tholford
Re:Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @07:29PM (#50049196)
a golang game engine, you love to see it. well done!
Re:All of Namecheap Is Down
on Thursday August 13, 2026 @09:35AM (#49285713)
Not planned, power outage in Phoenix DC:
https://www.namecheap.com/status-updates/namecheap-com-and-h...
Show HN: TLDR Equity
Re:GitHub is once again down
on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @06:01PM (#47510081)
Setting up a Gitea instance is approachable, especially with agent assistance.
Re:I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs
on Friday February 20, 2026 @06:10PM (#47095347)
Consolidated approach based on the blog post + the comment thread here + my own dotfiles + Claude's input:
https://gist.github.com/tomholford/0aa4cdb1340a9b5411ed6eaad...
Re:The surreal experience of my first developer job
on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:43PM (#28063148)
Just read a good non-fiction book about con men, one of them pulls this exact ruse:
https://www.amazon.com/Cleantech-Artists-True-Vegas-Caper-eb...
Re:Gallery-dl – download images from several image hosting sites
on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:17AM (#25245569)
Nice work! Made something similar (and less feature-rich) using Deno:
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2020)
on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:01AM (#24976488)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
Need an MVP in a month? Here's a recent example:
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback:
- "Indispensable"
- "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Contact: hn at tholf.org
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2020)
on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:52PM (#24656037)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
Need an MVP in a month? Here's a recent example:
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback:
- "Indispensable"
- "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2020)
on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:41PM (#24349776)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
Need an MVP in a month? Here's a recent example:
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback:
- "Indispensable"
- "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2020)
on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:10PM (#24042019)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
Need an MVP in a month? Here's a recent example:
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback:
- "Indispensable"
- "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Docker Releases Plugin for Simplified Deployments into AWS
on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:41AM (#23964518)
"If you need to eat a frog, do it in the morning; if you need to eat two, start with the bigger one" (paraphrased)
Covid-19 mentions on the NYTimes front page
Re:Building a self-updating profile README for GitHub
on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:23AM (#23810328)
Nice work, Simon.
Started collecting some of those examples here:
Re:I got 400 signups with a video of a product that didn’t exist
on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:01AM (#23768167)
Another potential explanation: sometimes when I dictate on iOS, the speech-to-text will spit out random capitalizations.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2020)
on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:04PM (#23709519)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
Need an MVP in a month? Here's a recent example:
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, Docker, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback:
- "Indispensable"
- "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2020)
on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:10PM (#23386083)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
-> Senior full-stack software engineer
-> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech
-> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback: - "Indispensable" - "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Web: https://tholf.org
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2020)
on Friday May 01, 2020 @10:17PM (#23048526)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
-> Senior full-stack software engineer -> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech -> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
I can build your vision from scratch or turbocharge your existing product development. No project too big or small.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback: - "Indispensable" - "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Web: https://tholf.org
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2020)
on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:52AM (#22766378)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
-> Senior full-stack software engineer -> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech -> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups.
I can build your vision from scratch or turbocharge your existing product development. No project too big or small.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback: - "Indispensable" - "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Web: https://tholf.org
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Availability Cascade
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2020)
on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:04PM (#22470493)
SEEKING WORK - Remote - San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore
-> Senior full-stack software engineer -> Domain expertise in advertising, e-commerce, and fintech -> 10+ years of experience at both brand name tech companies and cutting edge startups
I can build your vision from scratch or turbocharge your existing product development. No project too big or small.
Examples of prior work include e-commerce checkout flows, social network startup prototypes, microservices and APIs, financial reporting, Intercom-style storefront Javascript widgets, behavioral tracking, analytics dashboards, internal tools, and refactoring existing legacy applications.
Proficient with Rails, React, Angular, Typescript, SCSS, Bootstrap, MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud.
Recent feedback: - "Indispensable" - "Awesome colleague... always ready to help ... positive attitude towards work is contagious ... a true team player"
Web: https://tholf.org
Contact: [email protected]
GitHub: https://github.com/tomholford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-holford
Returnly raises $3.2mm seed round for 'better online returns'
Re:Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation
on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:01PM (#12639443)
Re:Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation
on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @04:57PM (#12639405)
can confirm it's working:
https://i.imgur.com/J6CBwVy.png
Re:Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation
on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @04:37PM (#12639259)
torrent magnet mirror:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:npxasqsrhd23n2txatlm46q3jt7zivyv&dn=Guccifer%202.0%20Clinton%20Foundation%20Hack&xl=860107251&fc=2
e: can confirm it's working: https://i.imgur.com/J6CBwVy.png
Re:Guccifer 2.0 Hacked Clinton Foundation
on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @04:36PM (#12639253)
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:npxasqsrhd23n2txatlm46q3jt7zivyv&dn=Guccifer%202.0%20Clinton%20Foundation%20Hack&xl=860107251&fc=2
Mathematical Consciousness
Re:Show HN: A minimalistic cloud provider
on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:50PM (#12508230)
Not the op of that comment, but in my experience, DH is something to be avoided :) it's been a few years, but still have unpleasant memories of cryptic errors, stability issues, and a clunky control panel.