MongooseStudios

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2026) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:22AM (#50351667)

SEEKING WORK Tired of vibecoders sending massive PRs? Everything in your environment constantly broken? Try real, organic, human-made code today!

I advocate for, and practice, writing maintainable and well tested code. I prefer to keep the dependency list as small as possible, and every line is written by hand. Thought and care are put into the how and the why behind decisions.

  Examples of things I'm happy to help with:
    - cleaning up existing code
    - writing new code/features
    - fixing your CI/CD pipeline
    - advising on onboarding/DevEx
    - advising on project management
    - answering hard questions like "we mandated 100% test coverage, why do we still have bugs?"

  Examples of things I will not do:
    - vibe code anything
    - use "AI" to respond to your emails/questions/etc
    - use "AI" to "assist" development(AKA generate a lot of bad code really fast)
    - build some horrible "AI driven/enabled/whatever" privacy nightmare for you to inflict on your customers

Some technology keywords for searches: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, and GCP Contact info on my website: www.mongoose-studios.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2026) on Friday October 02, 2026 @02:10PM (#49936678)

SEEKING WORK

Tired of vibecoders? Everything in your environment constantly broken? Try real, organic, human-made code today!

I advocate for, and practice, writing maintainable and well tested code. I prefer to keep the dependency list as small as possible, and every line is written by hand. Thought and care are put into the how and the why behind decisions.

  Examples of things I'm happy to help with:
    - cleaning up existing code
    - writing new code/features
    - fixing your CI/CD pipeline
    - advising on onboarding/DevEx
    - advising on project management
    - answering hard questions like "we mandated 100% test coverage, why do we still have bugs?"

  Examples of things I will not do:
    - vibe code anything
    - use "AI" to respond to your emails/questions/etc
    - use "AI" to "assist" development(AKA generate a lot of bad code really fast)
    - build some horrible "AI driven/enabled/whatever" privacy nightmare for you to inflict on your customers

Some technology keywords for searches: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, and GCP

Contact info on my website: www.mongoose-studios.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2026) on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:38AM (#49523432)

SEEKING WORK | USA | Austin, TX or Remote

  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Contact Info: https://mongoose-studios.com

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:33AM (#49523366)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoose-studios.com
  Email: Located on the about page of the link above.

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. I primarily work in the back end, built lots of REST API servers/services. Recently been writing a lot of front end code in Flutter/Dart.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @08:39AM (#49167962)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoose-studios.com
  Email: Located on the about page of the link above.

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. I primarily work in the back end, built lots of REST API servers/services. Recently been writing a lot of front end code in Flutter/Dart.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2026) on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:51PM (#48807285)

SEEKING WORK | USA | Austin, TX or Remote

  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Contact Info: https://mongoose-studios.com

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. No AI slop.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:49PM (#48807243)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoose-studios.com
  Email: Located on the about page of the link above.

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. If your company is an API wrapper or you are insisting your devs use AI then I'm not the dev for you.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @03:01PM (#48374667)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoose-studios.com
  Email: Located on the about page of the link above.

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. If your company is an API wrapper or you are insisting your devs use AI then I'm not the dev for you.

Note: There are hundreds of hours of me coding live linked on my website. You can also find a link to my GitHub profile there. Given this body of work I am happy to discuss any of my work if you'd like, but I will not be participating in any leetcode style testing or pretend projects. The information you require to decide if I can walk the walk is publicly available.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2026) on Monday May 04, 2026 @05:02PM (#48014960)

SEEKING WORK | Remote | USA

I'm primarily a back end developer with experience in writing REST API's in Go(Golang), recently been doing a lot of Dart/Flutter.

Not interested in AI/Crypto.

Work, contact info, etc: https://mongoose-studios.com

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026) on Monday May 04, 2026 @04:57PM (#48014887)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoose-studios.com
  Email: Located on the about page of the link above.

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. If your company is an API wrapper or you are insisting your devs use AI then I'm not the dev for you.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @03:59PM (#47605767)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

I'm a back end developer with QA and DevOps experience. I'm an oldschool nerd from the era when we went and figured things out and got work done. Looking for a small company or startup that isn't a wrapper around an LLM API, and isn't pushing AI slop internally.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @10:05AM (#47262370)

SEEKING WORK Location: Austin, Texas Remote: Preferred Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP. Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of https://mongoosestudios.github.io

Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new project. I write real code, not AI slop. I believe in writing tests and going the extra mile to deliver a good UX.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:56AM (#47262253)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new codebase/product. No crypto companies. Vibe Coding shops, and those who have internal mandates to use AI, need not apply.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:59AM (#46886613)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, recently been doing a fair amount of Dart with Flutter.
  Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new codebase/product. No crypto companies. Vibe Coding shops, and those who have internal mandates to use AI, need not apply.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2026) on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:44PM (#46467943)

SEEKING WORK

Remote: yes

Location: USA

I'm primarily a back end developer, but I'm happy to pick up new skills for a project if needed. I've worked in Go, C#, C, Python, Dart, and some JS/TS. NO VIBE CODING.

More information can be found here: mongoosestudios.github.io

Note: If your company is a wrapper for API calls to LLMs I am not interested.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:34PM (#46467828)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
  Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding, AI, and crypto shops need not apply.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:20PM (#46137183)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
  Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding, AI, and crypto shops need not apply.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) on Monday November 10, 2025 @08:37AM (#45875888)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
  Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding and AI shops need not apply.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025) on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @10:16PM (#45445756)

  Location: Austin, Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Go(Golang), miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
  Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else sick of AI splattered code on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @01:46PM (#45279017)

For you, a trout in the sock drawer AND the closet.

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else sick of AI splattered code on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @01:36PM (#45278901)

I'm sick of AI everything. Every day I hope today is the day the grift machine finally implodes.

In the short term it's going to make things suck even more, but I'm ready to rip that bandaid off.

P.S. To anyone that is about to reply to this, or downvote it, to tell me that AI is the future, you should be aware that I also hope someone places a rotting trout in your sock drawer each day.

Re:You are an absolute loser if you use AI to write your blog post on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:09AM (#45198922)

I wrote about that too. Somewhere along the way we turned the quirky oldschool blogs into a sort of CliffsNotes on a topic. They became way less cool as a result.

Blogs still exist to a certain degree, but they are different. Now they tend to be either more formal and journalist-ey, or a thinly veiled advertisement. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the former, and if the latter is cloaked in a genuinely useful tutorial on some particular tool/technology then I can’t really begrudge them their plug. But they both lack some of that old magic.

https://mongoosestudios.github.io/posts/bad-at-writing/

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025) on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:20PM (#45192342)

  Location: Texas
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Maybe
  Technologies: Back end dev primarily
  Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
  Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else pronounce CLI as "clee"? on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @09:16PM (#45191855)

No, you monster.

Re:Ask HN: Job market for Staff/Director tech roles barren? on Thursday August 28, 2025 @09:44PM (#45059099)

Hundreds of applications since I was laid off in November. Working a trash entry level job in an unrelated field to try and pay the bills. The market is absolute garbage.

Re:Ask HN: Did modern AI's coding abilities make you lose interest in ... on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @10:35AM (#45040311)

Other way around.

Re:Ask HN: Has Facebook rehabilitated their name? on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:51AM (#44974293)

I don't know what rock you live under, I've never seen more people aware of the game.

Re:Ask HN: Are companies changing technical interviews for the AI era? on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:17PM (#44957452)

I'm changing how I do technical interviews for the AI bubble era. I specifically ask companies if they mandate the use of AI, and if they do (including corporate-ese versions such as "well we really like to see....") I tell them I'm not interested.

Re:If You Could Fix One Thing About AI Search, What Would It Be? on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:16PM (#44893955)

Replace it with search that actually worked again.

Re:Ask HN: Should I Leave Software? on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @10:15PM (#44730370)

https://aicodinghorrors.com/ - the database deletion one was how I found out this site exists.

https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o... - somewhat controversial because measuring different tasks. But nobody can measure dev tasks anyway.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/stack-overflow-data-reveals-the-h... - Saw this very recently, haven't dug in to the sources.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Talks a LOT about the AI hype bubble in general.

The landscape here in the US sucks too. Layoffs and offshoring are still going strong. Everything new is some stupid AI startup. I kinda thought I was done too until I got laid off and started working on my own projects to stay sharp.

Realized I still love making stuff. Just hate the corporate games.