As U.S. 'superstar' cities thrive, weaker ones get left behind - <AUTHOR> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-nashville-insight/as-superstar-cities-thrive-poorer-ones-get-left-behind-idUSKCN1UE13B <comment><USER2> Don't forget cities that have influxes of young population so have increasing tax receipts but much lower legacy costs (retirees, infrastructure maintenance, stable growth rate education costs per capita). Most of those cities will mismanage the growth and 20-40 years from now you'll be reading about Nashville and how it was gutted when the software jobs dried up. These come in cycles and cities that have some sort of reason to exist (natural ports/harbors, river confluences, trade points, etc) will continue to exist and most of the rest will not.

<comment><USER3> A lot of those geographic reasons to exist will probably cease to exist in the next 50 years, as global warming opens up new shipping lines, makes previously verdant areas uninhabitable, makes uninhabitable deserts verdant, changes ocean currents, remakes national borders, and prompts large & powerful cities to divert rivers away from weaker and wetter ones. Containerization already led to large shifts in the fortunes of some port cities, and that was just a technological development that encouraged deepwater ports. Imagine if the sea lanes themselves change.

I can see Northern Canada becoming an enormous boom area in 50 years, with the opening of the Northwest Passage for Asia <=> Europe trade, the need for resupply cities along that sea route, and the melting of the permafrost opening up parts of the tundra to agriculture or tar sands mining. Meanwhile, Florida and New Orleans may be underwater.

<comment><USER4> > makes uninhabitable deserts verdant

Is that likely? I wasn't aware of any predicted reversal of desertification. It may render some tundra provinces verdant however.

<comment><USER3> The Sahara's greening:

[https://www.independent.com/2019/01/10/greening- sahara/](https://www.independent.com/2019/01/10/greening-sahara/)

[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608073356.h...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608073356.htm)

[https://www.thedailybeast.com/climate-change-is-making- deser...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/climate-change-is-making-deserts- greener?ref=home)

Apparently the Kalahari is too.

<comment><USER4> That's cherry-picking though. The Gobi desert is expanding very quickly, as is the Sahara into Sudan. The Chihuaha desert also is expanding in Texas, I'm sure there are many other examples. Maybe deserts will in general become greener, but for human aspirations they still seem to be deserts. The greening is problematic because it raises dew points and makes theses areas less habitable for humans.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER3> Perez's _Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital_ makes the point that when a technological revolution occurs, gains are frequently concentrated in a small number of locales that are the first to adopt the new technology and adapt their local industries to the new structure of the economy. This results in significant economic (short term), military (medium term), and geopolitical (long term) power. The changing power balance usually sparks a war and a realignment of the global order.

In the industrial revolutions of the 19th and early 20th centuries, though, nation states usually adopted the new technologies en masse, with the whole nation sharing in the gains. So you had rising nations like Britain, America, Prussia, and Japan which could challenge declining empires like Austria- Hungary, Russia, China, and the Ottomans.

This technological revolution is different, because you have specific _parts_ of nations that are adapting to the new technologies and thriving, while other parts get left behind and see the power they had wilt away. There's relatively little historical precedent for this; the only ones I can think of might be the decline of the Roman empire (where the Eastern Mediterranean remained up- to-date and civilized, while the Northern European hinterlands disintegrated and broke up) and the American Civil War (where the industrial North conquered the agrarian South). And this pattern isn't just U.S-based: China also has a dramatic disparity in wealth & power between coastal cities and the inland hinterland, as well as one between the high-tech South (centered around Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta) and more politically powerful North (around Beijing).

I don't know exactly what it means, but I don't think it bodes well for either of the major global superpowers.

<comment><USER5> Fundamentally, fragmentation. I think the Civil War is a relevant example, honestly. What happens when the disparity between the Silicon Valley elite and the Iowa cattle farmers becomes too much for one side to bear? What's weird this time is the technocrats are pretty spread out on the coasts, and then you have cities like Denver right in the middle. It will be a bit more nuanced than "North vs. South" next time.

Personally, I'd keep an eye out for easy scapegoats like immigration and other cultural issues to spark conflict. I'd also pay attention to economic churn rather than physical conflict. I have a hard time imagining our apathetic population going to war with each other in our day and age, but I can easily picture technology folks blacklisting 'undesirable' customers and blocking access to services, and rural folks putting obstacles in place for access to natural resources they largely control.

<comment><USER6> >I have a hard time imagining our apathetic population going to war with each other in our day and age

I don't think our population is that apathetic, and I don't think a return to 60s & 70s levels of political violence is really that farfetched. It's what was normal just one generation ago! Small scale groups could conduct random bombings, lone wolf types can carry out assassinations, etc.- this was my parents' generation in a nutshell.

The US has political radicalism (including but not limited to religious fanatics), a violent population relative to other developed countries, obviously lots of weapons (over 300 million firearms!), a very high level of military training/combat experience/institutional military knowledge from 80+ years of wars, loosely organized 'militia' groups, tons and tons of rural areas to hide in, a sympathetic population in those rural areas, etc. We literally check every single box that countries with insurgencies check. I expect a return to small-scale political violence in my lifetime (with gun control, not immigrants, as the flashpoint). Look at a group like Oath Keepers as a great example of who's potentially the most dangerous.

Honestly, my biggest fear are not insurgents but far right-leaning police & military personnel. That's how countries move from insurgencies into coups

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> So if I understand the article correctly the cities that succeeded were the ones that allowed for new industries and businesses to flourish whereas the ones lagging are ones that were built on traditional manufacturing industries that have since dried up in the face of foreign competition and automation.

Am I missing something? That seems pretty obvious to me that the industries that wouldn't recover jobs from a recession are the ones already on their way out and the ones that would thrive are the ones that were starting to emerge during the same time period.

</comment><comment><USER8> This probably gonna get me killed but I've got to put it out there.

I was _so_ disappointed by the food and music scene in Nashville. Literally every restaurant was some trendy clone of some vaguely hipster cracker barrel (one exception). The music I could find (with one exception) was just sad cover bands doing the same Counting Crows covers over and over again.

Redeeming restaurant: Princes hot chicken. Got that shit at a XXX and it melted my face. Wonderful.

Redeeming venue: High Watt/ Mercy lounge. I don't remember who I saw but it was great.

If you know better places to eat/ find good up-and-coming music in Nashville, please let me know. I want it to live up to what I think it could be.

<comment><USER9> Culture counts.

This is probably gonna get me killed, but I would have qualms with starting or moving a business to a city where reproductive rights are under continual attack. The situation is inhumane.

<comment><USER10> Part of the problem with places like Alabama getting left in the dust is opinions voiced by elected officials in Alabama.

There's literally nothing that would motivate me to move to a place like that despite extremely low cost of living.

<comment><USER11> I second this opinion.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER12> It would be interesting to find out how much debt these "superstar" cities have taken on and the structure of their "portfolio"s. Almost all revenue generation done by local municipalities is through property taxes so it's very important to evaluate these places by some sort of Sharpe Ratio or else you're just encouraging these places to be the next Detroit.

<comment><USER13> True, but not all of them will fail. A New York, or Boston, or San Fran for instance are in a much different position than, say, a Nashville.

But you're right, it's more than just what you see on the surface. No question about that.

</comment></comment><comment><USER14> Basically a summary:

1\. Focuses mostly on Nashville

1\. Cities that have a young urban population with job creation that isn't tied to old industries are thriving.

2\. Nashville has no State Income tax, and most cities and states that have no State Income tax are doing well as remote work takes over and tech workers relocate to take advantage.

3\. Mention building a convention center for $600MM but no real numbers on what that had to do with the cities expansion. Uncorrelated at best.

4\. One major change was the overhaul in zoning regulations that allowed developers to build vertically to accommodate a growing population. Perhaps an parallel to what is happening in San Francisco.

\----

Summary: The economic turnaround from the recession has unevenly favored cities that are tied to non failing industries in decline. Seems pretty obvious.

<comment><USER15> Alas, an overhaul in zoning regulations is decidedly not happening in San Francisco.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> That map is confusing, regions are colored grey that are clearly in the top 20 MSA, like the entire urbanized northeast. Also the article's mostly about Nashville, not its title.

<comment><USER16> _> regions are colored grey that are clearly in the top 20 MSA, like the entire urbanized northeast_

It's not the 20 MSAs with the most jobs, it's the 20 MSAs with the most job growth, as a percentage, since 1990.

<comment><USER10> This seems to be the problem people have with the thesis. If you're defining "superstars" as "cities that got highest% bigger since date X" and not "The Biggest Cities" your point and overall concept seem weaker.

From the article>>"...40% of the new jobs generated during that time went to the top 20 places, along with a similar share of the additional wages. Those cities represent only about a quarter of the country's population and are concentrated in the fast-growing southern and coastal states. None were in the northeast, and only two were in the "rust belt" interior - Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a rebounding Detroit."

New York City is the capital of Norther American commerce and because of that it really can't expand the way that <mid-tier former manufacturing city anywhere else in the country> can, which weakens the overall point about "slow growth" or "getting left behind". Growth doesn't mean the same thing everywhere.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER17> There are a few dynamics at play here

1.) even with some declining cities, US cities are still some of the most powerful in the world. According to [https://howmuch.net/articles/the- economic-size-of-metro-area...](https://howmuch.net/articles/the-economic- size-of-metro-areas-compared-to-countries) (2017) Bay Area economy is as large as the entire country of Nigeria, NY area is as largest as Canada, LA is as big as turkey! Even Portland is as big as Qatar! And with the global slowdown in 2018 and 2019, while US is the sole bright spot, the dominance will only be magnified.

2.) demographics is now shifting to where gen z is the biggest generation now. In 5-10 years they will be establishing families and moving to less crowded suburbs and smaller cities. Which means the mega cities will lose some growth and the secondary cities will gain.

</comment><comment><USER18> odd title, the word 'superstar' is used once outside of the title by an MIT economist proposing federal subsidies for cities/towns with research universities.

no mention of NYC, Boston, nor do they appear on the infographic.

so it seems so called superstar cities aren't really defined as i would expect them to be.

<comment><USER19> > no mention of NYC, Boston, nor do they appear on the infographic.

Yea, the metric used here is rather convoluted, it's ranking cities by how much their share of total national employment increased. This is going to favor cities that experienced population growth and discount cities that are long since 'at capacity' like NY / Boston.

</comment></comment><comment><USER20> This ties nicely with another HN post just a few days ago [1] where a person heavily involved in civil engineering talks about why he moved away from the free market view of city growth.

You have a bunch of struggling cities without any funding for basic services, that spend massive amounts in attempt to attract businesses without a way to recoup losses. Which causes a sort of nasty cycle where people move towards cities which have more resources.

Since the word 'taxes' is essentially a forbidden word, the only option is for these cities to receive federal assistance. Or else get left behind even further.

[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20460509](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20460509)

</comment><comment><USER21> I don't see anything special to US in that phenomenon. I'd even say that US is notably better than most of the world in keeping its 2nd tier cities alive economically.

Most of Asia had that problem for decades, where only 1st tier cities had market for jobs above the "better than nothing" level.

It is either USA becoming more like Asia here, after few decades lag, or it is American second tier cities actually sliding back.

<comment><USER22> The mechanism isn't US-specific.

The analysis is.

</comment></comment><comment><USER23> >But interviews with entrepreneurs and officials in Nashville point to a mix of factors behind its success, including some that were out of the city's control, such as the state's lack of an income tax, and others associated with its unique local assets.

NYC and SF, both big tech hubs, both have income taxes.

<comment><USER24> NYC and SF both have tremendous advantages that Nashville doesn't, Nashville needs to compete.

I don't know if NYC and SF are examples of good governance, or examples that show great cities can support lots of poor governance as long as they retain the things that make them great.

</comment></comment><comment><USER25> Nashville advert!</comment>


This Man Is the Godfather the AI Community Wants to Forget - <AUTHOR> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-15/google-amazon-and-facebook-owe-j-rgen-schmidhuber-a-fortune <comment><USER2> I don't have a feeling anyone wants him to go away, me and most of my peers (PhD) students hold him in rather high regard. Also feeling he is right about the fact that so much deep learning work is just derivative and marginally improving over original LSTM work.

This is an uncomfortably biased article, I think

[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/technology/artificial- int...](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/technology/artificial-intelligence- pioneer-jurgen-schmidhuber-overlooked.html)

is much more balanced.</comment>


MacBook Pro 15" (2018) Keyboard "T" Key Repeating Issue? - <AUTHOR> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8536157 <comment><USER2> I have the same issue, "E" key repeating :(</comment>


Watch how quick it is to vote in the most advanced democracy on earth, Estonia - <AUTHOR> http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/21/watch-how-quick-it-is-to-vote-in-the-most-advanced-democracy-on-earth-estonia/

<comment><USER2> from the 31C3 conference presentation summary:

"This makes the security of Estonia's Internet voting system of interest to technologists and citizens the world over. Over the past year, I helped lead the first rigorous, independent security evaluation of the system, based on election observation, code review, and laboratory testing. The findings are alarming: there are staggering gaps in Estonia's procedural and operational security, and the architecture of the system leaves it open to cyberattacks from foreign powers. Our investigation confirmed the viability of these attacks in the lab, but the Estonian government has chosen to downplay them. We urgently recommend that Estonia discontinue use of the system before the country suffers a major attack"

[http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6344_-_en_-_...](http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6344_-_en_- _saal_1_-_201412281400_-_security_analysis_of_estonia_s_internet_voting_system_- _j_alex_halderman.html#video)

<comment><AUTHOR> Rather read [https://www.ria.ee/e-voting-is-too- secure/](https://www.ria.ee/e-voting-is-too-secure/) and [http://estonianworld.com/security/attacks-estonias-e- voting-...](http://estonianworld.com/security/attacks-estonias-e-voting- political-rather-technical/)</comment></comment>


Covid-19 test: voice based analysis (needs more training) - <AUTHOR> https://cvd.lti.cmu.edu/cvd/login <comment><AUTHOR> Needs an email-based sign-up (friction) but the theory seems good. Help train the AI :)</comment>


Attending a Hackathon? Here's a checklist - <AUTHOR> http://in50hrs.com/blog/2012/7/5/attending-a-weekend-prototype-event-your-pre-event-checklist.html

<comment><USER2> Thanks Aditya.</comment>


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I'm a software consultant who has worked creating web and enterprise applications at companies ranging from small to large. I aim to focus on your needs, your problems, and your goals given your constraints. I want to work with you and do what's necessary to innovate and advance your cause.

Technologies: _Nodejs, Javascript (ES 3 /5/6+), Typescript, Express, Sequelize_ _Python, Django, Flask_ _React, Redux, VueJS, Angular 1 /2, html, css, scss_ _React Native_ _Postgres, Reds, MongoDB_ _Webpack, Babel_ _AWS, Heroku_

Resume: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-UFUwX8-- UbeVFQUHRTd0lQRD...](https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-UFUwX8-- UbeVFQUHRTd0lQRDQ)

Website: [http://iwww.nickdrane.com](http://iwww.nickdrane.com)

Email: email@example.com

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

I am available to start working immediately.

</comment><comment><USER19> SEEKING WORK - Houston, TX / Remote / Travel OK

Available from Nov. 6 onwards (happy to chat this week, though).

I'm a full stack web developer doing everything from desktop Electron apps to backends for mobile apps running on AWS. I'd be happy to help with your next project whether it's working on a large, existing codebase or building a user- facing product from scratch.

Here are some of the technologies I typically work with:

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

        Frontend => ES2015 JavaScript, (+ TypeScript if possible!), React+Redux or riot, preact, SASS, Bootstrap

        Storage => postgres, sqlite3, redis, RethinkDB

        Cloud => Docker, AWS

I cut my coding teeth writing compilers in C++ and Scheme, so I'm confident I can figure out whatever stack you need me to.

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

</comment><comment><USER20> SEEKING FREELANCER | Software Engineer | San Francisco | firstname.lastname@example.com

Aquabyte is seeking a Software Engineer to help with product and algorithm development for our underwater camera algorithms. We work on stereoscopic 3D video, object detection and segmentation, and other problems in the underwater domain.

Job Responsibilities:

\- Build entire application production pipelines from ingest to visualization

\- Build new products from the ground up

\- Work at the cutting-edge of the latest underwater video research

Qualifications:

\- Technical degree (CS, math) from a top research university

\- Expert developer with experience building production-scale data pipelines and web applications in Node.js, Python, JavaScript, and Lua

\- Excellent with React.js / web development

\- Previous startup and product experience

\- Ability to work independently and efficiently on projects

Bonus Qualifications:

\- Experience with Caffe, Torch, or Tensorflow and knowledge of how to optimize these models

\- Experience working with underwater video data

\- Previous startup founder

If interested, please email your resume to email@example.com

Aquabyte is a venture-backed startup that uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to optimize fish farms. We are invested and advised by NEA and Princeton University.

</comment><comment><USER21> SEEKING FREELANCER Infrastructure Engineering:

We are working with a large enterprise client in the entertainment space helping them transition their entire infrastructure and build pipelines to AWS. This client manages a large amount of digital content and media workflows and wants to move that all to a secure infrastructure in the cloud. The team will also be providing this infrastructure as a service for the rest of the company.

As an infrastructure engineer, you will be responsible for working with the team in building and scaling the AWS cloud infrastructure with Terraform. This role will not be simply administering the infrastructure, but be part of architecting and building a scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.

Core requirements as experience with AWS, Terraform and Cloud Networking. Additional experience that would be nice to have is Docker, Git and Ansible.

Client is based in the Western US so it would be preferable to be based in that area so you can occasionally visit the client. Remote is also possible for strong candidates.

Email: zarak (at) 7wilds (dot) com

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

Location: Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, remote or Europe preferred.

Remote: Yes

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

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

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

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER23> SEEKING WORK, Prague, CZ | Remote OK

Software Engineer - Network and Distributed Applications

"I have one goal: To produce a significant return-on-investment for you and your business."

Do you need someone with experience from startups to large corporations? Someone who, besides working as a software engineer, studied at a business school, and who can understand the business behind the code? Moreover, who gets along well with people?

Experience overview:

        * Development of a new low-level network protocol at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
          C++, Python, Low-level systems programming.
        * Design and development a new content delivery network for a file-sharing service at Uloz.to.
          Python, PHP, distributed applications.
        * Web development for local organizations and small businesses.
          PHP, HTML et al.

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

Email: email@example.com

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

</comment><comment><USER24> SEEKING WORK - San Francisco - Remote OK - Travel Possible

Experienced software developer with a history in startups.

Proficient in:

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

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

Previous engagements include 2U, Fuze, Shift, Sosh, Getaround, Codecademy, Factset, Wakemate, drip.fm, and Swiftstack, among others. Currently represented by [http://www.10xmanagement.com](http://www.10xmanagement.com) For more info see our page at [http://turbines.io](http://turbines.io), or talk to us at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER25> SEEKING WORK | Seattle (remote preferred, travel OK)

I'm a visually and scientifically literate programmer specializing in data analysis, visualization, and Node apps. I've written and shipped code for games, desktop apps, and phone apps. As a freelancer, I've worked with clients on data dashboards and APIs, bringing products to market as well as just making proof-of-concepts.

Most-used tools:

* Python data science stack: pandas, matplotlib, scikit, sklearn, basemap

* Javascript stack: Node.js, ES6, React, D3.js

* Node app stack: Node, React Native, Electron

A few of my projects:

Node apps shipped: [http://gochip.com/apps](http://gochip.com/apps)

Map with D3.js: [http://dovinmu.github.io/cascadia- maps/washington.html](http://dovinmu.github.io/cascadia-maps/washington.html)

Python data viz: [https://github.com/dovinmu/python-viz- notebooks/](https://github.com/dovinmu/python-viz-notebooks/)

Gmail: rowan.copley

</comment><comment><USER26> SEEKING WORK - Lexington, KY - <USER7>

Full Stack Web App Development

Adept with JavaScript and Python. Recently, I've been working mostly in full stack JavaScript using Meteor and React.

Some previous projects: \- Lead creation of a platform to facilitate transfers of patients between hospitals on contract with Signal Health Partners. ([https://signalhealthpartners.com](https://signalhealthpartners.com)) \- Lead creation of an athlete management system that uses established sports science protocols to gauge athlete readiness. (www.pycoach.com) \- Revamped a college application platform front-end to handle complex logic based on user input \- Quite a few projects patching up old Rails applications.

Skill Set: \- Languages: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Clojure/ClojureScript \- Frameworks: React, Meteor, Node, Angular, Backbone, Django, Rails, Reagent/Re- Frame, Luminus, and Flask. \- Tooling: Webpack, Babel, Docker, ESLint, Ubuntu/Debian, AWS.

<comment><USER27> I'd like to get in touch. please attach your contact details

</comment></comment><comment><USER28> SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR or Remote

I'm a polyglot, full-stack developer with 17 years experience. My specialties are Rails, Postgres, Chef, and Angular/Vue, although I've done a lot of Java and Python too. I am reliable, easy to work with, quick to turn things around, and a good communicator. I can work solo or on a team, either as lead or a team member. I value client satisfaction as highly as technical excellence.

You can see some of my recent work here:

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

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER29> SEEKING WORK Location: Karachi, Pakistan Remote: Yes

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I am a polyglot programmer, blogger, a data freak and a wannabe growth hacking w/ 10+ years of experience in programming, data analysis and making and implementation of tools to bring traffic on sites and automating marketing.

I use PHP/Laravel for most of web development and Python for automation, scraping and data analysis. Things I do on day-day basis are:

\- Data Scraping

\- Bot development for different websites and workflow (I am working on a Crypto bot for self which is implementing different trading strategies) and other things.

\- Web development in Laravel or Django/Flask.

Beside that, if you are a startup then I can provide consultancy regarding system architecture and traffic building.

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

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

Email:- kadnan(at)gmail(dot)com

</comment><comment><USER30> SEEKING WORK | Central Europe | REMOTE with frequent visits

We are an experienced self-managing team of two who specialize in delivering complex custom-built web applications. We've worked remotely since the beginning of our careers.

Read more on [http://codetree.co](http://codetree.co)

Email: ivor[@]codetree[.]co

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IVOR REIC | FRONT-END, UX DESIGN, CONVERSION, RETENTION

Tech: Javascript (ES6+), React, Redux, d3, Webpack, npm

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

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VEDRAN MARCETIC | BACK-END, DEVOPS, SCALING, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Tech: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Elastic, Docker, AWS

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedran- mar%C4%8Deti%C4%87-472363...](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedran- mar%C4%8Deti%C4%87-47236320/)

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A sample project we built together — [https://movieo.me/movies](https://movieo.me/movies)

</comment><comment><USER31> SEEKING WORK - remote, short to medium term projects - firstname.lastname@example.com

I make software - mostly full-stack web development and HTTP APIs, but I'm adaptable. I have some interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I have a little experience making Android apps, and my open-source Android app Ceilingbounce has happy users.

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER32> SEEKING WORK, on-site in the Eindhoven area (NL) | Remote OK

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

Core Skills:

\- Kafka, Spark Streaming

\- Cassandra (DevOps, Data Modeling)

\- Graph Modeling / Algorithms / Queries (with Spark GraphFrames and Neo4J)

\- Programming Languages: Scala (highly proficient, 8 years exp.), Python (proficient)

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

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

Educational Background: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Solid experience working remotely.

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

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

My hourly rate is EUR 80.

E-mail address in the profile.

</comment><comment><USER33> SEEKING WORK - Based in Cologne, Germany, remote or Europe preferred

I do custom electronics, robotics, and embedded software development - <USER3> specialize in quickly turning ideas into prototypes. I've built custom automation equipment for chemistry labs, sensors that are in use in household/utility applications, control circuitry for construction equipment, 3d printing electronics, data acquisition equipment. No project too small. Few projects too large. Deep discounts for open source hardware work.

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

</comment><comment><USER34> SEEKING WORK - Remote, travel possible depending on location and duration.

Location: North-east UK

What I do: Backend development / infrastructure

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

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

Previous work:

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

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

* Custom data dashboards (R, Geckoboard)

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

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

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

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

* Project management webapp for construction companies (Rails, AngularJS, Bootstrap)

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

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

</comment><comment><USER35> SEEKING WORK

Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Not right now

Technologies: .Net, C#, Asp.Net (& .Net Core), Angular 1/2, Knockout, VueJS, es6, html5, css3, sass, scss, node, php, building restful api's, Git, Gulp, Jenkins, TeamCity, Jira, MSSQL, Mysql, Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, AWS.

Resume: [http://ioni.solarz.me/cv_js.pdf](http://ioni.solarz.me/cv_js.pdf)

Website: [http://ioni.solarz.me](http://ioni.solarz.me)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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

I'm a full-stack developer with 15+ years of experience in the field, having strong business development and leadership skills. I'm product-oriented with lots of experience managing a project from concept and design through completion.

</comment><comment><USER36> SEEKING WORK: SF Bay Area, Remote Only

We, paren, are a small consultancy. We've worked with top startups backed by Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups. We are startup founders ourselves and understand the nature of startups. Startups come to us for help with creating prototypes, product development, building integrations, building microservices, and improving general software design and architecture.

This is us talking about using ReactNative with ClojureScript at Clojure/west: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHQAMrShHu8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHQAMrShHu8)

Technologies: React, React Native, Ruby on Rails, Node, Clojure, and ClojureScript.

Website: [https://www.paren.com](https://www.paren.com)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

P.S. We love functional programming and lisp, hence our name, paren(thesis).

</comment><comment><USER37> SEEKING WORK - Harvest, AL USA, REMOTE preferred.

PhD in quantum optics, 10+ years with Python.

Over the past two years I have had the pleasure of working as a remote contractor to help stand up two different Python/Django products. In both cases, I became the primary developer in terms of the volume of contributed code. Both products became multi-million dollar commercial successes as we built them.

I have up to 20 spare hours to give to an interesting project. Recently, I put some effort into learning to create fast code in Rust ([https://github.com/dhbradshaw/ProjectEulerFastRust](https://github.com/dhbradshaw/ProjectEulerFastRust)). Preference goes to any project that lets me continue to progress in that area.

My rate is $100 per hour. Contact me using my gmail account. My gmail username is dhbradshaw.

</comment><comment><USER38> SEEKING WORK - Chicago, IL - Remote OK

iOS Development & Augmented Reality ARKit Development

I specialize in developing iOS apps. Several of my apps were handpicked and featured by Apple. I'm presently focused on augmented reality apps utilizing ARKit. I have experience with social, games, messaging, lending, consumer, and location-based apps.

Experience with: Swift, ARKit, iMessage extensions, Firebase, AWS, Sketch, Heroku, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, Javascript, A-Frame, C++, Unity, ASO, Facebook Ads, Snapchat Ads, AdWords, Instagram Bots, VR, Wireframing, and UX.

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

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/atmorales0/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/atmorales0/)

If you have any questions: Shoot me a message & let's talk!

</comment><comment><USER39> SEEKING WORK

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

Remote: yes

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

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

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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

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

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER40> SEEKING WORK | Apple iOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS apps

I specialise in development and deployment of iOS, watchOS and tvOS apps and currently learning macOS app development and Swift programming language. I have a good understanding of Apple's user interface design paradigms (HIGs) and what makes a great app.

I am always willing to explore and learn best possible technology for the job at hand. I am inclined towards growing as a software developer by enhancing my understanding of fundamental concepts and tools.

Location: Indore, India

Remote: Flexible

Willing to relocate: Flexible

Technologies: ANSI-C, Objective-C, Swift, Python, Cocoa-Touch, Git, Bash

Résumé/CV: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zxu8ylj6gxkbe6/Resume%20-%20Nimes...](https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zxu8ylj6gxkbe6/Resume%20-%20Nimesh%20Neema%20-%20iOS.pdf?dl=0&m=)

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER41> SEEKING WORK - Remote - Omsk, Russia

My name is Daria, I am 37 years old. I am an experienced software developer (more than 12 years of mostly Python, Django). I usually implement backend, REST APIs, can do frontend with jQuery, a bit of Angular. I am a responsible person, get along with people very well, love to work in teams. I am eager to bring an additional value to a company I will work at by taking Scrum Master chores (along with the development) or helping team lead with managing interactions.

Skills: Python, Django, Django-rest-framework, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, celery, JavaScript, jQuery, Ansible, vagrant, docker, Agile, Scrum, Git, Jira.

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

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER42> SEEKING WORK - US, Remote

United States citizen. Remote only. Not willing to relocate, but open to a small amount of travel.

Fourteen years of professional software development and architecture experience in data analytics, data visualization, Android, web, finance, and cryptocurrency.

Looking for projects involving data analytics and presentation, reporting, business intelligence, and web development.

I have worked for various types of companies: startups, Wall Street, and mature startups.

I am aware that I do not work in a vacuum and so I always keep in mind the business needs and the purpose of the work.

I'm available during US hours and have a flexible schedule.

I've been working with Python, Django, Javascript, Angular, and D3 for the past few years, so that's where my strengths lie.

Keeping this anonymous. Get in touch for more information and my resume, and to start a dialogue.

email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER43> SEEKING WORK | FULL STACK DEVELOPER | REMOTE + EDINBURGH, UK.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER44> SEEKING WORK - Chicago or Remote

I'm a front-end UI web developer based in Chicago, Il., however I'm open to other technical roles (for example support) as well.

Note: Due to my current bandwidth, I can only provide 1 - 15 hours a week.

Skills: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES5 + ES6), jQuery, Angular (1.x + 2), Node.js, JSON, Adobe CS, Ruby on Rails, Twitter Bootstrap, SASS, LESS, Stylus and AJAX, UI Prototyping, Grunt, Webpack, React

Experience: I have 5+ years of experience with Fortune 500 companies, digital agencies and tech startups. Feel free to drop me an email if you'd like to chat about your project (there is no pressure whatsoever to work with me!)

Also I'm cool with starting off with a trial period to see how things go initially.

Contact: sanjs255/at/gmail (Mention HN please)

</comment><comment><USER45> SEEKING WORK - Remote, US-based

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

Willing to relocate: No

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

Résumé: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8b4x4qzEFAOS0FFb1NhcDBOVkE...](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8b4x4qzEFAOS0FFb1NhcDBOVkE/view)

Email: dustan.bower at gmail

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING FREELANCER - SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER - REMOTE OR ONSITE AT NUMBRS IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

About Numbrs: Numbrs is a customer-centric financial services company. It enables its customers to manage their existing bank accounts and personal finances and to buy any financial product from every provider at the best possible price. Numbrs is not a bank and will not become a bank. Numbrs is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs over 100 people. 1.5 million bank accounts are currently managed through the app in Germany and it is the #1 bank-independent banking app on iOS and Android. For more information, please visit www.numbrs.com

About the profile: Responsibilities include but are not limited to designing, developing, deploying, supporting, monitoring and troubleshooting large scale micro-service based distributed systems with high transaction volume. Applicants are also expected to participate in after-hours work.

* a Bachelor's or higher degree in technical field of study

* 10+ years of experience in building complex high volume distributed systems

* 5+ years in JAVA, expert level

* 3+ years in GO

* 2+ years hands on experience in Kafka, Spark, Storm and Flink

* 5+ years in distributed in memory cache system (Redis, Hazelcast, memcached,Ignite)

* 5+ years in micro services architecture and development

* 2+ years in gRPC and protocol buffers

* 5+ years experience in relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (Couchbase, Cassandra) storages

* 3+ years in Spring Boot framework

* excellent troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities

* excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

* experience with encryption and cryptography standards

If you are interested in working for us, please send your resume to careers (at) centralway (dot) com Should you have any other questions, feel free to reach me at the given email address.

Regards, Selina

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

Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: yes/exclusively

Willing to relocate: No, remote only please.

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

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

Let's have a conversation about where your business is going and what we can do to get you there.

Contact Fuzzy Logic or its principal Lee Whalen:

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

\- hnhireme (at) fuzzy-logic.org

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

</comment><comment><USER47> SEEKING WORK. Robotic. Process automation. NYC or REMOTE.

Robotic Division. Process automation. We are a tiny consultancy offering Robotic / Process automation consulting. Technical Feasibility. Industrial robotics discovery. Research / development. If your looking to automate warehouse operations to save cost, Robots are a low cost option and can be deployed anywhere and run 24/7\. High value. Research ( discovery , explore a problem) Industrial automation expertise.

Hardware UR10

Software ROS.

We can build a proof of concept / prototype to meet your automation needs.

Companies using robotics. Amazon. Walmart. Domino's (pizza maker)

MORE INFO: [https://goo.gl/GwsYjp](https://goo.gl/GwsYjp)

$150/hr pay as you go.

email@example.com (mention HN)

</comment><comment><USER48> SEEKING WORK - <USER7>

Highly experienced VP of Engineering & Lead Web Developer.

Skills:

* NodeJS/Meteor/SailsJS

* Serverless (going heavy on that one)

* Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP)

* Crypto/Blockchain - mostly the theoretical parts (understanding of different Proof of Stake algorithms, Solidity contracts) - Highly motivated to work with this.

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

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

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

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

Example work: Upon request

Location: EU

Contact: dev (at) azdv.co

</comment><comment><USER49> SEEKING WORK | REMOTE | Toronto, ON

Full-stack developer with 5 years of experience working with YC startups. I can build your entire backend in Python/Django with a REST API and/or GraphQL endpoint, deploy it to a Kubernetes cluster with an automated CI/CD pipeline. I can get this built and running on almost all cloud environments including AWS and Azure. Finally, I can build your whole front-end using React, Redux, and Apollo. Oh, and I'm a pretty good Android developer too.

I'm available for short-term projects.

Skills: Python, Django, Elixir, GraphQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, React, Redux, Babel, Webpack, Postgres, Linux, Nginx, Apache, Kubernetes, Docker, and more.

Reach me at xpatel [at] pulsecode DOT ca

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING FREELANCER | Full-Stack Engineer | Boston - Cambridge jobs@outcomes4me

Remote: Yes

Outcomes4me is healthcare-tech startup. We are looking for an experienced Full-stack Engineer to join our team to help us create meaningful consumer experience on our digital health platform.

What you have:

● Proficient in at least one or two computer language (e.g. JavaScript, Python) ● Experience with Node.js or Python and React Native/Angular or Django ● Experience deploying with cloud services/platforms (e.g., Google, Amazon) ● Experience with relational or Nosql databases

If you're interested in applying technology to make healthcare better and have relevant skills and experience, please send your resume to jobs[at]outcomes4me[dot]com

<comment><USER50> Hey Abdin,

I sent you a reply that may have gone to spam. Sorry about that.

Cheers,

Marcus

</comment></comment><comment><USER51> SEEKING WORK — REMOTE (OKC, US)

I'm an experienced developer currently seeking moonlighting work. I've written tons of code that runs in production, as both a startup employee and as an agency subcontractor. I follow best practices, use version control, write tests, and have extensive knowledge of the developer ecosystems surrounding the tools I use. My rates are reasonable, with discounts on guaranteed volume.

Capabilities:

      • Ruby on Rails
      • Sass/SCSS/PostCSS
      • Static marketing sites
      • Rust, Elm, Ruby, Go

Specialties:

      • Refactoring
      • Prototyping
      • Performance

Contact: [http://spacesuit.co](http://spacesuit.co)

<comment><USER52> Your site is down

</comment></comment><comment><USER53> SEEKING WORK | REMOTE or ONSITE | Paris, France

I'm a full stack engineer with a founders mindset (I've interviewed at YC a few times). I have over 10 years of experience across the entire stack: frontend, backend, iOS, Android, UX and product.

I hold a masters degree from a top 10 university (Imperial College), have done stints in academia (PhD dropout), big companies (Apple & Morgan Stanley) and more startups than I can count.

The people that I work with tend to value my ability to go from a very loose set of requirements to a very high quality product in an extremely short amount of time.

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Email: email@example.com

CV: [https://barna.by/cv](https://barna.by/cv)

</comment><comment><USER54> -

SEEKING WORK - <USER5>

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

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I can help you with:

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

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

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

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

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

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</comment><comment><USER55> SEEKING WORK - Remote - <USER6>

I am a professional full-stack web developer based in Edinburgh with 6 years experience. I can work remotely. I am experienced with a wide range of technologies and business domains, and can get up to speed quickly. I am passionate about always doing a good job, balanced with pragmatism. I'm really easy to work with and always keep clients in the loop with communications and updates. Please see my website for my details.

Technologies: Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, HTML, CSS, Angular, Rails, SQL relational databases, AWS, Heroku, Salesforce

Résumé/CV: [https://rsmith.io/cv](https://rsmith.io/cv)

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING FREELANCER | Software Engineer | Boston - Cambridge jobs@outcomes4me

Remote: Yes Outcomes4me is a healthcare-tech startup. We are looking for an experienced mobile / front-end engineer to join our team to help us create meaningful mobile experiences on our digital health platform.

What you have:

● hands-on experience developing mobile consumer products ● Fluent with modern Javascript stack: React Native, Flow, TypeScript, GraphQL ● Experience with server-side development & API integration (particularly Node.js)

If you're interested in applying technology to make healthcare better and have relevant skills and experience, please send your resume to jobs[at]outcomes4me[dot]com

</comment><comment><USER53> SEEKING WORK - Full stack engineer & startup founder

I'm a product engineer and startup founder, I am comfortable operating at any level of the stack (mobile, web, backend etc), I can weigh up trade offs between engineering, business and design requirements. Am very comfortable with with a high level of uncertainty / changing requirements, and move super fast.

Location: Paris or Remote

Technologies: JavaScript (React, React Native, Node.js), iOS (Objective C & Swift), Ruby, Postgres, Mongo, Linux etc

Website: [https://barna.by](https://barna.by)

CV: [https://barna.by/cv](https://barna.by/cv)

E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER56> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Berlin - Content Marketing / Marketer

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am eager to work with you or your company on these things.

Looking forward to hearing from you: [https://www.iamliesa.com/](https://www.iamliesa.com/)

</comment><comment><USER57> SEEKING WORK - Ruby/Rails - Remote/Bucharest (UTC +3)

I can help you with your MVP or improve an existing app.

      * 5 years experience working with Ruby and Rails
      * Passionate about building products
      * Focus on business goals
      * Fluent in English

I built my first Rails app about 5 years ago with my co-founder (on-demand car wash service). For the past 3 years I've been working as a full-time Rails developer at an agency. During this time I have worked on a fin-tech product that offers financing to students in the UK and Germany. I've also lead the development of an internal project management tool.

Available ~20h/week.

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER58> SEEKING WORK

Hello! I'm looking for contract jobs doing front end and/or full stack JS development. I've been working exclusively in React/Redux for the past year. Most recently I've been working on a React app with 3 main challenges: 1) run well on both web and Amazon Fire stick (HTML5 container) using a shared code base; 2) API driven video browser/player (like Netflix/Prime Instant Video) and 3) a WebRTC video implementation.

Location: Reno, NV, USA

Remote: Yes. Available for some travel.

Willing to relocate: No.

Technologies: React/Redux; Node; Angular 1; HTML/CSS; full stack JS, WebRTC, TDD, git, project management

Résumé/CV: www.andrewsamuelsen.com

Email: email@example.com

Rate: $100/hr

</comment><comment><USER59> SEEKING WORK - Remote - Dharamshala, India

I'm an iOS developer with 2 years of experience and over 3 years of experience building backends and software systems.

I've advised startups on tech, built backends and MVPs for products both on the web and for iOS.

Tech: Ruby on Rails, Node, GraphQL, iOS, Git, Heroku, AWS, Sketch

Recent work: [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artx/id1296941506?ls=1&mt=8](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artx/id1296941506?ls=1&mt=8)

Blog: [http://arvindravi.com](http://arvindravi.com)

Contact: arvindravi43 [at] gmail

</comment><comment><USER60> SEEKING WORK

Remote: yes

Do you need someone with experience from startups to Enterprise application? I got around 11 years of experience on web with javascript, React, Angular and Node js. Skill Set : HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP CSS, JQUERY, JAVA SCRIPT, Backbone JS, React,Vue,Python FLUX Architecture (REDUX), websockets, web workers,Webpack , Babel , ES6 , Mocha , Jasmine ,Underscore JS,Lodash, Mustache , Handlebar, Angular JS, NodeJs, GRUNT, AJAX, PHP, Code Igniter and ZEND Frameworks.

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Github: [https://github.com/dileep8014](https://github.com/dileep8014)

</comment><comment><USER61> SEEKING WORK - REMOTE - Portland, Oregon

Full Stack Mobile Development

Android/iOS/Xamarin/Cordova. Serverless back-ends Amazon/Azure/Google. Website integration Node/PHP/ASP. App Design.

25+ years experience, 7 years mobile development. I am the Salty Dog: a sturdy, weather beaten crew member who stands at the prow of your ship guiding you safely through the rocks.

How can we help?

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

</comment><comment><USER62> SEEKING WORK

Remote: yes

Location: SE Asia

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

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

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

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

Web-sites: [https://gildedhonour.com](https://gildedhonour.com) (CV, contacts, projects)

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Hi, I'm Alex.

I'll solve your problem in something related to programming: web, mobile, desktop, data science, machine learning, cyber security. My rate is $50/h for short-term projects and 30h/h for long-term ones.

</comment><comment><USER63> SEEKING WORK - Bloomington, IN / Remote / Travel Possible

Currently available part time.

Frontend: Bootstrap, Semantic UI, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Elm, Purescript(Pux)

Backend: Python(flask), node.js(Express), Haskell(Yesod)

Database: PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB

Cloud: Digital Ocean, AWS

Mobile: Android(Java 8), iOS(Swift)

Website: whiteboarddynamics.co

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

We are a 2 man team with 5+ years of experience in software development, system administration, and information security. Our specialties include Android, functional programming, and full stack development. From MVPs to existing codebases we are ready to help you succeed.

</comment><comment><USER64> SEEKING WORK - Based in Singapore (GMT+8), work remotely.

16 years in software industry in development and consulting. Enterprise software experience. iOS/macOS app developer. Familiar with Obj-C, Swift and RubyMotion.

These are examples of how we can work together:

* Fix a troublesome issue or component

* Kickstart a project

* Building of SDKs

* Long term app maintenance. Bug fixes, enhancements, keeping track of iOS upgrades

I prefer to be the only developer for the scope of the project.

Experience working across timezones.

More details: [http://hboon.com/hire/](http://hboon.com/hire/)

</comment><comment><USER65> SEEKING WORK - Remote, Austin, TX, or on site w/ per diem

I've been building websites for 20+ years and web apps for 10+ years.

 _Things I do_

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

I do full stack development, primarily in JS but also Ruby and Python. I can bring in other freelancers for bigger projects.

See [http://driverdan.com](http://driverdan.com) for more details. Email is in my profile and on my site.

</comment><comment><USER66> SEEKING FREELANCER - FRONT END DEVELOPER- London, UK - Remote preferably close to GMT

We are a lean London based Startup that has built a chrome extension that helps sales teams do their jobs more effectively.

Position entails maintaining and building new features of current product.

Strong front-end skills (ES6, React, redux, redux-saga, webpack, css).

Experience with creating Chrome Extensions , AWS , payments integrations.

Familiarity with AWS , bulma , mixpanel , sentry and raven.js is a plus.

Must have Strong feelings about code structure and code cleanliness.

Email email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER46> SEEKING FREELANCER - SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER - DEVOPS - SYSADMIN - REMOTE OR ONSITE AT NUMBRS IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

About Numbrs: Numbrs is a customer-centric financial services company. It enables its customers to manage their existing bank accounts and personal finances and to buy any financial product from every provider at the best possible price. Numbrs is not a bank and will not become a bank. Numbrs is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs over 100 people. 1.5 million bank accounts are currently managed through the app in Germany and it is the #1 bank-independent banking app on iOS and Android. For more information, please visit www.numbrs.com

About the profile: Responsibilities include but are not limited to deploying, supporting, monitoring and troubleshooting large scale micro-service based distributed systems with high transaction volume; documenting the IT infrastructure, policies, and procedures. Applicants are also expected to participate in after-hours work.

* a Bachelor's or higher degree in technical field of study 10+ years of experience in managing and troubleshooting large scale distributed systems

* 5+ years in JVM

* 2+ years in AWS

* 2+ years in Docker, Kubernetes and Mesos

* 3+ years in setting up, configuring and monitoring Kafka and Zookeeper in production

* 5+ years experience in operating relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (Couchbase, Cassandra) storages

* excellent knowledge of at least one modern programming language, such as Go, Java, C++, Python and Scala

* a good understanding of network and routing protocols (TCP/IP, DNS and others)

* excellent troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities

* excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

* experience implementing, operating, and supporting open source tools for network and security monitoring and management on Linux/Unix platforms

* experience with encryption and cryptography standards

If you are interested in working for us, please send your resume to careers (at) centralway (dot) com Should you have any other questions, feel free to reach me at the given email address.

Regards, Selina

</comment><comment><USER67> SEEKING WORK | Toronto, NYC, SF, Remote, Willing to Travel

At Bonafero, we build you software to solve for business objectives. We've got years of experience delivering successful projects, big or small.

\- Mobile development (iOS, Android, Hybrid)

\- Web Development; Front & Backend (Angular, React, Node, Go, Ruby + Rails, Java, etc)

\- Legacy system maintenance and migration (PHP, Java, .NET)

\- Engineering leadership

\- Process and implementation consulting

Let's talk!

\-- Jonathan

firstname.lastname@example.com [https://www.bonafero.com](https://www.bonafero.com)

</comment><comment><USER68> SEEKING WORK - Victoria, BC or Remote

I'm a fullstack developer with 5 years of experience. The technologies I am most well-versed in include: ASP.NET MVC/Core, React.JS, Android, Angular and Node.js. I have also done a fair bit of work with PHP.

Here is my portfolio: [https://andrelashley.github.io/index.html](https://andrelashley.github.io/index.html)

My email address is: email@example.com

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

Location: Overland Park, KS, USA

Citizenship: British (Green Card Holder)

Remote: Yes, but some travel a possibilty

Technologies: javascript (raw, jquery, backbone, react, react-native), python (flask, django), html5, CSS (BEM, LESS), redis, postgres, docker, git, project management & architecture.

Resume/CV: Email

Email: email@example.com

Rate: $3k/week ($75/hr)

A seasoned (10+ yrs) Javascript front-end developer with solid backend experience building full-stack applications and experiences for the modern web and mobile.

</comment><comment><USER70> SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

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

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

To see some of my recent work:

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

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

My email: email@example.com

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

Python/Django/Mobile/React/React-Native, with extensive experience building of web applications, e-commerce marketplaces. I've worked a lot AWS, Docker, Ansible I have a research background in data analysis. I also have experience with Golang, React, Clojure, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, nltk, TensorFlow etc. Some recent examples from my portfolio:

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

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

* [http://joypost.me](http://joypost.me) \- An app(with an SMS bot) to send beautiful printed postcards to your loved ones.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER72> SEEKING WORK

Dallas, TX

Would consider relocating to South East Asia or South America for the right project.

Remote: preferred

Looking for Swift, React Native or embedded systems projects. For embedded, I am geared up for Microchip PIC, TI MSP430, and Espressif ESP8266.

Resume: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tyler- pe-4965655](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tyler-pe-4965655)

Contact form on www.bxtel.com

</comment><comment><USER73> SEEKING WORK: GMT -3, Remote Only

Django Full Stack Developer

I've been working remotely with Django for around 6 years now, delivering webapp products and MVPs for startups.

Email: email@example.com LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinsaizar/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinsaizar/)

Drop me a message if you have further inquiries.

</comment><comment><USER50> SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

Offering consulting work for multiple vehicle routing and traveling salesman optimization. I've built scheduling + routing systems used by some of the biggest organizations in the world and can help you with whatever routing needs you might have.

Rate: 185/hr, 6500/wk

Email: email@example.com

Also available for general data science/machine learning projects.

</comment><comment><USER74> SEEKING WORK - Amsterdam, Netherlands / Remote

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

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

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

</comment><comment><USER75> SEEKING WORK, Los Angeles, or Remote only Full stack java/web/angular/nodejs developer

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitgupta15/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitgupta15/) [http://amitgupta.io](http://amitgupta.io)

</comment><comment><USER76> [https://emailoctopus.com](https://emailoctopus.com) | LONDON | ONSITE

We're a bootstrapped (and profitable!) startup offering mail marketing for up to 10x cheaper than MailChimp. Looking for an onsite PHP developer to join us - experience of AWS essential.

Email jonathan [@companyname] .com

</comment><comment><USER77> SEEKING WORK - Remote - Front End Developer .

Hi All!

I'm a Front End Developer with 3+ years of professional experience.

Skills:

– HTML (Responive), including HTML5, HAML, and multiple frameworks such as Bootstrap and Zurb Foundation .

– CSS (SASS & LESS too) .

– Javascript (AngularJS, ReactJS, JQuery) .

– Test-Driven Development (SinonJS, MochaJS & ChaiJS) .

\- E2E Development (Protractor, WebDriver, Selenium) .

– MongoDB .

– Git .

\- REST API's .

Looking forward to calling you my next client!

</comment><comment><USER78> SEEKING WORK

Location: Remote

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

</comment><comment><USER79> SEEKING FREELANCER | React | REMOTE

We're looking for a React.js developer to help us re-write a jQuery app in React. You'll help us get up and running (our devs are new to React), solve a few technical problems fundamental to the app, and then be a resource as we continue to build.

Budget (US): $1,000 - $2,000

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER80> * SEEKING WORK - <USER7>

Freelance full-stack web developer with 5+ years of experience

        Back-end: PHP, Python

        Database: MySql, MongoDB, Redis

        http://github.com/smoqadam

        Résumé/CV: http://smoqadam.me/saeed.moqadam.pdf

        email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER27> SEEKING Backend Engineer / Freelancer | Python or Java | REMOTE

We're looking for a backend developer to help us write a set of backend services, help us develop few algorithms and solve a few meaningful problems including prototyping data pipeline, build a linked entity graph etc.

Email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER81> SEEKING WORK, Toronto ON, Remote

I am a seasoned mobile developer with 7+ years of experience in implementation and delivery of small to large scale applications.

Technologies:

Swift 4.0, Objective C, iOS SDK (Foundation, UIKit, CocoaTouch, Core Services, etc), WatchOS, iMessage extensions, Git, REST APIs, etc

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER82> SEEKING WORK - Melbourne, Australia, Remote OK

Technologies: Ruby/Rails, PHP/Laravel, JS/Node/Backbone

Résumé/CV: [https://goo.gl/as9NTy](https://goo.gl/as9NTy)

Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

Available for remote contract work.

</comment><comment><USER83> SEEKING WORK - I'm a melbourne based freelancer looking for work. Most of my experience is in .NET platform but can work on others as well. Looking for either development or project management work.

</comment><comment><USER84> SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

Have a Clojure/Go/Elixir/Python project?

I can help you move your project forward by augmenting your team.

I can also help you with your devops / continuous integration pipelines.

Email in profile.</comment>


Social platforms - <AUTHOR>

Hey, I am looking to get into a discussion about the strengths, weaknesses and differences in building social features into products (twitter vs facebook vs google).  I buy into the importance of building products from the ground up with social dynamics at their core.  It's obvious to me that nearly every useful product ever made will be remade in a way that has a simple ux making the app both a utility and toy for sharing (easy access to move that data around if the user so chooses). It may just be me but I see building with these platforms as a Huge risk and a Huge necessity.  Lots to discuss.  Anyone want to dive in first? <comment><USER2> I think leveraging existing social platforms is fine and you're realistic. Ultimately you need to be building something of your own if it's going to be a sustainable/scalable business. But make use of the existing social platforms to get things off the ground or to enhance virility of your app/product.

<comment><AUTHOR> but that is just it... if we are building apps that people love I really don't care about viralilty or getting it off the ground as much. Our apps are engaging and viral because they are useful/simple/beautiful. I guess I am talking about building something for the long term.

More specifically, I am not that confident in using facebook connect. Any experience with fb integration? thoughts on user experiences? things you didn't expect?

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> Are you solving a very real problem and does the 'Social Platform' help do that? If not then don't bother with the Social Platform, in fact don't bother with the product at all. Solving a real problem is what matters. IMHO.

<comment><AUTHOR> absolutely, building an app that solves a problem is the only way to go. It is very important to face that thought and I am with you. But what I am talking more about how to approach adding the social features in an app. I'd love to get your take on how you think about integrating fb, twitter, google...

Highlight went all in with Facebook. Asana is betting on Google. Instagram and Path made a full network of their own. These apps will be tied with their integration choices most likely for the rest of their existence. It's a big deal.</comment></comment>


FogBugz is Developer-Driven (Thank Goodness) - <AUTHOR> http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2007/9/19/fogbugz-is-developer-driven-thank-goodness.html Joel and his crew are so very user-driven in my estimation because they themselves are the users. <comment><USER2> Zed Shaw thinks FogBugs is junk: <http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/fortune_favors_big_turds.html>

</comment><comment><USER3> Does this mean that the best software by developers will always be consumed by developers?</comment>


Facebook Hired Me at 18. But My Story Isn't as Perfect as It Sounds - <AUTHOR> https://www.facebook.com/notes/michael-sayman/facebook-hired-me-at-18-but-my-story-isnt-as-perfect-as-it-sounds/1109149972513019 <comment><USER2> Overall this reads like a nice coming of age story under extraordinary circumstances. Much more positive than negative here, but it sounds like the author sees more negative than positive.

A key takeaway is stress, stress management, growing up too quick, and this young mans wading into having to learn about these quite young.

Having said that, to publish an app at 13 and work at Facebook when your 17 is amazing and I hope the author takes some solace in that and continues to share the 'you can do it' attitude and not only see the obvious mismanagement of the family resources which I'm guessing the parents played a large role in.</comment>


Squishy Pink Robot Makes Explosive Jumps - <AUTHOR> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/squishy-pink-robot-makes-explosive-jumps#.VBhWaHW8aA8.hackernews <comment><USER2> The only thing that title makes me think of is Ms. Splosion Man: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Splosion_Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Splosion_Man)</comment>


Still looking for nominations for BizSpark Incubation week in Boston in October - <AUTHOR> http://blogs.msdn.com/brianjo/archive/2009/09/18/incubation-week-boston.aspx

<comment><AUTHOR> I stumbled into this post and thought it might be useful for some people here</comment>


APRS -- Twitter before there was Twitter - <AUTHOR> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System <comment><AUTHOR> I just ran into APRS today, and though it might be old news, it is probably good for all of us to remember that ubiquitous geolocation and messaging services aren't exactly a new idea...

</comment><comment><USER2> I've tweeted over APRS, and vice versa, you can find some such tweets with the tag #aprs</comment>