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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025) on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:08AM (#44768238)
Location: United Kingdom

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Javascript/Typescript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stimulus, Turbo, AWS, Heroku, Golang, Git, Linux

Email: me [at] alexsmith [dot] xyz

Website: https://alexsmith.xyz

I'm a web developer specializing in Ruby on Rails with 9 years of experience, including:

- Adding features to and maintaining Rails 5, 6 and 7 projects

- Working with popular gems like Devise and Sidekiq

- Accessing and building APIs

- Code reviews

- Mentoring junior staff

Projects I've contributed to:

- A popular influencer marketing marketplace (Rails)

- Computer vision aided CNC software (Golang)

- Supermarket product nutrition web scraper + searching/filtering app (Rails, Typescript)

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2025) on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:02AM (#44768180)
SEEKING WORK

Location: United Kingdom

Remote: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Javascript/Typescript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stimulus, Turbo, AWS, Heroku, Golang, Git, Linux

Website: https://alexsmith.xyz

Email: me [at] alexsmith [dot] xyz

I'm a web developer specializing in Ruby on Rails with 9 years of experience, including:

- Adding features to and maintaining Rails 5, 6 and 7 projects

- Working with popular gems like Devise and Sidekiq

- Accessing and building APIs

- Code reviews

- Mentoring junior staff

Projects I've contributed to:

- A popular influencer marketing marketplace (Rails)

- Computer vision aided CNC software (Golang)

- Supermarket product nutrition web scraper + searching/filtering app (Rails, Typescript)