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Re:Ask HN: Mailing list solutions? on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:29PM (#17583127)
https://buttondown.email/

I haven't used it yet, but I'm planning to use it for a personal project. I like that it has built-in support for Markdown.

Re:Ask HN: Where are you? on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:46AM (#16732794)
Montreal, Canada
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015) on Saturday September 30, 2017 @09:18PM (#15375901)
Yes, Dat sites can be rehosted over HTTPS. See for example https://github.com/beakerbrowser/dathttpd

Also: https://hashbase.io/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016) on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:31PM (#12205210)
MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) | Troon, Scotland | Full-time | REMOTE

MaidSafe has created the SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network (https://safenetwork.org), an open source (https://github.com/maidsafe), decentralised data communications network made possible by efficiently combining the unused hard drive space, CPU power and internet connections of its users. It is a global network without servers that has the potential to revolutionise the existing Internet and we are looking for engaging individuals to join our team.

MaidSafe's aim is to provide privacy, security and freedom to everyone on the planet. This has been our unwavering ambition since we started on this journey in 2006, and it remains our driving force today.

DEVELOPER OUTREACH MANAGER

As the roll out of the network commences, we require developer outreach managers to grow support for the 3rd party developers who are building the next generation of applications and businesses on the network.

More info here: http://www.indeed.co.uk/cmp/MaidSafe/jobs/Developer-Outreach...

RUST ENGINEER

Essential Requirements:

- Experience programming in Rust.

- Commercial experience of working to tight deadlines as part of a team.

- Skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation.

- The ability to liaise with a growing community of enthusiasts.

More info here: http://maidsafe.net/careers.html

FULL STACK DEVELOPER

Essential Requirements:

- Experience programming in multiple languages with a particular focus on Rust.

- A minimum of 2 years commercial experiences as an end to end / full stack developer.

- The ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team.

- Version control knowledge (GIT).

- Skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation.

- The ability to liaise (both written and verbal) with a growing community of enthusiasts.

More info here: http://maidsafe.net/careers.html

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If you would like to help, please send your CV along with a covering letter detailing why you’re a great fit for the position to: [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Re:Affiliate links on Reddit on Saturday May 28, 2016 @09:59AM (#11791677)
I am closely following Project Decorum (http://www.project-decorum.com), which is built using the SAFE Network.

I am also interested by Yours (https://www.yours.network), which is built using Bitcoin.

And you can see a list of other related projects here: https://github.com/yoursnetwork/yours-core/blob/master/docs/...

Re:April Fool's day links on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:24AM (#11402836)
Re:April Fool's day links on Friday April 01, 2016 @12:19AM (#11402583)
Apple’s Mac OS X Is Open Source Now

http://itsfoss.com/apples-mac-os-open-source/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2016) on Friday January 01, 2016 @02:19PM (#10822944)
Wow! It's awesome that you live so close to the MaidSafe office.

I'm actually in Montreal and I don't work directly for MaidSafe, but I am very active in the SAFE Network community.

You should definitely pass by the MaidSafe office when you have a chance :-)

The SAFE Network was previously written in C++ (https://www.openhub.net/p/maidsafe) but last year MaidSafe decided to rewrite everything in Rust (https://www.openhub.net/p/safenetwork).

I would recommend joining our forum (https://forum.safenetwork.io) and our chat (https://discord.safenetwork.org) if you have any questions or if you'd like to chat with us.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2016) on Friday January 01, 2016 @02:02PM (#10822855)
Troon, Scotland | REMOTE | Rust Engineer

Help us build and maintain the SAFE Network: http://maidsafe.net/rust_engineer.html

The SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network is made up of the unused hard drive space, processing power and data connection of its users. It offers a level of security and privacy not currently available on the existing Internet and turns the tables on companies, putting users in control of their data, rather than trusting it to organisations.

MaidSafe's aim is to provide privacy, security and freedom to everyone on the planet. This has been our unwavering ambition since we started on this journey in 2006, and it remains our driving force today.

We are an eclectic and multicultural group of passionate and focussed individuals determined to release great software that has a hugely positive impact on the world. If you would like to help, please send your CV along with a covering letter detailing why you are a great fit for any of our open positions to: [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015) on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:00PM (#10000202)
MaidSafe | Troon, Scotland | Full Time | ONSITE

MaidSafe is nearing the initial public release of our decentralised data and communications platform and require an experienced Systems Architect to assist with the future direction of the MaidSafe codebase.

Desirable skills and experience

- Experience working with distributed networks is essential

- A deep commercial grounding ( 7+ years)

- A candidate who can demonstrate experience in developing and evaluating APIs

- Highly skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation

- Experience mentoring technical teams

- Be well versed in assisting with planning, roadmap creation and delivery, as well as providing input into the overall strategic direction of the network

This role represents an amazing opportunity to join a rapidly growing and multi-cultural company with big ambitions in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK.

In addition to the salary, the successful candidate will also become part of our employee benefit trust, an ownership scheme that currently distributes more than 25% of the company’s shares amongst our small team.

Apply here: http://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6146105/systems-architect/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015) on Friday July 03, 2015 @10:24PM (#9828879)
MaidSafe.net [http://maidsafe.net] | Troon, UK (allows remote)

- Rust Open Source Software Engineer [http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/90236/rust-open-source...]

Job Description

Can you imagine a new decentralised Internet, free from corporations selling your personal details and private information for their profit, where users are in control of their data and all communication is secure, private and anonymous? What if this new network was comprised of the spare computing resources of the world’s Internet users and has years of planning and development behind it.

The company implementing the replacement for much of the Internet’s services is called MaidSafe and they plan a public launch of the platform later this year. This new network has generated much interest from the world’s technology press.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/maidsafe/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/08/beyond-bi...

As the platform approaches its first public release, MaidSafe are looking to strengthen their team with engineers experienced in producing open source software. MaidSafe are implementing their vision in Rust and knowledge of this new language is an advantage. A background in contributing to open source projects is essential and the successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate knowledge of multiple programming languages.

This role provides the opportunity to work for a cutting edge open source company with a big future, as well as the freedom to push your skills to the limit.

While an office based developer is preferred, this may be a remote position where for ease of collaboration, the candidate will be required to work between 09:30 and 17:30 UK time (British Summer Time) Monday through Friday.

Skills & Requirements

- Commits have been made to verifiable open source repositories

- Experience in Rust preferred, but not essential

- Experience working within an iterative Agile development process

- A proven track record of submitting quality bug reports to open source issue trackers, preferably with bug fixes. Some links to examples would be great

- A presence on Stack Overflow, where you have asked or answered hard questions and been recognised by others for your answers

- Familiarity with revision control and hosted repositories

In addition to supplying a CV, a list of URLs (code contributions, stack overflow answers, mailing list posts) containing evidence of why you would be a great hire, is essential. It would be great if you could supply a github.com or sourceforge.net, or equivalent account for MaidSafe to review.

Re:Floating city project on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:57PM (#9521772)
Nice to see this here :-)

I am the one who helped them migrate their old WordPress theme to Layers (http://www.layerswp.com). I haven't quite finished yet, but I am pretty close.

Let me know if you have any feedback!

btw, I also helped them migrate their forum from bbPress to Discourse: http://discuss.seasteading.org

Re:Ask HN: Static site generator with web UI? on Monday April 06, 2015 @05:32AM (#9327265)
MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) recently raised over $8m from one of the first ever cryptocurrency-based rounds of financing. As the company approaches beta launch, they are looking for a front-end Qt Developer to create applications to sit on top of the SAFE Network, a secure and fully decentralized data management service made up by the individual users who contribute storage, computing power and bandwidth to form a world-wide autonomous system.

http://maidsafe.net/careers

"Know any #QT (C++) developers who want to help change the world from our Scottish HQ? Please ask them to get in touch: [email protected]"

https://twitter.com/maidsafe/status/578961937981161472

Features of the SAFE Network:

- Self-authentication: users can create accounts and log in from any computer without the need or knowledge of third parties (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/system_components/...).

- Farming: this self-regulating network lets users offer spare drive space and in return delivers anonymous, super-fast internet (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/system_components/...).

- Examples of apps that can be used on the SAFE Network: cloud storage, encrypted messaging, websites, VoIP, social networks and any existing service that runs on the Internet (http://maidsafe.net/applications).

- Safecoin is the currency of the SAFE Network and a mechanism to incentivize and reward farmers and app developers as well as provide access to network services (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/how_it_works/safec...).

If you have any questions about the SAFE Network, please ask them on https://forum.safenetwork.io.

Re:Ask HN: Internet without censorship? on Monday March 09, 2015 @04:41AM (#9169881)
Yes, the SAFE Network from MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) is exactly that. It's a data storage and communications network that provides anonymity. It's resistant to censorship and MITM attacks.

It's not quite ready yet (even though MaidSafe has been working on it since 2006), but it's expected to launch this year. At the moment, we are waiting for the launch of testnet 3, the final test network before the beta launch of the network. More details in the Roadmap: http://maidsafe.net/roadmap.

You can learn more about the SAFE Network by reading the System Docs: http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net.

Feel free to ask any questions you have on the community forum (perhaps in the Beginners category): https://www.maidsafe.org.

> big problems that can be addressed with technology and big problems with technology itself (see internet centralization and spying)

You might be interested in the SAFE Network (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/what_it_is/README....). It's not quite ready yet (but it's expected to launch this year, perhaps in the summer).

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