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Re:Linode / Akamai US-EAST is down on Monday July 28, 2025 @01:02AM (#44707358)
One of the three nodes came back online at 5PM EST, still waiting for the other two at 1AM EST ...
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) on Monday October 28, 2024 @02:16PM (#41974303)
I personally believe Toronto hosts some of the best child care resources and options for young working parents, though issues of affordability and information asymmetry are palpable.

I'm not naive to think that technology alone can fix this problem, but we are looking to balance the scale by 1) making existing child care resources easily accessible and 2) connecting parents and alternative caregiver options to fill the gaps that the current industry left behind. We are calling it Kindervillage (http://kindervillage.ca/).

Thank you for your feedback! I shall take a closer look and perform a UI overhaul.
Last May, I built a custom tool to improve my own workflow in preparing and sharing course materials for hundreds of students each year. After 14 months of publicly testing the tool, I am pleased to let you know that the tool has been a sleeper hit with more than 10,000 projects created since launch.

With the help of my friends and colleagues, I am pleased to announce the launch of Letterform --- a new brand for the tool as well as our future endeavour to make text content publishing easier for everyone. Check it out at https://letterform.app/.

If you are familiar with Git / Github, you could consider using dedicating a repo to your various articles.

I am a big fan of Markdown myself and used it for my entire teaching career. Perhaps you can see if this tool meets your needs? I built it for my own lecture notes and presentations, and am currently adding new features: http://lectureapp.io/

Show HN: Lectureapp.io – Online Markdown-to-anything* editor

https://lectureapp.io/

Here's my weekend project that I think you'll find interesting.Markdown was (and still is) my secret weapon to keep myself productive and sane throughout my teaching career, and that's because I created and maintained number of internal tools to convert such text documents to presentation decks, blog articles, and even pop quizzes.I finally found a time to duct tape these tools together and...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2022) on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:23AM (#33896239)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, React, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

Keywords: artificial intelligence, interactive visualization, computer vision, natural language processing, human-AI collaboration, robotics, user interface, web development

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2022) on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:23AM (#33896227)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, React, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2022) on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:56AM (#33434957)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, React, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2022) on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:56AM (#33434950)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, React, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2021) on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:45PM (#28843475)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2021) on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:45PM (#28843470)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes "Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2021) on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:06PM (#28474055)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2021) on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:06PM (#28474048)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2021) on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:55PM (#28064084)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2021) on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:54PM (#28064077)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2021) on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:25PM (#27705079)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2021) on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:24PM (#27705071)
SEEKING WORK | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Remote: Yes

"Chris Kim, PhD is a user-focused software developer in pursuit of using technology to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and address today's talent gap in digital media."

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kim/12/a52/8b9/

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2021) on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:33PM (#27371570)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (jQuery, ReactJS, Angular), PHP, ASP.NET (C# and Visual Basic), SQL (MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Python, Mobile SDK (Android SDK, Objective C, Flutter, React Native)

Résumé/CV: https://ckportfolio.com/cv

Email: [email protected]