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Re:Company as Code on Thursday February 05, 2026 @12:44PM (#46902296)
Societies across the planet can benefit from "Government as Code" for greater transparency and hopefully less corruption, fraud and waste.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2025) on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @01:38PM (#45440596)
CourtDrive | Principal AI Engineer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | https://www.courtdrive.com/

At CourtDrive.com, we are building an AI Docketing Assistant that enables law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). Your role as Principal AI Engineer will be to lead CourtDrive's AI strategy through model evaluation, fine-tuning, and data collection. You'll work alongside our engineering team to bring AI features from concept to production, while elevating the team's understanding of language model capabilities and best practices. Your expertise will be crucial in determining how we can best leverage AI to enhance our solution.

This role offers a unique opportunity to apply deep language model experience in a product focused on transforming how law firms practice the business of law.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in a lot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16m4AOi_6vM8PlRFbS4CBbbph...

To apply, email: michael (at) courtdrive.com

Re:Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:07PM (#45185928)
When they do a folding phone next, the thinness will have functional value.
Re:Troubled electric truck maker Nikola files for bankruptcy on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @12:34PM (#43104825)
They filed a Sale Motion for all the assets.
No, like a self hosted version.

Ask HN: Are there any specialized LLMs that can upgrade WordPress, Drupal, etc.?

AWS offers upgrading Java applications [0], but does anyone offer upgrading frameworks like Wordpress, Drupal, Django or ever React.js and AngularJS? Seems like this would be very useful for millions of websites that want to upgrade.[0] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/upgrade-your-java-applications-with-amazon-q-code-transformation-preview/

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Re:Show HN: Startup funding simulator on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @02:10PM (#39121395)
Great work! It would be cool if there was an option to "Exit / Sell the Startup" after a SAFE round i.e., before a priced round. This would simulate Jason Lemkin's one round scenario: https://www.saastr.com/venture-backed-theres-a-third-way-jus...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023) on Friday September 01, 2023 @07:19PM (#37357186)
CourtDrive | Perl Developer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | CourtDrive.com & CourtAPI.com

At CourtDrive.com and our sister website, CourtAPI.com, we are building solutions that enable law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. Conceptually we’re building an ETL system with fuzzy data sources and an API in front of the end results. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). We’re looking for a Perl developer to help us advance our mission by: building new webservices by scraping state court websites and court emails, building and supporting our CourtAPI solution, and helping keep our modern Perl codebase well oiled. Currently on Perl 5.38.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in a lot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zezDxt7FM59oInpS2kNhqEpn...

To apply, email: michael (at) courtdrive.com

Re:Amazon Titan on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:24PM (#35557937)
A more disruptive and differentiated business model for AWS will be to offer their LLMs or open source LLMs as a Managed Service like RDS.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023) on Monday January 02, 2023 @11:59AM (#34220237)
CourtDrive | Perl Developer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | CourtDrive.com & CourtAPI.com

At CourtDrive.com and our sister website, CourtAPI.com, we are building solutions that enable law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. Conceptually we’re building an ETL system with fuzzy data sources and an API in front of the end results. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). We’re looking for a Perl developer to help us advance our mission by: building new webservices by scraping state court websites, building and supporting our CourtAPI solution, and helping keep our modern Perl codebase well oiled.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in a lot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zezDxt7FM59oInpS2kNhqEpn...

Try Upwork.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022) on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:51AM (#33818922)
CourtDrive | Senior Perl Developer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | CourtDrive.com & CourtAPI.com

At CourtDrive.com and our sister website, CourtAPI.com, we are building solutions that enable law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). We’re looking for a senior Perl developer to help us advance our mission by: building new webservices to integrate with other SaaS solutions, building and supporting our CourtAPI solution, and helping keep our modern Perl codebase well oiled.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in a lot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zezDxt7FM59oInpS2kNhqEpn...

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @11:39AM (#31236562)
CourtDrive | Senior Perl Developer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | CourtDrive.com & CourtAPI.com

At CourtDrive.com and our sister website, CourtAPI.com, we are building solutions that enable law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). We’re looking for a senior Perl developer to help us advance our mission by: building new webservices to integrate with other SaaS solutions, building and supporting our CourtAPI solution, and helping keep our modern Perl codebase well oiled.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in alot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://jobs.perl.org/job/21921

Sites targeting distressed or bankruptcy assets like: https://www.inforuptcy.com/
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022) on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:50PM (#30922391)
CourtDrive | Senior Perl Developer | REMOTE| Market | Full-time | CourtDrive.com & CourtAPI.com

At CourtDrive.com and our sister website, CourtAPI.com, we are building solutions that enable law firms and other power courthouse website users to become more efficient by automating daily tasks. We’re based in Los Angeles but have a remote team worldwide (Canada, Europe, Armenia to name a few). We’re looking for a senior Perl developer to help us advance our mission by: building new webservices to integrate with other SaaS solutions, building and supporting our CourtAPI solution, and helping keep our modern Perl codebase well oiled.

Testimonial from a team member: “Long story, but I worked there for maybe 6ish months part time a while back. They offered me full time, but I ended up going to a startup because I wanted to learn some specific technologies + up my skills in Data Science. That job was definitely good for some people, but it wasn’t as remote as they advertised it (had me fly in alot), and the team was somewhat difficult to work with ;) I ended up starting my own consulting and at the same time CourtDrive reached back out to me (perfect timing). Point I was trying to make was that I went back to work with them because they were so nice to work with. Not super demanding and very open to listening to ideas/suggestions - just a pleasant environment.”

Full job listing and specific skills we are looking for: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zezDxt7FM59oInpS2kNhqEpn...

Bankruptcy sales can be profitable too using www.inforuptcy.com
These rates will posted a while back. YMMV.

$0 – 100,000 / month 2.9% + 30¢

$100,001 – 500,000 / month 2.7% + 30¢

$500,001 – 1,000,000 / month 2.4% + 30¢

$1,000,001 – 5,000,000 / month 2.2% + 30¢

$5,000,001+ / month 1.9% + 30¢

Re:I Bought a Business for $0 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @06:14PM (#26380718)
This sounds a lot like a seller financed deal. Hopefully the seller had a secured loan against those installment payments because in the event of default, at least the seller gets his/her company back.
Re:SaaS Needs a Single Point of Purchase on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:06AM (#25083656)
Sounds like he's asking for a new PaaS (Procurement as a Service).

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