen with all of the photos on their phone on it. They can tick which photos to upload, and then click "Upload", and all of the ticked photos will be uploaded and processed the same way they currently are in the application \- While the photos are uploading, the photographer will see a screen that says "uploading photos". I would like a progress bar to show how many photos have been uploaded so far, and how many are left to be uploaded \- Once photos are uploaded, they will be taken back to screen 2 that has a message at the top that says "Photos Uploaded Successfully" \- If photos fail during upload, it needs to display a meaningful error message

I will also need the app submitted to the app store (it will be a free app)

Please email me firstname.lastname@example.com if interested

</comment><comment><USER53> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco / Remote

\- 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

We're a team of three that work together with the coherence of one. 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><USER54> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

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: $45/hour

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER55> SEEKING WORK - Remote (USA, American Citizen)

I go a little beyond what they call "full stack". 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, CSS (LESS), JavaScript (CoffeeScript), 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>, and shoot me an email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER56> 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 email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER57> Seeking Work - US Bay Area (remote only) 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

I've worked or consulted 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> if you are interested in learning more or would like to contact me.

</comment><comment><USER58> SEEKING WORK - Remote, NY area, SF

Hi, I'm EJ Fox and I specialize in data visualization design and interaction. I create both static Infographics using Illustrator as well as interactive dataviz using D3/HTML/CSS3. I'm always looking to solve exciting new visualization problems, and nothing makes me happier than a client with an enormous dataset.

Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS3, jQuery, Coffeescript. Familiar with Node.js, MongoDB, Cinema 4d, hi-DPI & responsive web design.

Looking to combine my dataviz knowledge and front end developer skills in an interesting project/company with cool people.

Find me at ejfox.com - email: firstname.lastname@example.com - portfolio: portfolio.ejfox.com - GitHub link on my site.

Cheers!

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Southern California

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Joe Cortopassi

joe[at]joecortopassi[dot]com

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iOS developer (proficient with RESTful service integration)

Full stack web developer (PHP/mySQL/javascript/html/css/Linux)

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Objective-C

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Blueprint

Business Analytics

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<http://joecortopassi.com>

<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-cortopassi/24/76b/5b9>

[http://joecortopassi.com/www.facebook.com/CortopassiConsulti...](http://joecortopassi.com/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 CieStudios.com 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 WORK — remote. Long-term and short-term projects.

I develop full-featured web applications and back-ends for mobile apps.

      * Ruby, CoffeeScript, JavaScript, Python
      * Rails, Django, Express.js
      * HTML5/CSS3
      * Ember.js, Backbone.js
      * MongoDB, Redis, Postgres
      * WebSockets/Pusher
      * Heroku

Kinds of apps I've delivered recently:

      * in-house solutions
      * SaaS's
      * analytics software
      * real-time apps
      * e-commerce apps
      * LMS's

Some of my previous projects: <http://goshakkk.name/projects.html>

Feel free to reach me out at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER61> SEEKING WORK - Remote / India

Electrical Engineer-turned-Designer with 6 years experience in Branding & Identity (logos, stationery etc). Have worked with startups in the US, UK and Singapore.

Latest project (Nov 2012): Logo design - [https://plus.google.com/103149454458679997203/posts/V4eP2Gao...](https://plus.google.com/103149454458679997203/posts/V4eP2GaoW7v)

Portfolio (Identity): <http://dffrnt.com/design> Portfolio (Websites): <http://dffrnt.com/design/websites>

email@example.com (please mention HN in your email)

</comment><comment><USER62> SEEKING FREELANCER - Mountain View and Remote ~ Looking for Front-End Developers to join me in my experiment <http://overnightconversions.com>

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP

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</comment></comment><comment><USER64> SEEKING WORK -- NYC -- remote ~ Rails - more or less full stack, but I am not going to be very helpful if asked to open PhotoShop. I am largely language agnostic; tons of years with the LAMP stack, using rails a lot in the last 6 years. I am really excited for Erlang OTP and building backends out that can handle stress. I love coding html, and my JS abilities are strong, too. I have only worked for startups in the last several years, so that's my temperament. I am looking to hack on something NYC - based that can fill something close to 30-hours a week-ish.

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER65> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

Two-man freelance interface design studio. We work with businesses to design and build UI for internal and consumer applications, marketing sites, and Wordpress blogs (we can dev themes as well).

We like to work with companies who have trouble due to a lack of good design (confusing/hard to use, needs to look more credible, more cohesive with an existing brand).

Open to startups, small teams, and any company that appreciates the value of design and its positive impact on business.

<http://wellroundedgent.com> firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER66> SEEKING WORK - NYC or remote. I am a mobile developer who focuses on Android Java development. I have built 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 listed in my profile.

</comment><comment><USER67> SEEKING WORK – Remote

* Web dev: Django/Tornado, Postgresql, nginx, jQuery, Bootstrap, Linux, Linode, git.

* Asynchronous/Non-blocking dev: Tornado (Chats, Twitter-like web apps, Live feeds)

* Computer Vision: pygame, opencv, NumPy, SciPy, PIL

My Github repos: <https://github.com/ccarpenterg>

Some work in Python:

<https://github.com/ccarpenterg/todolist/wiki>

<http://concejales2012.cl>

Blog: <http://ccarpenterg.posterous.com>

Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER68> SEEKING WORK -- Sydney -- prefer remote

I'm a full stack guy (Linux and Windows), provided that this doesn't include visual design. Most experienced in back-end stuff.

Specialties:

\- Web scraping and automated interaction

\- Prototyping (currently web only) -- anything from a quick proof-of-concept demo to full blown MVP

Buzzword section:

C# (ASP.NET), Erlang/OTP, JavaScript (Node, Backbone), Python, PHP, Scala (Play), Scheme, SQL (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server)

My details:

email@example.com

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

<https://github.com/hermanbosma>

</comment><comment><USER69> SEEKING WORK.

iOS Developer looking for work, Remote.

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!.

Will give you a free initial consultation and charge you a very affordable rate too!

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

Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER70> I'm an iOS 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, and an application that uses MapKit and an external API.

Email me at firstname.lastname@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><USER71> SEEKING WORK - New York City / Remote

I am a proficient Python and Android developer who is looking to work with a company or on a project over my school break (Dec 19th to Jan 28th). I can work longer if necessary, but as of now I don't have any engagements and would love for something to hack on.

You can check out my github and resume at my personal site, <http://tangents.co>

firstname.lastname@example.com

<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-anzuoni/42/13b/74>

</comment><comment><USER72> SEEKING WORK -- SF Bay -- prefer remote

Full stack developer (Heroku, AWS, Linux, Mac and Windows) with a focus on the Typesafe stack:

Scala and Java, Akka and Play.

email@example.com

<http://www.micronauticsresearch.com>

<http://www.slinnbooks.com>

<http://mikeslinn.blogspot.com/>

<https://github.com/mslinn>

<https://twitter.com/mslinn>

</comment><comment><USER73> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

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 in profile.

</comment><comment><USER74> SEEKING WORK - Remote only

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Sung-Taek, Kim

stkim1[at]colorfulglue[dot]com

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iOS development

: skilled at building RESTful, Websocket Client

: Image Processing with Camera Input

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Personal credit card monitoring client (2012)

Web/iOS hybrid highschool educational client (2012)

Hospital reservation ios client (2011)

Locational social networking (2010)

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Platforms : Android, Linux, LAMP, OSX

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<http://github.com/stkim1>

<http://blog.colorfulglue.com>

</comment><comment><USER75> SEEKING FREELANCER / WEB DESIGNER / Austin, TX preferred (remote).

I am a freelancer specializing in application development and systems integration for medium sized and enterprise customers with limited in-house IT resources.

I am frequently asked to recommend and/or provide a web designer for projects. I would like to develop a LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP with another freelancer that I can pass these projects to and also utilize to polish my own deliverables.

I primarily need UI/UX, HTML, CSS, and graphic design assistance.

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER76> SEEKING WORK - 4 Person iOS Apps Development Team.

Do you need 1 team of engineers to get your mobile APP out the door without insane agency rates? Do you need us to be local in San Francisco?

The Team: 2 - Mobile UI/UX 2 - Mobile App Engineers (Game & healthcare apps) 1 - Product/Program Manager

We're looking for cool mobile projects for our team to work on. We are freelancing at other gigs, but we want to launch more apps as a team.

Email Me: email@example.com if you have a mobile app that needs one team to get it out the door.

</comment><comment><USER77> SEEKING WORK - Nepal (Remote)

Computer Engineer with 1 year industry and 2+ years of freelancing experience. Focused on Web development and mobile apps. Built everything ranging from cloud based enterprise US Healthcare reporting and analysis applications to 5-page static websites.

Languages: PHP, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, MySql, MS-Sql Frameworks: jQuery, CodeIgniter, Grails, Spring, Appcelerator Titanium, Bootstrap, Yii

Rates: $10 per hour and up depending upon the language and complexity of project

Contact: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER78> SEEKING WORK - Bay Area, CA - remote possible

Background: MIT, Google, MS/MSR, startups, more

Specialties: statistical analysis/machine learning (incl. experience in business optimization) as well as full-stack engineering/architecting/devops

Sample of platforms worked with: Python, Java, C, C++, Haskell, Scala, R, PHP, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Linux, Windows kernel, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, Android, AWS, App Engine, Hadoop, many frameworks/libs

Worked with Fortune 500s and top universities down to SMBs and funded startups.

bgxvsp at hotmail

</comment><comment><USER79> SEEKING FREELANCER - Austin & New York / local - new social music startup

Stereotypes is looking to hire

* Full-stack Web Engineers (PHP, jQuery, MySQL)

* UX Designer (social, music, consumer experience)

to join us in Austin for 3 months as we prepare for launch at SXSW, with the possibility to continue on in NYC after.

Details: <http://blog.stereotypes.fm/its-time-were-hiring/> Stereotypes: <http://stereotypes.fm>

</comment><comment><USER80> SEEKING WORK - US west coast (Washington) - Remote preferred or local

Speciality is responsive iOS and Android apps built with Cordova/PhoneGap that work beautifully on multiple screen sizes and devices.

Expert HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript developer (including jQuery and jQuery mobile), and PHP and Node.js on the server.

Also proficient using Photoshop to build the artwork needed to go in an app, and to list an app on the App Store.

<http://jimbergman.net/contact/>

</comment><comment><USER81> Seeeking remote Web Design work

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

I design as well as code the front end in HTML5, CSS3 and jquery.

My portfolio can be seen at <http://www.gilli.me> and you can contact me by sending a mail to email@example.com

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I love working with developers so the hacker news individuals should be a great fit. Companies also welcome!

In all my work I strive to deliver great user experiences by providing just what's needed, without confusion and frustration.

</comment><comment><USER82> SEEKING WORK - Remote / will travel

Competencies:

Node.js / JavaScript (expert) * CSS3 / HTML5 (expert) * Git / Unix environment (intermediate) * Java (intermediate) * Python (novice)

Looking to build some smaller projects, but willing to discuss pretty much anything. Have shipped multiple MVPs in under a week. Feel free to check out my GitHub <https://github.com/Weltschmerz> or drop me an email firstname.lastname@example.com .

</comment><comment><USER83> SEEKING WORK. San Francisco CA I've been writing iOS apps, fulltime, for 5 years now. I enjoy creating unique, compelling interfaces with core animation and OpenGL. Prior to becoming a freelancer, I worked at Zynga as a senior engineer. You can find out more about me at <http://casselmanconsulting.com> or shoot me an email at email@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER84> SEEKING WORK - India or Remote Enterprise application developer with specialization in Java, Spring, Flex, .net and MySQL. I have 7+ years of experience working on Java, Flex, .net, MySQL and Spring based applications. I believe in Agile and TDD driven development. One of the projects which I had developed is at <http://bit.ly/Uj42Ql> .

Give me a shot, I wont let you down. :)

</comment><comment><USER85> SEEKING WORK - Remote 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.

What I can do for you:

* Web development (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JS, AJAX)

* Responsive design

* Search Engine Optimization

* API development

* General technical consulting

* Web security consulting

* Wordpress themes and modifications

You can contact me from my website: <http://jayhuang.org>

</comment><comment><USER86> SEEKING WORK - Norwich, UK and remote

I help small businesses and startups improve critical aspects of their software development efforts.

Where I can help your business:

Speed - getting your projects released on budget, and to schedule

Quality - adding automated testing to give you greater confidence of quality

Reliability - removing manual processes to make your releases faster and more reliable

To contact me about freelance consultancy work, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER87> 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 (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><USER88> SEEKING WORK - Remote (based in Estonia - traveling is OK) Full stack developer.

* HTML,CSS,JavaScript,jQuery,SASS

* Ruby, Ruby on Rails, C

* PostgreSQL, MySQL

* Nginx,Apache

* Amazon EC2, Cloudfront

* Heroku

Some of my stuff:

<http://letsbreeze.com> \- project management tool for freelancers (Basecamp and Trello hybrid)

<http://getsprouty.com> \- personal finance management tool

<http://github.com/vahtel>

</comment><comment><USER89> SEEKING WORK - Remote / East of England

I have 12 years professional experience building sites and applications with open source technologies:

Perl, PHP, Python MySQL, MongoDB Code Igniter, Zend Framework, Django

I utilise Test Driven Development whenever possible, and strive to produce clean, maintainble code.

More backend orientated than front-end, but have experience of working with HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery and D3.

You can e-mail me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER90> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

Full stack developer with expertise producing maintainable, performant code for mobile and desktop. Frontend wizard and Rails aficionado.

Built and deployed multiple Rails and node.js apps using fun stuff like Backbone, Postgres, Spine, vanilla js, etc. <https://github.com/matthewlehner>

Email is profile, or matthewlehner at gmail

</comment><comment><USER91> 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://www.linkedin.com/in/dangogh>

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

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      I get shit done.

      - 5 years Ruby on Rails.

      - 13 years of engineering.

      Looking for long-term or short-term Rails consulting work.
      I love working on-site and work just as well remotely.

      I'm a friendly guy with 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 is good, but not
      the end-all be-all. Iterate on what works and make it
      better.

      I'm tapped into the community and can draw many resources
      into projects as needed. Marketing, advertising, SEO,
      design, UX, more programming and even funding.

      You name it, I can find it for you.

      Have built new, and worked on existing, Rails applications
      including (but not limited to) a permission based
      advertising platform, an up-sell marketing platform, a
      social media platform and most recently one of the largest
      e-commerce flash sales sites.

      - I get shit done.

      - I'm not cheap.

      - I don't want equity.

      Please look for your bargain basement engineering needs
      somewhere else =)

      Contact me, below, to have your problems solved.

      Cheers!

For pure awesomeness contact: <http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=coffee>

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I specialize in Node.js and related technologies. Node.js MongoDB CouchDB Redis jQuery WebGL Three.js Qt CUDA

Languages: JavaScript, C++, PHP, Go, Haskell

Github: <https://github.com/mansoor-s>

Mansoor S. mansoor _< at>_ mansoorsayed ^dot^ c0m

</comment><comment><USER93> SEEKING WORK - <USER20>

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><USER94> 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><USER95> SEEKING WORK - Bay Area/remote

Design (web/mobile) / Javascript / Python

Ex Mozilla (and various startups) designer and engineer, looking for cool projects to help out on!

Portfolio: <http://www.gkoberger.net>

Github: <http://www.github.com/gkoberger>

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER96> SEEKING UX DESIGNER | REMOTE ONLY

I need an UX designer to assist in building two products. Note: Not UI design. UX only.

Experience is not really important. Just a good understanding of UX design. You will be tested for skills.

Must speak clear English and be available to work around USA EST.

Please, no agencies. Individuals only.

No need to know how to program, but it would be a plus.

</comment><comment><USER97> SEEKING WORK. Remote work / short local in Europe but I'm open for US timezones.

Specialized on vertical social networking sites on entrepreneurship an non- profit sector. * PHP: Wordpress, Elgg * Ruby * Javascript (jQuery, Node.js, JSON) * Git/SVN/CVS * MySQL, PostgreSQL * Linux * HTML5

More info at: vizualize.me/dramirez

</comment><comment><USER62> SEEKING WORK - Mountain View (San Francisco / California / Willing to travel)

<http://cleverbaker.com>

\-- Front-end Photoshop to HTML5/CSS3 + Javascript conversions. Specializing in fast turn-around times.

\-- Advanced experience in UX/UI, Branding, and PHP.

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</comment><comment><USER98> SEEKING WORK - remote or local, Nottingham, UK

I'm a developer with a lot of Javascript experience. I've used javascript to modify leading UK retailers websites to increase conversions.

I've only recently started freelancing so I'm very available and have competitive rates.

I also have knowledge of: Ruby, Python, PHP and Classic ASP.

Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER99> SEEKING WORK - remote (Madrid)

What we do: Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Node.js, app, MongoDB

Redradix.com is a web and application web design and development firm placed in Madrid. We're proud of being a small and high qualified company. We build web-based software and minimum viable products for startup.

</comment><comment><USER100> SEEKING WORK — Mobile & Web Product/UI Design (Chicago/remote)

Focus on visual and user experience, as well as front-end web development. Almost 10 years of experience designing products.

<http://www.dribbble.com/jordanful>

Contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER101> SEEKING FREELANCER: Koding.com <https://koding.com>

\- Devops / Developer minded SysAdmin: this is a very important role, PUPPET, Chef, AWS, Linux, LXC, OpenVZ. Xen, VMWare, you should just have this immense desire to automate and simplify everything, and be a product person, plan, implement and ship - not a maintainer that lives in their cave until things crash, and apply one off server tweaks.

\- Frontend Developer: HTML, CSS, Coffeescript - Familiarity with Node/Ruby/Mongo/Mysql, cool github projects is a plus, have to have your own website when we click your link, it should make us want to hire you.

\- Backend Developer: Go, Node,Python,Ruby,Coffeescript, MongoDB, RabbitMQ are the things we use. More you know these, the better. If you miss some, don't worry, if you have a strong OOP background, and designing/working on large scale apps is your thing, just drop me an email.

We're open for remote, part time or full time in San Francisco. Only thing we don't want is that you have multiple clients. You can be a student or very experienced individual, and work for Koding 20 hours a week, or work a day or two. You just shouldn't be managing multiple clients and not show up for Koding because your other client had emergency. We want Koding to be the only thing you think about, when you're not working, when you go to sleep, when you wake up.

At this stage we're more willing to have VERY experienced developers, and we're very generous with rates. Our current freelancers have stocks in the company, we don't favor in house developers (alright, maybe just a little :)). Some of our freelancers make more than those are in the office. Your location has no significance to us, just your work. If your work is awesome, your compensation is equally awesome.

This summarizes the type of person we want, (my contact information is here) <http://blog.koding.com/2012/06/we-want-to-date-not-hire/>

I also want you to try Koding, for that please drop me a note, I will send you an invite.

Little about Koding: <http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/24/koding-launch/>

And this is what we expect from our freelancers, [http://blog.koding.com/2012/08/freelance-developers-you- are-...](http://blog.koding.com/2012/08/freelance-developers-you-are-the- future-dont-mess-it-up/)

Hope to meet soon!

<comment><USER84> Hi,

I have sent you an email.

</comment></comment><comment><USER102> SEEKING WORK -- remote. System Administrator \- Linux (RHEL / Debian) \- Web servers, mail servers, DNS, MySql, etc..

I can also do a lot of Drupal things, including module development. For more info: <http://ivandonkov.com>

</comment><comment><USER103> Seeking work, hardware/electronics/embedded software dev. Prefer remote, based in Cologne, Germany. Short term projects preferred. Experienced in robotics, mechanics, electronics, 3d printing. Contact at kliment [at] 0xfb.com or Kliment on Freenode IRC

</comment><comment><USER104> 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><USER105> New startup <http://matchist.com> connects top freelance developers with projects based on their skills and preferences. Clients are mostly startups/entrepreneurs looking to build apps and MVPs.

</comment><comment><USER106> SEEKING WORK - Australia/Germany/Remote/Travel.

I write tight asynchronous web-spiders quickly.

Want to monitor your competitors in real time? Perhaps to create giant databases that integrate with your sites back end?

Email me with a description of your problem. The harder the better :-)

</comment><comment><USER107> SEEKING WORK, iOS & RoR developer, have most experience in prototyping. I am a student at Cambridge so I can only work with you until mid-January. Email me firstname.lastname@example.com. London area or remote.

</comment><comment><USER108> 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><USER109> Seeking Work. Bangalore. Python (pyramid/django/sqlalchemy/), couchdb, solr. Mostly a backend dev. Can also consult on e-commerce and start-up team setup in India(Mumbai/Bangalore).

<comment><USER110> Where to email? The email field in the profile is not public.

</comment></comment><comment> cool-RR SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

I'm a Python/Django developer who's too modest to say how awesome he is.

More details: <http://ram.rachum.com/cv/>

</comment><comment><USER111> Seeking work - Remote.

\- Good command over PHP.

\- Experienced in working with Social Media APIs.

Online profile (for more info) : <http://bilalbudhani.me>

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER112> SEEKING WORK in Hamburg, Germany or remote.

I develop web applications using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

<http://lorenzkitzmann.de>

</comment><comment><USER113> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Belgrade

Python / AJAX / HTML / MySQL

Advanced security testing.

Advanced in data acquisition and managing big databases. Advanced in Linux. 7 years professionally in IT.

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER63> SEEKING WORK - Remote,

If you are looking someone for:

\- PHP[Cake,CodeIgnitor, Core ..any stuff]

\- Python[CGO, Flask]

\- J2EE

\- TItanium Appcelerator[iPhone/android]

\- .NET

\- API integration

then give me a buzz

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

Skype: sidlabs

Thanks

</comment><comment><USER114> SEEKING WORK - iOS and Android development firm - Boston, MA or Remote.

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iOS/Android app development. Email in my profile for more details.

</comment><comment><USER115> SEEKING WORK Remote, based in Tel Aviv, Israel

Specialities: Full stack web dev (LAMP + Node.js + Redis)

about.me/udiudi twitter.com/udiudi github.com/udiudi

</comment><comment><USER116> Seeking Work - St. Paul, MN Remote Work only

Web and UI Designer http:timothybsmith.com Contact: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER117> Seeking Work.

C, C++, Java, Common Lisp, Data Structures and Algorithms, Network Programming.

Please feel free to ask for my resume.

</comment><comment><USER118> SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Dallas, TX

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My Consultancy: <http://treehousemobile.net>

</comment><comment><USER119> SEEKING WORK. Bulgarian citizen based on Turkey. Remote.

PHP, JSON, ExtJS, MySQL, HTML5, Statistics, R.

</comment><comment><USER120> HN freelancers, check out MyRudius.com -- it's a new spin on a freelancer marketplace. The model is a lot different than others and has several key benefits. Most notably, you'll no longer be buried by "spammy bids" from developers who don't even read the project description. Also, keep 100% of your income.

<comment><USER121> Please do not submit off topic posts

<comment><USER122> I don't consider that off-topic. Personally.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER123> Seeking work - Kabul/Remote/Travel skills: ruby, ruby on rails, sinatra, Java.

</comment><comment><USER96> SEEKING WORK - {USA | Caribbean} {American Citizen} {English/Spanish} {Remote Only}

You have a project. It needs to be done. You are a serious person. Wasting time is not fine with you. You want an engineer who will listen and understand what you need and want. What you are looking for is someone who does not see you as another client, but as a team member. I know your business has special requirements. I know hard things are. Shipping. Building products. Clients. My aim is to take away the pressure of delivering software on-time, and on- budget. Every project. No excuses. If you want someone who is serious about your business. Your clients. Your well-being. Your success. Then Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com You will _not_ be disappointed.

About me.

Last month I shipped a complete MVP. My focus is on shipping and getting things done. I am a generalist with full-stack knowledge from back end to front end. Includes setting up/managing servers.

What I have worked with?

Languages include, but are not limited to: Python, PHP, Common Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, embedded C and SQL/NoSQL.

Frameworks:

Flask, Codeigniter, Slim, Symfony2, Rails, Jquery, Sinatra, Bootstrap, Ember.js, Django, etc.

What have I built?

Online payments (using Stripe integration), Content management systems, custom administrative software, e-commerce solutions, learning platforms, blogs, robots, and many more. I also work with Hardware. Will do arduino with no problems.

Right now I'm also developing Nuuton (nuuton.com), an information engine (with a search engine as the heart of the system).

Rates? Very affordable.

\- I can do daily, hourly, weekly. Hourly requires a minimim of 10 hours. Hourly rate is $70/hour for engineering projects. Daily rate is $500, with a minimum of 3 days. Weekly rate is $2500.

I'm never overbooked, and am a full-time freelancer. Always available on Skype, email and/or telephone. I only work with choice clients.

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Skype: orange.thirty Telephone: email me for details.

Wait, I do offer other helpful services.

Do you need to finish or publish the documentation for your project? Don't waste your time trying to do it yourself. I can, and will do it for you. Currently have completed a technical documentation project. Working on another one as we speak. Nothing is too big or too small.

Rates are $50/hour with a minimum of 10 hours for this type of service. Documentation in English or Spanish. Will translate English documentation to Spanish for the same rates, too.

I'm also a copywriter focusing on the tech industry. My work has been featured on several startup websites discussed in HN. Rates are $500 per landing page. Maximum of 2000 words. You get ten different headlines for testing. I can sell your product with ease. Get in touch.

 _References available upon request._

P.S. Don't be afraid to get in touch. My inbox is always open.

 _I do not outsource work to agencies or sub-contractors._

</comment><comment><USER124> SEEKING WORK - London or remote.

I've worked in search [1-3], recommendations [4,5], analytics [6], testing [7], and distributed/p2p systems [8-11]. I have a strong background in math (real analysis, probability, discrete maths) and computer science (randomized algorithms, AI / epistemic logic, machine learning). I've worked professionally with python, ocaml and erlang. I'm also rapidly approaching comfort in clojure.

I've spent the last few months at the NYC Hacker School, adapting research from the BOOM [12] and STEPS [13] projects to build tools [14,15] for rapidly prototyping distributed algorithms. Before that I spent the summer as an intern at Jane St, working on a distributed messaging system which supports querying history by causal time intervals.

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

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

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

References - [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65525388#recommendat...](http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65525388#recommendations)

[1] <https://github.com/jamii/texsearch/>

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

[3] [http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/12/19/optimising- tex...](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/12/19/optimising-texsearch- memory-usage/)

[4] <https://github.com/jamii/springer-recommendations>

[5] [http://l1.scattered-thoughts.net/deck.js/springer- recommenda...](http://l1.scattered-thoughts.net/deck.js/springer- recommendations/index.html)

[6] <https://github.com/jamii/springer-analytics>

[7] [http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/07/30/smarkets- api-d...](http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/2010/07/30/smarkets-api- documentation/)

[8] [http://scattered- thoughts.net/blog/2011/03/16/transactional-...](http://scattered- thoughts.net/blog/2011/03/16/transactional-mealy-machines/)

[9] <https://github.com/jamii/erl-telehash>

[10] <http://scattered-thoughts.net/blog/categories/telehash/>

[11] <https://github.com/jamii/dissertation>

[12] <http://www.bloom-lang.net/>

[13] <http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2011004_steps11.pdf>

[14] <https://github.com/jamii/strucjure>

[15] <https://github.com/jamii/droplet>

</comment><comment><USER125> SEEKING WORK - Remote Only - Based in Canada

Generalist, full stack web developer.

I work with web startups/companies to help them build their products. When you hire me to work with you I'll get up to speed and be productive fairly quickly.

Backend: Python: Django and Flask.

Frontend: Javascript, Coffeescript, jQuery, Backbone.js, Knockout.js, Bootstrap.

Fairly comfortable with sql and nosql databases. Worked with Postgres, Mongodb, Couchdb, Redis. Currently experimenting with RethinkDB.

I care about what I do and strive to deliver quality. I highly value clean code, clean designs, and intuitive UIs.

I enjoy working with other developers in small collaborative teams and I guarantee you will enjoy working with me and having me on your team.

Contact me via email: firstname.lastname@example.com

<http://hasenj.org>

</comment><comment><USER126> SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE. Germany based financial trading firm is looking for server-side and client-side plain Javascript, jQuery, NodeJS, MongoDB, socket.io, Backbone.js, CSS3 front-end developer for highly scalable trading platform. Happy with remote work and also part-time jobs. Since we're looking for several developers, junior as well as senior developer most welcome. Highly interesting project with requirements in low-latency and stability. Our young and dynamic team is looking forward to receive your response: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER126> SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE. Germany based financial trading firm is looking for Core JAVA, Netty, zmq, mongoDB developer for highly scalable trading platform. Happy with remote work and also part-time jobs. Since we're looking for several developers, junior as well as senior developer most welcome. Highly interesting project with requirements in low-latency and stability. Our young and dynamic team is looking forward to receive your response: email@example.com</comment>


New Relic Boxes – Monitor your servers and applications - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/bizzabo/new-relic-boxes

<comment><USER2> That alarm sound is awful and it's not clear why it's playing.

Edit: Linking to NewRelic by clicking on the boxes would be useful. Also perhaps a config file/server instead of using local storage to save credentials (so I can send the URL to colleagues).

<comment><USER3> The alarm sound for those curious:

[http://info.ahs.kitasato-u.ac.jp/tkweb/alarm/NPB-290-high.wa...](http://info.ahs.kitasato-u.ac.jp/tkweb/alarm/NPB-290-high.wav)

Strange that it's linking to a remote website (a university in Japan no less) just for the sound instead of using a locally hosted copy.

<comment><USER4> It's on GitHub, issue a pull request with a fix

<comment><USER3> Considering the OP of this HN thread owns the Github repo, I'm sure they're aware.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> Useful. There are some things that can be improved, like a nice padding around the boxes, which looks weird right now.

PS: Barcelona fan/supporter?

</comment><comment><USER6> Take a look on [https://ruxit.com](https://ruxit.com) \- the problem concept that it introduce might be what you look for. It is a correlation of events or alerts in whole system that one causes another and it tells the root cause. There is a problem dashboard and you can get notifications when a problem occurs.

<comment><USER7> Ruxit is horribly expensive. I have 10 servers and something like OpsDash or New Relic is much more cheaper!

<comment> jon-wood Wow, anything that can be compared to New Relic and come out cheaper really must cost a fortune. New Relic are great, but at the moment they're probably the most expensive part of our infrastructure (including servers, through virtue of AWS giving hefty account credits to companies in incubators).

<comment><USER8> The secret to NewRelic is to deploy it on a limited number of servers to monitor _performance_ and use an open source monitoring tool like Icinga to do actual monitoring.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><AUTHOR> Ruxit looks great. But ours is free and opened source.

<comment><USER9> Except that it requires New Relic which is not exactly free and open source :)

<comment><USER10> You are correct, but if you happen to have an MSDN license that gives you access to Azure, it is! We use New Relic for test and production monitoring and it's great.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER11> Love it! Tnx!</comment>


Ethereum Classic - <AUTHOR> https://ethereumclassic.github.io/ <comment><USER2> I really wonder how far this project will go.

<comment><AUTHOR> It just got listed on poloniex and bitfinex is now going to add it. 20k BTC volume on polo in less than 24 hours.

Interesting times ahead..

<comment><USER3> Bitfinex etc

10% discount on all trade margin fees for a full month be welcome to use the referral code on Bitfinex: hb0LQuIB0H

[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1563537.0](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1563537.0)</comment></comment></comment>


A Library to Last Forever - <AUTHOR> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/opinion/09brin.html?_r=1 <comment><USER2> Sergey Brin makes a convincing case:

>The agreement limits consumer choice in out-of-print books about as much as it limits consumer choice in unicorns. Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice — fly to one of a handful of leading libraries in the country and hope to find it in the stacks.

I did my PhD thesis pre-web! I wrote to authors to get copies of PhD theses and obscure books. It took months to assemble material that I needed. I am for it although I dislike the current form of Google Books, but as Sergey says, there is opportunity for competition here.

<comment><USER3> _Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice — fly to one of a handful of leading libraries in the country_

That's not true at all. An astonishing number of out-of-print books are available used through Abebooks and Amazon. This "unicorn" canard is an intelligence-insulting flaw in what is otherwise a pretty good piece. He repeats it in another place too:

 _[Out-of-print books] are found only in a vanishing number of libraries and used book stores._

It's ironic, or rather disingenuous, that Brin would make this argument as if the internet didn't exist. The situation he describes is the one that book- hunters had to deal with _pre-web_.

Nevertheless, I think Google Books is, without any exaggeration, a great contribution to civilization. I was at Stanford when they first started advocating the project. It was widely regarded as a vain extravagance and/or futuristic pipe-dream. That they went ahead and got it done anyway is one of the things I most respect about Google, or more precisely Brin and Page, because as far as I can tell this was all them. It is an outstanding example of what visionary founders can do.

<comment><USER4> Lots and lots of books are available used, but the ones at the end of the "long tail" aren't and probably never will be, and that's the most exciting thing about this for me. I have actually done as he described and traveled to Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington DC just to visit libraries that had books that didn't exist anywhere else, and would have been grateful to be able to pay for scans instead of making the trip.

<comment><USER3> The end of the long tail is by definition not the "typical out-of-print book" that Brin was talking about.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> Isn't this a bit like preaching to the choir? At this point I would think the only people who oppose this are either the Google-overlord-fearing folk (who can never be appeased anyway), or other companies who are suddenly alarmed that they didn't have the balls to make a first move in this space.

To the latter - tough cookie. To the former I would like to ask this: other than the shadow of the Big G, what do you truly see wrong with Google Books?

<comment><USER6> There are some issues with the legality of it. Gojomo (<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=870926>) summarized it better than I will, most likely. Although I'm for the process itself, the legal side seems a tad shady to me. I realize it would be a logistical nightmare to attempt to get permission from all authors, but the opt-out clause with such a short time frame didn't seem entirely fair. I'm glad that they gave an extension to it, and that the repercussions of the settlement are being looked at harder. Once again, I'm definitely for such a project, and I'm not a google-fearer, but something of this magnitude deserves some careful examination.

</comment></comment><comment><USER7> Seems like a reasonable and cogent response to some of the anti-Google sentiment that has been floating around.

Although I'm not a huge fan of the Google/Guild arrangement -- I would have preferred a true solution, in the form of orphan works legislation, but I know that's unlikely -- it seems like the best hope for saving orphan works and getting them into a format where they can be preserved and used. I hope that where Google goes, others will follow, as has been the case with some of their other products.

</comment><comment><USER8> This was written by one of Brin's staff (probably), and I have to wonder why a semi-reputable institution like the nytimes would publish a public relations piece like this as an op-ed.

Anyway, if google released all of these books in the wild, you could bet your ass that they would sue-to-death anyone who crawled and re-published them.

<comment><USER9> It's not at all unusual for newspapers to publish op-eds from the people involved in the big stories of the day. This is especially true for political candidates.

</comment></comment><comment><USER10> I work for the Internet Archive, which has agitated against the Google Books Settlement, but I don't work on the Archive's books projects and I speak only for myself here.

In my opinion, Google Books is wonderful. The problem is the Settlement. It's an abuse of the class-action process to obtain certain monopolistic privileges -- making Google the only company with the right to preemptively scan out-of- print books while waiting for authors to come forward.

It was wrong for the Author's Guild to be given class status sufficient for them to grant that blanket permission. It was wrong for Google to choose a purely self-interested bilateral settlement with the Guild rather than continuing their original fight for the very same fair use principles that enabled searching the web -- the presumptive right to index even copyrighted material as a transformative use.

Brin is justifiably proud of their technical progress scanning so many books, but that early lead is not, as Brin implies, a reason to grant the leader even more privileges -- as the default scanner, the default collector of fees, and the de facto manager of the entire 'Rights Registry'.

Instead, that early lead is a reason for extra scrutiny, to ensure that no cartel-like arrangements or effective monopolies arise -- either organically or by court order -- that reduce competition and author/reader choice.</comment>


Vim themes with almost no colors - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/mcchrish/vim-no-color-collections <comment><USER2> I have a partially colorblind friend who loves to point out how awful some website palettes and editor colorschemes are. I've switched to more accessible colorschemes as a result. I'm sure she'd be interested in projects like this.</comment>