Peretus

Location: FL, United States Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby, Python, AI, LangChain, Tensorflow

Résumé/CV (a bit out-of-date): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building and supporting resilient, empathetic, business-aware engineering teams who love what they do. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed globally remote team members at multiple companies.

I've spent the majority of my career in venture-funded b2b SaaS, but I'm highly-interested in working with any companies-- both bootstrapped and funded-- who are serious about their engineering teams communicating directly with their customers. If you're looking for soloed engineering processes where the engineers don't talk to customers directly, I'm probably not the right fit.

On the dev side, I generally prefer buying over building, readable over concise, fast over perfect, and empathy over all.

On the management side, I encourage ownership and an extreme level of connection and understanding of customer problems. I'm big on transparent retros and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. This last year, I worked with leadership to arrange for all of my development team (a few per visit) to to travel to customer on-sites with me and our design counterpart to do technical discovery and ask questions in order to find product/market fit around an important AI initiative. The results were so effective and the learning so valuable that the CEO ended up rolling out the program across the entire company.

If this sounds like the type of culture that you have or wish to build, I'd love to hear from you.

For folks like me who are trying to visualize 8.4 million gallons of water:

Quick back-of-the-napkin suggest that it's about as much as would fit in a round pool just under 500ft (~150 meters) across, 6ft (1.8 meters) deep.

You may not like his content, but I can assure you that Henrik Karlsson has read more than half a wikipedia article.

Writing a dismissive comment like this goes against the HN spirit of curiosity and also comes comes across as a bit mean-spirited.

Location: FL, United States Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby, Python, AI, LangChain, Tensorflow

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building and supporting resilient, empathetic, business-aware engineering teams who love what they do. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed globally remote team members at multiple companies.

While I've spent the majority of my career in venture-funded b2b SaaS, I'm highly-interested in working with bootstrapped companies who are hiring AI engineers to solve important problems. Bonus points if the use-case for AI is connected with the physical world in some way. I'm one of the folks who expect that artificial intelligence will continue to revolutionize our industry in many unexpected ways and I'm highly interested in working with a team of AI engineers who are breaking ground in the space.

Over the holidays I built a Rails application (I hadn't built with Rails in a while) that analyzes satellite imagery along US coastlines to visually identify potential boat anchorages using space imagery. It works by taking in geographic coordinates (geojson), fetching satellite images from Google Maps for the corresponding points, and using a fine-tuned machine learning model to classify areas that are likely suitable anchorages. I added a built-in interface for training (SFT) the ML with new data.

On the dev side, I generally prefer buying over building, readable over concise, fast over perfect, and empathy over all.

On the management side, my approach centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. If this sounds like the type of culture that you have or wish to build, I'd love to hear from you and learn how I can support your mission and the team helping you accomplish it.

Whoa, great to see Yoeven's work here. I learned about JigsawStack when I applied for a role there and was super impressed with what he's built. We ended up having a call and he was able to tell me a bit more about what he's working on.

He is a friendly and super down-to-earth guy who has made some remarkably good progress on building a platform that just works. For instance, easily connecting a fine-tuned LLM that knows how to scrape content to a translation LLM and wrapping that up in a platform with a really good developer experience.

If you're interested in kind of thing, he also did a ShowHN last year on Dzero, a distributed SQLite database built on Cloudflare D1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40563729

Location: FL, United States Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software developer / engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building and supporting resilient, empathetic, business-aware engineering teams who love what they do. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked hands-on with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed globally remote team members at multiple companies.

I've worked both hands-on and as a manager and have excelled in both types of role. I'm open to either type or a mix of both depending on the needs of the team/business.

My approach on the management side centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do.

On the dev side, I prefer buying over building, readable over concise, fast over perfect, and empathy over all.

Over the holidays I built a Rails application that analyzes satellite imagery along US coastlines to identify potential boat anchorages. It works by taking geographic coordinates, fetching satellite images from Google Maps, and using machine learning to classify areas as suitable anchorages, with a built-in interface for training the ML model with new data.

If you'd like to chat, reach out or jump straight to grabbing a free spot on the calendly link above-- it's up-to-date.

Location: FL, United States Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a polyglot software engineer looking to get back into day-to-day programming after being in management for the last few years. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed and worked alongside globally remote team members at multiple companies. I've spent the majority of my career in venture-funded b2b SaaS and I'm familiar and comfortable working in a high-velocity company.

My approach (both as a manager as a team member) centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. If this sounds like the type of culture that you have or wish to build, I'd love to hear from you and learn how I can support your mission and the team helping you accomplish it.

My family and I are currently located in the Orlando, FL area, but are actively looking to relocate to somewhere in Texas, elsewhere in Florida, or Tennessee, or we’re open to international locations as well.

Location: FL, United States

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building and supporting resilient, empathetic, business-aware engineering teams who love what they do. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed globally remote team members at multiple companies. While I've spent the majority of my career in venture-funded b2b SaaS, my goal now is to work at a company that's not venture-funded.

My approach centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. If this sounds like the type of culture that you have or wish to build, I'd love to hear from you and learn how I can support your mission and the team helping you accomplish it.

My family and I are currently located in the Orlando, FL area, but are actively looking to relocate to somewhere in Texas, elsewhere in Florida, or Tennessee, or we’re open to international locations as well.

Location: FL, United States

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node, Rails, Ruby

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building and supporting resilient, empathetic, business-aware engineering teams who love what they do. I've worked in software since ~2011 and have worked with many tech stacks during that time- from PHP to Scala and Next.js to Rails. I've been fully remote since 2016 and have hired and managed globally remote team members at multiple companies.

While I've spent the majority of my career in venture-funded b2b SaaS, my goal now is to work at a company that's not venture-funded and whose product or service supports or interacts with the physical world in some way. Lawn maintenance crew payroll software, or industry-specific ERPs would be a couple of great examples of this.

My approach centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. If this sounds like the type of culture that you have or wish to build, I'd love to hear from you and learn how I can support your mission and the team helping you accomplish it.

Location: Miami, FL

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QQ4NjqVpOXUpDqeSfhdsiOfSPwJ...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a software engineering manager with a bottom-up, collaborative style, focused on building resilient, business-aware engineering teams. If you're a director of engineering or founder needing to get out of the weeds, I can continue developing your team and ensure the culture you've built survives — and thrives. My approach centers on 1:1s, transparent retros, and fostering a deep understanding of the business purpose behind the work we do. I'm also skilled at hiring and retaining the right talent to support rapid growth.

I read WolfStreet.com daily. The author delves into these topics and provides plain-language analysis. If you're interested in economics and markets in the US, you'll likely enjoy his content.

Location: Miami, FL

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, Node, Ruby, Rails

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XcDGthR40GiJJsS1CUfDiJoX_Wo...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-mcneil/

Calendly: https://calendly.com/caseymcneil/30-min

Email: [email protected]

I'm a business-minded software engineering leader with experience working in and leading at startups scaling from 0 -> $20MM/yr and building and managing teams to support rapid growth. If you have a general idea of where you're going and you need to quickly recruit, organize, or inspire an existing technical team to help you get there, I can help.

My approach is highly collaborative, and frequently has me working across multiple departments, leading initiatives with broad technical, UX, and business implications.

I'm available on a fractional or full-time basis, depending on the business needs.

Not affiliated with them apart from being an early customer, but we're working with Credal.ai to solve this problem. In addition to being able to redact content automatically before it hits the LLM, they also have agreements in place with OpenAI and Anthropic for data deletion, etc. Ravin and the team have been super responsive and supportive and I'd recommend them for folks who are looking to solve this issue.

We've had a really great experience with https://constructor.dev/

I don't have any affiliation with the founders; I just really like the product.

Their UI is clean, and I love their commitment to making complexity 'opt-in'. Their integrations are helpful, and it comes across as a task-tracking applications that does a good job of getting out of the way and keeping the focus on the work and the communication.

We haven't, but it's on the list! We've mostly stuck to the US coast and Western Caribbean, visiting the Keys, the Bahamas, a bit up North, and the stuff in between. Currently anchored in Biscayne bay (Coconut Grove), but will probably be headed down to the keys in a month or so.

As a software developer and team lead who's worked from and lived on a sailboat for the last two years, I'd agree with others here and encourage you to give it a shot. My wife and I both work remotely as software developers and we've been able to put thousands of miles under the keel, traveling from Mobile Alabama, to as far north as the Chesapeake Bay with multiple stops in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas, all while keeping our full-time software engineering jobs. It's been a really great experience and I highly-recommend it to anyone with a remote role.

This appears to have been meant for the 'Who wants to be hired?' thread rather than this one. I didn't see your company listed over there, so I figured I'd give you a heads-up by way of a comment.

In case it's helpful to know, it's highly likely that the baby birds that you helped shipped were destined for pretty nice places! Factory farms don't get their birds this way, but small farms do. Also of note, of the dozens times that we got baby birds shipped to our farm when I was a child, it was very very rare to find more than one or two that didn't survive the trip. And sometimes we'd get shipments without a single loss.

I ended up mounting two ~39x70in panels on top of the davits and one on each side of the stern, mounted to the stanchions like 'wings' that can be propped up while at anchor. Strangely enough, I found I was getting so much power from the panels that I don't bother propping them up. Because of the way the panels are mounted (basically at least 1 panel facing the sun at all times), I'm able to get roughly 500w from 8:30am until just after 5pm. I was pleasantly surprised.

I'm pretty sure they're Sinopoly cells, but I'm no expert. The BMS they use is quite impressive too, from what I could tell. While I was there in the shop they had a battery cut open and I was able to see inside.

There is a fellow down in Port St. Lucie Florida that has launched a 100ah LiFePO4 with a 10-year warranty for ~ $550usd each. I saw his shop in person when I purchased some solar from him and was quite impressed with the work they've done and the research and testing that has gone into their products. I had already purchased my batteries by the time I discovered his product or I would have purchased from him: https://outlandsolar.com/

My partner and I live aboard a 41ft sailboat and both work remotely as programmers. I installed 1920w of solar on the boat and get approximately 3.5-4.5kwh per day in output, depending on which way we are oriented while at anchor. I installed 600ah of LiFePO4 batteries @ 12v and when combined with that amount of solar, we have pretty much all the power we need. We frequently cook with an air fryer and have a dishwasher on the boat that we run daily-- all off solar.

Wow, great project! I'm going to keep an eye on this and will talk with my partner about signing up. I love how your example cards are sentences and not just individual terms. Super engaging. As a word of feedback, I might suggest adding the names of the languages that you currently support underneath each of the language flags as it makes it more instantly-recognizable (and therefore likely lower friction). This is an awesome concept and I really like it!

TheMask01 from here on HN posted a project they had created called https://decentdrops.com. While browsing this really great tool, I noticed the domain name EasySVG.com was available for registration.

Maybe an online tool for making SVG files from various types of image formats built on this fantastically brandable domain name?

Seeking Remote Work

Location: Florida, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: React, React Native, Javascript, Some Rails, Redux, Typescript, Angular, SASS, Styled Components, Github/Gitlab

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ta-8c6ORDix5pt0iJ_fxb0VncBI...

Email: [email protected]

In my most recent position, I worked remotely alongside 5 other developers located in the United States and France to build and maintain the largest online marketplace for short term real estate. The company was forced to lay folks off due to the collapse of the retail market. I'm passionate about building a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and teamwork on the teams that I'm a part of and I'm looking for my next role. I've been happily and productively working as part of a fully distributed team for the last couple of years so I'm primarily interested in remote positions, but I'd consider relocating for the right management/team-leadership role. If you think I would be a good fit for a role with your team, let's chat.

Location: Islamorada FL, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Javascript, React, React Native, Angularjs, Angular, Redux, Node, Express

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vAIMwVB9QIN1z9KfMM2B45dh_Bn...

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-mcneil-a5625b11/

I'm a software developer currently located in the Florida Keys in the USA and I'm looking for a great team after my venture-backed employer was forced into laying off the entire staff. I've been working remotely for over a year on a distributed team, working full-stack on a Angularjs application with a Rails backend. I'm currently open to contract, contract to hire, and full-time opportunities with great teams.

Location: Florida, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Full-stack development with a heavy focus on front-end tech: React, Redux, React Native, Angular, Typescript, etc.

Résumé/CV: Upon Request

Email: [email protected]

I am a fully remote software developer that has been developing with Rails and Javascript for over 6 years. Last week, everyone in my company was placed on indefinite unpaid leave, prompting me to post the 'Have you been laid off?' thread here on Hacker news.

I am available for full-time or contract-based employment and would love to jump into a call to discuss how I can add value to your team.

A 60-second self-introduction: https://www.loom.com/share/1f98a46a707644978301b88ba47a0204

I'm the OP and I had to re-read your comment a couple of times to make sure you were employed by my company. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to collaborate on anything. It looks like we both find ourselves with some free time ;)

My email address can be found in my profile.

I've subscribed to your newsletter and will be staying in touch. Also, in case you'd like to get in touch directly, my email is my name (Casey McNeil) at the mail service that google offers.

As the OP, I intended for this to be more about a discussion of the current market than my particular situation. While things just became quite difficult for me personally, and I would love the opportunity to make a connection that leads to another job due to this post, things have gotten much worse for many people all together. This individual's comment was insightful, helpful, and directly answered the question I asked in my post. Personally, I'm quite glad this person added their perspective.

That's great advice. I don't usually choose it to show off in interviews as it's not my strongest skill, but I currently work full-stack across an app with Rails backend and Angular/React front-end. I also have experience with Express, but haven't worked with it for a couple of years.