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Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:20PM (#45340325)
Would you feel the same way about a closed source local-first app that used sqlite as the underlying database?

That would let you access your data forever, albeit you might still need to write your own scripts to port it to another app.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2024) on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:53PM (#42046355)
Location: New York City Metro Area (NYC) Remote: Yes and Hybrid Willing to relocate: No Technologies:

Languages: Python, JavaScript + TypeScript, SQL (used to use: Java, C, Julia; Dabbled with many others) Web: React, Vue, Flask, FastAPI, Django, Node.js, SQL, Nginx, Websockets, HTTP, HTML, CSS, Redis AWS: ec2, RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Lambda, API Gateway Databases: DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, Sqlite, Aurora Tools: git, Github, Docker, make, CI/CD (general), application testing (general), WireShark

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v3PfDWWiEVY0Is50XbilKfaK... Email: [email protected]

I'm looking for something full-stack where I can be directly involved in product design.

Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? on Sunday February 11, 2018 @03:12PM (#16354513)
They have decent search at least. Lots of filters you can customize. It feels a little janky to use though.
Yes. In fact I downloaded the pro version about two weeks ago, so it seems they only removed it relatively recently. I hope they add pro 2015.
Re:Show HN: Where is “Who is hiring?” hiring? on Thursday April 09, 2015 @03:34PM (#9350386)
Can you add an option to sort by companies that are offering internships as well?
Re:Air Traffic Control Simulator on Sunday December 14, 2014 @09:54AM (#8748398)
It's funny you mention BVA. I joined them many years ago (before FSX closed gamespy) and I flew with them quite a bit. I think I was just a little intimidated by how professional they were. I did a few of their lessons, and then I went back to free flight in the offline sim where I could take off the from the taxi ways :).
Re:Air Traffic Control Simulator on Saturday December 13, 2014 @10:16PM (#8747331)
This is a lot of fun. I've always been a huge fan of flight sims, but I never realized that ATC was just as much fun. Just a few notes:

* All the planes enter at 90 degree angles. I assume this is intentional, but it would be nice to have semi-random entry angles.

* There are a fixed number of planes in the simulation. It would be more challenging and fun if more planes would arrive while I'm taking care of the others.

* The words are small and hard to read.

All in all I think this is a really cool simulation. I can see myself wasting many more hours on it. Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2014) on Saturday November 01, 2014 @01:03PM (#8543741)

  Location: Greater New York City Area
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Java, Linux
  Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/asherdavidson/
  Email: [email protected]
I'm currently in college and I'm looking for an internship over the Spring semester or Summer break. I've been programming for about 3 years in Python, and a little less in Java. I mostly do back-end web development, but I know my way around HTML and CSS.
Re:Mac App Store: The Subtle Exodus on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @08:53PM (#8456686)
Another possible metric for rating apps could simply be how many users use an app on a consistent basis and how many hours they've logged in the app. If you get an app that has 5 negative reviews and 1 positive review, but you have over 100 people using it everyday for a few hours it should be rated highly regardless of the negative reviews.