knbrlo
Re:What I'd audit on an AI-built SaaS before its first paying customer
on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:18PM (#48216598)
Author here. Happy to answer questions or push back on the wager (3 of 7 fail an audit on a random AI-built SaaS approaching first paying customers, in my experience). The substrate-vs-prompt argument is the main thing — happy to dig in on any of the seven items.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)
on Friday May 01, 2026 @11:04AM (#47975635)
Location:
- Lehi, Utah, USA
- Remote: Yes, remote-only
- Willing to relocate: No
- Technologies: Go, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, SpiceDB, Stripe Connect, PostgreSQL, React, React Native, Claude/OpenAI APIs, Eleven Labs
I ship full features end-to-end using on a real production codebase, not a prototype.
Looking for a 12-24 month senior IC seat at a YC or AI-native startup:
• Founding Engineer / early eng at a recently-funded YC company • Forward-Deployed Engineer at a funded AI startup • Senior staff IC where speed + ownership matter
Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/knbrlo/· X: @knbrlo
Re:Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'
on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:34AM (#40318793)
Even if it didn't have the intended effect of making everyone feel good, at least everyone is talking about it so in a sense it worked in Apple's favor.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)
on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:57PM (#37357719)
Location: Lehi, UT
Remote: Yes (7 Years)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: JavaScript, Python, React, Docker, PostgreSQL, RDS
Résumé/CV: See link below
Email: [email protected] [Burner Email since these get scraped, works for now]
Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for work
on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:40PM (#37023788)
This is exactly it. When you see story after story from corporate news outlets, pushing the idea that work from home causes all these mental health issues for everyone, work from home is isolating, work from home is bad for the company. It’s all because there is a vested interest somewhere. When you understand their base motivations, you understand why certain stories are ran on the news and others are not. Their base motivations are always money.
Re:LK-99 is an online sensation – but replication efforts fall short
on Friday August 04, 2023 @01:26PM (#37003050)
When publications put out things like this it reminds me of why I can't trust them. They're writing this article for clicks and attention and to feed that side of society that constantly pulls us down about what's not possible while the publication makes money from taking the other side of a issue. It's plain corruption.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2023)
on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:13PM (#36959011)
Location: Lehi, UT
Remote: Yes (7 Years)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: JavaScript, Python, React, Docker, PostgreSQL, RDS
Résumé/CV: https://www.knbrlo.com/ken_barlow_resume.pdf
Email: [email protected] [Burner Email since these get scraped, works for now]
Re:Ask HN: How do I train a custom LLM/ChatGPT on my own documents?
on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:40AM (#36843176)
That’s a really good question, to go with that I wonder how are you thinking about interfacing with that once it’s been trained?
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage – and remember to manage – your to-do lis...
on Saturday May 14, 2022 @11:34AM (#31378967)
One word: Todoist.
- I've been using it for 7 years and there's nothing better out there.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022)
on Monday May 02, 2022 @02:59PM (#31239332)
Location: Lehi, UT
Remote: Only (Been remote for 6 years)
Willing to relocate: No.
Technologies: Frontend (React, JS). Writing code for about 12 years now so able to work where I'm needed.
Résumé/CV: upon request
Email: [email protected]
Re:Inside the longest Atlassian outage
on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:13PM (#31018919)
My current employer uses Jira but we seem to have not been affected by this. Hopefully those customers affected are able to press Atlassian for improvements from notification time, backups, usability etc.
Re:You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when m...
on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:11PM (#31018898)
Assuming the app that's using the microphone would still need to have hardware access to be able to switch back on when someone unmutes themselves, couldn't there be a higher level API within the OS that still allowed hardware access but wouldn't allow input through so that the audio couldn't be captured in third party apps? Seems like this is an OS issue that Microsoft, Apple and Linux team need to work on if that isn't already the case.
Re:The nightmare that colleges face this fall
on Sunday May 31, 2020 @09:29PM (#23374741)
Everyone already knows the answer which is that the most adaptable schools will generate new revenue streams offering more online degrees. It’s stupid to assume that all students are willing to take the risk to show up in person when there isn’t even a vaccine. Most schools are scared about the money they’re going to lose yet they’re forgetting how much they could make if they just decided to be more adaptable and flexible.
Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites
on Saturday July 06, 2019 @12:47AM (#20367937)
You’ll be able to summon Alexa from anywhere... without even owning an Amazon device! :)