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Re:Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective on Thursday April 25, 2024 @11:22PM (#40165677)
Toward the end I was using PalmOS almost exclusively with fingertip input rather than a stylus.

The 5-way navigator on newer devices is still arguably better than anything we have on modern smartphones; you could page through Launcher categories using the hardware button, select an app using up/down left/right and open it with the center button. You could even navigate the menus without touching the screen at all. Much of the UI could be interacted with this way.

There was even a third-party keyboard which was somewhat usable without a stylus (although best in landscape mode).

But the iPhone brought capacitive multitouch to the table and changed everything. Even discounting the multitouch (eg pinch-to-zoom) features, it was lightyears ahead in terms of sensitivity and precision. There was just no comparison!

Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to exit tech? on Sunday March 17, 2024 @10:53PM (#39740144)
Not the ones who moved to a high-COL area for the non FAANG jobs
Re:AI Determines Sex of Person from Brain Scans on Monday February 19, 2024 @10:36PM (#39437784)
I'm no expert but I think the idea is to avoid a scenario where someone would take a brain scan and declare someone's transition to be 'invalid'.

Transition (and by extension gender) is something deeply personal that shouldn't be gated by physical characteristics, including brain development.

Re:Show HN: A gamified social network for passionate fans on Thursday January 25, 2024 @11:12AM (#39131100)
would be nice and IMO appropriate for this forum to hear how you got to launch! I seem to remember talking to you guys way back in 2016 (as "Phenom") so I'm sure there's an interesting story to be told.
Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) on Saturday December 30, 2023 @10:36AM (#38816023)
In my experience CalDigit docks are really solid. The only issue I've ever encountered is caused by my laptop demanding more power than the dock will provide: when I hit a power usage spike sometimes my laptop will briefly drop connection with the dock, causing my display to momentarily lose signal.

This is easily fixed by plugging my laptop into a separate USB C power supply.

What's wrong with consistent hashing (hash requests and servers into a single coordinate space eg an array, randomly distributed, scan forward from the request until you find a server)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_hashing

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2023) on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @11:28AM (#36972233)
LOCATION: Philadelphia / NYC REMOTE: YES RELOCATE: NO

TECHNOLOGIES: AWS (DynamoDB, CloudFormation, Lambda) | Swift | SwiftUI | Node | Javascript | Typescript | React Native | Expo | React | Serverless | Objective C | GCP

CORE: AWS | Swift | Node | React RESUME: linkedin.com/in/cdstamper EMAIL: [email protected]

ABOUT: I'm a full stack developer with extensive experience launching tech products (as cofounder, founding engineer, or in a consulting capacity). My ideal tech stack is AWS/Node and native iOS, but I've built GCP + React Native products as well -- I'm product focused and motivated to build. 10+ YOE.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2023) on Monday July 03, 2023 @03:43PM (#36577873)
SEEKING WORK | US / Philadelphia and NYC

Remote: Yes

Relocation: No

Technologies: GCP | AWS (DynamoDB, CloudFormation, Lambda) | Swift | SwiftUI | Node | Javascript | Typescript | React Native | Expo | React | Serverless | Objective C

Core: AWS | Swift | Node | React

I'm a full stack developer with extensive experience launching tech products (as cofounder, founding engineer, or in a consulting capacity). My ideal tech stack is AWS/Node and native iOS, but I've built GCP + React Native products as well -- I'm product focused and motivated to build.

I'm just getting off a project in NYC (hybrid) where I was the first hire for a delivery logistics startup, building multiple iOS apps and an AWS-based backend. We scaled to 20 employees (where I took a tech leadership role) and processed more than $60M in sales across multiple cities.

We can start building right away. I've usually started as a cofounder or 'freelancer' on contract, and moved to a more permanent role as the company raised and started the hiring process. I'm flexible.

I have over 10 YOE and can help architect and build your entire technology stack.

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[email protected]

wellfound.com/u/cdstamper

linkedin.com/in/cdstamper

github.com/cdstamper

Re:Did the Holocaust Happen? on Monday December 19, 2016 @07:05PM (#13216171)
Is there a page where we can fund advertising efforts?

It seems like our best efforts at algorithm news and information (google, FB) favor the highest bidder. I would love to see more of these pages promoted for key search queries.

Re:Should Startups Hire Consultants? on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:19PM (#9152179)
That's more or less the point I was trying to make. Consultants can deliever experience and skill levels that you can't afford or attract otherwise.