eabraham

I run a Reddit Post Automation tool called Delay for Reddit: https://www.delayforreddit.com

The tech stack is:

- Ruby on Rails

- Postgres

- Redis

- Hosted on Heroku

I choose this stack because it was the technologies I was most familiar. Also, I knew it could solve the problems the business faced.

I do not think Tech Stack is the most important component to my success. Its important to choose a Stack which can solve the business's problems first and second having familiarity with the technology can make you more agile.

Spending time on SEO, marketing and advertising is where I can attribute most of my success.

I think part of the problem is that you are not the target audience of the chatbot. For the past year, I've run Intercom on a small saas app (https://www.delayforreddit.com) and I get great feedback from end-users. They love to be able to reach out to me on any page rather than hunting for a support email. A large component of the problem is that many sites overuse Intercom and don't realize how it impacts their end user experience.

I created https://www.pullchecklist.com, a Github tool that surfaces contextually relevant checklists for Pull Requests. I built it to scratch an itch of a common problem at work. Some of the member of my team were tired of manually checking Github checklists because they were not relevant to the PR they were reviewing. This tool layers conditional logic on top of Github's checklist functionality.

Pull Checklist is now on the Github Marketplace too. https://github.com/marketplace/pull-checklist

I felt the way you did a few years ago. There are a couple ways to navigate around this type of block. First, try to connect with the customers/end-users of your code. Receiving positive or negative feedback is a great way to become more engaged with your work. Knowing that you make someone's life better can imbue your work with more meaning. Second, if you are interested in a profitable side business approach your side projects with monetization in mind. Learning something outside programming but tangentially related has helped me stay interested in my day job. Researching the depth and breath of the space (competitors, CPC for popular keywords, payment processing) can be very stimulating. Two years ago I started https://www.delayforreddit.com and its been a great way for me to explore a side business and work towards fulltime self-employment.

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

SEEKING FREELANCER | NYC | Android

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

I am looking for a freelancer who can work onsite with our existing Android team in NYC.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen[at]handy.com if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/walmart-to-sell-handys-in-...

https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.
 https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-... https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-...


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

Https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any questions.

Here is some recent news about Handy.
 https://www.inc.com/nina-ojeda/amazon-has-stiff-competition-... 
https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any question.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Software Engineers | NYC | ONSITE

https://www.handy.com/careers

Handy is changing the way the world buys services by connecting customers with vetted, independent, local service professionals in a fast, convenient and reliable way - at the tap of a button.

We are a collaborative team of about 100 people across marketing, ops, customer support, product, data, finance and engineering, and our headquarters is located in the Flatiron District, NYC.

Our stack is Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL but we believe that smart engineers from any background can become effective on our codebase quickly.

I’m currently an Engineering Manager with almost 10 years of hands on software experience. Feel free to reach out to me directly at eabrahamsen@<our domain> if you have any question.

Here is some recent news about Handy.


https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/05/09/handy-ceo-oisin-hanraha...

Handy | Senior Software Engineer | New York | Full time | https://www.handy.com

Handy is on a mission to change the way the world purchases home services. We operate in all major US cities and several locations in Canada and Europe, but we are just getting started. At the heart of our mission is a resilient platform built on a sound technical foundation. We are always looking for skillful software engineers to join us in our mission.

At Handy, we form small, high-impact teams and empower them to iterate rapidly. You’ll be joining one the teams as a senior software engineer. Senior software engineers are the most skillful individual contributors in our teams. You will be collaborating with your team members (engineering, product, and operations) to build and release features/products to production everyday. Our engineers release Handy’s native apps every week and release web features throughout a day.

For more info and to apply: https://www.handy.com/careers/703807?gh_jid=703807

Handy | Senior Software Engineer | New York | Full time | https://www.handy.com

Handy is on a mission to change the way the world purchases home services. We operate in all major US cities and several locations in Canada and Europe, but we are just getting started. At the heart of our mission is a resilient platform built on a sound technical foundation. We are always looking for skillful software engineers to join us in our mission.

At Handy, we form small, high-impact teams and empower them to iterate rapidly. You’ll be joining one the teams as a senior software engineer. Senior software engineers are the most skillful individual contributors in our teams. You will be collaborating with your team members (engineering, product, and operations) to build and release features/products to production everyday. Our engineers release Handy’s native apps every week and release web features throughout a day.

For more info and to apply: https://www.handy.com/careers/703807?gh_jid=703807

I'm very curious about your experience. What career are you leaving/retraining for?

I encountered many of the same roadblocks for submitting a skill. I found this checklist helpful to reduce the number of submissions. https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-sk...

This is a very interesting idea and something I am questioning at the startup I'm currently working for (~50 engineers). I don't think the idea of software quality and time to market are diametrically opposite ideas. I'm the tech lead of an infrastructure team and we have been focusing on refactoring some of the most egregious code. After completing a few of these projects, my team has noticed that the development speed of some of the teams interfacing with our refactored code have seen improvement. Small projects with 5 day estimates are completing in 3 days and engineers are not as frustrated at the state of the codebase.

I understand that time to market can sometimes be a differentiator and its acceptable to build a quick and dirty MVP. Version one of a startup's codebase is going to be messy because you are constantly making tradeoffs to survive. Once the startup leaves crunch mode, engineering leadership should be allocating at least 10% of engineering time to refactoring. Otherwise the bloated, unstructured codebase could be holding the organization back from building the next market defining feature in time to beat the competition.

"Your goal, as a hiring manager, is to find the people who want to invest in their careers, who are aiming for mastery and not just looking to make more money or build a shiny resume."

Why are these two concepts mutually exclusive? Experience, money, and mastery are just a few of the side effects of a successful career.

Considering that the cheaper "used" launch cost will lower the bar for getting satellites to LEO, I wonder how long until we need to worry about Kessler Syndrome[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

Initially, I thought Cucumber was going to change testing because it would allow Business Analysts, Stakeholders and other interested non-technical individuals to read the tests. Experience taught me that these types of abstraction layers get relegated to lower skilled "programmers" because the non-technical individuals don't want to "write the business logic" because its still very code-like.

Cool project. Would it be difficult to expand to NYC or other cities?

For NYC to New Jersey the fare estimate does not take into account bridge and tunnel tolls. I was getting $19, $23 and $23 for Taxi, Uber and Lyft respectively, which is very low for all of those services. A typical taxi will cost $45-$55 from Manhattan to Jersey City or Hoboken.

A few months ago I did benchmarks on ImageMagick and similar libraries for a Rails application I was working on. I discovered Vips which has a significant performance improvement over Imagemagick.

https://github.com/jcupitt/ruby-vips