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Re:Ask HN: What's the best talk you've watched? on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:04AM (#46508941)
"Stop Writing Classes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0

It changed the way I thought about programming. I had mostly been exposed to OOP ideas and this talk made me realize that a lot of them aren't necessary.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Monday January 05, 2026 @10:31PM (#46508436)
Location: Portland, OR

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, React, Node.js, Flask, FastAPI, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker

Resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uvLGGLUag-SN86oopiFWy2Z0...

Email: [email protected]

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I'm a full-stack dev (3 yrs exp) seeking a full-stack or backend role at a small–medium company/startup. I’ve shipped software quickly and independently in Fortune 100 and financial orgs, despite heavy red tape. Now I’m looking for a team that moves fast, cares about users, and enjoys building great products. If that sounds like your company, I’d love to talk to you!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Monday December 01, 2025 @12:41PM (#46110366)
Location: Portland, OR

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Flask, FastAPI, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uvLGGLUag-SN86oopiFWy2Z0...

Email: [email protected]

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I'm a full-stack dev (3 yrs exp) seeking a full-stack or backend role at a small–medium company/startup. I’ve shipped software quickly and independently in Fortune 100 and financial orgs, despite heavy red tape. Now I’m looking for a team that moves fast, cares about users, and enjoys building great products. If that sounds like your company, I’d love to talk to you!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) on Monday November 03, 2025 @12:05PM (#45801371)
Location: Portland, OR

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, Flask, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Jest

Résumé: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uvLGGLUag-SN86oopiFWy2Z0...

Email: [email protected]

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I'm a full-stack dev (3 yrs exp) seeking a full-stack or backend role at a small–medium company/startup. I’ve shipped software quickly and independently in Fortune 100 and financial orgs, despite heavy red tape. Now I’m looking for a team that moves fast, cares about users, and enjoys building great products. If that sounds like your company, I’d love to talk to you!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Sunday October 12, 2025 @06:05PM (#45562399)
Great job on Beat Maker. It's very pleasant to use!
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025) on Monday September 01, 2025 @02:28PM (#45095289)
Location: Portland, OR

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, Flask, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Jest, HTML/CSS, Tailwind

Résumé: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uvLGGLUag-SN86oopiFWy2Z0...

Email: [email protected]

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I'm a full-stack dev (3 yrs exp) seeking a full-stack or front-end role at a small–medium company/startup. I’ve shipped software quickly and independently in Fortune 100 and financial orgs, despite heavy red tape. Now I’m looking for a team that moves fast, cares about users, and enjoys building great products. If that sounds like your company, I’d love to talk to you!

Re:The Enterprise Experience on Sunday August 17, 2025 @08:57PM (#44936345)
I'm in a similar environment and found this article painfully accurate. I keep thinking my job is to solve problems and ship software...but those are clearly not the revealed preferences* of my org.

The author went from small companies to a big one. Has anyone gone the other way? I'm looking to make that shift and I'm curious how others framed their Enterprise™ experience in a way that resonates with smaller teams.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealed_preference

Re:Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites? on Saturday August 16, 2025 @09:55PM (#44928308)
I tried using Instapaper and Raindrop to save links, but found that I never went back and read them. Now I use Chrome's built-in reading list and don't read those either!

Show HN: I made a Chrome extension for doing LeetCode with spaced repetition

https://github.com/mtdrake/LeetSRS

Hello! I started preparing for LeetCode interviews last month. Since I'm not regularly implementing Union-Find in my day job, I used Anki to drill problems for common types of solutions/patterns.The goal wasn't to memorize specific problems, but to be able to code a BFS/Union-Find/whatever without really thinking about it - freeing me up to think about the problem-specific edge cases.I thought...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025) on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:10PM (#44760338)
Location: Portland, OR

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, to Seattle or SF

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Python, SQL, Postgres, Flask, Node, Express, Prisma, Docker

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fT6KkcWQGam1G-379c5jqUvEzlT...

Email: [email protected]

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I'm a full-stack dev with 3 years of experience building APIs, microservices, and React frontends. I’ve worked in environments with lots of red tape - Fortune 100 and financial orgs - and still delivered working software quickly and independently. Now I'm looking for a team that moves faster, tackles interesting problems, and genuinely enjoys building great products. If that's your company, I'd love to talk to you!

Outer Wilds is a Unity game, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbY0mBXKKT0
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025) on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:41AM (#44435030)

  Location: Portland, OR
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes, to Seattle or SF
  Technologies: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, SQL, Postgres, Flask, Node, Docker (interested in working with statically typed languages like Go or even Java!)
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/182aq8m1YnbVXEUFj0aKZNDp4tBhqJfBh/view?usp=sharing
  Email: [email protected]
Hello! I’m Matt - I’m a dev with three years of experience working on backend services (typically Python) and React clients. I’ve been able to work quickly and independently to deliver working software while overcoming significant organizational inertia. For my next role, I’m looking to work with people that are engaged, intellectually honest, and have a strong bias for action. If that’s your company, I’d love to hear from you!