Ask HN: Why are we still using years of experience to measure work aptitude? - <AUTHOR> There are things about years of experience that may guess something about a worker's aptitude with certain skill sets, but it's just that, a guess, not a sure-fire guarantee.
Not every programmer with some years of experience is better than a recent grad at doing certain things. A new grad from a top school can fire on all cylinders with some training. Having more years of experience does not confirm that a person requires less or no training, however.
Yet we state in job requirements "5 years experience with ____" with a sweeping generalization for everyone that has worked with ____ 5 years. People are held to different standards based on number of years of work rather than their accomplishments. That's some flawed reasoning. There is no standard consensus to measure some aptitude for any given length of experience. Experience is only a measure of time quantity. But quality and accomplishments are what matter.
So why are many companies grouping applicants by years of experience, and not by quality?
The only forward answer that I have gotten was "because it's easy, and a measure (but not THE measure)". I don't find this answer satisfactory. It almost defends a lack of investing more time or effort to find better ways to filter applicants for desired aptitude. <comment><USER2> You might be looking at this only from the perspective of a young person who wants to find a job. If you consider the perspective of an actual hiring manager, things start to make a lot more sense. Let's use a hypothetical example based on some plausible real-world stats...

A hiring manager at a decently desirable company posts a job online. Within a week they are likely to get around 50 applicants, at which point they basically stop looking at new ones. Probably 30% of those can be eliminated immediately for not having any relevant experience or coursework whatsoever, having glaring mistakes in their resume, etc. Now the hiring manager still has 35 applicants to evaluate. How do you propose that they narrow the pool in a way that doesn't take weeks of labor? Remember that any multi-round interview, skills test, whiteboarding session, etc. is going to take significant time from the team as well for every single candidate.

This is now an optimization problem. The hiring manager and team have X hours they can allocate to reviewing resumes and interviewing, but X is not nearly enough to properly evaluate the skill level of every single applicant in the pool. We need shortcuts to narrow it to a reasonable level, so what options do we have? Experience is one, so is pedigree (prestige of school, certifications, etc.), maybe we could also look at GitHub commits or spend a maximum of 5 minutes per candidate looking at referenced projects/websites. But we need _something_ that can be evaluated quickly, and experience is an easy proxy since it at least indicates that a person has been around a thing for a while and wasn't so bad at it that they got fired for incompetence. And in many cases that's better to look at than having no indicator at all (i.e., 0 years experience).

It's also worth noting that experience implies more than just technical competence. There is value in having worked on a team in a real-world work setting using skill X that goes beyond how well you can solve technical problems. Experience means you've seen things go right, and also seen them go wrong, you've worked with various kinds of people and personalities while doing X and have the benefit of knowing what to do when you encounter a situation that has come up before.

<comment><USER3> With respect, I've got nearly 30 years of experience in the field, and I have the same questions —- why do people equate years of experience with competence?

I've met so many people who are incompetent and yet have many years of experience, and I've met a number of people who are very competent but do not actually have that many years of experience.

<comment><USER4> I agree to some extent, years of experience doesn't necessarily equate to competence, however, it does help in determining whether or not that person is at least capable of dealing with problems so common in our development world.

It's not _just_ about the technical skill, our jobs require us to communicate, think, analyze problems/challenges, troubleshoot, fix bugs, oh and also, on occasion, write code :P

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> When you are learning something new, you will make mistakes. Some mistakes can be cheap, but others can be really expensive. If you do not know what I am talking about Google for "advanced beginner" and "Dreyfus curve of skill acquisition".

I get several job offers per year from my professional network, because I have been doing some things in the past where mistakes were bound to happen. Due to my expertise I am more likely to finish certain projects within time/budget/scope than others.

While it might be a long stretch, compare it to road cycling: who might have the best chances to finish a century (100 mile ride) within a reasonable time:

\- someone who has read a lot about road cycling

\- someone who has finished several centuries successfully

Practical knowledge tends to be way deeper than theoretical knowledge, and usually gives you the ability to judge whether the theory applies in a certain situation, or it does not.

You can not become a master chef by looking at TV shows, you need to walk the walk...

</comment><comment><USER6> If there were a better way, we would be doing it. Recruiting is half science, half art. There is no formulaic way to guarantee you'll find the perfect hire. There likely never will be. People are fickle -- you could find the perfect person for a position who could have the ulterior motive of "resting and vesting", and not being the leader in your organization that you'd hope they would have been.

So we take proxies -- like degrees from renown (or at least accredited) institutions, prior employer prestige, and years of experience as signals for what may be. But ultimately, we can never know.

Even with a whiteboard coding exercise, the subject could get lucky and know the question. Or get nervous and fail miserably, but would have succeeded on the job.

There is no good answer for how to reliably choose talent. If there was a prescribed way, we'd do it. The best that we've come across in our industry is to say, "well, the candidate could implement algorithm <x> on the whiteboard, so maybe they know a thing or two".

Also, you might be over estimating the amount of time/effort we should put into hiring. Most employees are at will, so we can quickly get rid of them if they aren't a fit. In a world where employment trends further and further towards being ephemeral, why should we invest any more than we do?

<comment><USER7> >Most employees are at will, so we can quickly get rid of them if they aren't a fit.

While this is technically true, it's ridiculous to think _most_ employers think this way. Onboarding costs (from placing ads to interviewing to extending offers to actually hiring to getting equipment issued to getting people signed up for all the crap they need to get signed up for to training etc) is _MASSIVELY_ expensive.

A day of interviewing costs not only the flight & hotel for the candidate (presuming they're from out of town), but also the lost work time for everyone involved as interviewers.

<comment><USER6> Let's say you get brought on, and it's clear that you aren't a fit in the first two weeks. They still have the rolodex of other candidates they picked -- they could easily extend an offer to #2.

Flight + hotel should not be a deal breaker for a well-funded business or one with access to a lot of capital. If you're bootstrapping, it could be an issue, but I don't think those startups tend to hire people out of town.

<comment><USER7> >they could easily extend an offer to #2

And #2 could easily have already accepted elsewhere. Or otherwise no longer be interested.

Hiring is _HARD_. And doing it _not poorly_ is often the biggest hope: hiring _well_ is exceptionally difficult - a couple hours of forced interaction in a manner that will never happen again is a pisspoor way of doing it.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER8> Training and experience are different qualifiers. Often times employers want more then you can do "x" in "y" framework. Sure out of some kind of training program you can do things quickly, "correctly" if there is such a thing. And most importantly on time. But it often time is more than just the skills to do the job, it's the skills to think, to conduct yourself in a professional manner and also the relevant experience doing many different things.

If the company just wants you to lay down lines of code the way you lay down bricks, sure I could see any tech school training as being sufficient. But years of experience are an indicator of a number of different factors:

1\. You were competent enough to hold a job(s) doing x for y years

2\. You get along with others if you don't how could you possibly accrue 5 years of experience working

3\. You've seen different approaches to doing things, which can give you insight into how to do things that make sense for this application

4\. You have awareness of performance, maintainability, testing etc... that affect a long-term success of a project.

I think it can be helpful, recent grads are just that, recent grads. You have a lot to learn about working for a company, contributing code in a long- running project and other things that your college or tech school training cannot provide.

Best case the code you write for this company will be in production and running for many years to come. That's what the company is hoping for. Not just a short-term implementation of some best practices to satisfy short-term goals.

<comment><USER9> It is easy to understate how having experience with a wide array of tools provides value. The number of times I've seen what should have been a three line sql query written as a 200 line program in python or scala just blows my mind.

</comment></comment><comment><USER10> Because the only _real_ way we have to determine the quality of a developer's talent/expertise is to have someone equivalently talented/expert make a _subjective_ estimate based on seeing lots of examples of their work. And even then it's a bit of a crap shoot.

What employers are doing when they look at years of experience and so forth is trying to hijack the process of evaluation. If you see that someone has been working at some prestigious company in an important role for years or they've been promoted while working there, and so on, that gives you a little bit of insight into what that organization and that person's co-workers think of their skills. If someone has managed to stick it out in the industry for some number of years it's less likely that they are just faking it.

The core problem here is that assessing a tech worker's skills and potential is something that could easily chew up millions of dollars in resources to get a good answer, and easily many tens of thousands of dollars to get a pretty crappy answer. Instead, employers choose to try to get answers to the question with one or two orders of magnitude less in resources expended. That's all it is.

</comment><comment><USER11> > Yet we state in job requirements "5 years experience with ____" with a > sweeping generalization for everyone that has worked with ____ 5 years.

I'd be happy to hire somebody with five years of experience. However I might get somebody with ten times six months of experience instead. Not the same thing.

My point is: somebody who has worked on a thing so big that it took five years, and watched its growing pains and observed it take detours and outright wrong paths has learned a great deal, and I'd be eager to have them on my team.

Somebody who spent the last five years banging out lots of cookie-cutter two- month projects doesn't bring that experience at all.

> So why are many companies grouping applicants by years of experience, and > not by quality?

This is a reasonable question. If somebody has long experience, this _is_ a quality, in my experience. But, as I explained above, plain counting years gives no valuable information.

> The only forward answer that I have gotten was "because it's easy, and a > measure (but not THE measure)". I don't find this answer satisfactory.

Neither do I.

As an aside (which some might object to), I feel myself growing sympathetic to reverse-ageism: I'd prefer to only have people older than 30 years on my team. To put it most bluntly: somebody that old will very likely have been egregiously wrong before, will have failed spectacularly before. It has been my experience that this makes people better engineers, and better teammates.

People who haven't met with failure yet make me suspicious.

Now get off my lawn.

</comment><comment><USER12> To some degree yes, but mostly no.

I have 25+ years experience, and I make as much as my coworkers who have ~5 years experience. There are engineers younger than me that make more than I do. I don't get a free pass or more money because I'm older with more experience.

There's a great deal of salary compression once you hit about 10 years experience. Someone with 20 years of experience isn't twice as good as someone with 10 years experience. It in fact might be a hindrance if you haven't updated your skills.

So, sometimes years of experience is taken into account, but I would say mostly not really, just broad strokes at best.

<comment><USER13> You're assuming that salary is determined by how "good" somebody is at the job itself. Sorry to be the one to tell you that is but a small part of it. At the end of the day, the company really doesn't know how good you actually are. Your manager _may_ have a decent understanding of the skill level of the members of their team. But your manager doesn't have much of a say over your salary.

It's 2017, and we are still using an archaic architecture for the worker- business relationship. As long as the workers continue to believe that they are getting a great deal, then this will continue.

</comment></comment><comment><USER14> When I first started developing software and systems I thought it was about the code. Now after many years experience I know the less code I write the better. This is not something they teach or you want to learn when you're just getting into coding.

</comment><comment><USER15> Because tech recruiting is fundamentally broken. And pretty much every smart geek who thinks "How hard can it be?"and decides to disrupt it, ends up walking away battered and bruised (usually muttering under their breath "People man! You wouldn't _believe_ what people do sometimes!")

Also, because the people paying for and the people doing the recruiting have very different incentives, motives, and KPIs - from the people getting recruited... It doesn't make sense to _you_, because the question you think they're answering is not "How do we get the largest number of vaguely plausible candidates into the sausage-machine with the least amount of effort - while minimising the numb er of obvious no-hires down below some acceptable level - so that one one of them flukes the 'cultural fit' lottery we get 25% of their first year's salary?"

</comment><comment><USER16> > People are held to different standards based on number of years of work > rather than their accomplishments.

Looking at the spectrum of software organizations at one end there are product shops baking simple mobile apps or dressing up WordPress, at the other end - enterprise grade vendors with codebase lifetimes reaching into decades. Those bakeries tend to have small number of experienced engineers/project managers and a high number of cheap fresh grads who will somehow ship something. In those large enterprises juniors are usually required to show ability at baking code and some experience. So we see that years of experience is not necessarily pervasive metric.

> So why are many companies grouping applicants by years of experience, and > not by quality?

Bootcamps are based on the very same principle - sharper individuals can be trained in basic principles of baking Angular/Laravel/Spring code in a summer. Competent developer can more or less switch frameworks in even shorter timeframe. Baking code according to spec is not the biggest issue in software engineering. There are two aspects here.

SW industry has a pervasive problem of people burning out and leaving industry and opportunists attempting for good pay. Years of experience can show applicants' ability to live in this Absurdistan that is SW engineering. Years of experience is a metric allowing to chose applicants who will commit to work at relatively low false positive rate (albeit at absurdly high false negative rate). Another aspect is "smelling shit sooner than seeing". In a long term project senior engineers able to scream "Boys and girls of every age, hold your keyboards, this looks good, doesn't work. Been there done that" are crucial to success and that comes with direct experience not from reading books. Years of experience, while it may not be perfect or even unsuitable in certain situations, is not unjustified metric.

</comment><comment><USER17> I generally interpret "X years experience" as a rough indicator of what responsibilities are expected of a potential hire. If a role is looking for 2 years experience or less, I'd probably expect to be an individual contributor. Approx 5 years and level of responsibility grows, etc etc. This isn't true of every role, and I agree with OP that taken alone years experience is an insufficient decision point for bringing on a candidate (IMO no single axis is a sufficient decision point for a yes, but some single axes are decision points for a no, like inappropriate behavior during an interview). However, as a heuristic for both a hiring team to optimize the greatest number of qualified candidates applying and for qualified candidates deciding whether they want to apply, it's a useful indicator.

</comment><comment><USER18> When hiring, especially for tech roles, I only evaluated what the candidate had accomplished in the last 1-3 years. Beyond that didn't seem relevant to evaluating current skill set.

</comment><comment><USER19> While the experienced worker might be useless for a company, with the unexperienced worker we know that he will be useless. The experience companys need is the kind of knowledge you can't learn at school, not even from hobby- projects. You need to learn it under the specific pressure of a workplace inside the general conditions of a company. Because the most important part for a company is not how good the worker is, but how much negative impact the worker has on the company. The unexperienced worker is someone who will drain worktime of other, for training and because of failures that happen. The experienced worker will drain much less, maybe even none, so he is less damaging for a company. And how smart or skilled someone might be, gaining this experience is only possible through time. So someone with less or no experience is also less valuable for a company, and more damaging.

<comment><USER20> The bar for 'experienced' variees a lot though. Someone with 0 months of experience is useless. But I've seen plenty of people with 3 months experience do better than people with 3 years experience. Some also have dealt with logic or projects at a much younger age or in college (like college is supposed to do)

<comment><USER19> Yes, there is no way to measure personality and general experience. So it's of course not a perfect solution. But it's sane defensive solution. It filters out the exceptions in both directions and gives a good baseline of ability you can except from the people. If this doesn't work, you can also go lower. It should be also noted that "x years epxerience" is not always a hard rule, but just a guidance. It should specifically drive those away who are lacking the confidence and knowledge about the job. Someone with just 2-3 years could be equal good for a job.

> Some also have dealt with logic or projects at a much younger age or in > college (like college is supposed to do)

As said, the experience learned under the pressure of a workplace is quite different from the experience learned at a lazy school- or hobby-project. School and hobby only teaches the basics and is more acceptable to failures. But companys are seeking the masters, for which experience is neccessary. Of course there are always exceptions, but those exceptions usually can present some kind of experience, so they kind of automatically fall out of the scope of the question. Someone working x years activly on a bigger project should put it into his vita, so that he can sell this experience.

<comment><USER7> >It should be also noted that "x years epxerience" is not always a hard rule, but just a guidance.

Absolutely: if a place is looking for 10 years of experience in software development, and you have 6-7 _but apply_ , you have a chance of being considered. If you never apply, you have no chance of being considered.

In some ways it's like the truism that lottery vendors bandy about, "you can't win if you don't play".

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER21> Because is easy and you don't need to be a very good recruiter to use it (its's how for cameras people use megapixels and not the actual quality of the picture).

Because, as a recruiter, you just need to fill the job; you have no incentive to do justice to any particular person.

Because recruting is just another job and you just printed the cv as the candidate entered the office and the first 3 questions will all have the answers in the cv, because you didn't read it.

Because beeing a good recruiter is hard and rare so you mostly encounter bad recruiters that use easy to understand signals, like years of experience.

Because with a little guidence anyone could do the job but the person with the guidence left the company.

</comment><comment><USER22> Thats what Google does to some degree.

I recently watched an Eric Schimdt interview where he says... "The industry over values experience, but under values strategic flexibility...I used to go around and ask 'what's your super power'"

</comment><comment><USER23> I always love to see jobs that list 5 years of React skills as a requirement ;-)

Seriously though, I think what's important is to look at your weaknesses and keep improving and learning new technologies. X years of experience just shows that you have hopefully grown professionally and personally from where you are today. If you are sure you can do a job I as an employer wouldn't mind seeing this sort of information in a cover letter hopefully with links to code examples on github.

Finally X years of experience is meant to show how to get the best out of working on a team!

</comment><comment><USER24> As long as they can fill open jobs with somehow suitable canditates they have no real reason to change their established process. They dont need perfect but good enough. So even if they miss some good canditates it doesnt matter and they dont know which person they missed in hindsight.

If they have problems finding qualified workers they are much less strict with requierments and more creative

Another reason to prefer easily measured established values like experience is to justify yourself against higher ups if something goes wrong

</comment><comment><USER25> One reason is because they have survived.

A fresh graduate, or a one-year-in second jobber could be a genius with encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject. They could also be utterly incapable of doing the job. Their Dunning-Kruger overconfidence is untempered by the experience of being overtaken by considerably more competent cow-orkers.

Someone who has been at it for 5 or more years, should have a reasonable grasp of whether or not they can do the job (though not necessarily the level at which they can do it).

</comment><comment><USER26> no matter how talented you may be, you still have to learn to walk before you can run.

depends on the job but it should be obvious that an inexperienced developer can slow a project down if the skill levels are too great between a team of programmers as they will have a hard time communicating certain things. there will be many hours a day spent explaining little things that they usually fail to see. this might be fine for big companies but a real handicap for new budding startups.

programming is not just math and logic, its also about seeing and properly identifying the situations, to know what type of tools to use, which 3rd party libraries are needed, and knowing when to take shortcuts and not to, which are all difficult choices if you dont have any real world experience.

but on the contrary, i have also worked with some college grads or even high school dropouts that seem to have as much experience as some seniors. and these are the hidden gems most companies wish to find during hiring process.

its a difficult nut to crack when you are reviewing a hundred or so applicants and it comes down to seeing who they are on paper. which means most of the focus is seeing who have the most accolades, ahievements, github stars, etc.

</comment><comment><USER27> Because a good developer at 22, becomes a even better one at 25, and even better one at 30.

Why? Experience matters. It is not just about the ability to write lines of code, doing all nights, and getting lots of "stuff" done, it is about the ability to write (and remove) the right stuff, and not wasting time with things that don't matter. It is the ability to guide, teach and mentor other people, and the ability to see when something might/will not work.

This comes only through experience and time. Experience to ship multiple large features and products (some products might take years to finish off), and see what works and what doesn't.

Sure, a bad dev. with 10 years of experience is worse than one with 2, but a good engineer with 10 years of experience will probably be more effective than one with just 2 years of experience.

Let me give you some real world examples:

1\. In many states you can't rent a car if you are under 25. Why? Because rental car companies figured out that the human brain is not fully developed and reaches maturity until 25, and younger folks are prone to be fickle, take unneeded risks, and get into reckless accidents more often.

2\. The Roman army had three units: The Hastati (young/inexperienced solders) in the first line, principate (more experienced folks) forming the second line, and the battle hardened triari forming the third and final line.

They figure out that just physical strength was not enough, and experience was more important. Aka, you can't be just good at swinging the sword, but composition, battle formations, tactics were more important, and the more experienced you were the better solder you were, hence the best soldiers were kept on the third and final line.

3\. A bad doctor or lawyer can be bad at any age, a but a decent one becomes better and better with experience. (lots of different cases can form predictable patterns over time, and experience counts).

4\. Plenty of young soccer players are really good at playing soccer, but can be terrible at coaching/teaching it. Some of the leading/coaching abilities come only through time and lots of life experiences.

I can give you countless other arguments, but the final gist is: if you are good with 2 years of experience, you become even better with 10. And some companies don't want people that just code/write features, but they need also the people that will guide large projects, know when to remove things, and teach/mentor other folks around them. And those abilities come only with sheer experience.

At Spotify we had a desirable ratio of 1/3/3\. One lead engineer (usually with at least 7 years of experience, 3 with 3+ years of experience, and 3 with little/no experience). The senior ones could guide the more junior one into doing things, but the lead one were expected to see the upper view of a project (i.e. not just the trees, but the forest), and help steer the architecture on the right directions.

When we had too many junior devs. in one team they tended to be ineffective usually by: slow at producing things (deer on the headlights syndrome), buggy features, bad architecture, creating frameworks that were totally pointless, and my favorite: in-fighting between devs, usually over trivial things on code reviews which rendered the teams totally ineffective.

So, you can see that some companies want to maintain the right ratio of "young guns" vs "experienced folks", and hence some might want people with more real life experience for some positions.

When I worked at Yammer, I remember the exec team refused to hire junior engineers initially, because it proved to be a time wasting exercise and they tended to require more time from senior devs. to be guided, than the value that they produced (by doing and shipping the right features).

Now there are always exceptions to this rule, but usually I learned that the exceptions were kids that have been programming since they were 13-15, and when they graduate from college they are equal to somebody that has about 2-3 years of work experience.

</comment><comment><USER28> Since when did years of experience start to matter? Hiring in this business is still heavily ageist in favor of younger people afaik.

</comment><comment><USER29> What would you recommend as an objective qualitative measure of competency? The rest of the world, in just about every profession, has certifications or licenses. Unfortunately, this makes software developers cry. It could be that there are many people working as developers who aren't qualified to be there.

<comment><USER30> Certifications and licenses certainly exist, but proof of their effectiveness often does not. You, after all, do need to hire the people who failed to find out if it works, which tends to be unpopular.

If you can produce a demonstratably effective test for filtering out incompetent or low productivity employees, people will bury you in cash at you without hesitation.

<comment><USER29> That is so far outside of reality. Nobody hires a law student who fails the state bar exam to qualify its effectiveness.

<comment><USER30> Probably because that would be illegal.

They do hire plenty of people without law degrees for support roles that don't require it, so presumably they've already decided it's not a useful discriminator for those roles.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER31> When building a team, you need more than just technical aptitude, therefore years of experience can also help judge:

\- how well someone can get along with the group

\- how well someone knows the industry and relationships they've built within it

\- how well make decisions that are not specifically programming-based that may need a business perspective as well

</comment><comment><USER32> "I have done X" is more valuable than "I'm absolutely sure I can do X".

</comment><comment><USER33> I agree with your question and reasoning. I would offer that the recruiter is specifically not looking for RCGs. I have no idea why that would be relevant outside of 'We want another company to have smoothed out your rough edges'

</comment><comment><USER34> Thought I know younger staff who are more competent, I also know younger staff who yet don't have the maturity to work in an office

</comment><comment><USER35> Because, in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice; in practice, there is.

</comment><comment><USER36> I agree with your reasoning and question

</comment><comment><USER37> Experience has a productivity curve.</comment>


Show HN: I created this site to comment and draw on sites - <AUTHOR> http://sitecommenter.com/ <comment><USER2> It's one of those ideas that never die - services to comment on sites have been around for more than a decade - I've seen a few during the dotcom boom. The problem always is lack of critical mass - the service user base is tiny compared to the vast amount of pages on the web. The chance of me finding and another user commenting on the same web page is tiny even if you have millions of users.

Consider making something sites can embed and make available to all their users instantly. For starters be THE service for a few sites instead of one of a dozen services for the whole internet. Something like a Disqus with drawing.

Also, no excuse in 2014 to use screenshots instead of the actual HTML of the site.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks for the feedback andr.

I was thinking of it as using it for fast communication with designor to illustrate small points but I would definitely like to explore the social aprt of it (seeing what others commented and os on). Great idea also on the embedding comment.

I went the screenshot way but, if I used html I think the only option would be to code the js as a bookmarklet. It is an interesting option btw.

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> The "Enter URL" box on the front page has "[http://example.com"](http://example.com") as the hint, but if you type in "[http://example.com"](http://example.com") it adds a second "[http://"](http://") to the front, i.e. "[http://http://example.com"](http://http://example.com") and then fails to load (the image is a 404).

You have to be sure to OMIT the [http://](http://) part for the site to work.

Also, on Chrome, dragging on the image frequently literally drags the image (rather than drawing). When the drawing does work, it happens about 2 inches to the right of where my cursor is actually placed.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks for the feedback, I was subtituting the http if present. I'll take a look at the dragging thing too.

edit:I updated the hint also. edit: it seems like on webkit offsetLeft does not work onReady, I am changing to be onload instead ASAP.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> Great idea and nice simple UI, this is literally the exact workflow I have for drawing my feedback on website proofs that I get from our designer, but I do it with a drawing tablet and MacPaint (I'm not that advanced). I'd really love something that let a designer just email me a link to a proof that I could annotate, and automatically send him my feedback. Right now the process is download-from-Google-Drive-and-open-in-MacPaint, draw-my-feedback, then export-as-image-and-put-back-on-Google-Drive.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks primitivesuave. I plan to make this work on a tablet to ease the workflow you just commented.

</comment></comment><comment><AUTHOR> I think by now all the 404 images should be solved. I was using xvfb and it lacked the proper parameter to not be overloaded with so many requests.

I am fixing the offset in webkit as soon as possible.

Thanks for all the bug reporting and opinions.

edit:grammar

</comment><comment><USER5> Doesn't work on Chrome. I just see a missing image

</comment><comment><USER6> It appears to be down. I'm curious to check it out since I was working on something very similar.

</comment><comment><USER7> None of the drawing or notation features seem to be working (Win 7 x64, Chrome 32.0.1700.76 m).

</comment><comment><USER8> Fails to display anything at all if the browser is set to reject cookies.

</comment><comment><USER9> Nice site but the background on the homepage makes the text unreadable

</comment><comment><USER10> The image seems to be missing (404)

</comment><comment><USER11> there seems to be some recursion when sitecommenter.com is entered.

and drawing doesn't work. meh.

<comment><AUTHOR> This should be solved by now. It broke under "so many" visits and during some seconds i accidentally some javascript.

</comment></comment><comment><USER12> not working on mozilla.

<comment><AUTHOR> I am looking at it at Firefox and it seems to look right. Could you give me some more detail so that I can fix it?

<comment><USER3>
      Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (NOT FOUND)
      http://sitecommenter.com/generated_img/79.png

<comment><AUTHOR> I think the image generation is failing randomly. I uploaded a gif showing how I see the interaction. I 'all take a look at it and update it soon. [http://nimga.com/m/3FYRo.gif](http://nimga.com/m/3FYRo.gif)</comment></comment></comment></comment>


Application deadline for Imagine K12 today - <AUTHOR> http://www.imaginek12.com/apply.html

<comment><USER2> That page reads exactly like the YC application page, which I suppose is flattery in form.

<comment><USER3> "We are unabashedly inspired by Y Combinator."

<http://www.imaginek12.com/model.html></comment></comment>


Simplicity, The Way of the Unusual Architect - <AUTHOR> http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simplicity-Architect

<comment><USER2> The opening slides (even though they are impossible to read) are fantastic. Very funny!</comment>


Phony Facebook Claimant Dumps Tracker, Vanishes Before Trial - <AUTHOR> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-09/facebook-fraud-case-suspect-ceglia-said-by-lawyer-to-be-missing <comment><AUTHOR> It's been one of my time wasting things to follow this saga. It could make a good movie one day. Some earlier stuff: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702889](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702889)</comment>


Bqplot: Plotting library for IPython/Jupyter Notebooks - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/bloomberg/bqplot <comment><USER2> What are the benefits of this over something like Bokeh?

<comment><USER3> ... or matplotlib?

<comment><USER4> Does matplotlib let you put interactive visualisations in iPython notebooks?

<comment><USER5> Not really. You can use widgets and redraw when the user changes something, but this gets clumsy quickly.

Bokeh allows for interactive visualization though. Vispy[1] does to, by using webgl (but this require a running ipython kernel - so the plot will be static when exported to HTML).

This[2] is an interesting blog post about the future of python plotting/visualization.

[1] [http://vispy.org/](http://vispy.org/)

[2] [http://www.almarklein.org/future_vis.html](http://www.almarklein.org/future_vis.html)

<comment><USER6> With matplotlib you don't need to redraw the whole plot or even the whole axes you can just change the data and update the relevant artist.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> Looks like the main advantage is bqplot allows you to create interactive data visualizations. Bokeh and Plotly (commercial product) are the existing libraries that do this, but leave a lot to be desired.

<comment><USER8> What else are you looking for in Bokeh and Plotly?

</comment></comment><comment><USER9> Is there any documentation for the plotting library? I would love to explore it, but couldn't find many examples / documentation for different kinds of plot.

</comment><comment><USER10> Interesting to note the use of IPython as a research tool even within a corporate financial firm.

<comment><USER11> It's also used heavily within Google.

I think that a lot of companies used to have internal tools like IPython, but now IPython/Jupyter has surpassed them all. Hooray for OSS.

<comment><USER10> Nice to know. I was given to understand Matlab was heavily used inside of Google, but that was a while ago.

Julia, Python and Jupyter is awesome toolkit for research, presentation and collaboration.

Hooray indeed to the awesome IPython team!</comment></comment></comment>


AI Dungeon : An infinitely generated text adventure, powered by Deep Learning - <AUTHOR> https://play.aidungeon.io/ <comment><USER2> earlier as Show HN, [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717022](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21717022)</comment>


Ask HN: Examples of GPL Licence Violations being enforced? - <AUTHOR> I was pondering a few open source licence issues over the past few days (like the Goldman Sachs case - http://cryptome.org/2014/04/goldman-sachs-code-thief.htm) and I was wondering, does anyone in the HN community have examples or links to places which show violations of GPL licences actually being enforced? I.e a commercial company takes the code, adds, repackages or sells it commercially in some way - without actually making it available publically for free? Has there been cases where an open source project was compensated for the abuse of licence?
I know this site has stuff http://gpl-violations.org but it's got very out of date.
I love the open source philosophy but it would bug the hell out of me if something I was doing was abused in this way - without adding to the community or compensation etc. <comment><USER2> I've devoted most of my career to upholding the software freedom that the GPL ensures. I have worked with Rob Landley in the past who is mentioned on this thread. I think Rob has some facts wrong about BusyBox enforcement. The most notable one is his claim that "no new source code got released".

In fact, we get "new source code" all the time from GPL enforcement efforts. The thing is, it's admittedly not often upstreamable source. A lot of the modifications to source done by redistributors of GPL'd software is not really well formed nor suitable for upstream. It's that classic kind of "it just works, but it's ugly" code.

This is particular true with regard to the "scripts to control compilation and installation of the executiable" which is a required part of the complete, corresponding source, provision of which the GPL mandates.

Situations like the WRT54G (the GPL enforcement source release of which launched the OpenWRT project) and the Samsung TV lawsuit that I helped do (which launched the SammyGo project: [http://www.samygo.tv/](http://www.samygo.tv/) are excellent examples of what great things happen when the GPL is enforced: reaching the promise of copyleft, which is hackable devices downstream.

This is why I've spent(and probably will spend) most of my professional life enforcing the GPL.

This post here is about a few specific issues, but if you want more general information on the topic, dalke's link to my talk is probably helpful. Also, here's links to the docket of the largest GPL enforcement lawsuit ever done, Conservancy v. Best Buy et al: [http://ia700409.us.archive.org/18/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.35...](http://ia700409.us.archive.org/18/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978.docket.html)

BTW, sorry for jumping into this thread. I'm kinda the Kibo of Free Software licensing discussion online; I'm not an HN regular but mlinksva linked me to this.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks much appreciated for the work you do and the various resources for me to follow up.

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> There have been many cases. See "12 Years of Compliance: A Historical Perspective" with sound at [http://faif.us/cast/2011/sep/13/0x18/](http://faif.us/cast/2011/sep/13/0x18/) and the slides at [http://ebb.org/bkuhn/talks/LinuxCon-Europe-2011/GPL- Complian...](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/talks/LinuxCon-Europe-2011/GPL- Compliance/compliance.html) .

Linksys distributed GNU software in their routers, in violation of the license. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_v._Cis...](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_v._Cisco_Systems) for details. It links to the FSF's complaint at [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/complaint-2008-12-11.pdf](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/complaint-2008-12-11.pdf) if you want to see the low-level legal details.

That WP page ends "On May 20, 2009 the parties announced a settlement which includes Cisco appointing a director to ensure Linksys products comply with free software licenses, and Cisco making an undisclosed financial contribution to the FSF."

<comment><AUTHOR> Cool, thanks for this!

<comment><USER4> If you're involved in an open source project that wants to enforce the GPL when/if the time comes, consider applying for the project to join Software Freedom Conservancy, almost certainly the only non-profit fiscal sponsor that has GPL enforcement among its member services.

Bradley Kuhn (his personal site and podcast are linked above) describes what this actually means at [http://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl- enforcement/](http://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/)

<comment><AUTHOR> Very Useful!

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> I'm sure you could find plenty of examples of violations being enforced.

Interesting note though - GS did not violate the GPL because they didn't distribute the code. The GPL allows an organization to modify and use code for its own use without releasing it as long as it's not distributed outside the organization.

<comment><AUTHOR> That is in interesting aspect which I didn't fully pick up on.

So for example an organisation could build on source code released under GPLv3 and then charge it's customers to use it without breaking the licence or releasing it?

<comment><USER5> Charging to use it would likely constitute distributing it, so I doubt that would fly. Having it on a server backend seems OK though.

But what GS did - use it in their own trading system which isn't consumer facing, and is used only by GS is perfectly allowable. And it's even within their rights to prevent the code from being released.

<comment><USER6> I don't know the GS case at all, and IANAL, but as I understand it, if the modified code is included in a client, then surely the users must be accorded the copyleft rights, even if those users are all GS staff.

However, if it is strictly server-based, then those protections wouldn't hold under GPL anyway, only AGPL.

<comment><USER5> Nope. The organization retains the rights, as long as it stays within the organization. Having multiple users doesn't count as distribution as long as they're all GS employees. In addition, if you pay someone to modify it for you exclusively on your behalf, you also retain the rights and don't have to release the source.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> Check out this presentation by Rob Landley (@landley), who started the infamous BusyBox lawsuits:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0)

He talks about the lawsuits and the effects they had.

</comment><comment><USER8> Earlier, projects like BusyBox[1] and FFmpeg[2] used to have a "hall of shame" where they listed products (mostly DVD players, set-top boxes and routers) and companies that used the GPL'd source without attributing and publishing back their source code. Nowadays, both projects point to Software Freedom Conservancy in questions of license enforcement.

1: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116093247/http://busybox.ne...](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116093247/http://busybox.net/shame.html)

2: [https://web.archive.org/web/20101214233906/http://ffmpeg.org...](https://web.archive.org/web/20101214233906/http://ffmpeg.org/shame.html)

</comment><comment><AUTHOR> This might sound tongue in cheek but I would love to have a version or way of having an open source license where it can be used by anyone except businesses or industries I find unethical and specifically prohibit in the licence. For example, that what i help create can be used like a GPL by anyone unless a person or company involved in the defence industry, private or state intelligence, selling FinFisher type stuff, diamond mining, investment banking, supplier to the Saudi Arabian government, etc etc :)

Is there such a thing or a specific way of doing this?

<comment><USER9> Yes, look at Rogaway's license for OCB mode.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks. I wonder would using something like this preclude me from including other peoples GPLv3 code in our software?

<comment><USER10> Yes; the GPL prohibits a distributor from adding additional licensing terms. (It doesn't preclude the author from offering it under multiple licenses, so long as the recipient can pick one and stick with it.)

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER11> A GPL xml library used in commercial product:

[http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district- courts/califor...](http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district- courts/california/candce/3:2013cv05160/271647/61/0.pdf?1391594827)

</comment><comment><USER12> VLC was pulled from the AppStore due to incompatibilities between GPL and the AppStore distribution method (DRM).

<comment><USER13> I thought it was pulled because one VLC contributor, holding authorship and copyright on parts of the code (and also happened to be a Nokia employee, hmmm...), had an axe to grind and demanded the takedown?

Also, if you own the full copyright on a given app, there shouldn't be anything stopping you from releasing it as gpl on github while also licensing it for free download on the appstore - you get to pick the terms of redistribution as you like for each individual distribution point.

</comment></comment><comment><USER14> Huawei has 4G routers with Linux busybox and everything, and a "Written offer GPL" but, when requested, they dont give a shit about it really.

Ive had more products break GPL than Ive broken copyright before I learned Linux when I was pirating windows software.

Just not much to do really, its only the copyright holder that can actually push for enforcmenet of copyright, and me as a user am pretty much screwed.

<comment><USER2> To paraphrase the Lorax: "I am the GPL enforcer, I speak for the users". While you're correct that the copyleft is based on copyright, and thus the primary cause of action for a violation must be done by the copyright holder, I've done a tremendous amount of work to build a large coalition of projects and copyright holders so we can pursue GPL violations.

I bet I'm aware of every GPL violation you've seen, but please do email firstname.lastname@example.com about any GPL violations on Linux, BusyBox, Mercurial, Samba or Wine that you know about, and we'll do what we can to resolve them.

The biggest issue I face in doing GPL enforcement is lack of resources. I know it's a broken record of a not-for-profit organization, but if you want to help with enforcement, please donate: [https://sfconservancy.org/linux- compliance/](https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/)</comment></comment>


Apache + Passenger -vs- nginx + mongrel - <AUTHOR> http://mornini.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/apache-passenger-vs-nginx-mongrel/ <comment><USER2> Very nice write-up (although the submitted title is a bit misleading).

Regarding the twitter post he referenced–as a happy Engine Yard customer, I can testify that they've never tried to _sell_ me anything. The only thing we've had to pay extra for is space (because we're growing).

I do have other RoR apps running at Slicehost with passenger. They work great but there is definitely a noticeable performance difference compared to our EY app. I think most of this has to do with how Apache is configured (the first time you hit the app, it's very slow as Rails is being fired up).

As long as EY is keeping up with best practices, that works for me.

<comment><USER3> It's worth noting that Pratik wasn't throwing an attack at Engine Yard. Engine Yard is a special case amongst Rails hosts generally - it's expensive and for high end, heavy use.. you wouldn't expect EY to be doing the same sort of things mass market hosts would / should.

I think he was aiming more at shared / mass market hosts. For that level, it really would be next to crazy not to be using Passenger because it's so perfectly suited to that environment (and the other options are not).

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> I really wish Joyent offered Passenger on their shared accelerators.

</comment><comment><USER5> vs not using ruby and instead using something mature</comment>


Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2012) - <AUTHOR>

Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility. <comment><USER9> SEEKING FREELANCER (London, UK. - Remote or In-house):

We are currencytransfer.com, and we're all about saving people money when sending it overseas. Banks are our enemy, and we want to make the market more transparent, which while difficult is proving fruitful.

We're a tiny team at the moment, based in TechHub at the Google Campus building. We're seeking a Ruby on Rails developer with good and preferably demonstrable experience. Good, clean HAML/SASS (html/css is fine too) design is a big plus. We love new things, so we're happy to let you play with new toys to get the job done.

If you're interested please get in touch at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER10> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance

Python/Django/jQuery, with extensive experience building e-commerce marketplaces. I have a research background, data analysis, playing around with NLP right now.

I run a django dev shop, currently taking gigs. Here's my portfolio:

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

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

Contact details in my profile or the link above.

Here're some examples from my portfolio:

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

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

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

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

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

* <http://www.emriq.com> \- a web based medical records platform for small to medium clinics.

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

and many more.

</comment><comment><USER11> SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR, Remote

Hello!

I am seeking mobile development work. I am an experienced developer with 15+ years exp, the last 2 years as a mobile app developer for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. I also develop the cloud/backend for mobile applications. Java, Obj-C, C#, PHP, iOS, Android, WP7.

Email me at csgatekeeper [at] gmail.com

\--

Here is a list of the apps I have worked on recently:

Fridge Art iOS – Developer/Architect. Fun photo sharing application (Under NDA - have to be vague). C#/mono touch. (In development)

Fridge Art Server – Developer/Architect. The web-service server for the Fridge-art project. Provides api's do add, view, delete, modify virtual photo collections. PHP/Kohana/Mysql (In development)

Vapp (Veteran's Appliction) Android – Developer. Provides a mobile searching platform, messaging, cloud file storage, veteran community access, and resources. Makes heavy use of web services REST/Json. Java/Android. (In development)

Life Sampler Android, Portland State University – Developer. Asks students questions at scheduled times during the day, syncs results via ssh. Makes use of alarms, broadcast receivers and notifications. Java/Android. (unpublished)

Walk There Android App – Developer. Provides visual and audio information as the user goes on walking tours around the Portland metro area. Added enhancements. Java/Android.

C25K (Couch to 5K) Android – Developer. Added GPS capabilities, media player integration, in app purchasing. Java/Android

Break Pals iOS and Android – Developer. Lightweight container bringing native application feel to website. Allows different web pages loaded into tabs. Java/Android, Objective C/iOS. Unpublished

Walk There iOS App – Developer. Provides visual and audio information as the user goes on walking tours around the Portland metro area. Added enhancements. Objective C/iOS.

Economist Pocket World in Figures iOS App – Lead Engineer/Developer. 20+ screen application. Scoped effort, created engineering bids/schedule, created architecture, and implemented product. Pocket World in Figures application provides easily navigable access to the data in The Economist's Pocket World in Figures book. Objective-C/iOS/SqlLite.

Android social picture puzzle – Developer/architect. Application uses any picture, and creates a puzzle that can be sent to other mobile applications or email addresses. Scramble-puzzles stored on website. Java/Android/SqlLite. C#/mono/Asp.net, Linq to MySql, MySql, REST/Json. Unpublished

</comment><comment><USER12> SEEKING WORK - Edinburgh, Scotland, remote.

I'm a Linux sysadmin, although my friend recently said I should describe myself as an 'infrastructure engineer' if I want to get jobs more easily. I do contract work a couple of days a week - security audits, infrastructure automation (with chef, or whatever you like), working on scaling web applications, deploying rails apps, all those fun things.

I have some ideas about high availability that involve thinking in terms of MTTR instead of uptime that I'm itching to try out. I reckon it should be possible to have the MTTR for 'Amazon turns off all of EC2' to be under an hour. Want to try and make your infrastructure that resilient? My email's firstname.lastname@example.com.

(Also, here is why hiring remote sysadmins makes sense: [http://semantici.st/archives/277:americans-should-hire- remot...](http://semantici.st/archives/277:americans-should-hire-remote- sysadmins))

</comment><comment><USER13> SEEKING WORK - remote/stl

HTML5/CSS3/Javascript/jQuery/Knockout/WordPress/PHP

I'm a frontend developer with some design and marketing sense. I'm do pixel perfect CSS, pretty good with Javascript and able to build anything out of WordPress.

Also wannabe product guy and 2-time finalist for St. Louis startup accelerator. I have a passion for minimalist product design and would love to work with a startup.

Drop me a note if you'd like to talk more! firstname.lastname@example.com

Portfolio: <http://dylanhassinger.net>

Blog: <http://dylanized.com>

Twitter: <http://twitter.com/dylanized>

Dribbble : <http://dribbble.com/dylanized>

</comment><comment><USER14> Seeking work - <USER8>

iOS Developer/Designer

Recently made HackerNode(<http://hackerno.de>) - An iOS app for reading Hacker News.

Twitter:<http://twitter.com/nodemaker>

Email:firstname.lastname@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER15> SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote, ongoing work.

I'm looking for someone who can build web applications, preferably in PHP. The ultimate goal is to build a custom SAAS application that will be relatively simple in the beginning (MVP) and expand features in the future. I'm also the founder of another startup that constantly needs PHP development work on things such as custom photo uploading and custom checkout shopping cart pages using the whmcs.com API. So what I'm looking for is someone who can communicate well, is available on a regular basis and would like to work with us on various different projects. You should know PHP very well, preferably knowledgeable in codeigniter, WordPress, WHMCS and building web applications. Email: bryanb55<at>gmail<dot>com

</comment><comment><USER16> SEEKING FREELANCER - London, Front-end designer/developer (remote work possible)

Award-winning UK campsite booking site Pitchup.com is looking for a front-end designer/developer with expert HTML/CSS/Javascript skills.

Front-End Stack: jQuery / blueprintcss / django templates (no objections to introducing coffeescript / lesscss to the mix)

SEEKING FREELANCER - London, Back-end developer (remote work possible)

Looking for an ambitious developer to join our friendly team, to help us manage our current site and tackle tough geo, online booking and search challenges.

Backend Stack: Python / Django / Postgres / Celery / nginx / S3

Apply here: <http://www.pitchup.com/jobs/>

</comment><comment><USER17> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Freelance

Mac and iOS developer with 2 years experience working on the iOS app store and 6 months on the Mac App Store.

I've had apps featured on TUAW (<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/13/daily-mac-app- mi-fi-monitor/>), and hit top 10 spots more than once in the paid charts on the Mac App Store, both for the entire store and individual categories.

Website: <http://infincia.com>

Twitter: <http://twitter.com/infincia>

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER18> SEEKING FREELANCER (full-time preferred)

Spurfly - based in Palo Alto, CA and Arlington, VA

        • Full-stack Developer, or

        • Front-end (UI/UX) Developer for desktop web and/or mobile web

Help us scale and meet demand for real-time location-aware planning. Our focus is on groups and events ("spur of the moment, on the fly"). We think we have something unique to offer the world and are launching a native iOS app in a few weeks and expanding to web and mobile web next.

The founders are straight shooters who value clear communication and getting stuff done. We're obssessed with creating a product that fills what we see as a major hole in social networking software -- helping people more efficiently connect in real-life with close networks so they can spend more of their time building and enriching real relationships.

Technologies:

        • frontend: coffeescript, jQuery, backbone.js, socket.io, compass

        • backend: python, django, gevent, gunicorn, nginx, postgres

We need some knowledge/experience optimizing and scaling some or all of the above technologies to handle growth, and building real-time single-page architecture sites or mobile web.

Immediate front-end needs include design and development of our desktop web and mobile web versions and giving thoughtful consideration to iPhone workflows as we get feedback from users.

Full-stack devs are needed to help optimize and expand our API, re-assess our real-time web architecture, add background processing for actions triggered by the API calls, optimize queries, and support what's going to potentially be a wild ride as we do launch events over the next few months.

gmail - davidmarble (main tech guy on the founding team)

</comment><comment><USER19> Seeking Freelancer - (Remote) Kansas City, MO

In search of Freelancer (or team of) for ongoing work on several projects. We are a hybrid fund/accelerator that works with entrepreneurs to build next gen web/mobile apps. Our startups need talent and are willing to work with remote teams (local or willing to travel is a plus.)

The right (insert whatever adjective you want ninja, wizard, etc) Hacker is resourceful and naturally curious. Experience working with a startup is a plus.

This is intentionally vague.

contact me blake32 at gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER20> SEEKING FREELANCER (and Teacher)- San Francisco Bay Area Ruby/Rails/Javascript

Looking for someone interested in coaching/teaching me to implement features on an existing production code base. I've been learning for about a year and can do most basic things, but need help with others.

Would like to meet once a week for an hour or two to review problems, discuss options/pros/cons, and then focus on implementation.

Site is: <http://www.thentic.com> Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER21> SEEKING FREELANCER - Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote.

We´ve been developing an application with Drupal. It has a few custom modules that calculates quantities in several ways. The project is related to accountability. We already have a developer, wich we intend to keep, but he has no time to correct all of the bugs in time because he works only part time as a freelancer.

Please drop me a line if you´re interested, with your curriculum, and how much does it cost your services per hour.

Thanks! firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER22> SEEKING WORK - Richmond, VA / Remote

Experienced in functional programming, esp. Haskell, and linux SysAdmin on AWS. Written production code in Ruby, JS/HTML/CSS, Bash script (lots and lots of bash scripts...), and has some proficiency in Machine Learning.

I love hard problems, useful abstractions, and long walks on the beach.

blog: <http://brandon.si>

code: <https://github.com/jberryman>

</comment><comment><USER23> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance

Ruby / JavaScript / Product Managment

Currently selling project I have learned most from: [https://flippa.com/2706340-popular-social-media-analytics- sa...](https://flippa.com/2706340-popular-social-media-analytics-saas-app)

Previously worked with over a dozen startups, mostly in UK.

Expertise in creating fixed price MVPs with customer life cycle management and metrics dashboard to accelerate learning.

Find me on Twitter: @jot

</comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING FREELANCER - (Remote) UI DESIGNER

Looking for a designer to create a constant supply of themes for our new startup. (We allow users to pick themes to apply to their site that they launch). You just need a strong eye for design. I will hack together the templates you provide so no coding skills necessary.

You can read the job description here and email here: <http://rentivo.com/blog/hiring-designer>

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco/Remote

I'm an iOS/Rails developer with App Store experience who used to work at Hipster (www.hipster.com). Our work was ranked on all of Apple's top lists: What's Hot, New and Noteworthy, and Staff Favorites. We were recently acquired by Aol. Now, I'm freelancing full-time.

I have other apps in the App Store (see below), as well as a side project I'm working on that's still in mockup form (email me for screenshots!).

I'm also capable of creating Rails backends to support mobile apps. The only additional support I need is a designer to developer mockups.

Prior to Hipster, I worked at Google, Microsoft, and Apple (<http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshavant>).

Say hello at email@example.com !

App Store Apps:

Hipster (Website: <http://www.hipster.com> | App Store: <http://bit.ly/ouvxl5>)

Timeline Photos (App Store: <http://bit.ly/IU9HsD> | Source: <http://bit.ly/KJz3vv>)

</comment><comment><USER26> SEEKING WORK - Toronto / Remote

Computational Designer, specializing in 3D parametric design

Blog: <http://www.emergentforms.com/blog/>

Projects: <http://emergentforms.com/projects.html>

Trained as a design architect, I am exploring ways of applying my expertise in the design of 3D physical space to your products. My work ranges from the design of a major public space in a North American urban center to the planning and design of a professional Football stadium. In all of my projects my work centers on creating an optimal user experience while communicating strong ideas about the identity and brand of my clients.

I want to help you develop your products by applying these skills to your design and user interaction challenges. My skill set lies in communicating complex ideas in intuitive ways to clients using 3D visualisation, video and graphic design techniques. Please see my portfolio ( <http://emergentforms.com/projects.html> ) for samples of my work.

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING WORK - Remote (preferably) or Boston, MA

I'm a mobile specialist, starting a small studio and looking for clients. If it happens on a device you hold in your hand, I make it work.

I've built and shipped cross-platform native apps for iOS and Android with PhoneGap, "homescreen" web apps, and mobile-optimized versions of existing sites. Extensive knowledge of mobile browser idiosyncrasies, and ways to write responsive, fluid apps. You won't believe it's not Objective-C.

I create compelling user interfaces with clean, minimal design, sharp typography and excellent readability. Thoughtful experiences, uniquely tuned for the demands of every app, service, and user. Icons optimized for every device and resolution. @2x isn't just Option-Command-I.

Recently, I made Faraday for iOS <http://faradaycal.com> Samples of client work available upon request.

Dribbble: <http://dribbble.com/samuelfine>

Twitter: <http://twitter.com/samuelfine>

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER28> SEEKING FREELANCER (Remote friendly) iOS or Web(Django, JQuery) or Graphic Design

We are a 1-yr old, funded company in SF that has been working on amazing science projects and are now working to commercialize the results. We are developing consumer facing health tools. We're all recent Stanford graduate students (4 science phds, 1 MBA). THANKS!

Please email me: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK - Remote or occasional travel around Europe fine. Native British developer based in Warsaw, Poland.

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

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

<http://tweetingmachine.com>

<http://campaignbar.com>

<http://interactwive.com>

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

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Columbus or Cincinnati areas, or the possibility of a travel / remote combination. My specialties are Ruby, Rails, and javascript/jQuery, but I also have a great deal of experience with Asp.net MVC. Over the past year or two, I've primarily been doing Rails development for clients, including several startups, intermixed with some consulting work as a Team Lead and Ruby/Cucumber mentor at a large financial company.

Email: adam dot albrecht [at] gmail

<http://adamalbrecht.com/>

<http://github.com/adamalbrecht>

<https://twitter.com/adam_albrecht>

</comment><comment><USER31> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (Rochester, NY)

Data mining, predictive analytics, intelligent systems, computer vision.

website: <http://cogniception.com/consulting.html>

email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER32> SEEKING WORK - remote, freelance

Javascript/Jquery/HTML5/CSS3/BACKBONEJS/NODE/PHP/FACEBOOK GRAPH API

Front Developer/ Passionate about Web Technology

Ive made a few apps using the FB Graph API. Also worked as a Freelancer. Developed a few websites.

Try out this cool app I made at <http://teckzone.in/fbinstant/>

HomePage: <http://bkvirendra.github.com/>

Github: <https://github.com/bkvirendra>

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

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheVirendraRajput/

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING WORK - Helena, MT / Remote / Freelance or Full-time

Currently employed full-time on-site. Working to transition to remote. Happy to travel to client/office occasionally.

Ruby and Rails (on the JVM or otherwise), Heroku, Javascript, and (if you have an incredibly interesting project) C#. I prefer MooTools but am comfortable with JQuery or raw Javascript. Just looking for an excuse to try Coffeescript.

I'm deeply involved in my local programming community and am watching it flourish right now. It's very exciting and I'm proud to be a part of it.

code: <https://github.com/gaustin> email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK - <USER8>

Web & User Interface Designer looking to work with startups, smaller companies (e.g. agencies, 2-3 person teams), and cool non-profits/orgs. I offer affordable rates and decent turnaround times. Ideal projects involve product and web application design.

Proficient in: Visual Design (Photoshop), HTML5, CSS, jQuery, and Wordpress.

Comfortable working with: Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Git

Recent Work: Dribbble - <http://www.dribbble.com/rglover>

Portfolio: <http://www.ryanglover.net> Email: email@example.com

<comment><USER35> Ryan's done some great work for us, has an awesome eye for interface design and great turnaround.

</comment></comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK (Montreal, remote only) Web generalist developer (back & frontend) with and eye for UI. I have worked for web agencies & startups and I have built web apps from A-Z. Comfortable with html5, css3, javascript (jquery), php (mvc), mysql and git but I always want to be uncomfortable then open to rails, python, nosql and more.

<http://qranberry.me>

<http://rrrewind.com>

<http://madehere.com>

<http://robertomartinez.info>

</comment><comment><USER37> SEEKING FREELANCER - <USER8>

Building a specialized search engine using Hadoop on AWS. 5TB of crawl data await your indexing code.

If you've done similar things before or are awesome in other ways, send a message to kal00ma on reddit.

</comment><comment><USER38> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Springfield, MO

I'm a Rails & JavaScript, Mac OSX, and iOS developer with many years of experience in producing quality products quickly. I do not have much in the way of design chops, but I'm your man for everything else from the client to the server. I also have substantial experience with various embedded C environments.

Let me know if you'd like to talk.

Website: <http://anticlever.com>

Twitter: <http://twitter.com/alexmchale>

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING WORK - NYC or remote.

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

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

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

My previous experience includes C/C++, VB.NET, and HTML / PHP. Feel free to get in touch -- email is in my profile.

<comment><USER40> can you email me at email@example.com? I am not able to find your email.

thanks -Zeeshan

</comment></comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING FREELANCER - (Remote) Web UI Designer/Engineer

We're looking for someone with solid HTML/JS chops and experience with designing UIs, esp. for customizing products. We're building a new customization system for www.frecklebox.com and we're looking for someone who can make it simple for users to navigate the available choices when customizing a product and viewing previews. Bonus points if you are familiar with .Net MVC templating (Razer) and/or Rails templating.

Send portfolio to bo at printhq dot com if interested.

<comment><USER41> Razor, not Razer. Templates, not fancy gaming accessories.

</comment></comment><comment><USER42> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance / Austin

I've been a Developer for many years, mostly on the .Net stack with recent experience with HTML5 and javascript front end development. (C#, ASP.Net MVC, Jquery, Backbone, Sql Server, RavenDB, NHibernate) I'm also very interested in iOS, Rails, and Node development though I'm currently lacking production experience in these areas.

twitter: @gregbanister

LinkedIn: <http://linkedin.com/in/gregbanister>

</comment><comment><USER42> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance / Austin

I have many years of experience mostly in the .Net Framework space and recent experience with HTML5 and javascript front end development. (C#, ASP.Net MVC, Jquery, Backbone, Sql Server, RavenDB, NHibernate) I'm also very interested in iOS, Rails, and Node development though I'm currently lacking production experience in these areas.

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

</comment><comment><USER43> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Phoenix

I've got a lot of experience with Java, in both the web and mobile space. I did a lot of work on earlier mobile (J2ME, Blackberry, etc.). Now, I'm looking to do more Rails and iOS work, and have spent time getting familiar with those. I'm also starting to play with Node now, so if you need that I may be able to help.

See <http://alwold.com> for links to my github, resume, etc.

alwold at gmail dot com

</comment><comment><USER44> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco Bay Area

Rails entrepreneur/developer with experience building successful products from concept, to development, to deployment. Looking to take on outside projects.

Our past projects include <http://friendcameo.com/> \- Group-based video chat with over 3 million registered users.

If interested, contact us on our form here: <http://tierrabyte.com>

</comment><comment><USER45> SEEKING WORK - Remote (Tri-Cities, TN)

I'm a full stack developer primarily writing apps with Ruby/Rails or Node.js (a couple of Python apps as well). I'm a sucker for great UI and Coffeescript is the best thing I've experienced in the past 3 years. Check out my Github or get in touch to learn more about me.

github: <http://github.com/TylerLH> www: <http://imtyler.info>

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote work. We're based in San Francisco and Chicago.

We're an e-cigarette company that is looking to develop our own e-cigarette to be manufactured in the US. The ideal candidate is an engineer who could carry the project from design to manufacturing. However, if you can only offer product design we can handle the manufacturing ourselves if necessary.

If you think you're a fit for the project send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER47> SEEKING WORK - Toronto, Canada, remote.

Experienced technical writer, marcomm writer, and copywriter. Looking for full-time or contract work. I've worked with startups and enterprise software firms; I've documented installation, reference, and admin as well as written user guides, online help, Web site copy, and more.

Resume at <http://tinyurl.com/6vknyyk> \- contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER48> SEEKING WORK- remote

Hi, my name is Arman Ortega. I'm a web developer based in Cebu Philippines. I developed websites of varying scale ranging from small business presence to full fledged web applications.

Skills: PHP,Codeigniter,Symfony,CSS,JQUERY,etc.

LinkedIn: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/brainwired>

Portfolio site: <http://nurv7.com>

</comment><comment><USER49> SEEKING WORK - Freelance / Remote (San Francisco Bay Area)

Ruby / Rails / Heroku

code: <https://github.com/mattvanhorn>

blog: <http://mattvanhorn.com>

18 years web experience, 6 with Rails

Would like to try an Agile/BDD, pay-by-the-story (not hour) approach. This might work better for very early-stage startups.

twitter: @nycplayer

<comment><USER50> I'm interested in how your experiment comes out, pay-per-story/story-points. Please do blog this. (I'm also interested how this interacts with pressure from Chickens "Oh, it can't be that many points" etc.

</comment></comment><comment><USER51> SEEKING WORK, Chicago, IL. Can work remotely.

Skills:

UX: Website design from ground-up

Front-end: HTML, CSS, jQuery, BackboneJS, Twitter Bootstrap

Server-side: Java, ASP.NET MVC3/4, ASP.NET Web API and REST patterns and APIs in general

Database: MongoDB, SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle

Mobile: Adobe FlashBuilder (w ActionScript) for cross-platform mobile app development

Email : dev <dot> cram <at> gmail.

</comment><comment><USER52> SEEKING WORK - Bristol (UK) or remote

Two man studio based in the UK who specialize in building Django web apps.

We love working with: Python, Django, Java/CoffeeScript, RESTFUL APIs, Backbone.js, postgreSQL,

More about us: <http://www.closedlooplabs.co.uk/about/> Feel free to get in touch with us on twitter: (@closedlooplabs, or @cameronmaske/@jwpe)

</comment><comment><USER53> Seeking Freelancer-Columbus,OH/remote

Early stage start up seeking awesome web developers no prior experience needed. link up with me at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER54> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (Kansai, Japan)

Build and release expert with Jenkins CI.

I love Python and Django, and have tons of experience in terms of virtualization with VMware and VirtualBox.

I am also the co-founder of ShiningPanda: <https://www.shiningpanda.com>

email: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER55> SEEKING WORK - Remote, New Delhi

Programmer, looking for projects in Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Scala or Google Go. More about me? Here: <http://srirangan.net/about>

Author of Apache Maven 3 Cookbook and creator of Review19.com

Contact: @srirangan | email@example.com | <http://srirangan.net>

</comment><comment><USER56> SEEKING WORK - New York, NY

Particularly experienced in Django. Solid familiarity with C#, and firmly intermediate fluency in Haskell.

Client side experience with jQuery, backbone and coffeescript.

Would enjoy working in-person in NYC, but remote is fine as well.

<http://github.com/brianhv/>

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER57> SEEKING WORK - Burlington, VT + Remote

We are the co-founders of Gigsmash (2-man team)

Python (Django), JS (jQuery, backbone.js), HTML, CSS

<https://www.gigsmash.com>

blog: <http://matthewparrilla.com>

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

twitter: @mattparrilla

</comment><comment><USER58> SEEKING WORK - Freelance, Remote Only (London UK)

Six+ years of experience building web apps, specializing in Rails and JS. Experience includes work with smaller startups and bigger companies like Nature Publishing Group and moo.com.

site: <http://happybearsoftware.com>

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK - Sao Paulo, Brazil, remote.

I work at a digital agency here as a rails dev. I have a bachelor in computer science. I can do Rails, jQuery, node.js and more. I want to build a good profile of clients so my hour is cheap for now :)

Contact me at: firstname.lastname@example.com Personal website: <http://art-is-t.me>

</comment><comment><USER60> SEEKING WORK - <USER8>

6 months doing freelancing and I recently worked for a startup in San Francisco doing Django development.

I build web apps with Python (Django, GAE and Tornado) and I'm getting into design with Twitter's Bootstrap too.

Here is my github: <https://github.com/ccarpenterg>

</comment><comment><USER61> SEEKING WORK - OC,SoCal/Remote

Experience in IT sysadmin,LAMP, front-end design & development. I build responsive mobile HTML5 apps and work with Drupal and Wordpress as well. Also have a strong Audio/Video integration background.

Looking for freelance gigs.

<http://justinireland.com>

</comment><comment><USER62> SEEKING WORK - Austin, TX

Web developer mainly. Doing PHP for living and Perl for passion. Looking to dive into some RoR project to get practical experience.

Besides software development, have experience in devops.

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

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER63> Seeking Work - <USER8>

Rails Developer. I have been using Rails from 2006 and have built a wide range of applications

<http://www.manu-j.com/>

Personal Project: <http://www.reviewgang.com/> (rottentomatoes equivalent for Indian movies)

</comment><comment><USER64> SEEKING WORK - NYC / Remote

Full stack Rails dev with additional background in graphic/web design. Previously employed as a the lead engineer at a startup, and now I run two of my own SAAS products.

github: <https://github.com/citizens> email: mail(a)citizensinspace.com

</comment><comment><USER65> SEEKING WORK - <USER8>

I run a fun front-end design & development shop called <http://TwoGiraffes.com>, where I work with startups & businesses to create beautiful designs + great markup/backend dev. Im available for select projects for cool people/companies.

</comment><comment><USER66> SEEKING FREELANCE DESIGNER FOR IOS APP

Remote, can get started immediately

(please only respond when you have actually designed apps that are in the app store, you would be surprised how often I get replies from people that would like to learn to design for iOS ;-))

www.fileboard.com

firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER67> SEEKING WORK- remote

Skills: Javascript, Ruby, and Python development.

Website: <http://thedjpetersen.github.com/> Github:<https://github.com/thedjpetersen> email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER68> seeking remote freelancers

email marketing manager: i need a day or twos work (high level advice, really) from an experienced email marketing person, someone with extensive experience building email marketing campaigns such as drip and bespoke triggered emails - ideally not just ecommerce but other markets too. send a brief outline of what you have (specifically) done.

tumblr theme designer: our company blog needs a re-design and i want a gorgeous theme made in tumblr. send live links to tumblr/blogs you have designed and shipped only.

developer/designer: need someone to build a beautiful email template. it's slightly more elaborate than that, but please drop me an email if you are very very comfortable building email templates (both in html and also via mailchimp.)

remote or in sf/ldn is fine. firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER69> SEEKING FREELANCER - TAIPEI - REMOTE Hi! We are looking for a drupal 7 developer and designer. Must have experience. Please email us your portfolio, resume, and some current drupal based websites that you have designed/ developed to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Those who can read and write Chinese really needed.

</comment><comment><USER70> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (Spain/US)

Common Lisp, Python, models, data analysis, image processing. Please check out my resumé and some of my work at <http://juanreyero.com/>.

Contact writing at joanmg's gmail address.

</comment><comment><USER71> SEEKING WORK - Omaha / Remote

Web app development with Rails/Sinatra. Will do iOS for cheap for the right project if you're willing to accept me learning on the job. References available.

website: <http://ninthyard.com>

</comment><comment><USER72> SEEKING FREELANCER - Los Angeles, CA

Frontend and/or PHP developers.

Apply here: [http://contender.theresumator.com/apply/Iui6yk/Web- Developer...](http://contender.theresumator.com/apply/Iui6yk/Web-Developers- PHP-Frontend.html?source=HN)

</comment><comment><USER73> SEEKING FREELANCER (Berkeley, CA or Remote)

Heavy front-end development: HTML5/CSS3/Javascript/Node

We're looking for someone to rewrite our t-shirt design application from scratch and make it 100x better than our current one.

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER74> SEEKING WORK - Morehead, KY / Remote

RHCA and DevOps Engineering with a fair amount of cloud engineering experience. Former CCNP, Comfortable with EMC and NetApp storage.

<http://ianwilson.org/>

</comment><comment><USER75> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Southern California

SEO & Inbound Marketer

Specializing in on-page optimization, site audits & competitors analysis. I have worked with start ups of all sizes.

Feel free to contact me at zanderearth at gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER76> SEEKING WORK - Remote preferred or London * Ruby * Rails * Sinatra * JavaScript * jQuery * CoffeeScript * Backbone * Raphael * Node.js

Get in touch and let's talk :) Email: firstname.lastname@example.com or visit my website: filipeamoreira.com

</comment><comment><USER77> SEEKING FREELANCER - I'm specifically seeking a freelancer or agency that can slice .PSDs into strict XHTML, CSS, and some JavaScript.

The work can be remote.

E-mail your portfolio/URL with work samples to email@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER78> SEEKING FREELANCER

Writer: Looking for an analytical person who loves to geek out with data, analyze it to find trends, and make it meaningful. You will be our voice in the industry.

Email email@example.com with a writing sample.

</comment><comment><USER79> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (The Netherlands)

Web design/responsive design, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress development

Portfolio + contact details: <http://lauriliimatta.com>

</comment><comment><USER80> SEEKING FREELANCER - <USER8>

I'm looking for a freelancer to code a Mac version of our popular Windows desktop client for Hype Machine, Hypegram (www.hypegram.com).

Feel free to get in touch - me [at] kanebennett.com.

</comment><comment><USER81> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (Paris, France)

iOS developer and designer

Portfolio : <http://work.maximebornemann.com> Mail : firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER82> SEEKING WORK, remote possible.

I love robots, hardware, Clojure and functional programing in general.

I also do mainstream stuff sometimes.

<http://pepijndevos.nl>

</comment><comment><USER83> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance

Rails / Javascript

Been working with Rails since the end of 2007. Also have experience in affiliate marketing, and also own a crossfit gym in Orlando.

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER84> SEEKING WORK - Edinburgh and Remote

Experience of Ruby in Rails plus many gems, PayPal API, hosting / deployment etc. Previous experience includes C and Python.

Can be contacted via sr091-1 [at] yahoo.co.uk

</comment><comment><USER85> SEEKING WORK, Chicago, IL. Can work remotely.

UX Website design from ground-up

Front-end HTML, CSS, JS/jQuery

Online Portfolio <http://www.imadkhan.me>

</comment><comment><USER86> SEEKING FREELANCER - Los Angeles, remote

UI/UX designer with frontend skills for rapid iteration of iOS apps.

Email portfolio and resume to ixdesign7 at hotmail.com .

</comment><comment><USER87> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Karachi,Pakistan

Seeking a few PHP/JQuery/iPhone related gigs.

<http://adnansiddiqi.com>

</comment><comment><USER88> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance Rails / Javascript Building Web Applications for over 12 years, a years experience working with Rails

email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER89> SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance

Ruby/Javascript - 3d-printing/dataviz/opensource

<http://alexgirard.com>

</comment><comment><USER90> Seeking Work Remote

UX Designer

Portfolio: <http://www.64notes.com/design/portfolio>

</comment><comment><USER91> SEEKING WORK - Remote / Freelance (Brisbane, Australia)

node.js/WebSocket/WebGL

JavaScript/CoffeeScript, CSS, HTML

<https://github.com/feisty> <https://github.com/pyrotechnick>

</comment><comment><USER92> SEEKING WORK- SF Bay Area / Remote Freelance or Full time

Great web design, HTML, CSS, Javascript.

<http://www.98dollarswebdesign.com>

Email: 98dollarswebdesign<at>gmail.com</comment>


What Netscape's Founder Thinks About the New Google Browser - <AUTHOR> http://gigaom.com/2008/09/04/what-netscape-founder-has-to-say-about-google-browser/ <comment><USER2> I expected better comments here. I think Marc's right to be excited and I've also been waiting for this for a while. Now that it's here, though, I'm underwhelmed. I think if they had worked with Firefox instead, the outcome would have been great, but as it is, it doesn't offer tangible benefits that are apparent enough to any normal user that would justify a switch. In other words, this is one of those exciting things that no one will remember in six months.

</comment><comment><USER3> This is the same guy who sold Netscape to AOL for 4.2 billion and took a job at AOL as their CTO. Which makes me somewhat doubt his judgment on browser related issues.

<comment><USER4> Are you saying you would have turned down the 4.2 billion dollars of stock?

</comment></comment><comment><USER5> Meanwhile uber SGI/Netscape genius Jim Clark is dating Australian supermodel Kristy Hinze.</comment>


Industrial Espionage Is More Effective Than R&D - <AUTHOR> https://hbr.org/2016/11/industrial-espionage-is-more-effective-than-rd <comment><USER2> This article had a certain amount of childishness to it.

"The usual suspects would be Russia, Iran, and maybe even China." Even China? The article pertains more to China than to any other country.

Which model of System 360?</comment>


Karl Friston: up to 80% not susceptible to Covid-19 - <AUTHOR> https://unherd.com/2020/06/karl-friston-up-to-80-not-even-susceptible-to-covid-19/ <comment><USER2> This is very enlightening and would explain why some regions were hit much harder than others.

The title is misleading, the thesis of this professor is that different areas have differing amounts of immunity to the virus (up to 80% in SOME places), i.e, they had already built up T-cell resistance to similar Corona viruses.

He also shows the growth was never exponential meaning the most places had some immunity, but it isn't 80% everywhere!</comment>


Ask HN: How often do your EBS volumes fail? - <AUTHOR>

Maybe it's something unique to our setup, but we find that our Amazon EBS volumes fail approximately once every 1 - 2 months. We are running a pretty normal Mysql server through RightScale with fairly low traffic. And yet, without fail every month or two our main database will die because the EBS store "goes away" <comment><USER2> We had a similar experience with failure every 3 months or so. We had a small portion of our services on Amazon and it was the main reason we moved it back to our own Servers. I really don't know how they can continue to offer a service with a failure rate as high as EBS. Amazon should be ashamed of themselves for having such a glaring gap in their otherwise strong collection of products.

</comment><comment><USER3> I've been told about this sort of thing, but I wasn't sure how widespread it was. Reading the latest RFO from Amazon, I guess I'm not terribly suprised. Its unfortunate that its so difficult to get 3rd party storage into amazon's infrastructure without paying an arm and a leg, maybe someone will do this some day.

</comment><comment><USER4> We had two disappear in quick succession shortly after migrating to ec2 a couple of months ago (one running postgres and one varnish), but nothing since.</comment>