F|R Crib Sheet: How to Source Good Offshore Developers - <AUTHOR> http://gigaom.com/2008/06/14/fr-crib-sheet-how-to-source-good-offshore-developers/ <comment><USER2> If you can't code very well or are an mba with an idea, then it may make sense to offshore. It may be cheaper to send the code offshore than to send it across town. But it might not be too. You have to add in the cost of communication as well.

I would argue that it makes absolutely no sense to offshore code for a hacker.

It typically takes me longer to document the requirements of what I want than to actually write it. I would expect the same out of any good hacker. If it is code that would take less time to document than to write. That most likely isn't code you could send off to an average programmer now is it?

You are going to get code that stopped being developed at barely good enough. I don't know about everyone else but I don't want code that is barely good enough in my app.

You lose the domain knowledge of that component you outsourced. That is what you need to take your app to the next level.

You most likely will end up debugging that code at some point.

You miss the opportunity to iterate.

I'm sure there are just as many (proportionally) great developers off shore as on shore. It is harder to go across the world than across town, across town is harder than across the room. My final point is that I have a much better chance of getting someone great here than off shore. I've worked with thousands of developers over my career so far. I can count on one or two hands developers that I could say write me an X and I know I would get a really well written X. Most of the others would eventually get me a working X but we would have go through several iterations. If I have to iterate I could have written it faster myself.

It may possibly make sense in some situations. The Hacker startup world is not that place.

As a hacker it makes absolutely NO sense. Okay last point. Most of us have read Pauls' Essays. We are all trying to "Build Something Great", That hopefully people want. Would Leonardo outsource? Build me a design for a flying machine / Tank / Submarine. What the hell do you think he would have gotten back? Right, I didn't think so either.

<comment><USER3> +1. Saw your reply after posting mine. I think you have put the 'right' point across really well.

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> I really do not think most startups can afford to go the route of big companies and offshore out their development work. (Side-note: I am a developer based out of India)

The first key hurdle is obviously to find the right company. RFI's and RFP's have been around long, and a very intelligent reply to them does not necessarily imply you would get the right set of developers to work for _your_ project. A startup typically would not be a very 'big' account for most of the companies, and your probability of landing up with very good 'programming' talent is minimal. (I guess good programmers are in short supply at most places). At the end of the day, the developers on your project is what really matters.

Assuming, you are smart (and lucky) enough to have selected the right set of people for your offshored development project, still getting this relationship working across geographies, takes a bit of time. A fast and nimble startup, probably just does not have the luxury of time, assuming the product would change rapidly based on user feedback/market/competitor situation. (unless it was freakishly conceptualized in a brilliant way from the start itself)

In all, unless you have a relatively simple product in technical terms or a very well specified one, and have the luxury of time with you, only then look at outsourcing your development work.

One line decision maker: If you consider yourself a hacker, do not outsource your (initial) development. It's not for you, and high chance you would be left disappointed.

</comment><comment><USER4> "If you're bootstrapping your startup, offshoring your web development is a great way to save money."

Am I the only one here who finds this statement a little spooky?

If I'm bootstrapping a web startup, development is the _last_ thing I'd want to outsource.

For an early stage startup, development is both the most important thing to do and my best skill set. I'd want to focus on that and outsource _anything else_.

<comment><USER5> I don't think you have to take it as a all-or-none deal.

Often, I'll outsource small sub-projects that I know would take me more time than I can budget for that aspect or because I don't want to sidetrack myself from the marketing aspect of my business.

For instance, I needed to extract data out of a Firefox plugin that used SQLite. I really didn't feel like unraveling the schema and putting together the core SQL statements to extract that data the way I needed, so I had an outsourced developer hack it together for me for $50.

It probably took him about 5 hours to put together, so if I value my time over $10/hr, it was money well spent. (Especially when working on marketing parts of my business, my time is worth wayyy-y more than $10/hr.)

<comment><USER6> That's a fair point.

But the downside is that you now have this mysterious black-box in your code that you can't really do anything with.

If, 6 months later, you decide that you want to add a feature or fix a bug you're only going to have two options:

1\. Be at the mercy of the outsourced programmer

2\. Spend 5 hours learning the schema, and understanding the existing code. Then, after realizing that the code you bought is crap (not necessarily true, but more likely than not), spending another 5 hours rewriting.

<comment><USER7> #1 isn't any different from hiring an employee who leaves. #2 isn't any different from hiring an incompetent employee who leaves.

I'm working from Beijing with some seriously cool Rails hackers. They read all the English blogs, articles, books and produce good code. When you hire an "offshore" team, approach it as you would an employee. The teams that compete solely on price, well, you get what you pay for.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER8> right on edw...

Even Bill Gates is struggling with this one. He built a huge r&d center in bejing a few years back and he's deeply regretting it now.

I think it makes sense to offshore things like design (I use a great CSS guy in equador for some of my stuff) but for core project work I keep things closer to home.

<comment><USER3> I downmodded this comment.

      Even Bill Gates is struggling with this one. He built a huge r&d center in bejing a few years back and he's deeply regretting it now.

Could you please give a source for this?</comment></comment>


In Australia, the TouchPad was on sale for 4 days before being killed - <AUTHOR> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/hps-touchpad-tablet-killed-in-australia/story-e6frgazf-1226118178681

<comment><USER2> HP should have attacked the iPad from the flank, just as iPad had done this with MS.

The iPad has a shockingly poor printer story, and guess what? HP has the best printer story. People need to know why they need to buy a TouchPad, and the reason is it is a tablet device that prints. HP can also feature-add photo retouching and other photo related activity to the touchpad, making it the defacto way to send and share photos. They could have licensed WebOS to the camera manufacturers, like Canon, who don't even have a software story.

</comment><comment><USER3> It might be a nice device if you can pick one up very cheap as a distressed stock purchase...

</comment><comment><USER4> To me, this decision looks a lot like Nokia getting in bed with MSFT: too hurried.

</comment><comment><USER5> dear HP, open source WebOS.

thanks.</comment>


I'm a healthy millennial. Getting Covid-19 was so much worse than I expected - <AUTHOR> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/03/im-a-healthy-millennial-getting-covid-19-was-so-much-worse-than-i-expected.html <comment><USER2> Author was never tested, so it's impossible to know now what she had. A lot of people are in the same boat.

Keep this in mind when looking at numbers.

<comment><USER3> I've had the flu in the past that really kicked my posterior. Took about eight weeks to feel fully recovered.

<comment><USER4> Obviously the signal-to-noise ratio of those that have a bad episode of C19 is much greater than those that just feel unwell or are completely asymptomatic.</comment></comment></comment>


Lessons from Operation "Denver," the KGB's Aids Disinformation Campaign - <AUTHOR> https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/operation-denver-kgb-aids-disinformation-campaign/ <comment><USER2> Title nit: "Aids" should be "AIDS"

<comment><AUTHOR> it was! no idea how it got changed to "Aids"

<comment><USER3> Aids is not wrong. [1]

> However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms > where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Aids, > Nafta, Nasa, Opec, Apec).

[1] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art201307021121335...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133548)

<comment><USER4> It seems weird that this overrides the actual messaging from the groups themselves. NASA calls themselves NASA, not Nasa. English orthography is so removed from pronunciation that it seems quite arbitrary and useless to rework it for one specific case.

Also, it is irrelevant because this is the MIT reader press, not the BBC,and it is literally "AIDS" in the article title. BBC has their own standards. They don't set the standards for every article written in English.

<comment><USER5> The real reason is likely HN's broken auto-capitalization system.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER6> >"A cycle of misinformation and disinformation arose in which the KGB cited U.S. conspiracy theories, and U.S. conspiracy theorists, in turn, began to cite texts associated with KGB disinformation."

Forgive me -- but... _that 's hilarious_! <g>

Bridge of spies? More like _bridge of lies_...<g>

Reminds me of a quote I have long since forgotten:

 _" The borrower runs in his own debt"_

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

This whole thing is akin to two students, students A and student B, where student A is copying student B's answers on a Math (or other) Test, while student B is simultaneously copying student A's answers, _but neither one knows that they 're copying each others answers -- which were originally from themselves!_ <g> (it makes no sense (how was the original answer originated, fractal recursion, 0 becoming 1 after an infinity of recursive iterations?) -- but apparently that's what happened! <g>)

</comment><comment><USER7> The 1991 article "Cancer Warfare"[1] by "Richard Hatch", is interesting in this regard.

Extensively footnoted and appearing erudite and informed, it examines the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Viral Cancer Program (VCP) - "launched in 1971 with great fanfare as part of Nixon's War on Cancer" \- concluding that:

> While Nixon ordered a supposed end to BW offensive efforts in 1969, the > Central Intelligence Agency retained a secret BW and toxin weapon > capability.43 Given this record of deception in the U.S. BW program, the > Viral Cancer Program may well have used the search for a cure for cancer > as a cover to continue its experiments on biological warfare.

(the footnote "43" refers to: _Church Committee Report, "Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents" Vol. 1, pp. 189–99._ )

Along the way, it sidles _almost_ up to the notion of lab created HIV:

> One of Bionetics Research Laboratories' most important NCI contracts > was a massive virus inoculation program that began in 1962 and and ran > until at least 1976, and used more than 2,000 monkeys. Dr. Robert Gallo, > the controversial head of the current U.S. AIDS research program at NCI > and its chief of its tumor cell biology laboratory, and Dr. Jack > Gruber, formerly of VCP and then NIH, were project officers for the > inoculation program. The monkeys were injected with everything from > human cancer tissues to rare viruses and even sheep's blood in an effort > to find a transmissible cancer. Many of these monkeys succumbed to > immunosuppression after infection with the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, > the first known immunosuppressive retrovirus,31 a class of viruses that > includes the human immunodeficiency virus.

[...]

> Experiments performed under NCI contract included many dangerous > viral inoculation programs, like the primate inoculation program > run by Gallo and Gruber.. So-called "species barriers" were routinely > breached in efforts to find or create infectious cancer viruses. > Viruses native to one species were injected into animals from another > species in hope of triggering cancers.

When I first heard of the disinfo program covered in TFA, I immediately thought of this article, which I first read in the mid 90's. I still wonder how much of its content is diligent journalism and how much is high quality disinfo.

1: [http://spitfirelist.com/news/cancer- warfare/](http://spitfirelist.com/news/cancer-warfare/) from _Covert Action Information Bulletin 39, Winter 1991-92_

</comment><comment><USER8> I still remember that one. Trouble with these "disinformation" campaigns is that when your entire "news" is disinformation people don't trust it and learn to read between the lines. And the Soviet people were experts at that by then, so almost nobody believed this bullshit. People would jokingly say it was invented in a CIA lab, but at that point just about any other calamity was reported to have been created there as well, so nobody gave this any credence. This effect was so profound that to this day "invented in a CIA lab" is used only as a joke. Remember, this was during the years when Russian magazines unironically wrote that "black workers in Harlem get paid in heroin" and other ludicrous stuff like that. Coincidentally, this reminds me of the stuff I read about Russia in US press today.

<comment><USER9> > Trouble with these "disinformation" campaigns is that when your entire > "news" is disinformation people don't trust it and learn to read between the > lines. And the Soviet people were experts at that by then, so almost nobody > believed this bullshit.

My understanding is that the the ultimate goal of disinformation _isn 't_ get get people to believe the lies, it's to politically neutralize them by making them cynical and mistrustful of everything, including the truth.

<comment><USER8> There's no such thing as "truth" really. What gets reported through "official" channels is always in accordance with someone's agenda. You may agree with that agenda, but that doesn't make the reporting "true" in any sense of the word. Nor does disagreeing with the agenda make reporting automatically completely false, although people tend to perceive it as such.

Soviet people knew some version of the "truth" though, from reading between the lines. When all the news is fake, "citizen journalism" naturally arises, and it did in the Soviet Union. There was always the "official" version of events that everyone knew was a lie and the "unofficial" one that you'd hear from e.g. your relatives near to where the events took place, or, if events took place abroad from Radio Svoboda or Voice of America on the shortwave (naturally, with corrections for _their_ propaganda). From that you can build up a fairly accurate version of what's really going on, if you care. Americans are only now learning this skill, I was "born in it, molded by it".

To give you a concrete example, people knew about the real extent of Chernobyl well before the Central Committee of the Communist Party decided it was necessary to tell us the _sanitized_ version of the news. We did not know why it blew up until years later, but we knew it _did_ blow up pretty much the next day. We also knew firefighters were dousing an open reactor core without any protective equipment, that stuff could leak into the river and poison Kiev, etc, etc. All in spite of KGB's very best efforts to conceal the facts, and its near unlimited power.

<comment><USER9> > There's no such thing as "truth" really. What gets reported through > "official" channels is always in accordance with someone's agenda. You may > agree with that agenda, but that doesn't make the reporting "true" in any > sense of the word. Nor does disagreeing with the agenda make reporting > automatically completely false, although people tend to perceive it as such.

Let me put it another way: there are agendas that are more helpful to you and your people and agendas that are more harmful; the people who put out disinformation have the goal of making it harder for you to tell the difference.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> well, similarly - recent news articles on the State Department concerns few years back about safety in the BSL4 Wuhan labs which conducted coronavirus "gain of function" research (my non-professional understanding - trying to make virus more deadly and virulent in order to research whether it can become more deadly and virulent) pretty much achieved in my brain the same effect wrt. China/coronavirus what "Denver" was trying to achieve back then wrt. US/AIDS.

</comment><comment><USER11> > The Covid-19 pandemic has provoked a wide range of lurid conspiracy theories > in countries whose governments are hostile to the United States, notably > Russia, China, Iran, and Venezuela... authoritarian regimes have exploited > widespread public fear and confusion to generate suspicions about U.S. > motives, to stoke hostility toward the United States, and to discredit the > U.S. government's sincerity in combatting the global pandemic.

With Trump tweeting "LIBERATE MICHIGAN" in support of the armed anti-lockdown group who shut down the Michigan statehouse and its lockdown efforts, I think the so-called "authoritarian regimes" have more to "exploit" regarding "the U.S. government's sincerity in combatting this global pandemic" than just "widespread public fear and confusion".</comment>


Interviewing with Well Funded Startup... What to expect? - <AUTHOR>

I am using a throwaway account for this question because I dont want it to get back to my current place of work that I will be interviewing elsewhere, but I am just wondering as a developer from the South what can I expect when interviewing with a well funded startup in the bay area?
I know lots about the company but am positive there is much more to know, I love the product and their direction but just am not sure what to expect of their interview process etc. it will be more of a technical evangelist position than a core development team spot so i am curious of what I should be expecting out of an interview and what kinds of questions I should be prepared for.
Any help is greatly appreciated <comment><USER2> My anecdotal experience says:

Large companies want to see theory (hacking together something that 98% works in a short period of time is less important than something that is maintainable and comprehensive), and they are willing to teach you the rest (they expect a few weeks of ramp-up time).

Small companies want to see ideas and how you can deliver (having a history of small-company product launches or open-source work is a plus). The ideas part is pretty important, esp in startups with less than 5 people -- everyone needs to be an innovator not simply an implementor. Also, show that you can hit the ground running, what would you do if they asked you to start the same day you interviewed -- have a plan to bring value quickly.

[edit-0: Good luck!]

</comment><comment><USER3> Depending on how early stage they are (probably not TOO early stage if they're hiring a technical evangelist), they might be hiring for "team fit" as much if not more than an actual initial specific job. Small teams will value flexibility a lot more than larger companies. The bias I would have against non-bay-area non-startup people is that they might not be as much "self starters" or otherwise flexible.

I'm sure you can convince them of your technical competence and soft skills, so maybe focus on flexibility and being willing to do what is necessary. Plus, demonstrating your actual familiar with and love of their product and market.

It's a "sellers market" for tech talent in the bay area, so I think you've got a good shot.</comment>


HealthFinch at Y Combinator – What YC thinks about Healthcare - <AUTHOR> http://blog.healthfinch.com/?p=19

<comment><USER2> I can fully relate to your frustration. You spent time, money and extra effort on your pitch and YC could have told you straight away. It sometimes appears that Y has its particular business model anyway: basically an attractive and ready product in which they can invest at a very low price and then just take it by the hand, polish it a bit and introduce it to their contacts in order to get a good valuation through either funding or sale and hence a significant return on their investment. Nothing wrong with that as long as one realizes it. Maybe one should just copy that business model - as some have done already anyway.</comment>


Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2018) - <AUTHOR> Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility. <comment><USER7> SEEKING WORK | Germany, Stuttgart (Max 20h/week) Remote | Travel possible What I do: Continuous Integration, Embedded systems design and development, low/high level robotics

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</comment><comment><USER16> SEEKING WORK - Houston, TX / Remote / Travel OK

I am a full-stack web developer writing front-ends with React, Redux & TypeScript and back-ends with Python, Django or Flask, and postgresql.

I'm comfortable doing anything from simple maintenance & feature addition to creating an MVP for your project.

Some technologies I have experience working with:

        Backend => Python/flask or django, golang, node.js

        Frontend => React, Redux, Gatsby, preact, riot, SASS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript

        Storage => postgresql, sqlite, redis

        Cloud & devops => AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, dokku

        Longshot => TypeScript compiler API

I cut my coding teeth writing compilers in C++ and Scheme, so I'm happy working with pretty much anything. Recent client testimonials: "Solid & dependable", "top notch coder and a compiler ninja"

You can check me out further at:

My website: [https://upvalue.io](https://upvalue.io)

My GitHub: [https://github.com/ioddly](https://github.com/ioddly)

If you're interested in working with me, you can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com - my phone # is available on my website.

</comment><comment> fuzzy-logic SEEKING WORK

Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: yes/world-wide

DevOps Process Consulting - Linux Systems Administration - Network Management

Hi, I'm Lee Whalen, Principal of Fuzzy Logic, a Seattle-Based DevOps consultancy with deep experience in providing business results through technical solutions.

We help SaaS companies save money on hosting through extensive automation - infrastructure deployment, code-checking/deploy, CI/CD - and good-practices for on-premise or public cloud management.

Business results we've obtained for our Clients include:

\+ Savings in excess of $1.4M/yr by environment-wide migrations from Rackspace fully managed hardware to a privately hosted Openstack environment

\+ A 33% savings from previous OpEx through optimizing public-cloud spend, replacing expensive SaaS products with internal services, etc

\+ Cut DevOps engineer 'time to first commit' from two weeks to two days with documentation and optimized onboarding processes

\+ Developed a custom API-driven provisioning tool that allowed VMs to deploy independent of the cloud provider backend

Let's have a conversation about where your business is going and what we can do to get you there. Contact Fuzzy Logic or its principal Lee Whalen:

\- [ [https://www.fuzzy-logic.org/](https://www.fuzzy-logic.org/) ]

\- hnhireme (at) fuzzy-logic.org

</comment><comment><USER17> SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR or Remote

I'm a full-stack developer with 17 years experience. My specialties are Rails, Postgres and Chef/AWS. I'm also very comfortable in Angular, Vue, React, Java, and Python. At the low level I can write custom C Postgres extensions, use SIMD CPU instructions, or implement hot spots in Rust. At the high level I can design and wireframe features and show their business value. You don't want me to pick your color scheme though. :-)

I am reliable, easy to work with, quick to turn things around, and a good communicator. I can work solo or on a team, either as lead or a team member. I value client satisfaction as highly as technical excellence.

You can see some of my recent work here:

[https://illuminatedcomputing.com/portfolio](https://illuminatedcomputing.com/portfolio)

[https://github.com/pjungwir/aggs_for_arrays](https://github.com/pjungwir/aggs_for_arrays)

[https://github.com/pjungwir/db_leftovers](https://github.com/pjungwir/db_leftovers)

If you'd like to work together, I'd be happy to discuss your project!: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER18> SEEKING WORK -- Gainesville, FL -- remote/freelance

I am an experienced Python developer, having used the language in all kinds of areas and situations, including web development (Flask, Django, Pylons, Google App Engine, etc), GUI development, database access (using MS SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres), scripting, backend development, automated testing, web crawling/scraping, data extraction and parsing/ETL, etc.

I am looking for full-time or part-time work, either one is fine. If you are looking to get a small project done, or you have an existing project where some maintenance work needs to be done (perhaps on a regular basis), then I would love to hear from you.

I am also available for technical writing (I kept a programming blog for many years, mostly about Python).

(For the record: Although Python is my main programming language, I am also interested in, and have worked with, many other programming languages, including C, D, Delphi, Go, C#/Mono, Ruby, OCaml, Prolog, Lisp, Scheme, etc, on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems. I am also available to work on projects in these languages.)

Website: [http://aquila.blue](http://aquila.blue)

Email: zephyrfalcon at gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER19> SEEKING WORK - remote, short to medium term projects - firstname.lastname@example.com I make software - mostly full-stack web development and HTTP APIs, but I'm adaptable. I have some interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I have a little experience making Android apps, and my open-source Android app Ceilingbounce has happy users.

I can do stuff that's harder than basic CRUD apps. Stuff I know well: Clojure, Ruby (with or without Rails), Python, Django, Javascript, Lua, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SASS, responsive CSS.

Other stuff I've used for something non-trivial at least once: Common Lisp, Scheme, Java, SASS, C, PHP, Haskell, Bash, Perl, MongoDB, Mirah, Android development with Clojure. Yes, I can probably pick up that language or tool you're using that nobody has ever heard of.

Github: [https://github.com/zakwilson](https://github.com/zakwilson)

Some public facing things I've worked on:

[https://priceonomics.com](https://priceonomics.com)

[https://survis.com](https://survis.com)

[https://remarkbox.com](https://remarkbox.com)

</comment><comment><USER20> SEEKING WORK - Remote (Can visit SF/Bay Area/Jacksonville, FL)

I am a Developer (Swift, JS, Ruby, Obj-C, React, Rx*, MobX, Hyperapp, Elm), and Designer (Interaction Design/UI/UX). I typically consult on or perform the following:

\- iOS Design & Development: Development, prototyping, design.

\- Front End Design & Development - Prototyping, production, management, I've also setup processes for growing teams and established best practices for new hires.

\- Product Design: Strategy, best practices, interaction design, ui design, iconography, marketing.

\- Data Visualization: Static or Interactive, web, mobile, video.

\- GIS: ARC GIS, Google Maps, Mapbox, interactive and time based visualizations.

dylan(@)bvr.group | [https://bvr.group](https://bvr.group) | [http://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanrw](http://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanrw) | [http://github.com/dylan](http://github.com/dylan) | [http://dribbble.com/dylanrw](http://dribbble.com/dylanrw)

</comment><comment><USER21> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Berlin, World - Content Marketing / Marketer

_______________________________

Are you looking for someone to promote your Tech Startup / Product / Idea? I love to create traction for these sorts of things. Currently I am working with other brands to get out their name. Don't hesitate to reach out to me, someone who is eager to work with you, rather than outsourcing it to a generic agency.

_______________________________

What I do:

\- Content Production (Blog, Product, Newsletter, Push Notifications, Social Media)

\- Content Marketing Strategies (Long Term SEO Optimization, Newsletter Campaign (e.g. Drip Campaigns), Mailing Lists)

\- Landing Page Optimization (.e.g Guidance, SEO, Conversion Rates)

\- Dedicated Content Promotion on third-party Platforms (Social Media, Reddit, HN, Niche Websites, Influencer)

\- Social Media Channel Optimization / Assistance (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram)

\- Landing Page or Blog Setup (e.g. Hosting, Domain Registration, Initial Setup)

_______________________________

I am eager to work with you or your company on these things. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Where you can find out more about me: [https://www.iamliesa.com](https://www.iamliesa.com)

</comment><comment><USER22> SEEKING WORK | Washington, DC | Remote

I'm a Full-Stack software engineer with a passion for developing elegant user interfaces and robust backends. Fully committed to helping clients go from idea to product launch and beyond.

Services * Business Management Dashboard - Using the latest web technologies in HTML, CSS, Dart, and JavaScript I deliver custom web based dashboards that makes all your business critical information available in one place. * Deployment Automation - Deployment automation of software applications and cloud infrastructure is critical to your business success and lets you focus on product functionality your users care about. * Downtime Reporting - In my experience managing, designing, developing software systems I know how important error reporting is to your product's success.

Technologies: AngularDart, Firebase, Terraform, Google Cloud Platform, MongoDB

Website: www.alkebuware.com

Email: email@example.com

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-alkebu- lan-86670245/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-alkebu-lan-86670245/)

</comment><comment><USER23> SEEKING FREELANCER | QuoteToMe.com | Winnipeg, Canada | Frontend React (+MobX) Developer | Contract/Freelance | REMOTE

Our mission is to build a more informed, harmonized, and thriving construction community.

We are a young and well funded startup that is building a modern communication and quoting platform for contractors and equipment rental companies.

We Are Looking For Someone...

→ Who knows how to write clean, modular, composable, properly scoped and named code in React + MobX (and vanilla JavaScript/ES6).

→ That knows how to implement new features or improve existing ones based on provided designs and make them even better using good UX considerations and good sense of aesthetic.

→ That can self-sufficiently debug & implement solutions with minimal direction in a sometimes ambiguous environment.

→ Knows how to write code that works across a multitude of devices, screen sizes and browsers.

→ That is always learning, open minded, collaborative, open to new ways of doing things and open to receiving and providing constructive feedback.

→ With experience in working in a remote "asynchronous communication" environment via Slack, Email, etc. And who knows how to communicate via english language with clarity in both technical and non technical matters.

→ That understands values of maintainable and clean codebase and code standards.

→ Has at least basic understanding and experience with GIT (+GitHub).

→ Enjoys taking ownership and responsibility for their work.

Please fill in the form under this URL to apply: [https://goo.gl/forms/2C3xOmpwkCWlv2XG3](https://goo.gl/forms/2C3xOmpwkCWlv2XG3)

</comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING WORK | Washington, DC | Remote

Embedded Linux developer with a passion for developing user, and kernel space applications and everything in between on embedded linux platforms. Fully committed to helping clients go from idea to product launch and beyond.

Services

* Custom Device Drivers - I bridge any gaps by extending your embedded Linux platform to support your custom hardware needs.

* ARM Board Support Packages - With my experience booting Linux on the ARM platform using U-Boot I can help you save time and money during this critical phase of product development.

* Management User Interfaces for Embedded Devices - Leave the design and development of your embedded platform's local user interface to me and your customers will thank you for the pleasant user experience.

Technologies: C, C++ Shell Scripting, Linux OS, HTML, Javascript

Website: alkebuware.lpages.co/embedded

Email: email@example.com

Resume: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PxrE4ocQmxENXHYbBxuuMla- TA-...](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PxrE4ocQmxENXHYbBxuuMla-TA- PvCYV/view?usp=sharing)

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING WORK - NYC, mostly remote preferred, but open to travel for larger projects, major meetings, etc. I'm a senior iOS developer with experience as a product manager and startup founder.

Since 2010, I've built, launched, grown, and supported many dozens of complex native iPad and iPhone apps, and worked on mobile app projects with everyone from tiny startups to design shops to Fortune 500 companies to government agencies.

I have deep experience with Objective-C and Swift, as well as backend experience with LAMP (esp Laravel, WP, and others), Firebase, and Parse.

MOST importantly, I have real-world, personal experience in making sure that money spent = business results, not just reinventing the wheel with the latest developer-hyped obsessions (I love shiny toys too, but only when they support the business goals).

I focus on two things these days:

1\. Long-term maintenance and support of mobile apps, both enterprise and consumer-facing. Ensuring everything stays up-to-date with OS changes, fixing bugs, adding new features, doing redesigns, and generally making sure that your investment in an app pays off in the long run. Discounts for multiple apps, agencies (who want to resell this to their clients), and non-profits. We cover Android and hybrid apps as well.

2\. Building MVP mobile apps for startups. I help startups go from a great idea to having a polished app in the hands of their users as fast as possible. So if you have a broad concept and you need someone who understands the entire product development / startup funding / business growth lifecycle and how to get things done within those constraints, I'm an excellent fit.

I'd love the opportunity to work with you if things are a good fit!

You can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com or text me at 650-646-3914

</comment><comment> cg-enterprise SEEKING FREELANCER

Location: London

Remote: YES

CGE is a software development agency with focus on quick adaptation of the initial concept to working MVP. We are currently seeking a contractor or a team thereof to complete a short term blockchain project in the field of financial services with a deadline in 4 months from the commencement. The project will concern developing a private blockchain application for a financial institution with client interface via mobile apps.

Project specs will be provided to the applicants.

Skills required \- Mobile App Development (React Native, iOS, Android) \- Blockchain Development (Blockchain stack such as Ethereum, Hyperledger, Bitshares, Waves...)

Send us your resume via the email contact[at]cyber-guard.co.uk along with any links to publicly available projects/blockchain apps launched etc. We would love to take on someone who's rolled out blockchain solutions to production in the past, however if you have any experience with private blockchain applications at all we'd like to see your resume!

</comment><comment><USER26> SEEKING WORK Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: JavaScript (React, Native, Vue, NodeJS), GraphQL, python (Django, Flask, AppEngine)

Résumé/CV: [https://www.uplift.agency](https://www.uplift.agency)

Email: email@example.com

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We are product-minded engineers. Build full-stack sites or native-mobile apps and take them to market.

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers who started Uplift to build amazing software and solve complex problems.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

We specialize in React, React Native, GraphQL and Django/python.

We've worked with companies like Credit Karma, ClearCare, NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: [https://www.uplift.agency](https://www.uplift.agency)

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING WORK | Peoria, IL | Remote | travel possible

rcummings[@]nerevu[●]com

Hi I'm Reuben. An MIT trained consultant, open source contributor, and speaker. I use data to help companies improve their operations, products, and services.

Organizations use libraries I've developed for ETL, stream processing, and data analysis.

Specialties: APIs, process automation, screen scraping, data analysis / visualization, and SPA development.

Rate: $5k/wk

Tech stack:

* Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Pandas, Twisted)

* Coffee/JavaScript (Node, Express, D3, Leaflet, Mithril)

* cloud (Heroku, DigitalOcean, AWS, TravisCI)

* DB (PostgreSQL, SQLite, Memcache, Redis, MongoDB)

Info:

* about: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/reubano](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reubano)

* portfolio: [https://www.reubano.xyz/portfolio/](https://www.reubano.xyz/portfolio/)

* talks: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fKnSm4M_VWxdWRwNuXS...](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fKnSm4M_VWxdWRwNuXSxQ3TsYFG4C_l)

</comment><comment><USER28> SEEKING WORK | Dhaka, BD. GMT +6 | ONSITE or REMOTE | FULL-STACK DEVELOPER, ML, NLP, CHATBOTS

3+ years work experience in the field of web development, Chatbot, NLP (Semantic parsing, Entity recognition, conversation flow design). Also work experience with enterprise system integrations

Skills:

\- NodeJS (3+ years of experience) (Vanilla, ES6, ExpressJS, AngularJS) Frontend + backend

\- Python (2+ years of experience) (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, Spacy, NLTK) (Also wrote my own ORM for mongoDB)

\- HTML, CSS (Several frontend frameworks - Bootstrap, Bulma etc)

Contact:

\- email: email@example.com

\- linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikdas/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikdas/)

\- website: [https://www.anikdas.com](https://www.anikdas.com)

\- github: anikdas

I am highly motivated and deliver what I have been asked for in time. I also really appreciate work environments that encourage learning and constant personal and professional growth. Drop me an email if you want me to work on your project. Thanks.

</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK / Remote / Based in Los Angeles

Designer + Developer

I have over 10 years of experience as a graphic designer and web developer. I create websites, brand identities and marketing material for a variety of companies including startups, agencies and non-profit organizations. In addition to my design skills, I have thorough knowledge of full-stack web development.

DESIGN: websites, mobile apps, logos, banner ads, marketing material, advertising, billboards, trade show displays, packaging, 3D modeling, photo retouching

DEVELOPMENT: HTML, CSS, LESS, JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, Node, PHP, Django, MySQL, Bootstrap, Foundation, REST APIs, Contentful, Webhook, Wordpress, Modx, Git, Grunt/Gulp, Static Site Generators

PORTFOLIO: [http://sunderlandstudio.com](http://sunderlandstudio.com)

LINKEDIN: [http://linkedin.com/in/stevesunderland](http://linkedin.com/in/stevesunderland)

CONTACT: stevesunderland[at]gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING WORK - Remote Location: Karachi

Remote: Yes

I am not actively looking right now but would not mind hearing interesting and challenging ideas.

Mostly I am involved in Python and PHP Laravel. Python for data scraping, EDA, and at times web development.

I am always in learning mode. In the past few weeks, I learned and share about technologies on my blog. For instance:

\- Getting started with Kafka in Python ([https://goo.gl/nYUbdd](https://goo.gl/nYUbdd))

\- Elasticsearch and Python ([https://goo.gl/PtfFHE](https://goo.gl/PtfFHE))

\- Create your own custom crypto token and use in existing business use cases - ([https://goo.gl/rMVUWm](https://goo.gl/rMVUWm))

and many others on my blog([http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me](http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me))

Check my profile at [http://adnansiddiqi.me](http://adnansiddiqi.me)

Thanks

</comment><comment><USER31> SEEKING WORK - San Diego, CA or Remote

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

I've been doing a lot of mobile and front-end work past couple of years, but I know my way around back-ends, architecture, deployment as well.

Most of my experience comes from consulting. You can see my some of past works & references here: [http://goshakkk.name/works/](http://goshakkk.name/works/)

I keep a blog about React Native & React ([http://goshakkk.name](http://goshakkk.name)) and have self-published a book about forms in React ([http://goshakkk.name/the-missing-forms-handbook-of- react/](http://goshakkk.name/the-missing-forms-handbook-of-react/)).

A bunch of buzzwords because apparently everyone needs them: React Native, React, JavaScript, Flow, Redux, Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Haskell, type systems.

Note: my handle has nothing to do with the kkk.

</comment><comment><USER32> SEEKING WORK | Software Developer | Poland Kraków remote/travel possible Remote: Yes

Technologies: Python (Django, Flask, Celery), Lua, JavaScript (React + MobX)

Email: in HN profile.

I'm a full-stack developer. I build things from the scratch to actually working. Sometimes I get those things to the front page of HN.

I'm a creator of [http://whoishiring.io](http://whoishiring.io). I used to work on Google Art Project ([https://googleartproject.com/](https://googleartproject.com/)) and HippyVM (RPython based PHP interpreter) while I write code I'm very oriented on a product side of things. I feel pretty comfortable with Python (Django, Flask, Celery) Javascript (React), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL. Full CV available on o email.

Also if you are looking to build a search feature on the map or scrape tones of data from the Internet I'm probably the guy.

Rates: 60usd/h

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING WORK | The Netherlands | Remote

Hey! My name is Remco and I am an experienced full stack software developer in C++ and C#. I do software and apps, web back ends, prototyping, hosting, deployment and management. I can cover the entire development process from start to finish or work on existing projects. If you are not certain about the requirements or direction of a project, I will help design your software solution.

I have been programming for 10+ years of which 3 professionally. I have experience in both startups and multinational organizations and worked on mobile, desktop and web applications. I pay attention to details, work reliably and learn fast when I have to work with new technologies.

Primary skills:

\- Software Development and Design, Algorithms, Game Development

\- C++, C#, ASP.NET (Core), Xamarin, Java

Check out my full portfolio: [https://remcovanommeren.com](https://remcovanommeren.com)

You can contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK | FULL STACK DEVELOPER | REMOTE + EDINBURGH, UK.

Freelance full stack software developer with over 10 years experience including a PhD in software verification offering:

\- _Web app development:_ JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript, Vue, Angular, jQuery, D3), Python (Flask, Django), Java, PHP (WordPress)

\- _Mobile app development:_ Android, iOS, PhoneGap/Cordova.

\- _Cloud hosting:_ Creating scalable apps that run on Heroku and AWS.

\- _SEO:_ On-page audits and optimisations.

\- _Code quality:_ Reducing defects in existing projects by integrating test suites, staging + development environments, Continuous Integration, planning boards and code reviews.

Portfolio and more information available at [https://www.seanw.org](https://www.seanw.org).

Recent example project (well reviewed website auditor tool): [https://www.checkbot.io/](https://www.checkbot.io/)

Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.

</comment><comment><USER35> \---

SEEKING WORK - <USER6>

UI/UX designer and front-end developer from Iceland with good solutions for your problems.

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I can help you with:

UX Design - We'll work together to make user flows, wireframes and prototypes to get a clear overview of our goals and how the user will achieve them.

UI Design - This is where we add your brand and details. Everything has to be consistent with your brand image.

Front-end development - Implementing a design is hard. I got the skills to work with your developers, or on my own, to make the end results great.

You can checkout some of my previous work at [https://gilli.is/](https://gilli.is/)

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Let's work together! Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com

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Related links:

* Dribbble: [http://dribbble.com/gilli](http://dribbble.com/gilli)

* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/gillisig](http://twitter.com/gillisig)

* Github: [http://github.com/gillisig](http://github.com/gillisig)

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</comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK - Based in Cologne, Germany, remote or Europe preferred

I do custom electronics, robotics, and embedded software development - <USER4> specialize in quickly turning ideas into prototypes. I've built custom automation equipment for chemistry labs, sensors that are in use in household/utility applications, control circuitry for construction equipment, 3d printing electronics, data acquisition equipment. No project too small. Few projects too large. Deep discounts for open source hardware work.

I would also be happy to come over (anywhere in Europe) and teach any of the above skills to a small group of interested people. I've taught courses in electronic assembly (SMD), 3d printing (building/using printers, iterative 3d model design using programming) and robot design and construction. I've taught courses at several universities, hackspaces, and conferences.

</comment><comment><USER37> SEEKING WORK - Remote, travel possible depending on location and duration.

Location: North-east UK

What I do: Data migration, transformation, and processing. Prototype development. Feasibility studies.

In the past I've been a network engineer, run large-scale Debian installations doing devops before it had a name, and been responsible for servers in Antarctica. I have experience with a wide range of different Unix tools and technologies, at various levels of the stack. This gives me the ability—and the perspective—to pick the best combination of tools for any particular project, rather than simply treating everything as a nail because all I have is a hammer.

I focus particularly on taking on "weird" or niche data or exploratory projects end-to-end; things that wouldn't be a fit for a standard web or development agency.

Previous work:

* Custom domain specific language (DSL) to encode business rules for computer vision system (Common Lisp)

* University library data migration project, with a focus on completeness and validation. (Clojure, Elixir, Ruby)

* School data processing app (Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL)

* Custom data dashboards (R, Geckoboard)

* High-reliability, long-term timelapse platform for inaccessible locations. (FreeBSD, Arduino, Python, Shell)

* Migration of existing Node.js+Firebase service to Golang+PostgreSQL on AWS

* Feasibility study investigating the possiblility of writing custom code to interface with a biometric timeclock (Common Lisp)

* Proof-of-concept hardware development for projects linking the physical and virtual worlds in real time (Arduino, Node.js)

Buzzwords: Debian, Ubuntu, AWS, PostgreSQL, Perl, Common Lisp, Clojure, Ruby, Go, Arduino / AVR, Elixir / Phoenix, FreeBSD

Got something you think is a good fit? Drop me a line at mike -at- lambdafunctions -dot- com

</comment><comment><USER38> SEEKING WORK | Full Stack Developer | NYC or Remote

10+ years building web/mobile apps.

Studied CS at Stanford. Founded a startup, PeerCDN, acquired by Yahoo. Been consulting for clients worldwide since then, including Expo, Datavisor, Towerview Health, MagicPoser, etc.

I consult, and work with subcontractors on the entire spectrum of product development, from ideation to creating designs and building the actual product.

Pricing: $150 hourly Flat rates: Landing Page: $5000, React Native mobile app: $15k-25k, Web App: $10-25K

Email: abi | at | lightwavecollective.com Website: [http://lightwavecollective.com](http://lightwavecollective.com) LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/abimanyuraja](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abimanyuraja)

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING WORK - Remote or Bristol, UK.

Hi, I'm an experienced (7 years) full-stack developer with a passion for startups.

My skills and experiences include:

* Python (Django, Flask, Celery)

* Javascript (Angular, Redux, React, Electron, ES6, Typescript)

* Datastores (Postgres, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka)

* DevOps (AWS, Docker, CoreOS)

I've helped build systems that store billions of data points, run millions of jobs daily and process thousands of messages a second. Beyond just development, I love consulting with start-ups. I have experience across the startup life cycle. From the earliest stages of a first hire to the later stages with millions in annual recurring revenue and profitable.

If you'd like to work together or want to talk my email is firstname.lastname@example.com.

Github: [https://github.com/cameronmaske](https://github.com/cameronmaske)

</comment><comment><USER40> SEEKING WORK - REMOTE Highly experienced VP of Engineering & Lead Web Developer. Skills:

* Crypto/Blockchain - building Crypto infrastructure (multiple Blockchains), customized libraries and APIs, as well as front-end (MetaMask) solutions - Highly motivated to continue working with this.

* NodeJS/Meteor/SailsJS

* Serverless (going heavy on that one)

* Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP)

* Wordpress/CodeIgniter/Yii/Drupal (Components, Hacks, Themes) - less motivated, unless truly cutting edge (or WP VIP projects)

* CI & Unit testing - Jenkins, Mocha & Karma for JS, Toast for PHP, as well as Selenium

* Django (general Python too) - to a lesser extent

Seeking: Challenging projects. Most recently worked extensively with Serverless & AWS APIs, building cloud-related prototypes, before that worked as an AngularJS specialist.

Example work: Upon request

Location: EU

Contact: dev (at) azdv.co

</comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING WORK - Chicago, IL - <USER6>

Skills:

– iOS Swift Development

– Augmented Reality ARKit Development

– Growth

I specialize in developing iOS apps. Several of my apps were handpicked and featured worldwide by Apple. I've built social, gaming, messaging, lending, consumer, and location-based products. I'm presently exploring & building ARKit 2 concepts.

I am a startup founder, native iOS developer, and growth/marketing expert.

Experience with: Swift, ARKit, iMessage extensions, Firebase, AWS, Sketch, Heroku, HTML5, CSS3, Wireframing, UX, and SQL.

Website: [https://atmorales.com](https://atmorales.com)

Email: email@example.com

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Guide to Data Classes in Python 3.7 - <AUTHOR> https://realpython.com/python-data-classes/ <comment><USER2> Data Classes are a cool feature, useful, and a superior alternative to namedtuple.

But while this was brewing, attrs ate their lunch. Data Classes just don't go far enough compared to what attrs [1] has provided for a while now. If there's a compelling reason to switch, I haven't found it yet.

Can I use Data Classes in a library supporting Python 2.7, 3.4-3.7? I don't think the answer is yes today.

[1]: [https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs](https://github.com/python- attrs/attrs)

<comment><USER3> > Data Classes are a cool feature, useful, and a superior alternative to > namedtuple.

I'm curious, how is it "superior" to NamedTuples?

<comment><USER4> The PEP lists the rationale and some discussion.

[https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#rationale](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#rationale) [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#id10](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#id10)

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> I haven't watched it yet but I saw that Raymond Hettinger presented on data classes at PyCon last week [0].

[0]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TwcmT6Rcw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TwcmT6Rcw)

<comment><USER6> I thought it was pretty good. He focused mostly on why you'd use this over typing.NamedTuple or hand-rolled code. Then, he talks about the couple limitations and where it'll go in the future.

</comment></comment><comment><USER7> I am happy that lightweight data classes are now in the stdlib -- hopefully this puts an expiration date on overuse of namedtuple, which has turned out to be kind of a bad idea. Being able to make sane lightweight classes in one-off one-file python scripts will be nice.

That said, on any package that I write that has third party dependencies anyway (read: all of them), I don't see a compelling reason to change from attrs.

<comment><USER8> You nailed it with "on any package that I write that has third party dependencies anyway". On my recent package I was going for zero dependencies (at py3.7+) so I used the backport of dataclasses.

Ultimately, I threw out dataclasses too. But if I didn't need __repr__, __post_init__ and __slots__ with default values, I'd probably have just stuck with dataclasses :)

</comment></comment><comment><USER8> The problem with dataclasses are:

1) they don't support __slots__ and default values

2) type hints aren't supported yet, and it doesn't appear they'll be added to the 3.6 backport

The former issue will be resolved (maybe in 3.8?) but it will require either a metaclass approach or the @dataclass decorator to build a separate class.

The good news is that dataclasses (the backport) work on PyPy 6.0.0.

<comment><USER9> On the __slots__, the article claims that these do: [https://realpython.com/python-data-classes/#optimizing- data-...](https://realpython.com/python-data-classes/#optimizing-data-classes)

EDIT: From PEP 557: [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#support-for- automa...](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#support-for- automatically-setting-slots)

"Support for automatically setting __slots__?

At least for the initial release, __slots__ will not be supported. __slots__ needs to be added at class creation time. The Data Class decorator is called after the class is created, so in order to add __slots__ the decorator would have to create a new class, set __slots__, and return it. Because this behavior is somewhat surprising, the initial version of Data Classes will not support automatically setting __slots__. There are a number of workarounds:

\- Manually add __slots__ in the class definition.

\- Write a function (which could be used as a decorator) that inspects the class using fields() and creates a new class with __slots__ set."

<comment><USER8> The article doesn't discuss slots and default values. Here's the actual reference implementation for dataclasses where it's discussed: [https://github.com/ericvsmith/dataclasses/issues/28](https://github.com/ericvsmith/dataclasses/issues/28)

Your second solution works fine (and is what I'd referenced). For your first solution, I'd again redirect you to my statement "they don't support __slots__ and default values" and the above link.

<comment><USER9> It's not my solution, just a direct quote from PEP.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> Another alternative to data classes is types.SimpleNamespace, available since Python 3.3:

[https://docs.python.org/3/library/types.html#types.SimpleNam...](https://docs.python.org/3/library/types.html#types.SimpleNamespace)

</comment><comment><USER9> Data classes was an interesting read and will definitely save some time in the future, but I think the __slots__ mention is where I got the most value from (big memory and access speed savings!).

Additional reading on __slots__: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/472000/usage-of- slots](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/472000/usage-of-slots)

</comment><comment><USER11> This marks the beginning of the end for python as a dynamic language.

</comment><comment><USER12> Python keeps evolving -- great ! and also, consider support for a _stable_ Python 2.7 LTS .. you know, for more than five years from now?

<comment><USER13> Python 2.7 has been stable and supported for almost 8 years -- how much more long term do you want? Even releases of Java only seem to get about 6 years of support.

<comment><USER14> > _Python 2.7 has been stable and supported for almost 8 years -- how much > more long term do you want?_

Forever? 2.x codebase are in the millions of lines of code in companies, and they won't be converted or go away anytime soon. And those will need security updates and bug fixes.

Note that Google and Dropbox are still running tons of Python 2.x -- and those are two companies where Guido Vas Rossum himself has worked in the last 10 years.

Not consider the average company with tons of Python 2.x code. It's not going anywhere soon.

Heck, why is everyone surprised by this? Or is it just 20 year old first time pro devs that are surprised? The world still supports tons of Cobol and other "old" language code -- some running for 3-4 decades after a language went "out of fashion"...

<comment><USER15> > Forever?

You can have support forever.

You just can't have it __for free__ forever.

There are companies out there that will happily sell you the service.

You already get an amazing tech for free, and support of 2 decades in you take all the 2.X branch in consideration (e.g: 4 times the ubuntu LTS). You complaining at this point is just insulting the community.

I find it infuriating. When the JS or Ruby community breaks stuff, they give a few weeks notice, and a few months to migrate. Nobody complains. Python give 10 years, a lot of tooling and tutorials, and some people keep complaining. This is where being too nice is a problem.

In 2020, I'll triple my price for any work on 2.7. I'm done being fair to people with such ingratitude.

<comment><USER14> > _In 2020, I 'll triple my price for any work on 2.7. I'm done being fair to > people with such ingratitude._

This doesn't make any sense. You're not running a charity. If you can get customers with the tripled price, then do triple it. If you can get customers with a 100x price, you'd be a fool not to 100x your price.

If, on the other hand, you can't get customers for triple the price, then tripling it will just make people go to someone else. You're not hurting anybody either way...

<comment><USER15> > This doesn't make any sense. You're not running a charity. If you can get > customers with the tripled price, then do triple it. If you can get > customers with a 100x price, you'd be a fool not to 100x your price

You say that because you see business as only a gateway to make money. But if you work in the libre community, you'll see that ethics and promotion of the libre is a very important part of it. It's also why FOSS people make less money.

<comment><USER14> > _But if you work in the libre community, you 'll see that ethics and > promotion of the libre is a very important part of it_

For how many people? Most major FOSS people I know work in large companies from Red Hat to IBM and Joyent. Heck, speaking of Python, Guido worked for Google and Dropbox.

And most of the others are volunteers.

Besides, I wouldn't call "tripling the price" when you don't like the client using an older version exactly "ethical".

Have you talked to the client? Do you know their costs and externalities for a 2.7 -> 3 rewrite of their existing (and working code)? It's not like they are capricious and want to use 2.7 out of malice.</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment>


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