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ex_amazon_seon Ask HN: Which language for writing a fast, distributable command-line tool?

You are looking for Nim: Python-like syntax, faster than Go, statically compiled.

ex_amazon_seon Show HN: Dependency CI – Continuous testing for your dependencies

Can you please support Deb packages as well? Thanks

ex_amazon_seon Show HN: Why the most popular ways to do good in careers aren’t best

> selling products to people in the top 10% of global incomes

No, the majority of customers are big corporation with a very large customer base (aka lower and middle class). The customers are the ones ultimately paying for that - e.g. when they buy food at McDonalds.

ex_amazon_seon We Only Hire the Best

> The recruiting process is deliberately set up to yield a lot of false negatives

Absolutely. There are a hundred bad candidates for every good one, but large companies reject good ones as well will bullshit justifications for a reason: rejection keep salaries down.

ex_amazon_seon Linux Sysadmin/DevOps Interview Questions

Ex Amazon syseng here. Please be advised that the questions are really basic, even the "hard" ones and won't get you very far in an interview in various companies.