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Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @04:25AM (#23176930)
Physically I've swapped the commute for a reasonable amount more cycling outside which is nice. Mentally went through the AWS Solution Architect associate and professional certifications and ticked those of. Next up will be to finally update my blog and launch a couple of Slack apps all things I've been meaning to do for a while
I used the Boris Bikes in London 249 times last year, theres an annual pass that costs £90. I commute into the city by train so its a lot easier than using my own bike. In London at least the scheme seems fairly well used with around million hires a month in the summer months http://content.tfl.gov.uk/santander-cycles-quarterly-perform...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:54AM (#11619715)
CUTOVER | RUBY DEVELOPER | London UK | Full-Time | http://www.cutover.com

We’re looking for a hands on developer with a Ruby on Rails background to join us in the continued development of the Cutover platform and business, after our graduation from the Techstars program We have a responsive AngularJS front end, built with a RoR backend, with mobile to follow. We want you to be the glue between them and help us continually improve the products API and background services. We're looking for someone with a distinct interest and experience in algorithms, machine learning and recommender systems, as well as experience building and leading teams. You will help shape the technical architecture of the product ongoing, as well as hands on coding. We're looking for a peer, rather than a pure, head down dev.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

It’s more you we’re interested in. We're looking for:

A solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. HTTP, cookies, headers, asset loading/caching)

Someone who is a real doer – someone who makes things happen; you find a way or make a way.

Someone who has worked in agile teams, shipping great products.

THE TECH STACK

Ruby on Rails 4/5

Capistrano

Knowledge and experience of scheduling algorithms, closure trees, object graphs

Knowledge and experience working with RESTful APIs

GIT, Vagrant, Amazon Web Services automation

APPLY To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a brief covering letter [email protected]. mentioning Kieran and HackerNews

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016) on Friday April 01, 2016 @11:46AM (#11405675)
CUTOVER | RUBY DEVELOPER | London UK | Full-Time | http://www.cutover.com We’re looking for a hands on developer with a Ruby on Rails background to join us in the continued development of the Cutover platform and business, after our graduation from the Techstars program We have a responsive AngularJS front end, built with a RoR backend, with mobile to follow. We want you to be the glue between them and help us continually improve the products API and background services. We're looking for someone with a distinct interest and experience in algorithms, machine learning and recommender systems, as well as experience building and leading teams. You will help shape the technical architecture of the product ongoing, as well as hands on coding. We're looking for a peer, rather than a pure, head down dev. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE It’s more you we’re interested in. We're looking for: A solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. HTTP, cookies, headers, asset loading/caching) Someone who is a real doer – someone who makes things happen; you find a way or make a way. Someone who has worked in agile teams, shipping great products. THE TECH STACK Ruby on Rails 4/5 Capistrano Knowledge and experience of scheduling algorithms, closure trees, object graphs Knowledge and experience working with RESTful APIs GIT, Vagrant, Amazon Web Services automation APPLY To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a brief covering letter [email protected]. mentioning Kieran and HackerNews
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016) on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:10PM (#11204679)
CUTOVER | RUBY DEVELOPER | London UK | Full-Time | http://www.cutover.com

We’re looking for a hands on developer with a Ruby on Rails background to join us in the continued development of the Cutover platform and business, after our graduation from the Techstars program

We have a responsive AngularJS front end, built with a RoR backend, with mobile to follow. We want you to be the glue between them and help us continually improve the products API and background services. We're looking for someone with a distinct interest and experience in algorithms, machine learning and recommender systems, as well as experience building and leading teams. You will help shape the technical architecture of the product ongoing, as well as hands on coding. We're looking for a peer, rather than a pure, head down dev.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

It’s more you we’re interested in. We're looking for:

A solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. HTTP, cookies, headers, asset loading/caching)

Someone who is a real doer – someone who makes things happen; you find a way or make a way.

Someone who has worked in agile teams, shipping great products.

THE TECH STACK

Ruby on Rails 4/5

Capistrano

Knowledge and experience of scheduling algorithms, closure trees, object graphs

Knowledge and experience working with RESTful APIs

GIT, Vagrant, Amazon Web Services automation

APPLY

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a brief covering letter [email protected]. mentioning Kieran and HackerNews

Re:Ask HN: What hosting do you use for personal projects? on Saturday October 13, 2012 @08:22AM (#4648443)
For personal projects Shared:Bluehost VPS: Linode
Massively impressed with Parses documentation https://parse.com/docs/
only really via IFTTT, though think I could migrate as most of the people I care to follow on Twitter are broadly doing the same, so whilst I am not actively using it, the ability to jump ship a lot easier is there
In the UK at least its definitely a red tape bureaucratic mess thats causing the problem. Hopefully things like http://openhealthcare.org.uk/ will break through somewhat
Re:Ask HN: Recommendations on Android outsourcing company? on Friday August 03, 2012 @07:44AM (#4333557)
Plugging ourselves at intohand.com (I am one of the founders) we have been involved with the Android scene before there was hardware, I personally have given talks and workshops at Droidcon and the Future of Mobile, we have several successful apps and can assist with iOS, Blackberry, Qt and pretty much any other mobile platform you care to mention apart from WP7

Email is in my profile, if you would like to chat more

Re:XBMC For Android on Saturday July 14, 2012 @05:15PM (#4245370)
Got it up and running, choppy on the NexusQ but it certainly looks very promising, now to roll up the sleeves and help out

https://plus.google.com/109944805317147383619/posts/gnzpC8HE...

Re:XBMC For Android on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:46PM (#4244843)
Syncing up with the repo, it will certainly be interesting to see how this runs on the NexusQ that I received from I/O
Re:Ask HN: What problems need to be solved for mobile? on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @02:32PM (#4225351)
Problems for developers as I see it

Distribution

Data Sharing

Privacy

Offloading to the GPU

Encryption

UI/UX when delivering across differing platforms natively

Localisation, especially when you involve bi directional languages

Re:Ask HN: Help? Breaking into the App Store top 100. on Saturday April 07, 2012 @12:05PM (#3811188)
Added a couple more downloads from the UK.

Whilst I like endless games so this does appeal, I do echo the comments above that it seems to be iOS users would prefer levels to complete, the game and concept itself work great on the 4s

Re:Poll: How long have you been programming? on Monday April 02, 2012 @05:48AM (#3787223)
31 I have claimed 10+ but could argue for nearly 20+ as started with basic on a spectrum, however I had a hiatus in my teens before I got involved again properly
Re:Poll: What is your current Stack Overflow reputation? on Thursday March 29, 2012 @11:06AM (#3771382)
just under 2k here which I have always considered average
Re:Macbook Air or Macbook Pro 15" on Tuesday February 28, 2012 @05:22PM (#3645333)
I have modded 15" pro

1) I have a 128gb SSD for the OS etc where the optical drive was and a 750gb SATA drive replacing the stock one

2) 8GB ram if you use parallels or eclipse etc this a no brainer for the price/ease

3)the hires matt screen (1680x1050) means you can use outside

So whilst not as portable as the airs, it never lacks power and is user upgradeable, my slight fear of the air is you would always be waiting on Apple for an upgrade and it might not quite fit your requirements (large disk or ram)

I also use a backpack anyway so really apart from when I ram it full,to avoid having to check a bag on a plane, the air wouldn't really make that much difference personally, that said its a tough choice especially if you don't need the ram

Re:UK network o2 send your number to every site you visit on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @03:04PM (#3511469)
Due to the code of practice in the UK the mobile network operators do at share "over 18 yes/no" with some sites

You can read more

http://www.aimelink.org/docs/UK_MNO_Age_Verification_Procedu...

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