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most large venues have a rev share agreement on these fees. they aren’t all going to the ticketing company.
Re:DELETEs Are Difficult on Sunday December 01, 2024 @03:07AM (#42287011)
this is a “soft delete”. as the author notes, depending on the nature of the data being stored a soft delete does not meet the requirements of many data privacy laws and compliance regulations (like GDPR’s right to erasure).
Re:The demise of the mildly dynamic website (2022) on Thursday June 20, 2024 @04:38AM (#40736388)
I feel every admin panel I’ve built over the years, including recently, have been “mildly dynamic”. only enough jquery to be usable by other staff.
Re:Most common PIN codes (2012) on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @11:53PM (#40362925)
that’s amazing! I’ve got the same combination on my luggage!
> Product lead Peter Yang taps into his decade-plus career

> His career stretches back over a decade

Sorry, is a decade a notably long career these days? Am I old?

if this was just to improve SEO, why not just slap in pre-rendering middleware and forgo SSR? like prerender.io or some headless chrome variant w/ cache? honest question, I’m not as experienced with the nuances of frontend dev
Re:SF's Anchor Brewing Company shutting down after 127 years on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:59PM (#36699970)
You mean in 2023? So many of my favorite SF dives closed during or as a result of covid: lucky 13, hemlock, whiskey thieves, bachus kirk just to name a few
a former employer of mine insisted we use phabricator (self-hosted) instead of github. while I initially fought it because of vpn requirement and UI/UX differences after years of github, I grew to quite like it. in particular the comment organization, handling of back-merges to trunk, and workflow standardization. not sure if it’s still maintained or not though
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2023) on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:03PM (#35781169)
Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: Yes, but open to hybrid in the Bay Area

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, Golang, Python, Java, Scala, Typescript, gRPC, GraphQL, AWS Serverless, GCP

Site: https://ehrns.com

Email: alexanderscott46 at gmail

Resume: https://assets.ehrns.com/resumes/ASE-resume-2023-04.pdf

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Hi, I'm Alex - a Bay Area music nerd with 13 years of software engineering experience in the gaming and live events & ticketing industries. Most recently led engineering as Director then Principal Engineer for a small, interactive livestreaming company.

Looking for a full-time position at staff-level IC or EM, either remote or hybrid. Contact me over email or linkedin (link can be found on my website above) with serious inquiries only.

Re:Payments 101 for a Developer on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @09:23PM (#35722109)
kind of like spreedly https://www.spreedly.com/

API + unified card tokenization

Re:What you give up by moving into engineering management on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:01AM (#35551625)
surprisingly I didn’t see anything in here about managerial responsibilities of big decisions involving company $$. budgeting, vendor & contract negotiation, build vs buy, etc. I found this to be one of the starkest differences and all a bit unnerving when I made the transition from staff IC to manager. will say that having a good boss and mentor helped a lot with the feelings of imposter syndrome.
Re:GitHub's User Content certificate has expired on Friday March 24, 2023 @05:47PM (#35296091)
didn’t they announce a bunch of layoffs recently?
Re:Ask HN: What do you do with vested RSUs? on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:45AM (#34090232)
Agree with other comments to sell immediately upon vesting. Learned this the hard way a while back when I held onto my vested RSUs for 1y to reduce the tax burden. Per-share value dropped below the tax % difference, and I was not diversified enough for risk.

As I also recall, holding them complicated my taxes that year and put me into AMT threshold. This may have been from option exercise though, I can’t remember.

Re:Hydra: The open source Snowflake alternative. OLAP Postgres on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:11PM (#33990637)
shares a name with popular yet completely different OSS oauth2 server by Ory: https://www.ory.sh/hydra/

also in case the author is reading, the documentation link from the README appears to be broken (https://docs.hydras.io/getting-started/readme)

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022) on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @02:52PM (#31586394)
Flymachine | Sr Frontend Engineer | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com

Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers) pioneering the digital future of live events. Flymachine creates a virtual venue for live entertainment, a customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home - with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was created in 2020 by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management.

We are seeking Frontend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop frontend features inside the consumer web experience revolving around fan interactivity, social engagement, and live video playback.

Links to open roles:

- https://go.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

Tech stack includes: Typescript, React, Next.js, Redux, GraphQL, WebRTC, C# .NET 6, GRPC, Kubernetes

Keywords: streaming, live video, concerts, chat, webrtc, microservices

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @01:39PM (#31238256)
Flymachine | Sr Frontend Engineer | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking Frontend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net, react, next.js

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022) on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:57PM (#30168298)
Flymachine | Frontend & Backend Engineers | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world. Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking Frontend & Backend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/flymachine/jobs/senior-...

- https://hire.jobscore.com/careers/flymachine/jobs/senior-sof...

- https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/flymachine/jobs/softwar...

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net

If interested, apply using the links above or inquire over email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021) on Friday December 03, 2021 @09:31AM (#29430405)
Flymachine | Frontend & Backend Engineers and Engineering Manager | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager as well as Frontend & Backend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-backend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/engineering-manager

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021) on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:15PM (#29070636)
Flymachine | Frontend & Backend Engineers and Eng Manager | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking Frontend & Backend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-backend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/engineering-manager

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021) on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:24PM (#28723031)
Flymachine | Frontend & Backend Engineers and Engineering Manager | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com

Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking Frontend & Backend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-backend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/engineering-manager

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021) on Monday August 02, 2021 @12:12PM (#28038564)
Flymachine | Frontend & Backend Engineers and QA Lead | Bay Area, NYC, or Remote in US (preferred) or Europe | Full-Time | https://flymachine.com

Flymachine is a livestreaming startup (~50 employees, ~15 engineers), pioneering the digital future of live events. A virtual venue for live entertainment, Flymachine creates a new, customizable experience in a digital world offering the thrill fans enjoy at live events. For the first time, fans have the agency to choose how they experience live entertainment socially - from the comfort of home, with friends and fellow fans from around the world.

Flymachine was conceived by the founders of Ticketfly, Superfly, [namethemachine], and ATC Management. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are seeking Frontend & Backend Engineers to work with our small but expert team to architect, develop, and oversee a robust platform for virtual event ticketing and streaming. As a fast-paced, early-stage startup, we require a skilled technical engineer and leader to develop various complex features around the platform, limit technical debt, and scale our services layer to hundreds of thousands of concurrent streaming users.

Links to open roles:

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-backend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/senior-frontend-engineer

- https://www.flymachine.com/careers/lead-qa-engineer

Tech stack includes: C# .NET 5 microservices, Kubernetes, GraphQL, GRPC, Kafka, Typescript, React, WebRTC

Keywords: distributed systems, microservices, streaming, webrtc, graphql, .net

If interested, send an email to jobs [at] flymachine [dot] com.

Re:Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:59PM (#25223815)
I agree with that. it shouldn’t have to be extracurricular. in fact, having outside interests other than programming is a plus.

but there are plenty of ways to learn the general basics of modern computing on company dime. whether thru training, talking with peers, reviewing others code, or taking a step back and looking at architecture outside your specific domain.

if I’m speaking with a frontend engineer on my team who doesn’t understand how his code is deployed or basics on the compute resources used to run that code it’s likely not going to be a very productive discussion

Re:Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:00PM (#25223492)
didn’t say need to be “fluent”, said need “working understanding” in today’s environment. countering that idea is futile.

working on an open source JS framework is great and all, but doesn’t make you a seasoned engineer IMO.

TlDR: take this list and dedicate time in 2021 to learning so you can be productive in real world business engineering teams

Re:Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @03:39PM (#25223354)
no offense, but from this list the author is either 1) stuck in a particular domain or language or 2) not very proactive in broader learning or side projects.

I agree it’s ok to not program C or understand network/transport layer in depth. but things like unix shell basics, python, micro services, docker - these are all fundamentals I assume everyone (backend, frontend, mobile, or game engine) has working understanding of in order to be a proficient developer today.

nice that the author recognizes the areas they lack, and should commit to learning in 2021. happy to give good recommendations on books or online classes.

more curious to see this list authored from someone with more diverse experience.

^this +1. took me years to learn.
map and filter are not concepts of FP - they are just syntactic sugar around for loops. fully evident if you check any native source code. many languages (such as go which I currently use) do not even have these functions but can apply FP. this is by design of simplicity and visibility: it does not get much easier to read than a simple for loop and know the exact iterations count at runtime.
Re:A 70-year-old's secret to a full and happy life on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:42PM (#21590977)
click bait for author’s software
I found the Akka source code to be very clean and readable: https://github.com/akka/akka
Re:I got tired of PHP and Perl, so I tried bash on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:58PM (#19650827)
Look thru the code though... Thought this would do more than serve a static html file. Not impressed

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