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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026) on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:08PM (#50344579)

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: [Yes / On-site London]
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JS/TypeScript, Python, AWS/GCP/Azure + Design/UI/UX skills
  Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
  Email: qute.bits [at] gmail [dot] com
  Github: https://github.com/QuteBits
I'm a Software Engineer / Lead, 15+ years of xp, currently building exo-skeletons and looking for a 3-month contract.

Recent work:

  - [0-to-1] 2.5 years as a CTO at one of the FinTech startups (Market Analytics for G-SIBs, based on their regulatory data) in The City of London. 18 months from 0 to having real clients (yes, including all of the onboarding);

  - [0-to-1] Serverless photogrammetry pipeline for generating sub-mm precise headshape scans to create 3D-printed cycling helmets (safest on the market at the time). 12 months from 0 to production (B2C company), got featured in Wired;

  - Several years as a Fullstack at BioTech startups + wrote some drivers for wet lab equipment for several months (until I learned the dangers of it);
Looking for: 3-month contract Fullstack / Backend / Product Engineering role. Would also consider a full-time role (especially if it's about Game Theory, BioTech, Robotics, satellites or city planning).
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2026) on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:06PM (#50344561)
SEEKING WORK

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: [Yes / On-site London]
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JS, Python, AWS/GCP/Azure + Design/UI/UX skills
  Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
  Email: qute.bits [at] gmail [dot] com
  Github: https://github.com/QuteBits
Software Engineer / Lead, 15+ years of xp, currently building exo-skeletons and looking for a 3-month contract.

Recent work:

  - [0-to-1] 2.5 years as a CTO at one of the FinTech startups (Market Analytics for G-SIBs, based on their regulatory data) in The City of London. 18 months from 0 to having real clients (yes, including all of the onboarding);
  - [0-to-1] Serverless photogrammetry pipeline for generating sub-mm precise headshape scans to create 3D-printed cycling helmets (safest on the market at the time). 12 months from 0 to production (B2C company), got featured in Wired;
  - Several years as a Fullstack at BioTech startups + wrote some drivers for wet lab equipment for several months (until I learned the dangers of it);
Looking for: 3-month contract Fullstack / Backend / Product Engineering role.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2026) on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:49PM (#49929071)
SEEKING WORK

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: [Yes / On-site London]
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JS, Python, AWS/GCP/Azure + Design/UI/UX skills
  Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
  Email: qute.bits [at] gmail [dot] com
  Github: https://github.com/QuteBits
I'm a Software Engineer / Lead, 15+ years of xp, currently building exo-skeletons and looking for a 3-month contract.

Recent work:

  - [0-to-1] 2.5 years as a CTO at one of the FinTech startups (Market Analytics for G-SIBs, based on their regulatory data) in The City of London. 18 months from 0 to having real clients (yes, including all of the onboarding);
  - [0-to-1] Serverless photogrammetry pipeline for generating sub-mm precise headshape scans to create 3D-printed cycling helmets (safest on the market at the time). 12 months from 0 to production (B2C company), got featured in Wired;
  - Several years as a Fullstack at BioTech startups + wrote some drivers for wet lab equipment for several months (until I learned the dangers of it);
Looking for: 3-month contract Fullstack / Backend / Product Engineering role.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Thursday October 01, 2026 @07:43PM (#49928300)

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: [Yes / On-site London]
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JS, Python, AWS/GCP/Azure + Design/UI/UX skills
  Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
  Email: qute.bits [at] gmail [dot] com
  Github: https://github.com/QuteBits
I'm a Software Engineer / Lead, 15+ years of xp, currently building exo-skeletons and looking for a 3-month contract.

Recent work:

- [0-to-1] 2.5 years as a CTO at one of the FinTech startups (Market Analytics for G-SIBs, based on their regulatory data) in The City of London. 18 months from 0 to having real clients (yes, including all of the onboarding);

- [0-to-1] Serverless photogrammetry pipeline for generating sub-mm precise headshape scans to create 3D-printed cycling helmets (safest on the market at the time). 12 months from 0 to production (B2C company), got featured in Wired;

- Several years as a Fullstack at BioTech startups + wrote some drivers for wet lab equipment for several months (until I learned the dangers of it);

Looking for: 3-month contract Fullstack / Backend / Product Engineering role. Would also consider a full-time role (especially if it's about Game Theory, BioTech, Robotics, satellites or city planning).

Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B on Monday October 24, 2016 @06:47PM (#12783592)
do you know by any chance where I could find a good (as complete as possible) list on M&A deals within pharma industry for the last 20 years, for the 10-20 largest pharma companies? I mean, the biomedical picture you gave a link to is good already but it doesn't have recent Mansanto acquisition and tons of other deals. And Google just gives a small glimpse into such deals here and there but I can't find a comprehensive list yet.
Re:Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015? on Friday December 25, 2015 @10:10AM (#10791387)
slaves would object on that
Re:Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015? on Friday December 25, 2015 @10:09AM (#10791382)
mind reader, you
Re:Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015? on Friday December 25, 2015 @10:04AM (#10791371)
I learned that reality is not so far from movies (depends heavily on where you live though).
There is just another YAML-to-TEX-to-PDF Resume generator I created a while ago: https://github.com/QuteBits/resume_42

Even back then there were plenty of Resume generators. What still haunts these tools is a too complex environment setup and unappealing template designs.

Ask HN: What can I do with NFC stickers?

I got myself several NFC stickers. My phone can read/write the information on them. What cool stuff could I do with them?(googling gave me either simple options like 'put a wifi password on it' or too generic ones like 'use it as a trigger in Tasker on the smartphone')

( Read More... | 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Trix: A rich text editor for everyday writing on Monday October 19, 2015 @06:08AM (#10412016)
quick experiment: after copying the original text 200 times into the text box it starts to be unbearable to write any new text. However, if one just inserts 200k characters with no formatting, the editor doesn't seem to slow down.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2015) on Monday June 01, 2015 @05:12PM (#9642192)
Designer/Computer Scientist

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Location: London, UK

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: JavaScript (node, angular, expressjs), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2015) on Monday June 01, 2015 @05:10PM (#9642178)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK)

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (node, angular, expressjs), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2015) on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @10:09AM (#9303634)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK)

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, Express, ReactJS), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2015) on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @10:08AM (#9303626)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK)

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: vanilla JavaScript (jQuery, Express, ReactJS), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Résumé/CV: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Who are your favorite poets? on Monday March 30, 2015 @06:26PM (#9293055)
Kendrick Lamar:

  If I think and act like you do
  The world would die
  From not seeing something new
  And if I don't speak on how I feel
  The world would lose out on
  What's really real
  And if should die before I wake
  I pray my music will take my place
  The World
  The Relevant
Сергей Есенин and Immortal Technique:

  Love...doesn't need a complicated metaphor
  And sometimes nothing needs to be said at all
  Sometimes a person you with is not your one and only
  And you just fuck with them because you afraid to be lonely
  And when you come back its too late
  So you overcompensate
  Like victims of rape
  Full of self hate
  Lost in the affection to strangers around you
  Instead of the only person that ever gave a fuck about you
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2015) on Sunday March 01, 2015 @01:01PM (#9128110)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK)

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Ask HN: How to Get a London Fashion Week Invite?

Hi everyone, does anyone know how to get two (or, if it's not possible, at least one) invites to London Fashion Week (20.02-24.02)?I want to make a present to a girl from UK who is studying fashion. She's really passionate about it, so I thought I might give it a shot on HN :) I hope it's not inappropriate to ask it here.

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2015) on Sunday February 08, 2015 @02:14AM (#9016645)
Designer/Computer Scientist

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Location: London, UK

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

Resume: https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2015) on Sunday February 08, 2015 @02:07AM (#9016635)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP/Python | Wordpress/Contao | Adobe Creative Suite

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2014) on Thursday December 04, 2014 @11:25AM (#8700001)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: London (UK) or Berlin (Germany)

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP, Python | Wordpress, Contao | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Git | Adobe Creative Suite

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2014) on Sunday November 02, 2014 @12:22PM (#8547204)
Location: Germany

Remote: Probably

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP, Python | Wordpress, Contao | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Git | Adobe Creative Suite

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Graphical Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/qutepixels/Work-Commercial

Resume: (Compiled PDF, link from my GitHub) - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Designer/Computer Scientist

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2014) on Sunday November 02, 2014 @12:18PM (#8547188)
SEEKING WORK - Designer/Computer Scientist

Location: Germany

Remote: Probably

Willing to relocate: Yes

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX), PHP, Python | Wordpress, Contao | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Git | Adobe Creative Suite

GitHub: https://github.com/qutebits/

Resume: Generated on my GitHub, link - https://github.com/qutebits/resume_42/blob/master/resume_exa...

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2014) on Thursday October 02, 2014 @12:44AM (#8399460)
Location: Germany

Remote: Probably

Willing to relocate: YES

Technologies: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX, Meteor), PHP, Python | Wordpress, Contao | MySQL, PostgreSQL | Git

Resume: I'm a Designer/Computer Scientist and I'm looking for work in:

- Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

- Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

- Research (Need someone who can think?)

More on my skills and portfolios here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8399430

Email: qute.bits (gmail)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2014) on Thursday October 02, 2014 @12:29AM (#8399430)
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Germany (Europe)

Designer/Computer Scientist

Seeking work in:

1) Coding (Full stack web apps, Frontend > Backend)

2) Design (CI, Logos, Advertisement - both print and digital)

3) Research (Need someone who can think?)

---RESEARCH---

Complete MSc in CS (German Quality). Researched my own theoretical idea inspired by Texas Hold'em Poker - which 2 years later developed itself into my final thesis. Grade: the best one.

Final Thesis (PDF, in English): https://github.com/QuteBits/final_thesis/blob/master/Diplom%...

My taste in ideas: http://scriptogr.am/qutebits/post/q04-qute-hack-ideas

---DESIGN---

Art school, 8 years professional experience (everything from designing a party flyer to a complete CI or a 200+ pages book).

Portfolio: https://coroflot.com/QutePixels/Work-Commercial

Tools: Adobe Suite CS4

---CODING---

> 5 years of professional experience. Programmed an enterprise grade communication/ordering platform (JS+jQuery/PHP/MySQL-Stack on top of Wordpress), an awesome frontend full of dashboards for an analytics tool (2000+ users) and an insanely hard 7-level version of Tetris.

GitHub: https://github.com/QuteBits/vkpd

Languages: JavaScript (jQuery, AJAX, Meteor), PHP, Python

Languages (poked at least twice): C++, Java, Haskell, Assembler, Brainfuck

CMS: Wordpress, Contao

SQL: MySQL, PostgreSQL

VCS: Git

---CONTACT---

Human languages: English, German, Russian

qute.bits (gmail)

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