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Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026 on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:54PM (#49924144)
!!! WOW !!!
A little utility for Windows called TaskbarIconOverlay that puts a custom icon on top of a taskbar item. I have many VSCodes running at once and it's hard to tell which is which: https://github.com/jlahijani/TaskbarIconOverlay
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2025) on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @02:18PM (#44436675)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE

Willing to relocate: No

Location: Los Angeles, California

Website: https://jonathanlahijani.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

I'm a contract (1099) full-stack web application developer with over 20 years experience and work with many medium-sized companies. My latest project is a custom order and production management system for a print-on-demand company in Los Angeles which took over a year to build (it's extremely complex). It handles thousands of orders per day across multiple factories and used by hundreds of employees and manages over 100 different product types each with unique graphical requirements.

I work mainly with PHP/MariaDB/Laravel/ProcessWire and I am experienced in all areas of development including developing REST APIs, system administration and much more.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2025) on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @04:20PM (#43550915)
SEEKING WORK | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Remote Only

I've been an independent contractor for 20 years and have also developed and run an ecommerce website in the computer hardware space from 2016-2022.

I specialize in the following:

- Bespoke ecommerce websites (especially those with complex product-types)

- Order management systems: I've spent the last 1.5 years creating a custom order and production system for a large print-on-demand fulfiller. It handles everything from order intake via a REST API, creation of gang-sheets and special layouts across a variety of products, shipment and much more.

- Complex CMS websites for large organizations

I often use the following technologies: ProcessWire, Laravel, Rails, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, HTMX

Website: jonathanlahijani.com

Email: jlahijani at gmail dot com

Phone: 31zero-Seven70-887two

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:42AM (#43534318)
I'm working on an order and production management system for a company that fulfills orders for print-on-demand ecommerce sites. It handles things like graphics manipulation, imposition layouts (gang sheets), cutlines, printing, order batching and tracking during the production and fulfillment stages (barcodes) and everything necessary from what an order is received via API to when it is shipped.
Re:XYPlorer Is Written in VB6 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @12:11AM (#42663489)
I've used XYplorer daily since 2008. It's a fantastic piece of software and updated all the time. Wish there were something comparable in Linux.
Re:WordPress Alternatives on Friday October 11, 2024 @12:48AM (#41806264)
+999 for ProcessWire. It's my CMS of choice for 10 years straight and is actually a pretty good platform for web applications as well (with some limitations compared to something like Rails or Laravel since configuration is stored in the database).

I made this 36-part video series comparing WordPress to ProcessWire which I recorded on-and-off between 2014-2018 and released it that year. Although that was a while ago, it's still mostly accurate since both systems are mature and haven't changed drastically in that time (this is before Gutenberg): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOrdUWNK38ibz8U_5Vq4z...

Also worth a read: https://processwire.com/about/wordpress-vs-processwire/

For the JS devs, ProcessWire has a similar approach to Payload CMS from what I've seen (although ProcessWire dates back to 2003 and open-sourced in ~2010/11).

Best CMS ever. :)

Re:Modern WordPress – Yikes on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @10:46AM (#40298681)
Throwing my recommendation for ProcessWire CMS. I switched to it 10 years ago and made a YouTube series around that time that compares it to WordPress. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOrdUWNK38ibz8U_5Vq4z...
Re:Airplane acquired by Airtable and is shutting down on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:30PM (#38861657)
Xano
Re:Acquia, My Drupal Startup on Friday December 01, 2023 @01:32PM (#38490402)
ProcessWire CMS. Developer oriented but amazing for clients once set up. Been using it for 10 years straight.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2023) on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:07PM (#36191124)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) and bespoke ecommerce where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Hyperscript, Tailwind CSS are some of my favorite tools. Website: https://jonlahi.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlahijani/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2023) on Monday May 01, 2023 @01:19PM (#35776017)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) and bespoke ecommerce where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Hyperscript, Tailwind CSS are some of my favorite tools.

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlahijani/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2023) on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:03PM (#35426164)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) and bespoke ecommerce where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Hyperscript, Tailwind CSS are some of my favorite tools.

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlahijani/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2023) on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:54PM (#34985713)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) and bespoke ecommerce where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Hyperscript, Tailwind CSS are some of my favorite tools.

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlahijani/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2023) on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:29PM (#34615154)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) and bespoke ecommerce where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Hyperscript, Tailwind CSS are some of my favorite tools.

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2022) on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @08:10PM (#33429723)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I work mainly in PHP and more server-side based solutions (HTMX, not React). I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2022) on Monday October 03, 2022 @11:58AM (#33069311)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I work mainly in PHP and more server-side based solutions (HTMX, not React). I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data). HTMX, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022) on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:09PM (#32681481)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I work mainly in PHP and more server-side based solutions (HTMX, not React). I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data).

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2022) on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:25PM (#32310184)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Los Angeles, CA

I am an independent web developer (since 2005) that specializes in complex CMS-based websites (ProcessWire / Drupal / WordPress) where end-clients need to be able to effortlessly manage the content. I work mainly in PHP and more server-side based solutions (HTMX, not React). I do a lot of website re-development (ie, sites that have fallen into disrepair and need a fresh start with existing data).

Website: https://jonlahi.com/

Email: (myusername)@gmail.com

Re:Ask HN: What tools are you a 10/10 on? on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:27PM (#31914427)
Xyplorer - File Manager replacement for Windows (using everyday since ~2008)
Re:Bullshit.js on Saturday October 12, 2019 @04:35PM (#21236042)

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