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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:26AM (#47247788)
Location: India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Flask, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Platform, AWS (S3, IAM, STS), Docker, Kubernetes, Typesense

Github: https://github.com/harshit-agarwal7

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z6gmYqrWf_Uj_0UwrQeUSBn4hfB...

Email: agarwal.harshit117 [at] gmail.com

Fullstack Engineer with 5 years of full-stack experience.

Some highlights: led a major backend refactor (50% faster loads, 15k+ LOC cleaned up, zero downtime), built a browser-based voice recording feature using FFmpeg.wasm to handle cross-browser codec incompatibilities (adopted 20k+ times), and redesigned search with Typesense to drop zero-result queries from 40% to 5%.

Interested in: AI/ML products, voice interfaces, developer tools, healthcare, education.

I have a CS degree from Ashoka University and strong ML foundations.

Projects:

1. Built an interactive web application to visualize India’s Consumer Price Index across states and categories using Next.js, React, TypeScript with component testing in Jest - https://consumer-price-index-green.vercel.app/

2. Built a terminal-based coding agent using a ReAct loop. Deeply interested in how LLMs are reshaping product interfaces.

I read history and poetry outside of work. I reason from first principles and I write clearly. Happy to learn new stacks — what matters to me is the problem space and the quality of thinking around me.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Friday February 06, 2026 @11:08AM (#46914572)
Location: Cuttack, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z6gmYqrWf_Uj_0UwrQeUSBn4hfB...

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/harshit-agarwal7

Technologies: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Flask, PostgreSQL, NoSQL (Datastore), AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Monday January 05, 2026 @03:52AM (#46496622)
Location: India

Remote: Yes, Remote Only (flexible with time zones)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Flask, Postgresql.

Cloud: AWS (S3, IAM), Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Datastore, Cloud Tasks, Memcache, Scheduler), Docker, Kubernetes.

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cF9VQ3-tl1FINGAQtbesDIHCk8H...

Email: agarwal.harshit117 [at] gmail.com

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Hi, I’m Harshit. I have worked as a full-stack engineer for the past five years where I have built consumer-facing features, lead teams, and helped shape the tech culture of a small startup.

Apart from my experience in full-stack web development, I am also interested in AI and databases. I have made some recent contributions to LangChain and LangGraph.

I would be more than happy to work anywhere in the stack and in any domain. Looking for roles with high ownership, strong engineering culture, and meaningful technical depth.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Monday December 01, 2025 @01:17PM (#46110858)
Location: India

Remote: Yes, Remote Only (flexible with time zones)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Flask, Postgresql.

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1maxkxkz4r74G99PQhVt-_O2RJC_...

Email: agarwal.harshit117 [at] gmail.com

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Hi, I’m Harshit. I have worked as a full-stack engineer for the past five years where I have built consumer-facing features, lead teams, and helped shape the tech culture of a small startup.

Apart from my experience in full-stack web development, I am also interested in AI and databases. I have made some recent contributions to LangChain and LangGraph.

I would be more than happy to work anywhere in the stack and in any domain. Looking for roles with high ownership, strong engineering culture, and meaningful technical depth.

How common is it for employers to lay off employees for non-performance reasons

I see a lot of news regarding big corporations like Google, Microsoft, etc laying off employees due to 'strategic reasons', 'overhiring', etc.I wanted to understand how common is it in the industry? Do startups and mid-sized companies do it often?If this happens very often, is it then wrong from employees to treat employers instrumentally. That is, should we frown upon people who leave after a...

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