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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:41AM (#50352581)
Location: Berlin, Germany

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Go, Python, TensorFlow, C++

CV: email me

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-landers-83531321a/

Github: https://github.com/joelanders

My most recent role was in AdTech, working on a bidding algorithm on a team of mostly DS and ML people.

I recently finished a few fun projects that are on my Github. Emulations of old music gear: Elektron's Monomachine + Machinedrum, Korg's Prophecy, Lexicon's 224. Was rewarding to see these find their audiences on Discord and Youtube.

https://github.com/joelanders/gearmulator-md-mm

https://github.com/joelanders/profligacy

https://github.com/joelanders/reflecticon-224

Re:Using AI to reverse engineer hardware on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:01PM (#50111576)
I'm guessing the Lexicon was mine: https://github.com/joelanders/reflecticon-224

It was a fun project because it predates DSP chips by a couple years (1978). So there's an 8080 host driving some DSP boards made out of 7400 series chips.

Bio of the designer with a photo of him prototyping it: https://www.davidgriesinger.com/biographies/

I haven't written it up yet, that part is still hard :)

I paid someone on Upwork to trace the schematics into KiCad. Had LLM agents turn those into Verilog models. Lots of little mistakes had to be found and fixed at this point, it took months...

It seems like agents are a lot better at transcribing and grokking schematics now compared to 6 months ago, so it might be much easier now.

Agree that consequences for the future seem depressing...

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Thursday October 01, 2026 @08:16PM (#49928500)
Location: Berlin, Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Go and Python/Tensorflow at the last two jobs. C++ in the past and for fun.

Résumé/CV: email me :)

Email: [email protected]

Github: github.com/joelanders (I'm happy with my recent emulations of the Elektron Monomachine + Machinedrum, and the Korg Prophecy.)

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:09PM (#49706473)
Emulations of old digital synth hardware.

Korg Prophecy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnSvMZZmUsw

https://github.com/joelanders/profligacy

Elektron Monomachine + Machinedrum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmfE5xljYRU

https://github.com/joelanders/gearmulator-md-mm

Currently looking for a job in Berlin or remote :)