The explosion of new coronavirus tests that could help to end the pandemic - <AUTHOR> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02140-8 <comment><USER2> The most promising plan I've heard along these lines is detailed in a recent episode of _This Week in Virology_.[1]

We could have this disease under control by the time school starts by giving everyone (or at least everyone in highly affected areas) tests every day.

This is possible, practical, and affordable.

The technology for fast pregnancy-test style tests for COVID-19 exists right now, and they could cost as little as $1 per test.

The reason these tests aren't being used yet is because of the FDA's misguided requirements for extremely high sensitivity for COVID-19 tests. If these requirements could be relaxed to allow lower-sensitivity tests, then these tests could go out on the market... or, better yet, the government could take over and ensure everyone gets tested with these tests every day for $1 a test.

Even a more limited plan of testing just all schoolkids every day for $1 a test would be way better than what we've got now.

[1] - Starting at about 6'20" in to episode 640: [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/](https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/)

<comment><USER3> To put this idea in perspective, there are ~56 million students in the US. To do this daily for an entire school year at $1/test would cost ~1% of the trillion dollars allocated spent in the first relief bill.

Testing and contact tracing is a _bargain_ compared to continuing to pay everyone to stay home. I don't understand why we're not seeing for-real effective contact tracing from our governments yet.

<comment><USER4> > To put this idea in perspective, there are ~56 million students in the US. > To do this daily for an entire school year at $1/test would cost ~1% of the > trillion dollars allocated spent in the first relief bill.

Which $1 test currently in production would this be? And as a point of context, there's been nowhere near the ~10B tests (I assume you're talking about a 180 day school year) you're proposing administered _worldwide_. Furthermore, what factory produces and ships 56 million of anything on a daily basis? I've said this before but I think HN readers suffer from thinking that everything in the world works like AWS in that you can just spin up unlimited "anything" on a moment's notice.

<comment><USER2> _" Which $1 test currently in production would this be?"_

The technology to make these tests currently exists, but the companies which own the technology have chosen not to put them in to production because the tests aren't sensitive enough to gain FDA approval under current regulations.

If the regulations were relaxed to allow these less sensitive (but perfectly adequate) tests, then they could be put in to production.

So what's necessary for us to get $1 tests is to convince the FDA that these less sensitive tests are adequate for use, which is what the _This Week in Virology_ podcast and the _NYT_ article linked to earlier argue for.

 _" Furthermore, what factory produces and ships 56 million of anything on a daily basis?"_

From the _TWiV_ podcast[1]:

 _" Take every manufacturing company that knows how to print paper, adapt their tools to print monoclonal antibodies on to those sheets and just start slicing it up and shipping it out. It's as easy as that, I mean, you know, I'm simplifying it a bit, but..."_

[1] - from about 32'30" in to the podcast [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/](https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/)

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> Some AI researchers[0] claim to be able to detect the virus by the sound of your voice via speech signals. They took samples of youtube celebrities who were recording videos at a time they were infected, but just before their diagnosis, as part of their positive-case labeled data.

Maybe soon we'll have dogs that can smell Coronavirus too[1]!

[0] [http://news.mit.edu/2020/signs-covid-19-may-be-hidden- speech...](http://news.mit.edu/2020/signs-covid-19-may-be-hidden-speech- signals-0708)

[1] [https://www.ecowatch.com/dogs-smell- covid-19-2646105814.html](https://www.ecowatch.com/dogs-smell- covid-19-2646105814.html)

</comment><comment><USER6> Testing is great but you can do all the testing in the world, if the population is not compliant and superspreaders in particular simply ignore all health guidelines and don't even show up for tests you've gained nothing.

The pandemic already is under control in most places and I'm not sure testing had all that much to do with it. The successful strategy seems to be pretty straight forward. Initial lockdowns if the country is hit badly to curb the disease, then strong compliance with basic health guidelines and regional lockdowns if necessary.

Japan has performed about 800k tests _in total_ on a population of ~120 million, which is lower than most other countries by a magnitude and about 50 times less than the US, but has had very few excess deaths.

At the end of the day the virus cares about behaviour, not testing.

<comment><USER7> >The pandemic already is under control in most places

This is an interesting claim. I think it's potentially misleading, and possibly motivated by a need to portray places where it isn't under control as isolated.

I suppose it might be technically correct if you count a list of "places" and divide the number where it is growing rapidly by the number where it isn't. However, the results you get are very dependent on how you define a "place".

If you divide the world into Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa, and Oceania, the only one that definitely seems to be under control right now is Oceania. Africa and Europe are growing much slower than the others, but not obviously "under control", and Asia notably is seeing over 60,000 new cases per day even though it previously seemed to be under control until India started reporting large increases.

If you count countries, you could claim that about 3/4 of them have it under control, but that might not be permanent. Considering Brazil (which I think people would generally consider to have a serious problem right now) and everywhere the epidemic is growing faster, it is a minority of _countries_ , but very near half of the world _population_.

Source (as usual) is [https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/)

</comment></comment><comment><USER8> The article says new tests, is that a test for a new person. Or simply a test in a certain time frame

I assume it is the latter, which means the stats can be skwed somewhat. I can't say what degree it would be but I've had 8 tests. Which means I show up in the testing stats 8 times. My situation is somewhat unique, but I'm not alone. Hence the distinction I am curious about.

</comment><comment><USER9> [https://youtu.be/857B7u_vUBc](https://youtu.be/857B7u_vUBc) indian company developed automatic test machine

</comment><comment><USER10> The pooled sample testing method looks tractable.

<comment><USER11> Yes, but it's only more efficient than testing everybody if you are unlikely to get a positive result. So, in places where covid is not widely spreading.

<comment><USER12> The method described in the article isn't a traditional pooled test. Each sample is marked, and it tests and reports on all samples at once.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER13> I would say, testing being the solution is one thing that wasn't pushed in January or even pre C19 that I saw.

It wasn't mentioned in "Contagion" for instance.

A vaccination or cure was always known as not possible but the media pushed these false hopes.

In part I suspect this is the usual medial malpractice of doctors keeping their profession wealthy and keeping everything they can tied up and regulated.

I'd be interested to look at HIV and testing in the 80/90s to see whether at home tests were stopped by doctors or technology.

<comment><USER14> No, a vaccination was not always known as not possible. It still isn't, in fact. And amazing amounts of effort are being spent to make the administration of tests easier. The first tests required trained research technicians. Today tests are still not widespread because they require specialized machinery or other materials. If it were possible to pee on a stick as a self test, everyone would be ecstatic - but it's not, so far.

The pandemic planning stuff I've read from before this year seems to suffer from a number of assumptions that were violated by covid, from asymptomatic transmission to the long lead time. E.g in MERS or Ebola or even flu, the infectious but asymptomatic period is more like Contagion. You don't have to worry about infected people wandering around town for a week or two.

Most planning mentions the need for having tests, and quickly gathering materials etc, and then moves on to tactics for containment and vaccine development. Where testing is focused on, it's as a way to differentiate between people who have symptoms but are actually infected with a non-panfemic disease, so that resources aren't wasted quarantining them. I haven't yet found a scenario studied with a long lead time and possible low level or asymptomatic presentation as standard.

<comment><USER2> _" If it were possible to pee on a stick as a self test, everyone would be ecstatic - but it's not, so far."_

It is possible.

Listen to episode 640 of _This Week in Virology_ [1] for details.

[1] - Starting at about 6'20" \- [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/](https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-640/)

<comment><USER14> Audio doesn't work for me, but if you have a written source I would be curious to see it.

<comment><USER2> No, I don't have a transcript, but you could give this direct link to an mp3 version of the show a try:

[http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV640.mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV640.mp3)

It should play in any media player.

<comment><USER14> Sorry - I didn't mean technically, I meant I can't listen to voices easily.</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment>


A Gorgeous–and Unsettling–Video of Evolution in Action - <AUTHOR> https://www.wired.com/2016/09/gorgeous-unsettling-video-evolution-action/ <comment><USER2> The title actually checks out. An awesome video where you actually see the different evolutionary branches appearing.</comment>


General Assembly Launches Hybrid Education - <AUTHOR> http://generalassemb.ly/

<comment><AUTHOR> Since I couldn't post two links on one submission, here are the first two videos:

"Forming Your Startup": <http://generalassemb.ly/hybrid_classes/forming-your- startup>

"Introduction to Web APIs": [http://generalassemb.ly/hybrid_classes/introduction-to- web-a...](http://generalassemb.ly/hybrid_classes/introduction-to-web-apis)</comment>


Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2017) - <AUTHOR> Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility. <comment><USER18> SEEKING WORK - Remote or Boulder, CO

I'm a developer + designer who's been building products for the web for ~5 years now -- I'm interested in work ranging from:

• building your next landing page ($500 - $1000)

• interactive prototype ($1500)

• a full-fledged MVP ($5000) for your next web product

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I <3 JavaScript (ES6+, TypeScript), React, CSS (Sass/SCSS), Node, among other tech; I use whatever gets the job done, well. My resume is at [http://itskrish.co/r.pdf](http://itskrish.co/r.pdf)

Past experiences include building production-ready front-end software for SendGrid's Marketing Campaigns product, real-estate software for a multi- million dollar revenue startup in Philly, starting an equity crowdfunding platform (funded by RDV, Top 2016 College Startup by Inc.com, etc).

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I work flat-rate (split up into milestones) as opposed to hourly.

I'm also currently a student; for that reason, I'm fine offering heavily discounted services for my level of experience.

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Contact me! email@example.com // [http://itskrish.co](http://itskrish.co) // [http://git.io/krish](http://git.io/krish) // [https://linkedin.com/in/krishdholakiya](https://linkedin.com/in/krishdholakiya)

</comment><comment><USER19> SEEKING WORK - remote / Berlin

I'm a front-leaning, full-stack developer that is living in Berlin. I am American, and I have some conversational ability in German.

I have experience with every aspect of creating an application, from mockups and UX design, to graphic design, to the full-stack implementation, to deployment.

I've successfully built and sold a past start-up of mine, and have a great deal of insight with product development. Because of this, I'm probably of most value the earlier a project is in its life cycle.

Backend stack: Ruby on Rails, with DBs/data stores such as MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, Redis, Elastic Search.

Frontend stack: I have experience with other frameworks, but at this point I strongly prefer to work with React. I use current tooling (even with Rails projects) such as ES6, babbel and webpack. I prefer MobX to Redux, but can work with either. I am well-versed in current best practices, can build responsive mobile-friendly websites, and code pixel perfect CSS and HTML5.

I'm also a graphic designer, which can be seen from viewing past and present work on my portfolio.

Portfolio: [http://eatingthe.com](http://eatingthe.com)

Most Recent Project: [http://seedlang.com](http://seedlang.com)

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

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER20> Seeking Contract Work, on-site in the Eindhoven area (NL) | Remote OK

I am a strong software engineer who is passionate about large-scale distributed systems and cares about producing clean, elegant, maintainable, robust, well-tested Scala code.

Big Data / Core Skill: Apache Cassandra (DevOps, Data Modeling)

Big Data / Secondary Skill: Spark Streaming, Kafka (incl. KafkaConnect / KafkaStreams / SchemaRegistry)

Big Data / Secondary Skill: Graph Modeling / Algorithms / Queries (with Spark GraphFrames and Neo4J)

Programming Languages: Scala (highly proficient), Python (proficient)

Other Skills: Git, Docker, Akka Streams, Apache Ignite, Avro, Parquet, Zookeeper, HDFS, ElasticSearch, AWS (EC2/S3/RedShift/DataPipeline/EMR).

Other Skills: Machine Learning with SparkML (Linear / Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Naive Bayes, Alternating Least Squares / Recommender Systems, K-Means Clustering, Anomaly Detection, Frequent Pattern Mining / Topic Modeling)

Professional Background (formerly): ETL Developer / Traditional DWHs / Kimball's and Data Vault Methodologies

Solid experience working remotely.

All of my recent work history (8 years) is exclusively with startups.

Profile: [https://angel.co/dan-serban](https://angel.co/dan-serban)

My rate is EUR 75 per hour.

E-mail address in the profile.

</comment><comment><USER21> SEEKING FREELANCER - Washington, D.C. metro / Remote

We have developed a SaaS application that provides e-commerce capabilities, product sales on a subscription basis, and recurring billing capabilities. The application utilizes Stripe and the Stripe API (v3) to process payments.

Stripe payment processing is integrated and nearly feature complete. However, Stripe Connect is not currently integrated. We are seeking support in the following capacity:

      - Consult on best practices for Stripe integration, including Stripe Connect.
      - Provide implementation services for Stripe Connect
      - Potential review and remediation of existing Stripe implementation.

This engagement could be one or all of the above. However, our primary need in in understanding Stripe Connect and the best approach to integrate it into the application. We are open to other areas of advisement in the use of Stripe.

The application is built on top of a LAMP stack using concrete5 as the framework. concrete5 is an MVC framework that is very similar to Laravel or Symfony. We can provide any level of support and guidance to the developer for both the framework and application.

Other ongoing opportunities are in the queue for continued development of this application.

Contact: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER22> SEEKING WORK

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Not right now (just had a baby), but probably in about a year

Technologies: angular 1, angular 2, es6, react, redux, react-native, webpack, html5, css3, sass, scss, jade, node, php, building restful api's, git, grunt, jenkins, jira, mysql, postgres, redis, mongo, firebase, aws, heroku.

Resume: [http://www.jasperschulte.nl/wp- content/uploads/2016/03/curri...](http://www.jasperschulte.nl/wp- content/uploads/2016/03/curriculum_vitae_jasper_schulte.pdf)

Website: [http://www.jasperschulte.nl](http://www.jasperschulte.nl)

Email: You'll find it on my site

Linkedin: [https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jasperschulte](https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jasperschulte)

Rate: €85/hr

As a Javascript front-end developer, my main experience lies in enterprise scale single page JavaScript applications (SPA's), preferably built with the Angular 1/2 or React framework. Beside that I have strong business development and leadership skills. Having successfully built my own company from the ground up and run it for 10 years, I know what it takes to build, lead, grow and maintain a business.

</comment><comment><USER23> SEEKING WORK | American living in Tanzania | Remote Only | travel possible

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

I also created two Python libraries (riko and meza) used by organizations for ETL, stream processing, and data analysis.

Specialties: databases/APIs, automation, BI/ERP/CRM, screen scraping, and SPA development.

Rate: $5k/wk

Tech stack:

* Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Pandas, Twisted)

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

* 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/)

* contact: rcummings[@]nerevu[●]com

* SO: [https://stackoverflow.com/users/408556/reubano](https://stackoverflow.com/users/408556/reubano)

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

</comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING WORK - Boulder, Colorado, NYC, or Remote

We are a 3-person full stack team. Our portfolio: [https://stratosphere.digital](https://stratosphere.digital). Some recent projects we've launched: [https://divvydose.com](https://divvydose.com), [http://www.fitnessration.com.sg](http://www.fitnessration.com.sg), [http://shoptwigs.com](http://shoptwigs.com).

Some of the technologies we're most familiar with: Web and mobile design, UI, UX, iconography, illustration, design prototyping, PHP, Node.js, Meteor, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, LESS, Stylus, CoffeeScript, WebSockets, AJAX, MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, Cordova, PhoneGap, React Native, iOS, Android, Browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari), AWS, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, C, C++, C#, Java, Objective-C, Swift, QS/1, HL7, HIPAA.

We generally prefer to do fixed bid projects based on scope, but we also offer hourly rates and monthly retainer options. Contact: via our website or you can contact me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING WORK

iOS, 2x YC PORTFOLIO EXPERIENCE, LOCAL TO SF BAY AREA

\+ Location: SF, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, CA, US.

\+ Technologies: iOS, iOS, iOS. Swift. Native. iOS.

\+ Education: Computer Science / CS / C.S. bachelors degree.

\+ Experience: I've worked for 2 YC companies to date (1 hardware, 1 software). I've also worked for publicly-traded tech companies as a contractor and as a full-time employee.

\+ Soft-skills: No language or cultural barriers. I speak fluent and clear "American" English and have years of customer-facing experience with both technical and non-technical people. You'll have no friction communicating with me and I will collaborate with your current team just fine.

\+ Time zone: I'm can even be available locally in-person to sync with your team face-to-face during normal US business hours (no need to wake up at 3am remote team meeting.)

\+ Complementary technologies: Python, Django, jQuery, full-stack web, DevOps, Redis, LAMP, SQL, Parse, Postgres, Heroku, Objective-C, Obj-C.

\+ Résumé / CV / LinkedIn / Resume: (sensitive info) Please drop me an email and I'll respond with PDF.

\+ Work authorization: Full work authorization + US secret security clearance.

\+ Satisfied free-lance clients reference list upon request.

\+ Email: jayliew at jayliew ¤ com

\+ Remote: OK

</comment><comment><USER26> SEEKING WORK - Russia, REMOTE

What can I do for your business? I live on the edge and I can push your business to the edge by playing one of the following roles in your company: business analyst, manager-architect, or developer-architect

My practical and theoretical background:

* web-based business software development with use PHP/Yii and related stuff; project management in startup environment; system software development with use of C++/Java and related stuff;

* sociology and culturology (including travels over 20+ countries and 70+ cities/towns on 3 continents, and also trekking in 4 types of mountains);

* low-level biology and medicine; general biology and wildlife management;

* education.

My CV: [http://kamil-rafik.com/docs/Kamil_Rafikov__2017.pdf](http://kamil- rafik.com/docs/Kamil_Rafikov__2017.pdf)

My book about managing software startups for novice investors and businessmen: [http://kamil- rafik.com/docs/Basic_Rules_for_Managing_Softwar...](http://kamil- rafik.com/docs/Basic_Rules_for_Managing_Software_Startups_by_Kamil_Rafikov.pdf)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Skype: kamil.rafikov

</comment><comment><USER27> </comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment>=

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A front end developer with a huge passion for all things JavaScript and Front End! Keen to help people solve problems and create cool things! Fortunate enough to have worked with some big names and open to various types of opportunity. Check out my code/site and hope to hear from you! Don't hesitate to reach out, love a challenge!

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Technologies: Javascript, ES5/6, React, React-Native, Redux, CSS, SASS/SCSS, Stylus, Less, Webpack 1/2, HTML, jade/pug, CoffeeScript, gulp, grunt, Node, Angular, Backbone, marionette, MEAN stack, Riot, TDD, HTML5 Canvas, GSAP, Flux etc.

Resume: available on request.

Contact: [https://jh3y.github.io](https://jh3y.github.io) (needs some update)

Github: [https://github.com/jh3y](https://github.com/jh3y)

Codepen: [https://codepen.io/jh3y](https://codepen.io/jh3y)

LinkedIn: [https://linkedin.com/in/jheytompkins](https://linkedin.com/in/jheytompkins)

</comment><comment><USER28> SEEKING WORK

Location: Rhine-Ruhr, Germany / remote. I'm fine with travelling as well though.

Remote: Yes

IT consultant, web and enterprise software developer with more than 15 years of experience.

I'm experienced in JavaScript, HTML5 (AngularJS / Angular 2 in particular, recently Vue.js as well) and many other web-related technologies. I'm a long- time Java / Spring developer and I have lots of experience with RDBMS as well, particularly PostgreSQL and Oracle DB.

I help companies in terms of software quality and knowledge transfer: Test automation (both on the front-end using tools like Protractor and on the back- end with frameworks like JUnit and Mockito), continuous deployment, improving collaboration within teams, training developers regarding best practices and adopting new technologies.

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

GitHub profile: [https://github.com/BjoernKW/](https://github.com/BjoernKW/)

Please contact me via the contact form on my website or send an email to bjoern / at / bjoernkw.com

</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK - Houston, TX / Remote / Travel OK

Available from August 7th (next week) onwards.

I'm a full stack web developer doing everything from desktop Electron apps to backends for mobile apps running on AWS.

I'd be happy to help with your next project whether it's working on a large, existing codebase or building a user-facing product from scratch.

Here are some of the technologies I typically work with:

        Backend => Python/flask or django, node.js/express, go/gin
        Frontend => ES2015 JavaScript, TypeScript, React+Redux or riot, React-alikes (preact etc), SASS, Bootstrap
        Database => PostgreSQL, sqlite3 redis, RethinkDB
        Cloud => Docker, AWS, Google Cloud

But I'm not limited to them -- I've written everything from compilers in C++ & Scheme to video games in Lua.

Shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or check me out further at [https://upvalue.io](https://upvalue.io) or [https://github.com/ioddly](https://github.com/ioddly)

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING WORK - remote (Croatia, GMT+1)

Back-end developer (Python, Go, C, JavaScript if I have to) with 15+ years of dev experience.

I've architected and implemented apps ranging from simple MVPs to fault- tolerant distributed systems for real-time communication and media streaming. I've worked with a number of startups and find the challenges of working in a small dynamic (nay, hectic) environment, owning a problem and working up&down the stack fun and exciting.

Proficient in: Python, Go, rdbms (PostgreSQL - use & ops), nosql (Redis, MongoDB - use & ops), ops (Linux, web/db server deployments, high availability setups, ansible), the usual dev stack (git, unit/functional testing, continuous integration)

Worked on: [https://awwapp.com/](https://awwapp.com/) (YC StartupSchool '17 graduate, 200k+ monthly active users), Nokia N900 smartphone operating system, Telepathy (real-time communication framework for Linux desktops) - more info in my HN profile

Rate: $100/hr

Availability: part-time or full-time freelancing

Contact: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER31> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco - Remote OK - Travel Possible Experienced software developer with a history in startups.

Proficient in:

      * Python  ['django', 'flask', 'google.app.engine']
      * Javascript  ['node','react'];
      * Clojure  '(compojure re-natal reagent)
      * Go {'appengine', 'aws'}
      * Haskell, Prolog (and other esoterics)

We've helped entrepreneurs develop their MVP, as well as large companies develop core features. We provide services such as feature development, engineering management, product management, and software auditing.

Previous engagements include 2U, Fuze, Shift, Sosh, Getaround, Codecademy, Factset, Wakemate, drip.fm, and Swiftstack, among others. Currently represented by [http://www.10xmanagement.com](http://www.10xmanagement.com)

For more info see our page at [http://turbines.io](http://turbines.io), or talk to us at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER32> SEEKING WORK - US, Remote

\- Available September 2017 onward

\- Hourly or milestone-bid engagements

Backend developer specializing in three areas:

1) Early product R&D and implementation \- Given requirements, provide guidance on scope and design \- Develop initial mockup, MVP, or product

2) Focused short-term problem solving \- Drop into an ongoing project to work past specific problem area(s)

3) Automation \- Create processes to eliminate redundant or manual effort \- Data processing and extraction \- 3rd party API integration

Tech stack is varied, but I tend to use: Server \- Linux VPS \- AWS \- Heroku

      Database
        - <USER3>
        - <USER4>
        - <USER5>

      Backend
        - Python (Flask)
        - Ruby (Rails)
        - <USER6>

      Front-end
        - <USER7>
        - jQuery/simple JavaScript

Site: [https://jeffkayser.com/](https://jeffkayser.com/)

Contact: [https://jeffkayser.com/contact/](https://jeffkayser.com/contact/)

Email: jeff plus hn at jeffkayser dot com

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING FREELANCERS - <USER17>

I am looking for a freelancer or set of freelances for hourly project work.

I am essentially looking for two skill sets, if you have both, all the merrier, but if it's one or the other and you're still interested, please get in touch!

1) UX/UI designer - help ideate and design areas of improvement on our website and web apps that make our users' experiences as seamless as possible. For this, we really need someone who understands both UX design concepts but is also able to translate wireframe concepts into finished designs.

2) Front-end development - Primary purpose is to help implement javascript- intensive A/B tests, as well as help turn design concepts into elegant HTML/CSS. Experience with AngularJS (1.6.x) is an absolute must, preferably someone who is already comfortable hooking into existing Angular code via tools like Optimizely or VWO.

We are located in Cleveland, Ohio but there is no need to be located close to our office!

If interested, please send me a message:

epifreelancercontact [at] gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR or Remote

I'm a polyglot, full-stack developer with 17 years experience. My specialties are Rails, Postgres, Chef, and Angular/Ember/Vue, although I've done a lot of Java and Python too. 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:

[http://illuminatedcomputing.com/portfolio](http://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><USER35> SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote (anywhere)

Recently launched Games/Betting (stealth) startup based in the EU is seeking world-class software engineers. We are expanding the company's initial offer, building new real-time browser games. The company is seeking to grow the team adding outstanding talent (full-time and/or contractors).

Senior Back-end Engineer (PHP) | $180k - $220k | Details: [https://goo.gl/eo9kob](https://goo.gl/eo9kob)

Senior Back-end Engineer (NodeJS) | $180k - $220k | Details: [https://goo.gl/ardSgY](https://goo.gl/ardSgY)

Senior Front-end Engineer (Angular preferred) | $180k - $220k | Details: [https://goo.gl/CXqBrQ](https://goo.gl/CXqBrQ)

If you are up to the challenge, email your CV / GitHub / LinkedIn / StackOverflow, etc… to: firstname.lastname@example.com with the position you are interested in as Subject.

</comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Willing to Travel [US/EU]

Need an Android app? Already have an awesome iOS app? I can help.

I'll take your iOS app and prepare everything you need to port it to Android in just a few short weeks, then handle development from the first line of code to first app download—or assist you and your team as you build everything yourselves.

Send me an email at email@example.com and we can begin porting your iOS app to Android ASAP. I only take on one project a month, and my next available engagement starts Monday, August 28th.

Not ready to get started, but still have some questions about porting to Android? Send me an email at and we'll get you pointed in the right direction. I can also train your existing developers to build modern, fast, and highly testable Android apps.

Site: [http://pembroke.studio/](http://pembroke.studio/)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Keywords: Android, iOS, port, porting, mobile, development, design, UX, product, remote, iPhone, native

</comment><comment><USER37> SEEKING WORK - Based in Cologne, Germany, remote or Europe preferred

I do custom electronics, robotics, and embedded software development - <USER9> 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.

Contact me on Freenode IRC (nick Kliment) or by email at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER38> SEEKING WORK - Remote (USA)

Location: Albany, NY (can travel from time to time to Boston or NYC)

Full-Stack Web Developer

Resume/CV: [https://files.pervychine.com/andrei_pervychine_resume.pdf](https://files.pervychine.com/andrei_pervychine_resume.pdf)

Expertise: PHP (Laravel/Symfony2/Code Igniter), Javascript (AngularJS, a bit of ReactJS & Vue.js), Linux Administration or AWS

Rate: 75$ / hour

Availability: 40 hours per week, 9-5 EST

Language: Fluent and no accent in all 3: English, French, Russian

Contact: andrei.pervychine {AT} gmail.com OR (646) 820-2537 (only direct company employees, recruitment agencies will be reported as spam)

My name is Andrei Pervychine, I'm a Full Stack Senior developer with a Master's degree, and a lot of experience with Mobile Technologies. I'm a generalist that can get you from a PSD file to a website/mobile app built using the latest tech, clean code capable of scaling to a million users and take care of the hosting (Apache setup, AWS).

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING WORK - New York / Remote

Available for the following:

* Full-Stack Web Development (sample: [https://www.liftd.io](https://www.liftd.io), [https://www.parttimer.io](https://www.parttimer.io))

* Data Science/Business Analytics

* Quantitative Risk Management (HFT/systematic trading)

      - extensive experience developing regulatory/operational/trading risk management tools in quantitative finance.

I enjoy solving business problems with software. I enjoy diving into various domains and building solutions that have a material impact on the bottom line. One of my best performing projects (continues to save millions annually) required 70% digging into a problem domain and 30% coding.

I've used a variety of tech stacks, but my go-to has been python across the board (flask, sqlalchemy, pandas, scikit-learn, etc) + MySQL + html/css/js

Contact: contact[at]autokatalyst.com

</comment><comment><USER40> SEEKING FREELANCER. Prefer NYC. Remote possible. BASED IN USA. 1099 gig based. Hourly.

You work with brand(s) direct. Lotta baby sitting BUT we bill for it. I am looking to launch this service in September but want to start getting possible resources in place now. I am developing a service for existing clients. We work on a consultancy model. Seeking freelancer to help brands with listings on amazon. Building comprehensive strategic plan to help grow Amazon presence. Search engine optimization (SEO) and Search engine marketing (SEM) on Amazon (AMS) New product and brand launch services

Comprehensive channel strategy (wholesale, retail and hybrid)

            •        Customer feedback utilization
            •        Organizational analysis and planning
            •        Channel launch management
            •        PIM recommendation and setup Alexa skills development

firstname.lastname@example.com mention HN / AMAZON

</comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING WORK - Remote, travel possible depending on location and duration.

Location: North-east UK

What I do: CTO for small business / non-technical entrepreneurs

In the past I've 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 specialise in working with non-technical entrepreneurs and providing a "CTO- as-a-service." I take care of the technical side end-to-end, leaving you free to work on your business, rather than worrying about servers and databases.

Current projects:

* Improving the rendering accuracy of a web snapshotting service by migrating from a Node+PhantomJS build system to Elixir+Chrome.

Previous work:

* 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, 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><USER42> SEEKING WORK / remote / Seattle

Hey there! As a programmer the past five years I've written code and designed products for startups, universities, and open-source web-based projects.

Past experience includes working with researchers to create an NSF-funded serious game, bringing desktop and phone apps with a shared React codebase and API to market, building a proof-of-concept data collection and analytics dashboard with a Django backend.

Technologies: * Javascript: Node.js, ES6, React, Redux, D3, Coffeescript, Node, React Native * Python: Flask, Django, Selenium, REST frameworks * Misc: Ubuntu, MongoDB, SQL

Github: [https://github.com/dovinmu](https://github.com/dovinmu) Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowancopley/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowancopley/)

Get in touch through my Gmail account rowan.copley.

</comment><comment><USER43> SEEKING WORK - remote, short to medium term projects - email@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)

</comment><comment><USER44> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Toronto

I'm a full stack web developer with 11+ years experience building interactive web apps and marketing sites for organizations large and small. I spent the last two years working for one of Canada's leading brand agencies as their sole developer, after years of work in the agency world and in academia. I have a love (and good eye) for design, and can work in a large variety of development environments. Currently I tend toward Node.js/Vue.js/AWS in my projects but choice of stack is always an open discussion.

I consult through my company Typewriter Software ([https://typewriter.software/](https://typewriter.software/)). More background on me personally can be found at [http://matthewcrider.com/](http://matthewcrider.com/).

</comment><comment><USER45> SEEKING WORK - Remote preferred - Based in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Willing to travel.

Machine Learning Engineer, focusing on image recognition & NLP

Technologies: Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Flask, Bash,

Linux, Postgresql, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Git.

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

Email: finbarrtimbers a-t gmail dot com

Site: [https://Finbarr.ca](https://Finbarr.ca)

I specialize in developing machine learning proof-of-concepts for small and medium size companies, and advising small companies on how to implement machine learning. I have significant experience mentoring teams without ML experience and bringing them to a spot where they can maintain & buid on existing systems. I focus on image recognition and NLP problems.

I have several published papers using NLP in an applied setting, which you can see on finbarr.ca/dedup.

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING FREELANCER -- REMOTE OK. Open Source developer on Open edX (OpenCraft - Remote/worldwide company based in Berlin)

Development specialized on the free software project Open edX, used by many universities and companies to run online courses. See edx.org, stanford.edu or fun-mooc.fr for examples of Open edX instances. We are a team of thirteen developers, working remotely from Europe, North America, Asia, Russia & Australia. The company is not affiliated with edX, but contributing and working with them on various projects. This is a full time position, were you would be able to work remotely from where you want, as long as you have a good internet connexion. : )

It's a large Python/Django codebase, with good code standards and architecture (a lot of the edX engineers come from MIT). You would work on different clients contracts using the platform. The clients list/references include Harvard, edX themselves, the French government, and various startups & universities currently running their own instances, or looking to create one. Tasks are varied, from developing developing core platform features, custom exercises and tools for specific courses (XBlocks), customizing and deploying instances, working on both client/server sides, etc.

Most of your work is published as free software (Open edX is released under the AGPL license, which requires clients to release modifications under the same license), and you would also contribute to the free software project, pushing some of your developments upstream through pull requests, contributing features, documentation or help on mailing-lists.

Stack: Python/Django, Ansible, AWS/OpenStack, Debian/Ubuntu, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, MongoDB

Interview process: a 30 minutes Hangout with a (simple) coding exercise.

To apply, fill this form: [http://opencraft.com/jobs/open-source- developer/](http://opencraft.com/jobs/open-source-developer/)

</comment><comment><USER47> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

———

Senior Designer (UI, UX, Front-End Development) and Team Lead with over a decade of experience.

———

Location: Currently in San Francisco (UTC-8), but location can vary.

I build value through design. I don't just advocate the user, but also the team that has to build, support and scale the product. Learn more about my ethos & values at: [https://nad.is/about](https://nad.is/about)

I've designed and developed for the web, mobile web, responsive web, native mobile apps, native desktop apps, games and more recently VR & AR. View my portfolio at: [https://nad.is/building](https://nad.is/building)

Outside of product design, I also do branding, creative direction and marketing.

Have an interesting mobile, web or Unity project? Let's talk.

Web: [https://nad.is](https://nad.is)

Email: hello [at] nad.is

</comment><comment><USER48> SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), JavaScript (React, Vue, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS

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

Email: email@example.com

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Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward!

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers. Uplift Agency is family owned.

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've worked with companies like 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><USER49> SEEKING WORK - Remote (GMT+2)

Building software applications is as much about coding as it is about understanding and solving the actual business problems!

I'm a Zend & SensioLabs certified web developer / consultant with a focus on solving business problems and adding value through product optimisation. This can be done in many ways: creating a new application, suggesting an action plan or architecture, optimizing current set-up / architecture / applications, etc.

At the moment my technology focus is on PHP, Symfony, AWS, MongoDB, MySQL, APIs, JavaScript, Vue, Node.js, and Docker. I also care a lot about security (InfoSec), performance, quality, best practices & continuous learning. You can contact me for projects at [http://ifdattic.com](http://ifdattic.com)

Few of the problems I solved for my clients:

        * optimize infrastructure to reduce costs by $10000+ per year
        * custom applications for improving work flows (document
          submission, sports coaching, inventory system, etc.)
        * teaching students how to create web applications
        * set up coding standards, testing practices,
          development environment, fix security vulnerabilities,
          document inner workings of an application
        * implement CAS authentication for Single Sign On (SSO)
        * implement direct file upload to AWS S3
        * implement secure file download from AWS S3
        * profile and optimize performance

Website: [http://www.ifdattic.com](http://www.ifdattic.com)

LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ifdattic](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ifdattic)

GitHub: [https://github.com/ifdattic](https://github.com/ifdattic)

Twitter: [https://twitter.com/ifdattic](https://twitter.com/ifdattic)

</comment><comment><USER50> SEEKING WORK | Calgary, Canada | Remote Only

Hi! I'm a Full Stack Web Developer with solid experience building apps using React.js, Redux in the frontend and Node.js the backend, I have also done a lot of devops as well.

Are you...

\- Looking for a new feature developed or something finished off?

\- Looking for someone to provide some consulting/guidance on how to get a project or feature started?

\- Looking for some devops support to automate a task or get a server environment setup?

I can help with all of these thing and lots more!

If you're looking for any of the above or something completely different, I am currently available <=15 hours/week and can start immediately. My full resume as well as my contact details are available here: [https://colebowl.github.io](https://colebowl.github.io). If you like what you see, drop me a note and let's talk!

</comment><comment><USER51> SEEKING WORK | Memphis, Tennessee (Central Time) | Remote Only

Technologies: HTML, CSS (Responsive) JavaScript (Pure JS, Vue, jQuery)

Résumé/CV: [https://derickruiz.com/hire-me](https://derickruiz.com/hire-me) Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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I'm a front-end web developer with a proven record of creating responsive websites for companies like Uber, Hilton, Glasses.com, Kidizen, and more.

I actively collaboration with the rest of your team to implement battle-tested UIs that meet your project's specific needs.

I'll be open for 1 ~ 3 projects for the rest of the year soon, and I'd love to hear about your project if you need a front-end web developer with a heavy focus on responsive styling.

Learn more at [https://derickruiz.com/hire-me](https://derickruiz.com/hire-me)

</comment><comment><USER52> SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote - <USER11>

I'm looking for an independent/freelance designer. I run a small consulting & development company, and we occasionally have need for 'design' type work on both internal and client projects. It's not enough to warrant a full time position, but I need to be able to rely on someone when we do need something done.

Sometimes this will be small jobs to fix/adjust something that a client's designer provided. Other times it will be start-to-finish design on large projects.

Ideally, I'd like you to be able to handle any of the following:

\- Rough sketches of ideas (could be on paper or digital)

\- Conversion of paper sketches (either yours or others) into digital sketches

\- Creating vector artwork to allow scalable designs

\- Converting existing bitmap artwork into vectors

I'm sure there will be other things I'll ask about, but that's the key things that I'm trying to get done recently/right now.

To clarify: this isn't a one-off job, but it isn't a full-time gig either. I'm looking for a designer I can depend on to get jobs done in a reasonable time- frame, when I need it. How that works in terms of billing is pretty flexible.

I don't mind where you live or where you work from. If you're living in/visiting Thailand, I'd love to catch up for a coffee, but otherwise I'd expect to converse via email, IM or VoIP calls.

I _might_ consider small agency type companies for this, _IF_ you can guarantee me I'll have direct access to one or two consistent designers, and not just a black box of 'design magic' with a PM in the middle playing Chinese whispers.

If you're interested or just want to know more, email me email@example.com

Edit: _PLEASE_ make sure you mention seeing this post on HN, because honestly I'm looking at an email right now that I can't tell if it's a response to this post or random-chance spam.

</comment><comment><USER53> SEEKING WORK - London, UK / Remote / Sometimes in Toronto

I'm a senior developer who enjoys translating business requirements into brilliant, reliable and secure software. I'm "full stack" but hate doing CSS if I'm honest. I've been doing quite a bit of DevOps the last few months.

Stuff I've done this year:

      * Node/Java/C#.net core backends

      * Microservice architectures

      * React/Redux SPAs

      * DevOps with Kubernetes (Azure/GKE/AWS all in 2017)

I'm consulting beginning this month and can help with small things or take on full projects - just send me an email.

Contact: sean[at]bloor.io

Github: sjdweb

Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/seandrumm/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/seandrumm/)

</comment><comment><USER54> 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, AngularJS, jQuery), 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 with the technical expertise to make the required changes

\- _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).

Contact email@example.com for more details.

</comment><comment><USER55> SEEKING WORK |Israel| Remote or relocation

Security Researcher

I was awarded personal certificate of appreciation from head of intelligence force.

I was dealing with many projects in the field, including:

\- reverse engineering Microsoft Packet analyzer OPN to achieve generic and easy to update parser for RDP transport

\- PT in windows enterprise environment

\-- user credential gathering

\-- development of attacking tools

\- revealing attack arrays

\- development of leakage methods between separated networks

\- Steganography research - Tool which can data thought ALL known anti- steganography techniques

\- PT in PKI environment

\- Malware analysis

\- Windows Forensics

\- Filter driver development to protect against PHUKD

\- AV evasion tool for PT tools

\- custom crafted sniffers with actionable responses to gather access (linux\win)

\- Web identity reveal through traffic coloring\super cookies\fingerprinting

\- Scraping(bypass many anti scrape techniques)

\- Modem for HTTP traffic through sound(air-gap communication with internet detached computers)

\- Captcha auto solver

\- Many more...

Rates: 70$-150$ Hour

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

check my profile for more

</comment><comment><USER56> SEEKING WORK | USA, Canada | Remote OK, Will travel - HIPAA compliant cloud solutions

We are a small team helping digital health companies achieve safety and regulatory compliance (HIPAA) in the cloud environment. Can work with small startups to bigger companies.

We'll perform a fixed-price assessment and outline concrete roadmap to HIPAA compliance for your web or mobile application. Our recommendations are based on leading industry security practices and standards. We have experience with major cloud infrastructure providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and application platforms.

Feel free to email me at yuri [at] dekses [dot] com or visit web site [https://www.dekses.com/](https://www.dekses.com/)

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

Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: yes/exclusively

Willing to relocate: No, remote only please.

Fuzzy Logic - DevOps Process Consulting - Linux Systems Administration - Network Management

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER57> SEEKING WORK :: REMOTE :: Portland, Oregon :: Full Stack Mobile Development

I am the Salty Dog: a sturdy, weather beaten crew member who stands at the prow of your ship, guiding you safely through the rocks.

Achieve better outcomes through experience, communication, and risk management.

Mobile: Design, Coding, QA, Java, C#, Objective-C, Xamarin, Typescript, C/C++, Azure, AWS. Back End: Azure, AWS, C/Net, Node JS, DynamoDB, SQS, S3, Cloudfront, Cosmos DB, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure Functions

25+ years experience, 7 years mobile development.

How can we help?

saltydogtechnology.com/blog [https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtisshipleyandroidios/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtisshipleyandroidios/) firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER58> SEEKING WORK - Remote (Manchester, UK based)

I'm a Freelance Full Stack Developer. Comfortable with all aspects of web development, front-end, back-end and DevOps.

My chosen stack/technologies:

● Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Nginx, Ubuntu (w/ Ansible)

● JavaScript, jQuery, React, Vue.js

● HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap

My portfolio can be found here - [https://chrisloftus.co](https://chrisloftus.co)

My GitHub has a small React Native (iOS) quiz app and a task management app that I'm building with Vue.js and Vuex. [https://github.com/chrisloftus](https://github.com/chrisloftus)

Blog: [https://chrisloftus.github.io](https://chrisloftus.github.io)

Email me: chris at blackflare.co to talk about your project!

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK

Remote: yes

Location: SE Asia

Languages (primary): Ruby, Python, Haskell, C#, Rust, Elixir;

Languages (secondary): Perl 6, Java, Assembly, Scala, SQL, JavaScript, Idris;

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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

Web-sites: [http://gildedhonour.com](http://gildedhonour.com) (CV, contacts, projects) </comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment></comment><comment>=

I've been a freelancer 5 out of 7 years. I've mostly built web and desktop applications, and a bit less mobile ones. Data science/big data/machine learning and cyber security are areas that interest me as well. I'm up for freelance/remote jobs, preferably, big and long-term.

</comment><comment><USER60> SEEKING WORK - Remote, US-based

Remote: Yes (have worked exclusively remotely for past 6 years)

Willing to relocate: No

I've been doing full-stack work for the past 6 years, with Python and Django on the back-end and HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery on the front-end. I've also worked with the Django REST Framework and React.js. I'm intimately familiar with schema and data migrations, including migrations between Django projects. I've worked extensively with startups and with distributed teams and am open to occasional travel.

Résumé: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8b4x4qzEFAOS0FFb1NhcDBOVk...](https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8b4x4qzEFAOS0FFb1NhcDBOVkE)

Email: dustan.bower at gmail

</comment><comment><USER61> SEEKING WORK Location: Japan Remote: Remote only

MICHAEL J PETRIE - FULL STACK iOS DEVELOPER

\- I turn your ideas into reality, quickly!

\- I develop for both Front and Back End using Swift, which makes for huge time savings without sacrificing quality.

\- I've been in the programming game for well over ten years, and care about quality at a level that most other developers simply cannot.

\- I provide a legally binding contracts and detailed schedules, so you can plan your project with the faith that it WILL be completed ON TIME.

\- I approach development from the Users point of view. Client and User satisfaction is everything!

\- I can also take care of server administration, 3rd party API integration, CMS, and UI design.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss your project - firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER62> -

SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

UI/UX designer and front-end developer with solid solutions to your frustrating problems.

-

I can help you with:

UX Design - The most important aspect of every product if you ask me. We will work together to make user flows, wireframes and prototypes to get a clear overview of the products goals and how the user will achieve them.

UI Design - This is where your brand and details get added to the wireframes and user flow. Everything has to be consistent with your image.

Front-end development - Implementation can be tricky. I got the skills to work with your developers, or on my own, to make your product superb.

All this and a lot more!

Checkout some of my previous work at [https://gilli.is/](https://gilli.is/) and contact me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER63> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Berlin - Content Marketing / Marketer

\- Content Production (Blog Content, Product Texts, Newsletter)

\- Content Marketing Strategies (Long Term SEO Optimization, Newsletter Campaign, Growing your Mailing List)

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

\- Dedicated Content Promotion (Social Media, Reddit, HN, Influencer)

\- Social Media Channel Optimization & Assistance (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram)

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

I am eager to work with you or your company on these things. Feel free to reach out with questions or contract offers: [https://www.iamliesa.com/](https://www.iamliesa.com/)

</comment><comment><USER64> SEEKING WORK

Location: Bhubaneswar, India

Remote: Yes

Technologies: Python (web, multiple frameworks like Django and Flask), JavaScript/Node.js (web, mobile, multiple frameworks like React and Angular), Android (and much more; check my resume)

Résumé/CV: [http://www.aviraldg.com/resume/](http://www.aviraldg.com/resume/) or [http://www.aviraldg.com/files/aviral-dasgupta- resume.pdf](http://www.aviraldg.com/files/aviral-dasgupta-resume.pdf)

Email: email@example.com

If you're looking to accelerate development on an early stage project, save yourself the time and drop me an email.

</comment><comment><USER65> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

I'm a multidisciplinary designer specializing in UI/UX with a background in branding and print projects. Experience: 12 yrs Location: Warsaw, Poland

Skills: - UI/UX - Wireframing - Branding - Print - Visual design

Portfolio: [http://www.zelmanski.pl](http://www.zelmanski.pl) Dribbble: [http://dribbble.com/tomzel](http://dribbble.com/tomzel) LinkedIn: [http://linkedin.com/in/tomzel](http://linkedin.com/in/tomzel)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER66> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

Location: Ukraine

Metaclass is an agency, focused custom on ecommerce development and business automation using Python 3 and Django. We develop complex e-shops, ecommerce and marketing platforms, b2c and b2b marketplaces, Point of Sale, CRM, ERP, paperless workflow, dashboards and provide Django-Oscar commercial support.

We use: Python 3, Django, Django REST Framework, Postgresql, Memcached, Celery, Github, Elastic and for majority of current ecommerce projects - Django Oscar. More info about projects - [http://metaclass.co](http://metaclass.co)

Get in touch - firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER67> SEEKING WORK - Remote (Eastern Canada)

Technologies: Python, Javascript, PHP, CSS, HTML, Postgres, Django, Flask, React, Angular, Redis, AWS, WordPress

Résumé/CV: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UUHIqYp020VuJOGUr5Z_YSif...](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UUHIqYp020VuJOGUr5Z_YSiftWEZAA0lZ8pkXM9NN5c/edit?usp=sharing)

Email: colin.morgan[at]fullbit.ca

Over seven years experience as a professional developer. Looking for long term remote contracts. Have over six years experience working remotely with distributed teams.

Get in touch if you'd like to discuss further.

</comment><comment><USER68> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

I help B2B SaaS businesses that sell to technical audiences capture and nurture leads with email marketing automation. Unlike other marketing consultants, I'm also a developer and that allows me to uniquely understand your audience and the value your software provides.

Ideally, you are a company that makes around 6 figures in monthly recurring revenue.

Feel free to contact me in my profile even if you don't fit the description.

I'll have availability September and beyond.

</comment><comment><USER69> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance

Python/Django/Mobile/React/React-Native, with extensive experience building of web applications, e-commerce marketplaces. I've worked a lot AWS, Docker, Ansible

I have a research background in data analysis. I also have experience with Golang, React, Clojure, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, nltk, TensorFlow etc. Some recent examples from my portfolio:

* Airbase - Coming Soon. An app to manage hundreds of app subscriptions using virtual credit cards. [https://angel.co/airbase-1](https://angel.co/airbase-1)

* [http://www.moonliteapp.com](http://www.moonliteapp.com) \- An app for freelancers and clients to work together.

* [https://www.healthasaservice.co/](https://www.healthasaservice.co/) \- An HR analytics dashboard to manage company health events and employee health reports.

* [https://www.igrowfit.com](https://www.igrowfit.com) \- A corporate fitness subscription platform

* [http://www.grapevinelogic.com](http://www.grapevinelogic.com) \- A platform for advertisers to work with Youtube content creators.

* Turbotax CPA Select for Intuit, to help select accountants. Formerly Teaspiller.com

* [http://publish.saxo.com](http://publish.saxo.com) \- publishing platform(for print on demand) and online courses.

* [http://www.hypedsound.com](http://www.hypedsound.com)

You can look at [http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio](http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio)

Github: [http://github.com/sidmitra](http://github.com/sidmitra)

Homepage: [http://www.sidmitra.com](http://www.sidmitra.com)

Linkedin: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmitra](http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmitra)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: [https://chipmunkdev.com/](https://chipmunkdev.com/)

</comment><comment><USER70> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Austin, TX, or US on site w/ per diem

I help early stage startups build their tech team. I work with you to identify the skills you need, develop a hiring plan, and team structure.

I'm also taking on JavaScript projects, full stack or front end. I can bring in other freelancers if you need a bigger team or other skills.

See my website at [http://driverdan.com](http://driverdan.com)

</comment><comment><USER71> SEEKING WORK - Vienna / Austria - Remote possible

I'M a web developer working with Python, Dart, PHP and Javascript. I am also working on 2 Clojure projects (with Clojurescript). I have experience using MySQL, PostgreSQL, Google Datastore, MongoDB and redis as databases.

Full bio + contact: [http://agileaddicts.com/](http://agileaddicts.com/)

I do have about 12h/week available right now.

</comment><comment><USER72> SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

[http://breue.com/](http://breue.com/)

[https://dribbble.com/zachvanness](https://dribbble.com/zachvanness)

My email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER73> SEEKING WORK - Remote.

Looking for freelance gigs related to web scraping, automation and Web Development.

I use Python for scraping/automation and Web Development and PHP Laravel for Web App development.

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

I also blog at [http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me](http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me)

Contact: kadnan(at)gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER74> SEEKING WORK - Los Angeles/Remote/Open for occasional travel to SF/NY

Looking to move to freelancing full-time in September. Do not have a public portfolio yet, but want to post something today, August 1st.

Back-end Java developer with a strong emphasis on Elasticsearch. Several commits in core and was one of the peer reviewers of the Definitive Guide book. Spring, AWS, Reactor, and all the good Java buzzwords.

</comment><comment><USER75> SEEKING WORK - Remote.

Currently based in Southern Ontario

I'm currently looking for back end development opportunities. I have experience in multiple languages, mainly in the Java stack, and have worked with companies ranging from brand new startups to world wide distrusted corporate teams. Also have some experience with Python, Scala, and system administration tasks as well.

Please contact me at creedis at gmail dot com

</comment><comment><USER76> SEEKING WORK - <USER16>

Mobile & web developer with a huge pile of experience in building iOS/Android apps, web apps and beyond. Track record of building & shipping. I've been specialising in building MVP's lately but I can do other things too! Also of late I'm starting to get into AR, so there's that.

* React Native, Titanium, PhoneGap

* PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Codeigniter

* HTML5, CSS3, JS, jQuery, Vue.js

Email firstname.lastname@example.com.

I'm UK based.

</comment><comment><USER77> SEEKING WORK

Remote: yes

Location: Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan

Stack:Django/python,angular,react,grails(spring),mysql,postgres,html,css etc

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Github: [https://github.com/AbdurRehman91](https://github.com/AbdurRehman91)

I am full stack web developer having 3 years of experience in django,grails on server end.On back-end i have experience in angular,react,html,css and other js frameworks

</comment><comment><USER78> SEEKING WORK - <USER17>

My name is Emad and I'm a Front end web developer and designer with years of experience in the field. I've worked with businesses ranging from startups to hugely popular websites (Such as xda-developers and Harvard CNS).

Here is a list of my skills:

\- HTML/CSS

\- Bootstrap (if needed)

\- WordPress

\- JavaScript

\- jQuery (if needed)

\- React

\- Redux

\- ES6

\- TypeScript

\- Socketio

You can view my work here: [http://www.sx-portfolio.com](http://www.sx- portfolio.com) And contact me through my email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Thanks, Emad

</comment><comment><USER79> SEEKING WORK - Amsterdam, Netherlands / Remote

Freelance designer and front-end developer with 9 years of experience. I also do full stack development work with Meteor.

HTML, CSS, LESS, SCSS, PHP, Bootstrap, jQuery, MeteorJS, Git, Grunt, WordPress & wooCommerce, Kirby CMS

Portfolio & contact info: [http://lauriliimatta.com](http://lauriliimatta.com)

</comment><comment><USER80> SEEKING WORK - Remote (USA) - Marketing Automation

Are you looking to grow your business in a scalable way that doesn't overwhelm your to-do list?

I can implement automation that will market and grow your business 24/7/365 while letting you focus on more important things (including vacations).

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your business: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER81> SEEKING WORK from anywhere around the world | ONLY REMOTE | I'm in India

I'm a web and mobile UI/UX designer.

Experience: 6 years

Technologies/Skills:

\- UI/UX design for web, iOS and Android

\- Information architecture

\- Interaction design

\- Visual design

\- Icon design

\- Branding

\- HTML & CSS

Portfolio: [http://radesign.in](http://radesign.in)

Email: [http://radesign.in/contact](http://radesign.in/contact)

</comment><comment><USER82> SEEKING WORK

Location: Remote

iOS developer looking for new projects. Have experience with both Objective-C and Swift. [http://nickpetrov.weebly.com/portfolio.html](http://nickpetrov.weebly.com/portfolio.html) Feel free to get in touch at email@example.com for more info.

</comment><comment><USER83> SEEKING WORK | Brighton, UK | remote: preferred | travel possible | reactrocket.com

Hi I'm Jules. I develop interfaces for startups all over the world. I specialise in react as well as draft.js for text based interfaces.

Get in touch and let's get your project flying!

email: email@example.com twitter: @juliandoesstuff

</comment><comment><USER84> SEEKING FREELANCER: New York, Brooklyn or Remote

MAC DEVELOPER

Looking for experienced Mac developer with experience in desktop apps (Objective C, Swift)

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IOS AND ANDROID DEVELOPER

For development of an GPS/Beacon/Geofence based mobile tracking application.

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PHP/Javascript DEVELOPER

Experience in Laravel a plus, building a platform for a productivity platform. Please mail: email@example.com

<comment><USER85> This guy doesn't reply to emails.

</comment></comment><comment><USER86> SEEKING WORK- NYC or Remote-

Senior UX Designer with 20 years' experience, seeking freelance projects ~25 hours per week, will write a proposal after receiving a project overview

See [http://www.usablejungle.com](http://www.usablejungle.com)

</comment><comment><USER87> SEEKING WORK - London - Remote OK

I'm a full-stack web developer, with most of my time spent on JVM/JS/Python platforms over the past 15 years.

[https://uys.io/cv](https://uys.io/cv)

Please email me at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER88> SEEKING WORK

Location: New Delhi, India

Remote: Yes

Technologies: Python, Android, Ruby

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheikharaf/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheikharaf/)

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER89> SEEKING FREELANCER, San Francisco, Remote OK

Required Skills: Mobile and Web UI/UX Designer / Front-end Developer with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Responsive design, clean code skills.

I soft-launched a curated job-board in April => [http://www.visaok.in/](http://www.visaok.in/) Traffic steadily growing organically, but UI needs work, esp. on mobile devices.

About the Work

      - Budget = 2,000 USD fixed price (room for flexibility but not much)
      - Need the following static web pages templates developed in a mobile-first responsive way using HTML, CSS and Javascript etc

       1) Site Home Landing Page
       2) Jobs Listing Page (with search filter form & email alert form)
       3) Single Job Post Page
       4) Post a Job Pages ( 3 tabs / panes)
         4.1 Post a Job
         4.2 Preview the Job
         4.3 Finish and Pay.

       Nice to have, if you can fit it within the budget
       5) Blog Posts Listing Page (with search filter form)- I will provide wireframe
       6) Single Blog Post Page - I will provide wireframe

The goal is to take the static pages you develop using the wireframes I provide, and update the existing site theme so the server side code is wired up.

Here's how this works.

You:

      1) Look at my Budget and see if this is something you would take on (I know it's low for some peeps, but I'm bootstrapped too.).
      2) If you can work within my budget, shoot me an email to theblogdoctor (at) gmail with "HN" in subject
      3) Include details about yourself, with links to past work etc. No 1 liner emails please.
      4) Wait to hear from me in 3 - 4 days
      5) If you've already worked on building a job board, that's a huge +, let me know...

I:

      1) Will provide wireframes to everyone who contacts me, if you say you can't price it with just the info above.
      2) Will review and vet applicants.
      3) Will respond to everyone who contacted me, by Sat, July 5th on way or another.

<comment><USER89> CORRECTION: I meant 'Sat, August 5th' in the last line.</comment></comment>


Visionary Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto to Reveal Identity - <AUTHOR> https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/08/16/1903230/0/en/Visionary-Bitcoin-Creator-Satoshi-Nakamoto-to-Reveal-Identity.html <comment><USER2> If it doesn't involve cryptographic proof, it's bullshit. This reeks.

<comment><USER3> I agree. Feels like someone registered "Satoshi Nakamura" as a company, and is trying to run a scam from there.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> The real Satoshi would do something way cooler than some lame press release via a PR agency</comment>


Ask HN: How many hours do you sit in front of a computer per day? - <AUTHOR>

<comment><USER2> Too many.

Probably 10 on weekdays, 3 on weekends. I would rather be outside.

</comment><comment><USER3> Wake up, spend ~20 hours at my PC with a break for pizza in the middle then sleep for ~10 hours, repeat. Not recommended.

</comment><comment><USER4> I'm not sure. Often I recline the chair and put my feet up on the desk to the side of the screen. I think this is healthy and it feels right. I recommend trying it. I once saw that NASA determined that the correct way to position astronauts (on a trip to Mars) was lying on back but with feet above head and head raised. Recently installed <http://stereopsis.com/flux/> to shade the screen at night - so far so good. Last step is to make sure I am grounded: I'll need to locate equipment to do (and test) this.

</comment><comment><USER5> Why not have a poll with some ranges?

o 1-3

o 4-7

o 7-10

etc

</comment><comment><USER6> I stand up(not sit down) over 8 hours, maybe more. I enjoy it a lot.

I also stand barefoot(very very important as normal footwear forces your weight over your toes, witch is bad for your knees and posture), and learnt how to stand in a right posture from books.

The first thing I do in the morning is exercise, and it really helps to boost my energy(it has to do with the lymphatic system).

It took me months to get the musculature in my legs, now in the subway I don't want to sit.

</comment><comment><USER7> GREAT poll topic, was considering doing something similar to get some data for my startup FitBolt (fitbolt.com), which helps to address this sedentary computer lifestyle.

Me personally, 8-10 hrs a day for my fulltime job, usually take ~4 hrs off for super/gym/etc, then back on the computer until 2-4am. So ~14 hrs a day on weekdays. I try to stay off the computer as much as possible on the weekends to reset myself, but that doesn't always happen..

</comment><comment><USER8> Please make a poll out of this.

Workdays: 8-9 on work, plus 3-5 personal at home (and then about 6hrs of sleep paired with 2-4hrs of personal activity like cinema or meeting friends. A day seriously needs more hours!)

Weekends: Depends, laptop is almost always on and I just sit down, get up, sit down, but I'd say its within a 6-8hrs rate.

</comment><comment><USER9> 12-16 hours a day, 7 days a week. Scary/depressing when you put it like that.

I love what I do and the amazing things that I see and learn in that time, but when I'm lying on my deathbed am I going to be proud that I spent literally the majority of my limited time on Earth punching buttons on a glowing box?

</comment><comment><USER10> 10-12 hours per day. This is the trap of developing software for a living and trying push out your own software in your spare time. I often ask if it's worth it. I used to spend a lot more time outside. But the desire to build my own systems is too strong now. If only I had a 40 hour week of that :)

</comment><comment><USER11> Around 10 hours during week days and 3 - 4 hours during weekends. Curious to know why this question? do you plan on doing any kind of research based on the data or is it just a random question. I would be rather interested how productive people are in those hours that we spend...

</comment><comment><USER12> 12+ most days, with an hour commute each way in the middle- one hour computing, one hour commuting, nine hours computing, one hour commuting, two hours computing, bed. It's not the healthiest routine but it makes me productive as a network architect/engineer.

</comment><comment><USER13> Having spent too many hours in front of a computer every day I've just moved to Granada in Spain to redress the balance a bit. Working from home I'm now in front of the computer about 4-5 hours a day. The difference in daily output is negligible.

</comment><comment><USER14> For me, I wake up around 9am and am at my computer until 2-3am everyday.

I usually take a 30m break to walk my dog and a 2hr gym excursion every other day. So most days I'm at my computer for 13 hrs at least :-) Got to love programming

</comment><comment><USER15> I'd say at least 12 hours per day without counting time spent on my Android device. Between working, personal emails, browsing, tv shows, etc. Not even counting time spent playing as it depends on the weeks

</comment><comment><USER16> 8-9 throughout the week. 2-3 on the weekends.

With these numbers, I'm not considering Hulu, which is my primary source of "brain: off" entertainment.

</comment><comment><USER17> Probably 12-14? What else is there to do anymore?

</comment><comment><USER18> Oh boy, reading some comments on hours spent on weekends makes me feel like I have no life other than in front of computer!

</comment><comment><USER19> If you include TV/tablets/phones then it's probably most of my waking time, especially in the week.

</comment><comment><USER20> hmm from 9 - 5, excluding lunch is 7 hours. from 7 to 12 is another 5 hours, so 12 hours a day. if you got mobile devices, add another 1 hour, so that's 13.

I'd trade some of it for time with a real human being, preferably someone that feels soft :)

</comment><comment><USER21> I have an average of 60 hours per week, that's about 8.5 hours in front of the PC

</comment><comment><USER22> 7/8am til midnight/2am 7 days a week. So 14-16 hours a day.

</comment><comment><USER23> Probably 7 hours a day, this is pretty depressing.

</comment><comment><USER24> Does standing in front of a computer also count?

<comment><USER25> You stand in front of your computer all day?

<comment><USER24> Not all day, I have a standing desk for my desktop PC, and my laptop on a normal table, and tend to alternate between them regularly. I have no idea whether it is healthier but for me it beats sitting all day.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER26> ☑ Too F'in Many

</comment><comment><USER27> 12-13 between work and home

</comment><comment><USER28> over 9000 (ea, 14-20)

</comment><comment><USER29> 10-12 hours a day.

</comment><comment><USER30> ~10 on a weekday.

</comment><comment><USER31> 9-11 hours a day.

</comment><comment><USER32> 9-16

</comment><comment><USER33> 8 to 12 :(

</comment><comment><USER34> 12-15 hrs

</comment><comment><USER35> average around 14 a day

</comment><comment><USER36> 10-12

</comment><comment><USER37> 10</comment>


Avalonia – A multi-platform .NET UI framework - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia <comment><USER2> Hi all, I'm the originator of this project and the main contributor, please ask anything you like!

Though this did have to hit front page when I'm doing a day of travel didn't it? :)

<comment><USER3> what is the support for custom controls like? (i.e. inheriting from a canvas and drawing themselves, while being added as a new widget type to the layout code.)

<comment><USER2> Custom controls are supported, although I'm not sure that inheriting from Canvas is the best way to do that. See e.g. [https://github.com/Core2D/Core2D](https://github.com/Core2D/Core2D) for an example of an application with lots of custom controls.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER4> Interesting, .NET Core doesn't have a good UI story yet. It's just console / web for now. Something like WPF but cross-platform would be great and this looks promising.

<comment> c-smile My Sciter Engine [1] with C# wrappers [2] for .NET and Mono is on par with WPF[3]. It just uses HTML and CSS instead of that XAML thing.

[1] [http://sciter.com](http://sciter.com) [2] [http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1057199/Sciter-HTML- Csha...](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1057199/Sciter-HTML-Csharp-based- desktop-apps-walkthrough) [3] [http://sciter.com/sciter/sciter-vs- wpf/](http://sciter.com/sciter/sciter-vs-wpf/)

<comment><USER5> I'm sorry, but in terms of convenience and flexibility of desktop UI development, HTML/CSS/JS is simply not the same thing as WPF. HTML is ultimately still a document markup language originating in a stateless environment, and it shows.

<comment><USER6> Have you seen the things people have built with Electron? I wouldn't underestimate the capabilities of HTML/CSS/JS for desktop apps when you have projects like Slack, Atom, Visual Studio Code, GitKraken, the Brave browser, etc. all using Electron to build their desktop apps.

<comment><USER7> > Have you seen the things people have built with Electron?

Yes and they are slow, memory hungry and often crash for no reason. A javascript+HTML UI just can't compete with an app written in C# and WPF in term of performances.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER8> Does anyone have any war stories with Eto ([https://github.com/picoe/Eto](https://github.com/picoe/Eto))?

It is a .NET cross platform toolkit similar in concept to Wx (it wraps native widgets).

<comment><USER9> I've been using Eto for a few years. It's amazing toolkit.

If anyone is working on cross-platform desktop app in C# which is meant to look "native" on each platform, then Eto is the best toolkit there is.

<comment><USER2> Yep, I agree - Eto is great for native controls! I consider Eto and Avalonia to complement each other rather than as competitors.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> Good work! .NET could use this right now from what I've come up with.

How could I work with F# on this? New to F# right now, and I would like to have a cross platform GUI. I have F# running on my iPad now (Continous App!).

</comment><comment><USER11> Looks great. I looked at it in the past but was put off by the GPL3 license attached to omnixaml. It looks to be MIT licensed now.

</comment><comment><USER12> Avalon was the original codename for WPF. It is a great example of what you get when people vote on codenames.

</comment><comment><USER13> Pardon my language, but fuck yea! Been waiting to see something like this happen

</comment><comment><USER14> Wow, this could be the start of something big. Not often you see people working on desktop UIs anymore, and this of course being cross platform as well... definitely going to watch this one.

Looks great to me.

</comment><comment><USER15> From contribution guide

> DO NOT USE #REGIONS full stop.

Why is that?

<comment><USER2> Because I hate them.

EDIT: Ok, I'll explain :) : because when I open a file, I want to see the code, not folded regions telling me that it has constructors, properties, and methods. That's not interesting to me, it just obfuscates. There used to be an argument for using them for generated code, but partial classes are a much better choice for that.

#regions make me unreasonably irritated ;)</comment></comment>


Show HN: Probabilistic Data Structure Template Library (C++14) - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/zaghaghi/pdstl <comment><USER2> Great work :) Thanks</comment>


Five Thousand Words about Eclipse - <AUTHOR> http://taogaming.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/five-thousand-words-about-eclipse/ <comment><USER2> Silly me... I saw "Eclipse" and thought this was about the IDE.

I started reading and wondering what this person was talking about... then I saw the URL. #headslap</comment>


Patient receives 3D-printed titanium sternum and rib cage - <AUTHOR> http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-sternum-and-rib-cage-csiro/39369/ <comment><USER2> Is it safe for the replacement "ribs" to be so skinny like that? They look like they'd put more point pressure on the lungs or chest muscles than if they were flat like normal ribs.

Pretty wicked-looking regardless.</comment>


You're Not an Entrepreneur - <AUTHOR> http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/youre-not-an-entrepreneur/

<comment><USER2> An entrepreneur is someone who takes risks to start a company. That's the definition I've always used. If you assign more weight to the title than that, that's up to you, but I don't see anything wrong with someone calling themselves an entrepreneur because they start a company. There is risk, even small, in every venture. Failure, for one. Loss of time, for another.

More annoying to me are people who call themselves "President/CEO" when they have no employees or not enough employees to even have a corporate hierarchy where "President/CEO" would carry some swagger.

<comment><USER3> "Founder."

"Lemonade Stand Founder", "Google Founder" -- note how it puts the emphasis on the enterprise, not on the person. Problem solved. :)

But yes, people don't seem to understand that CEO implies that there are other executives, of whom you are the chief. It's not just a startup issue, I've also worked at large companies where Managers don't manage and VPs don't report to Ps. It makes sense; titles are the cheapest form of compensation.

Of course it leads to title inflation. By 2050 everyone will be a CEO, and they'll report to the CECEO.

<comment><USER2> I agree. I've been "Lead Developer" on development teams of one - and I didn't give myself that title. That's what the corporation gave me and printed onto business cards.

For me, I felt most uncomfortable when I first got hired as a "senior engineer." I was 25 and only ~2 years out of school. I told the HR person, I don't think I'm senior. Didn't matter. They were tasked with hiring senior level talent, so that's the level I needed to be. Turns out, I was more senior than I thought and did great in the post. It just was weird at first because I felt as if I hadn't earned it.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER4> Next in the series: You're Not a Webmaster.

If people want to call themselves entrepreneurs to give themselves inspiration, confidence, or ambition, I have no problem with that. I doubt the term is going to suffer much dilution.

+1 for Inigo Montoya, though.

</comment><comment><USER5> Before I was an entrepreneur (and I believe I am one), I had spend nine years as an untenured Assistant Professor at UCLA. And I remembered my colleagues used to spend a great deal of time and efforts subdividing their disciplines and making sure that everyone inside and outside academia classifying them exactly as they wished to be classified. This was a puzzle to me until I read the following quote from Henry Kissinger (after he had left the government but was turned down by Columbia University), "The reason why there are so much politics in academia is because the stake is so low." I believe the stake is very high in entrepreneurship and I think no one benefits from spending too much time worrying about what we should be called. However, I think the article is a very good one, in the sense that there is indeed a whole lot of work in being a "successful" entrepreneur. Good luck everyone.

</comment><comment><USER6> You're misunderstanding the meaning of "acting as intermediary between capital and labor". "Capital" doesn't mean money; economists use that word to refer to durable goods that can be used to produce other, salable goods. Most goods require some mix of labor and capital to produce, and Say is identifying entrepreneurs as the people who coordinate that mixing.

Even if "capital" were intended in the sense that you're imagining, it's not clear why it would need to be "startup money in a round of funding" or any other kind of loan. Plenty of entrepreneurs, in the 19th-century sense of the word, provide both financial and physical capital out-of-pocket.

</comment><comment><USER7> Entrepreneur is a great example of a word, to quote George Trow, that is an "abandoned shell." It used to have great meaning as being an entrepreneur was incredibly difficult and rare and then technological changes came along and made it mean something totally different. The reason people are so attracted to [self-descriptively] using it is because they get the status of the old meaning with the lower barrier to entry of the new changes. You can't really fault other people for wanting the best of both worlds...but you can resist the temptation to delude yourself with it. At least that's my opinion.

</comment><comment><USER8> There are many entrepreneurs who exist within companies and absolutely fit the definition and spirit of the term Entrepreneur.

Good post, and I understand the motivation for writing it but it's wrong. If you think you're an entrepreneur, most likely, you are one and nobody can tell you differently.

For me, I've been an entrepreneur since the 8th grade. And yes, I'm a hustler: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhYch48fPg>

<comment><USER9> "...and nobody can tell you differently."

Yup. Pretty much. That's ego, though, not entrepreneurship.

<comment><USER8> A key piece of being an entrepreneur is faking it until you make it. It comes out in many forms:

1) Minimum viable product

2) Acting bigger than you are

3) Creating industries and markets that don't exist.

Without that ethos and world-view, which you call ego (it isn't), one would not survive as an entrepreneur.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> I know I'm going to get a ton of shit for this post, but seriously, I meet/talk to/write about/help entrepreneurs all the time, and this phenomenon has me completely fed up with the tech "scene."

Why do people have this bottomless need to claim to be things they're not? Why can't they just revel in and promote the wonderful things they already are?

<comment><USER8> Society has always had people claim to be the things they're not. That's human nature Jolie.

You call yourself a journalist and student of computer science. Who am I to say you aren't? Sometimes your dreams become reality when you work to make them so, but for a while, you have to fake it till you make it. :-)

<comment><USER9> I call myself that because that's what I am, dude.

I don't call myself a programmer or a hacker -- I'm simply a student.

And "faking it" is despicable. How about "be what you are, and become what you want to be."

<comment><USER8> If you think "faking it" is _despicable_ then you're right about one thing -- you are not an entrepreneur.

<comment><USER10> You're such a douche that I am beginning to suspect that OpenDNS is not trustworthy.

<comment><USER8> Sorry you feel that way. Upvoted you anyways. :-)

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER11> An entrepreneur is anyone who has to make payroll, even if the entrepreneur is the only one on it.

</comment><comment><USER12> If you engage in discussion about the definition of entrepeneurship, you are probably not an entrepeneur. Like I just did.

</comment><comment><USER13> Instead of calling people out, why not out offer to help?

If they lack capital, point them towards VCs, Angels, Super Angels, etc, or useful resources on how to get off the ground with out much capital, Google App Engine, Dreamhost, etc.

If they have capital point them towards sources where they can get labour, craigslist, rent-a-coder, etc.

If they still have a job point them towards people who talk about the transition, etc.

I think according to jolie's definition until recently patio11 would be considered not an entrepreneur. Yet, he's a prolific poster, has his own thing going on, etc. (Not sure if he describes himself as an entrepreneur, but I definitely appreciate his business and tech insights).

Simply put instead of chastising people for using the wrong term, help them to be 'entrepreneurs'. A post on how to transition from 'wantrepreneur' to 'entrepreneur' would be far more helpful. It's a difficult transition from FTE to entrepreneur, and I don't think we should be kicking people when they are down for having the dare to dream.</comment>