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arthurgibson··on I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
A little over reaction here, they were very open about the process. Lets not take down the horse before the carriage. The article mentions they started "park.io" which was backordering domains, so at minimum expertise and some relevancy exists (was acquired).

Lets look at Friendster from a less foggier lense, its an attempt in the right direction. Use it or don't use it.

arthurgibson··on GSA Eliminates 18F
18f.gsa.gov - https://web.archive.org/web/20250301115820/https://18f.gsa.g...
arthurgibson··on Please don't make me use another QR code restaurant menu
This reads like a farewell and it probably is the next generation of dining. In North America the workforce isn’t there to staff restaurants and some of these digital menus allow you to order without staff needing to support it.

We should start to encourage some online menu standards though to welcome it in.

arthurgibson··on Airlines lobbying FAA to have only one pilot in the cockpit
I view this as more of a public safety concern. There are plenty of areas to cut costs imo.
arthurgibson··on Poll: Would You Work for Elon?
I’d invest in any company he runs, good enough middle ground without drama.
arthurgibson··on Orkut
no https..

looks like changed from Jan 2022 -> https://web.archive.org/web/20220203014234/http://www.orkut....

arthurgibson··on Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites
I've been using this web app built by typesense as a demo, the non-clutter is ideal: https://recipe-search.typesense.org/

prev: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25365397

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)
Zaya Care | Frontend Engineer | Full-Time | Remote (U.S) or NYC (in-office) https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaya-care

Zaya is a venture backed startup on a mission to help mothers afford full-spectrum maternity care. By enabling previously out-of-network specialists to take insurance at rewarding terms, providers can grow their practice, while allowing a more diverse population of parents to access their services.

We are looking for individuals who are driven to set lofty goals, work together, learn incessantly, and build for impact. Our engineering team consists of prev. YC startup founder and Microsoft alum.

Our stack is Node.js, React, Next.js on AWS.

Open Roles:

Frontend Engineer (4+ years) - https://www.notion.so/Frontend-Engineer-35ad6ec14efc46f7b539...

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
Zaya Care | Frontend Engineer | Full-Time | Remote (U.S) or NYC (in-office) https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaya-care

Zaya is a venture backed startup on a mission to help mothers afford full-spectrum maternity care. By enabling previously out-of-network specialists to take insurance at rewarding terms, providers can grow their practice, while allowing a more diverse population of parents to access their services.

We are looking for individuals who are driven to set lofty goals, work together, learn incessantly, and build for impact. Our engineering team consists of prev. YC startup founder and Microsoft alum.

Our stack is Node.js, React, Next.js on AWS.

Open Roles:

Frontend Engineer (4+ years) - https://www.notion.so/Frontend-Engineer-35ad6ec14efc46f7b539...

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
Zaya Care | Frontend, Backend Engineer | Full-Time | Remote (U.S) or NYC (in-office) https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaya-care

Zaya is a venture backed startup on a mission to help mothers afford full-spectrum maternity care. By enabling previously out-of-network specialists to take insurance at rewarding terms, providers can grow their practice, while allowing a more diverse population of parents to access their services.

We are looking for individuals who are driven to set lofty goals, work together, learn incessantly, and build for impact.

Our stack is Node.js, React, Next.js on AWS.

Open Roles:

Frontend Engineer (4+ years) - https://www.notion.so/Frontend-Engineer-35ad6ec14efc46f7b539...

Backend Engineer (healthcare|fintech experience) - https://www.notion.so/Backend-Engineer-5fb6fea0d5044db39fce0...

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Zaya Care | Frontend, Backend Engineer | Full-Time | Remote or NYC (US Only) https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaya-care

Zaya is a venture backed startup on a mission to help mothers afford full-spectrum maternity care. By enabling previously out-of-network specialists to take insurance at rewarding terms, providers can grow their practice, while allowing a more diverse population of parents to access their services.

We are looking for individuals who are driven to set lofty goals, work together, learn incessantly, and build for impact.

Our stack is Node.js, React, Next.js on AWS.

Open Roles:

Frontend Engineer (4+ years) - https://www.notion.so/Frontend-Engineer-35ad6ec14efc46f7b539...

Backend Engineer (healthcare|fintech experience) - https://www.notion.so/Backend-Engineer-5fb6fea0d5044db39fce0...

Head of Marketing - https://www.notion.so/Zaya-s-Job-Board-052aad2021494f5190de4...

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)
Zaya Care | Frontend Engineer | Full-Time | Remote or NYC (US Only)

https://www.linkedin.com/company/zaya-care

Zaya is a venture backed startup on a mission to help mothers afford full-spectrum maternity care. By enabling previously out-of-network specialists to take insurance at rewarding terms, providers can grow their practice, while allowing a more diverse population of parents to access their services.

We are looking for individuals who are driven to set lofty goals, work together, learn incessantly, and build for impact.

Our stack is Node.js, React, Next.js

Open Roles:

Frontend Engineer - https://www.notion.so/Frontend-Engineer-35ad6ec14efc46f7b539...

Backend Engineer - https://www.notion.so/Backend-Engineer-5fb6fea0d5044db39fce0...

Head of Brand - https://www.notion.so/Head-of-Brand-7796e5fb3b694b1f95539253...

arthurgibson··on Warriors to play without fans in crowd following San Francisco order
A little more clarifying, but theres at least 18,000~ fans per Warriors home game, lots of money to be lost ($140~/fan). - http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2018/09/30/measuring...
arthurgibson··on Amazon Ring went from a smart doorbell company to a surveillance network
not at all, amazon acquired them. its a little different from the start, similar path to Nest and Dropcam for google.
arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)
Bose | Mobile SDK Lead, Frontend JS Senior Engineer - AR/ Wearables Eng | Boston, MA

Mobile AR/Wearables SDK Lead

Hiring an iOS and generally a mobile SDK lead for our Wearables and Audio AR platform. You would be responsible for driving software innovation with our latest IMU enabled Bose Headphones and Glasses. See: http://developer.bose.com for AR/Wearables SDK

Apply here: https://boseallaboutme.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bose_Care...

Frontend JS Senior Engineer

You will be working directly on our AR Creator platform that includes building out web tools for Spatial Audio, Interactive Stories, and Tours. Looking for people who are excited to push AR concepts into the world using our Bose Frames and Headphones.

Apply here: https://boseallaboutme.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bose_Care...

Work in our new Boston Landing location, our team has a flexible remote schedule and team members are encouraged to drive decisions and focus in the AR and Wearables space.

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)
Bose | Boston, MA

Hiring an iOS and generally a mobile SDK lead for our Wearables and Audio AR platform. You would be responsible for driving software innovation with our latest IMU enabled Bose Headphones and Glasses. Option to locate in our new Boston Landing option, where most of team will be.

https://boseallaboutme.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bose_Care...

See: developer.bose.com for AR/Wearables SDK.

Also we will be hiring a Frontend JS senior engineer, and Backend Senior or Principal engineer in next month to round out Wearables and AR platform team. Please contact me directly for more info. username@gmail

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)
SportsMe | IOS Engineer, Backend Engineer, Mobile Designer | Boston,MA | Onsite | https://getsportsme.com SportsMe, the fan conversation platform. We are a sports focused media platform that allows fans to be the experts on their favorite teams, players and general knowledge of the game. Our first product has been the SportsMe IOS app(https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886) that allows you to take on your friends, fellow fans, and rivals in 30 second video debates on trending sports topics. We are tired of listening to the same talking heads of sports and their network directed opinions, we are changing the way fans obtain their sports news and opinions with a platform truly driven by the people with the best voice, the fans.

The stack is fully deployed on AWS Lambda, RDS, and using GraphQL. We run the backend on Node.js. We use a combination of Swift, Firebase, and Apollo-GraphQL to power the IOS app.

Current Product: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886

Apply and Find Job descriptions via: https://getsportsme.com/jobs

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
SportsMe | IOS Engineer, Backend Engineer, Mobile Designer | Boston,MA | Onsite | https://getsportsme.com

SportsMe, the fan conversation platform. We are a sports focused media platform that allows fans to be the experts on their favorite teams, players and general knowledge of the game. Our first product has been the SportsMe IOS app(https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886) that allows you to take on your friends, fellow fans, and rivals in 30 second video debates on trending sports topics. We are tired of listening to the same talking heads of sports and their network directed opinions, we are changing the way fans obtain their sports news and opinions with a platform truly driven by the people with the best voice, the fans.

The stack is fully deployed on AWS Lambda, RDS, and using GraphQL. We run the backend on Node.js. We use a combination of Swift, Firebase, and Apollo-GraphQL to power the IOS app.

Current Product: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886

Apply and Find Job descriptions via: https://getsportsme.com/jobs

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
SportsMe | IOS Engineer, Backend Engineer, Mobile Designer | Boston,MA | Onsite | https://getsportsme.com

SportsMe, the fan conversation platform. We are a sports focused media platform that allows fans to be the experts on their favorite teams, players and general knowledge of the game. Our first product has been the SportsMe IOS app(https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886) that allows you to take on your friends, fellow fans, and rivals in 30 second video debates on trending sports topics. We are tired of listening to the same talking heads of sports and their network directed opinions, we are changing the way fans obtain their sports news and opinions with a platform truly driven by the people with the best voice, the fans.

The stack is fully deployed on AWS Lambda, RDS, and using GraphQL. We run the backend on Node.js. We use a combination of Swift, Firebase, and Apollo-GraphQL to power the IOS app.

Current Product: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886 Apply and Find Job descriptions via: via https://getsportsme.com/jobs

arthurgibson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
SportsMe | IOS Engineer, Backend Engineer, Mobile Designer | Boston,MA | Onsite | https://getsportsme.com

SportsMe, the fan conversation platform. We are a sports focused media platform that allows fans to be the experts on their favorite teams, players and general knowledge of the game. Our first product has been the SportsMe IOS app(https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886) that allows you to take on your friends, fellow fans, and rivals in 30 second video debates on trending sports topics. We are tired of listening to the same talking heads of sports and their network directed opinions, we are changing the way fans obtain their sports news and opinions with a platform truly driven by the people with the best voice, the fans.

The stack is fully deployed on AWS Lambda, RDS, and using GraphQL. We run the backend on Node.js. We use a combination of Swift, Firebase, and Apollo-GraphQL to power the IOS app.

Current Product: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1291610886

Apply and Find Job descriptions via: via https://getsportsme.com/jobs

arthurgibson··on New Remote-First Formula and Updated Salary Calculator
I'm going to target in on "bad life choice", most people end up where family are, especially if they have kids, schools are good, jobs are available. I don't think anyone who works remote starts in Nashville then goes to NYC on some thought they could get a salary increase to cover.
arthurgibson··on How Bad Are Zillow “Zestimates”?
Thats interesting, why would the seller have any control over the appraisal? The mortgage broker who requests the appraisal is typically working with the buyer.
arthurgibson··on Instagram trademark application for “GRAM”
Went down a rabbit hole and ended up with Guy Goma's famous BBC interview on the verdict of Apple Corp vs Apple Computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Goma

https://vimeo.com/108900641

arthurgibson··on FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor
"Drexler and Staton have both pleaded not guilty to capital murder, aggravated robbery and other charges in the deaths of the c, who were both 66."

Is it just acceptable at this point to publish AP content with typos?

arthurgibson··on Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor crash
Sounds like we need a self-driving bus.
arthurgibson··on How the Food Industry Engineers the Need to Eat
The Salt,Sugar,Fat book is great. Sections on Coke's tactics to get everyone hooked in 3rd world countries and the government cheese program are disturbing.
arthurgibson··on Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monument in Brooklyn
Google image search agrees with you: http://bit.ly/1CdboIs

note: jack from "the shining" shows up

arthurgibson··on Twitter’s Got a New Harassment Problem: Periscope
Yea I felt a chatroulette-esque experience coming from this app. I think with Twitter at the helm, there is a team ready to make this right.
arthurgibson··on Facebook’s Embedded Player Is Broken, Here’s What They Can Fix to Fix It
Happy to try and help here shoot a note over to support@embed.ly. Analytics is definitely an important part of embedding.
arthurgibson··on Which Companies Wasted the Most Money on Super Bowl Commercials?
Wow, bank error in your favor. It looks like we had everything inflated by 10X. Appreciate you pointing this out and surprised no one else caught this including us. We're updating the post to reflect and will throw a mention in there.
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