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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022) on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @02:46PM (#31586323)
Satsuma | REMOTE (PST ±5) | Full-time | https://www.satsuma.xyz/

Satsuma is making reading from blockchains as easy as reading application data in web2. Our product lets application developers take decoded data from multiple chains and customize it for their use cases. Along the way, we’re solving challenging technical problems with ingesting and transforming raw blockchain data in real-time.

We’re a founding team of engineers, having built data infrastructure and product as early employees at Airtable, Heap, and Y Combinator. If you're interested in an inclusive culture driven by empathy, humility, and curiosity, please reach out.

* Founding Engineer (Backend / Data): $140K - $220K + equity [https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/52781]

* Founding Engineer (Full Stack): $140K - $220K + equity [https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/52784]

Contact: [email protected]

Re:San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:12PM (#23707952)
We recently renegotiated our rent for a 2br apartment in SF about 7% down after having begun our lease in March. Used a 2 prong tactic of mentioning some frustrations that we've had thus far as well as offering to extend our lease. We didn't have much leverage, but offering something in exchange for the rent reduction was probably what convinced them.
Re:Show HN: Quiz that estimates your engineer level on Monday June 11, 2018 @11:07AM (#17284864)
Hey etc_host,

Thanks for taking a quick peek and sharing your thoughts. I definitely agree that there are issues with many of the questions and that the quiz overall isn't super accurate.

Do you have any recommendations on how to improve this question? Or, are there are subject areas that might make sense instead?

Re:Show HN: Quiz that estimates your engineer level on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:42AM (#17284609)
Hey stephenr,

This is pretty common for some of the larger tech companies. While some Bay Area startups do pay a bit less in exchange for equity, it's still tough getting talent given all the competition.

For startups, I think the key is to really stay as lean as possible before hiring at all.

Re:Show HN: Quiz that estimates your engineer level on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:20AM (#17284418)
Hey HN,

For those of you full-time employees out there, you may have experienced a time when you weren't actually sure whether your title reflected your day-to-day performance. I wanted to build Eng Quiz because more information means more leverage, whether you're negotiating a raise or interviewing for a new role.

There are tons of things to do to make this more useful, so would appreciate any feedback!

Re:SQL Tabs – Rich SQL Console for Postgresql on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @12:44AM (#10805428)
pgweb is also nice: https://github.com/sosedoff/pgweb

I'm excited to see all the work that's going into tools to work with Postgres :)

Re:SqlPad: Run SQL in your browser and chart the results on Monday December 14, 2015 @10:32AM (#10731532)
If you're working with Postgres then check out https://github.com/sosedoff/pgweb for connecting to a remote server. It supports table data viewing as well as SQL queries, but doesn't provide the same chart capabilities.

Ask HN: Is there a tool similar to Heroku Dataclips for self-hosted databases?

We've been on Heroku for a while and have found Heroku Dataclips to be a very powerful tool for looking at statistics like user counts. I haven't been able to find anything similar for a database hosted on a typical cloud server. Are there are free/open-source alternatives to really expensive tools like Looker?

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Re:Nanobox: Local development done right on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @10:58AM (#10588392)
The aggregate HN community seems to be reacting pretty negatively, but I see a lot of value in high-level "magic" tools (like this and Otto) that abstract away configuration for developers. While everyone else commenting is likely more experienced and thus feels more comfortable setting up the required config files, I am still a relatively novice web developer. Tools such as Nanobox and Otto provide a way for people like me to start using the right dev environment management processes without being overwhelmed.
Just started using Weave (http://weave.in/) around SF and there are tons of founders/tech enthusiasts on the network that might be willing to grab a coffee with you :)
Re:TestFlight Android: End of Life 3/20/14 on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @06:33PM (#7267442)
Anyone else know why they're shutting it down for Android?