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gauravgupta

31 karma · joined June 25, 2008

Founder at SquareBoat - We build awesome mobile and web applications for startups.

url: http://squareboat.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravgupta123 email: gauravgupta123@gmail.com

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gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2018)
SEEKING WORK - New Delhi, India Web/Mobile development

Portfolio & Information: https://squareboat.com/ Contact: gauravgupta@squareboat.com

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: What are the things keep in mind while giving/preparing for a tech talk?
Here's a blogpost I wrote on dos/donts of giving tech talks - https://medium.com/@gauravgupta/make-a-powerful-point-the-ne...
gauravgupta··on Show HN: My dashboard to monitor multiple AWS accounts
Hey guys, founder of Spectrum here. If you have any questions about Spectrum, reach me on gaurav@spectrumapp.io :)
gauravgupta··on Show HN: Spectrum for AWS Cloudwatch
It's a valid point. Spectrum is free for now, but eventually there would be some paid plans as well.
gauravgupta··on Show HN: Spectrum for AWS Cloudwatch
Link: https://spectrumapp.io
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Success stories of co-founders that met online?
Me (Gaurav Gupta) and my co-founder on Hackr.io (Saurabh Hooda) met online and we started work in a client/vendor relationship on Lenro.co, Saurabh's original startup. I was running SquareBoat (an app/web development company based in New Delhi) and Saurabh contacted me to build Lenro.co for him.

Two years later, Saurabh decided to close it down but we had by then seen each other's style of working. So for our next startup, we just decided to do it together as co-founders.

Hackr.io is doing well and remains as one of the All-Time Top 50 Hunts on Product Hunt till date.

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)
SEEKING WORK / New Delhi or Remote

I'm a full-stack developer with about 9 years of work experience who's worked with several startups in the past including SlideShare-LinkedIn, Naukri.com etc. in various senior engineering and system architect roles. I started SquareBoat in 2013 - a company to help startups build and scale successful web and mobile products.

Here are some links to my profiles:

Company - http://www.squareboat.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravgupta123 Personal - http://gauravgupta.in

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016)
Location: New Delhi, India Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: PHP, Laravel, AWS, HTML/CSS, Android, iOS, Angular, React Résumé/CV: http://gauravgupta.in Email: gauravgupta123@gmail.com

I'm a full-stack developer with about 8 years of work experience who's worked with several startups in the past including SlideShare-LinkedIn, Naukri.com etc. in various senior engineering and system architect roles.

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Is it worth paying for a Coursera course?
There is enough free educational material on the web (google for Hackr.io etc.) What is the point of paying for a course if good (sometimes even better!) stuff is available for free?
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: What are some good React tutorials?
My usual go-to website for tutorials: http://hackr.io/tutorials/react
gauravgupta··on What are your unordinary/unusual suggestions for finding a technical co-founder?
Plenty of people are working as "Cloud CTO's" these days - Basically senior developers (with or without a team of their own) who can help you architect, build and scale your products. Some work on cash, some purely on equity also. They will also offer solid tech advice on other aspects like SEO, Digital Marketing etc. though they may not be experts in those.

In my experience, good technical guys are either blocked by large corporations (the Google's and Microsoft's of the world) or are doing something of their own, so finding good cofounder/CTO talent is a big challenge. The cloud CTO model has worked well for a surprisingly large number of startups.

Disclosure: I work on the same model as well.

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Courses like Coursera or Udemy but without the videos?
Have you tried http://hackr.io?
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: What's your 1-man startup?
http://hackr.io was pretty much a 1-man startup for a long time. It's only recently that we got a couple of more people on it.
gauravgupta··on List of freely available Programming Books
Any specific ones you recommend? Try adding them to - http://hackr.io
gauravgupta··on Free copies of Intermediate Python
And also on - http://hackr.io
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Hacker News style site for programming tutorials
@gurisingh - I'm the founder of Hackr.io and we need plenty of help in running this site :) How about working on it together?
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: What open source projects do you wish existed?
Open source versions of GMail, Google Calendar and Google Apps.
gauravgupta··on How to Become a Great JavaScript Developer
I personally like to follow the best (and frequently updated) tutorials on crowdsourced tutorial websites like Hackr.io for example. Just my 2 cents.
gauravgupta··on JavaScript.com a place to learn to code
Seems like an interesting concept, but I still find crowdsourced tutorial websites far better and up-to-date. Example: http://hackr.io/tutorials/javascript
gauravgupta··on Servers for Hackers
Excellent stuff! Exactly the kind of things I'm looking to learn as a developer. I'm posting this to Hackr.io as well.
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: How do I learn how to become a good sysadmin?
I would recommend following Hackr's System Administration section. It's been my starting point for most sysadmin learning I have had so far (even though I am a software developer) - http://hackr.io/tutorials/system-administration
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)
SEEKING WORK - New Delhi (India), REMOTE

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Backbone.js, jQuery, MongoDB, AWS

Bio: Ex-SlideShare developer with 8+ years of experience. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravgupta123 E-mail: gauravgupta123@gmail.com

gauravgupta··on Show HN: Hackr.io – Share and discover the best programming tutorials and courses
This product was #1 on Reddit Programming yesterday but did not receive any love on HN. Why? :(

http://www.reddit.com/domain/hackr.io/

gauravgupta··on Hackr.io – Share and Discover the best programming tutorials online
Yeah, I noticed that a lot of developers keep looking for tutorials on a topic but often don't realize that the official documentation is a gem in itself.
gauravgupta··on Show HN: SQL Teaching – Codecademy for SQL
Looks useful. You should submit this on http://hackr.io as well.
gauravgupta··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2014)
SEEKING WORK - New Delhi (India), Remote

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Javascript, Backbone.js, jQuery, MongoDB, AWS

Resume: http://www.gauravgupta.in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravgupta123 Email: gauravgupta123@gmail.com

I have over 7 years of work experience in developing and maintaining large and scalable Web 2.0 applications end-to-end (Conceptualization, Design/UI, Backend and Frontend Coding, Deployment, Server Management, Uptime, Performance, Scalability etc.). People like to call me a "full stack" developer. I have worked for several top-notch web companies in India including Slideshare-LinkedIn, Naukri.com, Educomp, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research etc.

gauravgupta··on Ask HN: What small webapps do you know that have a large audience?
https://clippod.com - Great social plugin for Google Calendar.
gauravgupta··on 'Why Kids Sext' Describes Nude Photos as 'Social Currency' Among Teens
"Oh, [it's like] the guys are collecting baseball cards or Pokemon cards."

I don't know if I should find this alarming or whether people like me are now "outdated"

gauravgupta··on Offer HN: I will build you a working MVP for $3000
"most of the work I have done is invisible" -

1. Yes, but you could mention the name of those mobile apps. 2. You can ask your clients to mention your name in humans.txt

Just my 2 cents to make your case stronger.

gauravgupta··on Shutting down Uber in India was unwise
Not a direct competitor, but Ola Cabs comes close.
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