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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @11:45PM (#50001665)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible

recent/notable work: maginary.ai (some revenue) and Optimized ScrollView Adapter at u3d.as/xXQ (actively supporting it since 2016) more: i dealt with rag pipelines on doc2exam.com (launch video: vimeo.com/1035566590), complex ai workflows on maginary.ai on routing prompts to 40+ image/video models with several intermediary steps for processing, fully-featured ai integrations for mores.ai (legaltech) where i also fought hallucinations in drafting documents using long iterative loops and extracting math using abstract syntax trees to be computed separately (llms are bad at math). also implemented an agentic system for finallymet.com (ai dating) using both email and imessage with a real phone number (live right now, you can text it and start building a profile etc.), has an intake agent, a profile-building agent, general chat/advice and concierge during an active match

Show HN: Built myself a super YouTube post-prod studio

https://twitter.com/xucian_/status/2096626717531992342

i just want to film myself rambling and all the cutting, grading, uploading, thumbs, short generation is done for me. 31k lines of code for now. when you're too poor to afford an editor, you pay for claude code max to build one there's a the "smart cutting" that saves me 95% of the time cutting stuff out from a semantical point of view (it turns it into a DaVinci Resolve timeline that i then...

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026) on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @09:54AM (#49536279)
having to sign up and spend "5 minutes clicking around the app"? seriously?
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:21AM (#49535189)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible

recent/notable work: maginary.ai (some revenue) and Optimized ScrollView Adapter at u3d.as/xXQ (actively supporting it since 2016) more: i dealt with rag pipelines on doc2exam.com (launch video: vimeo.com/1035566590), complex ai workflows on maginary.ai on routing prompts to 40+ image/video models with several intermediary steps for processing, fully-featured ai integrations for mores.ai (legaltech) where i also fought hallucinations in drafting documents using long iterative loops and extracting math using abstract syntax trees to be computed separately (llms are bad at math). also implemented an agentic system for finallymet.com (ai dating) using both email and imessage with a real phone number (live right now, you can text it and start building a profile etc.), has an intake agent, a profile-building agent, general chat/advice and concierge during an active match

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026) on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @04:16AM (#49165697)
email doesn't work
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:39AM (#49165463)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible

recent/notable work: maginary.ai (some revenue) and Optimized ScrollView Adapter at u3d.as/xXQ (actively supporting it since 2016) more: i dealt with rag pipelines on doc2exam.com (launch video: vimeo.com/1035566590), complex ai workflows on maginary.ai on routing prompts to 40+ image/video models with several intermediary steps for processing, fully-featured ai integrations for mores.ai (legaltech) where i also fought hallucinations in drafting documents using long iterative loops and extracting math using abstract syntax trees to be computed separately (llms are bad at math). also implemented an agentic system for finallymet.com (ai dating) using both email and imessage with a real phone number (live right now, you can text it and start building a profile etc.), has an intake agent, a profile-building agent, general chat/advice and concierge during an active match

Show HN: Maginary.ai gets seedance2 and GPT-images2 support

https://twitter.com/xucian_/status/2081469757300359289

presenting maginary -- an image/video generator with a midjourney-like prompt syntax, using 40+ underlying models and acts like an abstractized openrouter for multimedia with an amazing ux, can try it right now with no ccthis launch presents a major update: integration of seedance2 and gpt-images2 and a peek into what's next: mcp and x402 (agentic payments)try: maginary.ai read:...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) on Friday July 03, 2026 @07:25AM (#48773733)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @09:27AM (#48476010)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026) on Sunday May 10, 2026 @12:16PM (#48085189)
you'd expect people to manually fill 4-5 tabs of data after literally giving you their resume for "auto-fill"?
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026) on Sunday May 10, 2026 @04:55AM (#48082188)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania & San Francisco, CA
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) on Monday April 06, 2026 @06:52PM (#47668428)

  Location: San Francisco, CA (PT)
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:42PM (#47256838)

  Location: San Francisco, CA (PT)
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
yes, that's the point, but you will rise the ceiling the more paying users you get. as opposed to having to deal with per-user limits, you have a global limit you fully control

for example, i have 900 users, 7% paying, but it's 3-6 new users per day, it's manageable at 5 credits per user per day (non-renewable), and 20 communal (so in theory 4 users)

when i grow, i just raise the communal credits from 20 to, let's say 100, so 5x more free happy users per day. i think it's beautiful in its simplicity and flexibility

I thought offering free trials is impossible if you're a poor, but I was wrong

i finally embraced free trialsthe key is: have a shared communal amount of credits, and it's first come, first served. calculate how much you can afford at max per day and that's iti got burned by free trials in 2023 when people automated account creation to abuse the system, so i just dumped them altogether, but i think this variation is the sweet spot. thoughts?it's way harder to implement in...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Saturday February 07, 2026 @04:49PM (#46928478)
Location: San Francisco, CA (PT)

Remote: Yes (preferred)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales

Résumé/CV: Available on request

Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io

GitHub: https://github.com/xucian

hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:00PM (#46483642)
SEEKING WORK | San Francisco, CA | REMOTE Location: San Francisco, CA (PT) Remote: Yes (preferred) Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @04:26PM (#46127089)
SEEKING WORK | San Francisco, CA | REMOTE Location: San Francisco, CA (PT) Remote: Yes (preferred) Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile

looking for a fractional cto role, ideally, but I'm flexible

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:37PM (#45881281)
SEEKING WORK | San Francisco, CA | REMOTE Location: San Francisco, CA (PT) Remote: Yes (preferred)

  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales

  Résumé/CV: Available on request

  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io

  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2025) on Saturday October 04, 2025 @03:21AM (#45471331)
lots of red flags with this one. first of all, the poster conveniently omits the real jd, here and in the google doc (most important is the unpaid 3h assignment). full info:

Thanks for applying to ArcPrime, I appreciate your application!

Our interview process consists of: 1) Written interview below 2) Live behavioral interview 3) Collaborative technical project evaluation (~3 hrs) 4) Live interview with select team members 5) Offer

If you’re still interested, please complete the written interview below. Since we are a remote team and will be working mostly asynchronously, writing will be an important part of working together. Concise answers are appreciated.

WRITTEN INTERVIEW: 1. Please tell us about a time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage. 2. Please tell us in one or two sentences about the most impressive thing that you have built or achieved. 3. Tell us about things you've built before. For example apps you’ve built, websites, open source contributions. Include URLs if possible. 4. What convinced you to apply to ArcPrime? 5. What’s the longest stretch of intense work you’ve ever put in? 6. Pick a topic that you are passionate about. What's something interesting about your passion that most people wouldn't know?

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2025) on Friday October 03, 2025 @09:21AM (#45462708)
SEEKING WORK | Romania | REMOTE (or on-site USA/Sweden/Switzerland) Location: Bucharest, Romania (UTC+3) (currently)

  Remote: Yes (preferred)

  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales

  Résumé/CV: Available on request

  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io

  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile (also visiting sf for a few months)
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025) on Friday October 03, 2025 @09:08AM (#45462569)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania (UTC+3) (currently)
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Linux, Shell,PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading automation, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. more info on my profile (also visiting sf for a few months)
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025) on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:10AM (#45219097)
awesome tool bro
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025) on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:03AM (#45219060)
talking machine is so awesome! didn't know about it
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025) on Thursday September 11, 2025 @03:28PM (#45215253)
goatest cookie banner I've seen. says everything I want to know about the culture (love it, just applied)
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025) on Sunday September 07, 2025 @12:17PM (#45159526)
email not working
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025) on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:30PM (#45096801)
email not working
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025) on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:11PM (#45096640)
SEEKING WORK | Romania | REMOTE (or on-site USA/Sweden/Switzerland)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania (UTC+3) (currently)

  Remote: Yes (preferred)

  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales

  Résumé/CV: Available on request

  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io

  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. check my profile for a cross section of my brain

(also visiting sf for a few months)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025) on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:11PM (#45096639)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania (UTC+3) (currently)
  Remote: Yes (preferred)
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales
  Résumé/CV: Available on request
  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io
  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian
hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. check my profile for a cross section of my brain

(also visiting sf for a few months)

cool idea, dead internet theory needs more adoption

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