HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

codebutler

74 karma · joined July 21, 2013

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/codebutler; my proof: https://keybase.io/codebutler/sigs/SKQKFcQ3OKV50EBNRC5BkDVUYJ5sgVvKK5bUe7wn2aE ]
submissionscomments
codebutler··on Protecting Yourself From Phone Theft
I wrote this guide for friends after hearing that petty thieves are becoming more sophisticated. Rather than just sell a stolen phone for parts, they watch people type their PIN and then steal money and lock the owner out of their accounts. I hope it’s useful and welcome any feedback!
codebutler··on Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?
I’m surprised to hear about your experience at Vital, I go there all the time and have never felt unwelcome for working in tech.

There’s also a weekly Saturday meetup for people who explicitly want to be social. https://www.reddit.com/r/nycmeetups/comments/13qpv7e/0527_1p...

codebutler··on Connect: A Better gRPC
Curious to see their typescript implementation and how it compares with https://github.com/stephenh/ts-proto which works great for grpc-web.
codebutler··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
Looks awesome, I'm looking forward to trying it out! A couple questions: 1) Is the desktop app electron or native? 2) Is the Mac iMessage bridge open-source?

Thanks!

codebutler··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)
Level | New York, NY (NYC) | Software Eng, Design, PM, etc.

https://level.com/

Level is hiring! We’re an NYC-based financial services company reinventing employee benefits from the ground up, starting with the $100B+ dental insurance industry. With our own payments stack and an insurance network built from the ground up, Level offers a better way for people to use and pay their benefits while helping employers control costs. Our founding team comes from companies that have simplified payments and insurance—like Square, Oscar Health, Mercer, and Uber. Based in New York, the company is backed by First Round Capital and Homebrew.

Full list of open roles here: https://grnh.se/afa38a8c3us

codebutler··on Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?
Level | NYC - New York City, NY | https://level.com/

Level is a financial services company that’s reinventing employee benefits, starting with the $100B+ dental insurance industry. With our own payments stack and an insurance network built from the ground up, Level offers a better way for people to use and pay their benefits while helping employers control costs. Our founding team comes from companies that have simplified payments and insurance—like Square, Oscar Health, Mercer, and Uber. Based in New York, the company is backed by First Round Capital and Homebrew.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90356632/time-for-a-teeth-cleani...

https://level.com/blog/introducing-level/

Hiring across all roles: https://level.com/jobs/

codebutler··on Travis Kalanick reportedly sought to reassert control at Uber after ouster
I work at Uber. This behavior is totally inappropriate and I'm really sorry to hear your friend had this experience. My Twitter DMs are open (@codebutler) if you would like to share any more detail.
codebutler··on Ask HN: What I should do with my life?
I spent a lot of time when I was in my early 20s doing consulting on projects that I wasn't very excited about. It's really easy to get stuck in a bad place and you should feel good that you've identified this as a problem for you so early.

It's so easy to lose confidence in yourself when your surroundings don't make you happy. Don't tell yourself that you aren't smart. Read up about Impostor Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome). Apply to jobs around the world that you'd enjoy even if think are out of your reach -- you'll be surprised. Companies are starved for talented passionate engineers and will pay for relocation and invest time in training.

I'm happy to chat more, hit me up at eric@codebutler.com.

codebutler··on Shout – A web IRC client
TapChat is similar, has web and Android apps: http://tapchatapp.com/
codebutler··on Instagram iOS session hijack
Hi, I'm the author of Firesheep. The code in git master should work with recent versions of Firefox, but there is an issue when running on recent versions of OS X related to elevating privileges. If you manually setuid the firesheep-backend binary, it might work. Let me know if you're interested in helping to fix this! Writing a handler for this Instagram vulnerability should be trivial.
codebutler··on SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, and the Flaw Could Affect Millions of Phones
Yes, ISIS uses SIM applets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(mobile_payment_system)

Google Wallet uses the same type of applets but stored in the phone's SE rather than the SIM card.