stewjacks

  Location: Toronto, Canada
  Remote: mostly these days
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: AWS, Java, swift, JavaScript (node, react), Python (Django), serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, hardware design
  Résumé/CV: on request
  Email: jobs-july2022 <@at@at@> stewjacks <dotcom>

Stewart here. I’m an all around software engineer with lots of experience wearing different hats. I’ve done fullstack, cloud dev ops, mobile, and some hardware. I’ve built multiple products from whiteboard to production, from iOS and Android apps to web apps to APIs to cloud backends, and often all of the above . I’ve more recently been jumping on projects to put in production infrastructure on AWS. I’m currently taking contracts (insured LLC, short and long term contract), but am interested in entertaining part or full time gigs as well. Feel free to reach out for a chat.

I remember reading a (not so tongue in cheek) proposal for powering the moon on diesel. The justification was how complicated solar and storage would be given our current state of the art. Does anyone know the blog post I’m talking about? I can’t find it

  Location: Toronto, Canada
  Remote: mostly these days
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: AWS, Java, swift, JavaScript (node, react), Python (Django), serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, hardware
  Résumé/CV: on request
  Email: check profile

Stewart here. I’m an all around software engineer with lots of experience wearing different hats. I’ve done fullstack, cloud dev ops, mobile, and some hardware. I’ve built multiple products from whiteboard to production, from iOS and Android apps to web apps to APIs to cloud backends, and often all of the above . I’ve more recently been jumping on projects to put in production infrastructure on AWS.

I’m currently taking contracts (insured LLC, short and long term contract), but am interested in entertaining part or full time gigs as well. Feel free to reach out for a chat.

A&W Canada is a different company entirely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_(Canada)

You've got to be unfashionable to attract unfashionable ;)

I've been working with large corporations and governmental bodies in transportation, and integrating with their own internal tooling.

Upgrade cycles are so slow for large governmental bodies that I wouldn't be surprised if there was appeal for a Windows CE 3.0 version...

Profile's updated. The old hackernews effect on my server - try https://www.salientforms.com

I've been working on a b2b SaaS side project in the computerized maintenance management space for the past ~4 years ( https://salientforms.com ). Revenue is great for a side project, however I'd like to build the feature set out to appeal to more clients, and generally do business development.

My background is compsci/software/hardware engineering, as well as the practical and physical side of how this sort of product works (urban systems, transportation, construction, maintenance). I'm looking for biz dev, growth, and interesting product ideas. My ideal co-founder would be someone who's worked in or has connections to the world of transportation, is motivated to find clients and grow a business, and is reasonably good at hacking and coming up with prototype ideas.

I'm in Toronto. Location doesn't really matter, but the product has a slight skew toward winter right now so a Canadian who knows would be ideal. Reach out via the site link above or via github.

You're missing the obvious way to exploit this: all consumers stand to benefit a maximum of two cents from each purchase they make by carrying both cash AND card. Since rounding only happens when paying cash, simply pay cash if the purchase could be rounded down ($_._1 or $_._2), and pay card if it could rounded up ($_._3 and $_._4).

In practice, no one gives a shit because it's a penny and no one cares about the penny. QED

I've always thought of two factors in Canadian federal politics that make a huge difference operationally: Many political parties (diversity of platforms/views), and the vote of no confidence.

Canada generally has at least three official political parties (more than 12 seats in the house) at any given time. Currently there are four. You need the most seats but not necessarily a majority of seats to form a government. If a party has fewer than 50%, they form what's called a minority government.

Next big piece is the motion of no confidence, which means we can have an election literally whenever if a government can't pass legislation.

So combine the chance of minority governments and more voices and platforms in government the possibility that obstruction can actually cause you to, you know, lose your job, and you get natural checks against a lot of the problems on display in American federal politics right now. If you can't pass a budget, you don't get a federal shutdown until you negotiate one, you get an election triggered immediately. I understand why no confidence would be practically impossible in America due to money and insanely long election cycles, but it really helps form coalitions and collaboration in Canadian politics.

"A Place to Grow" drew ire because it comes from a weird "provincialist" 60's anthem commissioned by the same Progressive Conservative government. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1wUfqhsM8

A store that you appreciate is build around the products and knowledge that the owners and staff provide, but removing the checkout line isn't going to change that. There's no reason this tech can't proliferate and become as cheap as barcode scanners. Having people less focused on scanning the products and more focused on communicating with customers and helping them find the exact product they want makes a whole lot of sense to me.