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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2025) on Thursday October 02, 2025 @06:54AM (#45448137)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025) on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:10AM (#45116739)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2025) on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:35PM (#44759825)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Barlow's Principles of Adult Behaviour on Saturday April 26, 2025 @04:07PM (#43806682)
I've seen a version that adds "lies of omission are sometimes exempt":

https://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Jan-21.html

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:07AM (#43532445)
Working on a minimalist tool to archive web pages:

https://arcv.me

This web app is an off-shoot of a command-line archiving tool I wrote to scratch my own itch.

In its current form it's tripped up by bot detection and often struggles with heavyweight pages, but it works on enough pages to be somewhat useful.

Archived pages aren't retained long-term, but you can download them as static HTML files. (So kinda like a hosted version of SingleFile.)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2025) on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @09:39AM (#43255231)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025) on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:23AM (#42930998)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2024) on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:29PM (#42045707)
SEEKING WORK | UK | REMOTE

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2024) on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @09:49AM (#41720650)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2024) on Monday September 02, 2024 @12:18PM (#41426689)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has fallen into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2024) on Friday August 02, 2024 @06:29AM (#41137601)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has falling into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2024) on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:34AM (#40846809)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with more than 10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent work has falling into two main areas:

Scientific / numeric computing: e.g. I've contributed to research projects on quantum error correction and probabilistic programming languages. Tech: Python, NumPy, JAX, PyTorch, Matplotlib, JavaScript.

Backend web dev: e.g. I worked at a tiny start-up where I built a web app for automatic meeting scheduling. Tech: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, OAuth, Google Calendar APIs, AWS.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have a project (of any kind!) you think I might be able to help with, I'd be happy to chat.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2024) on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:52AM (#40225011)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is mostly with probabilistic programming languages and adjacent fields (e.g. machine learning) but I'd be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve mostly written Python of late, but I'm willing to switch languages as necessary. I've also done web dev in the past, and play with electronics & FPGAs for fun.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2024) on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:33AM (#39902940)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is mostly with probabilistic programming languages and adjacent fields (e.g. machine learning) but I'd be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python recently, but I'm willing to switch languages as necessary. I've also done web dev in the past, and play with electronics & FPGAs for fun.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2024) on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:59AM (#39563778)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I'm a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is mostly with probabilistic programming languages and adjacent fields (e.g. machine learning) but I'd be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python recently, but I'm willing to switch languages as necessary. I've also done web dev in the past, and play with electronics & FPGAs for fun.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk/bio.html

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2022) on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:09AM (#30175015)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2022) on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:54AM (#29806690)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2021) on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @02:25PM (#29098497)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2021) on Saturday October 02, 2021 @02:04PM (#28730614)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2021) on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:46PM (#28382262)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2021) on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:07PM (#28041934)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2021) on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:25PM (#27713578)
SEEKING WORK

Location: UK

Remote: Yes

I’m a programmer with >10 years experience, primarily working remotely on a freelance or contract basis. My recent experience is around probabilistic programming language research, but I’d be happy to work in any technically interesting domain. I’ve done mostly Python, Javascript and a some Haskell recently, but I’m willing to switch languages as necessary. I have a growing personal interest in FPGA/RISC-V/embedded so would also be interested in opportunities to gain experience with those.

More info and contact details on my website: https://paulhorsfall.co.uk