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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026) on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:26AM (#50339248)
Location: Remote; I work US and EU hours Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, to the US Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL, Python; Claude Code and Codex harnesses (skills, hooks, MCP), LLM evals (Braintrust), LiteLLM Résumé/CV: https://zernie.com · https://linkedin.com/in/zernie Email: [email protected]

Senior full-stack engineer, 10+ years, mostly for North American startups. Looking for part-time or contract work, up to 3 days a week. Plain full-stack (Rails, React/Next.js, Node) is as welcome as AI work.

- Founded Archive's Claude Code and Codex harness (sole author for its first six months, #1 contributor since); #1 contributor to its ~252,000-line TypeScript/React frontend. - Creator of vigiles (https://github.com/zernie/vigiles), an open-source verifier for coding-agent harnesses: CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md rules, skills, hooks. - Sole author, AgenticDev '26 (ACM): across 140 runs, neither of the two most-starred token-saving tools for coding agents lowered the actual bill.

If your team's coding-agent bill keeps growing, I also audit it: you get the monthly number and what to cut. https://zernie.com/audit

This is why you should never ever trust an AI coding agent to produce good code.

Use it to set up the strictest possible custom linting rules.

Re:An Introduction to Solid Queue for Ruby on Rails on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:40PM (#43955415)
PostgreSQL is quite terrible at OLAP, though. We got a few orders of magnitude performance improvement in some aggregation queries by rewriting them with ClickHouse. It's incredible at it.

My rule of thumb is: PG for transactional data consistency, Clickhouse for OLAP. Maybe Elasticsearch if a full-text search is really needed.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (May 2019) on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:40AM (#19818307)
SEEKING WORK | Eastern Europe | Remote: yes | Travel & willingness to relocate: Depending on the place

Technologies: Ruby on Rails 4+, React.js & Redux, Webpack, Bootstrap, Semantic UI, Typescript, SQL.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zernie/

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/zernie

I'm currently working as a senior full-stack dev on a startup that has already raised more than 3 million USD in investments. Contact me immediately if you have any questions or proposals, I'm always happy to chat.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (April 2019) on Monday April 01, 2019 @01:19PM (#19545658)
Location: Eastern Europe Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Depending on the place

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React.js/Redux, Rspec, Typescript, SQL, CSS;

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zernie/

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/zernie

I'm currently working as a senior full-stack dev on a blockhain startup that has raised more than 3 million $ in investments. My hourly rates are reasonable and negotiable.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2018) on Friday December 07, 2018 @01:58PM (#18630474)
Location: Eastern Europe

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Depending on the place

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React.js/Redux, Rspec, Typescript, SQL, CSS;

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zernie/

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/zernie

I'm currently working as a senior full-stack dev on a blockhain startup that has raised more than 3 million $ in investments. My hourly rates are reasonable and negotiable.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2018) on Friday December 07, 2018 @01:55PM (#18630443)
SEEKING WORK Remote: yes

Location: Eastern Europe

Skills: Ruby on Rails, React.js/Redux, Rspec, Typescript, SQL, CSS;

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/zernie

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zernie/

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I'm currently working as a senior full-stack dev on a blockhain startup that has raised more than 3 million $ in investments. My hourly rates are reasonable and negotiable.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2018) on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:18PM (#17031058)
SEEKING WORK | Software Developer | Eastern Europe, Remote / visa sponsorship / travel possible

Skills: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React.js, Redux,

Github: https://github.com/zernie LinkedIn Profile: http://linkedin.com/zernie

I have more than two years under my belt working as a remote Ruby on Rails/ React.js dev. Currently working on blockchain-based projects.

I use the following tools & technologies on a daily basis: Ruby on Rails (4-5), Rspec, Capistrano, Capybara, React.js, Redux, jQuery, Stimulus.js, MySQl, PostgreSQL, Boostrap, Semantic UI.

I prefer part-time positions with 20-30 of hours work per week.

Email: zergetaev[at]gmail.com