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izendejas··on Pass-Through of Tariffs: Evidence from European Wine Imports
The thing too many forget is that if we didn't flatten the curve our entire medical system was going to collapse. It's insane that people don't yet understand this concept and can't even empathize with medical professionals. Yes, we all struggled, but try talking to medical professionals to see how they did.

When something doesn't happen because enough measures were taken, then it wasn't worth it because it didn't happen?

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022)
Appreciate the feedback. I'm trying to avoid more spam, is all.
izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022)
DataGrail | Software Engineers, ML Engineers, Product Managers | Full-Time, Remote

Help us solve one of the most important problems of the decade: privacy.

Now more than ever individuals need to be in control of their privacy and identity--that is our vision.

We're a fast-growing, Series C startup (raised recently despite the downturn), working with some of the best brands who get this, and are built on trust.

For the ML role, you'll be working with me, DG co-founder, to classify data in a privacy-preserving way, amongst other cool challenges. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering + well-rounded ml chops, and can build solutions end-to-end. Bonus points if you're entrepreneurial. We've had a couple of people start companies, and more in the pipeline.

Reach out directly hnUsername.substring(0,2) at datagrail.io.

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)
DataGrail | Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) | Onsite in San Francisco (once opened) or Fully Remote

We're building a data privacy platform that ensures data privacy doesn't suck.

As more regions implement privacy laws, most companies are challenged to comply. Our platform streamlines this entire process while enabling companies to give their users more control and transparency over their data.

We are currently powering privacy for many well-known orgs, and have continued with very healthy growth despite the times.

We're looking for someone with 5+ years of experience to help shape our frontend architecture and build great experiences.

Tech Stack: React, Styled Components, Jest, Ruby/Rails, Postgres, and more

If you'd like to learn more, email me at (let domain = "datagrail.io"; "iz"+"@"+domain)

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite / Remote

https://datagrail.io/careers

Help us build data privacy as a service.

Data privacy / data protection should be a no-brainer, but the reality is that many organizations were not built with privacy in mind (the HN crowd knows all too well), so we're looking to make this not suck. In doing so, we'll give consumers better control over their data without all the needless hurdles one currently confronts.

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, rds, athena, etc) * ruby/rails, react * a bit of python, go and likely to grow * integrations with redshift, mysql, oracle db, snowflake, s3 data lakes, and more.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height
That's because, ML and operations-research problems can be simplified to set of optimization problems and the underlying math and statistics are all very similar if not identical in some cases.

And the input matters, a lot. So the differentiating factor isn't the models, it's the data and companies like Google figured it out a long time ago.

In short, find interesting problems, then the solutions -- not the other way around.

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $130k - $200k + equity | Onsite

Help us build a data privacy platform.

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer, but the reality is that many organizations are ill-prepared to comply with privacy laws, so we're helping to streamline the entire process. In doing so, we will help give users more control over their personal data.

We integrate with many saas solutions, data lakes (s3 + json/parquet/orc/etc) and data warehouses (redshift, snowflake, etc) to easily access, delete and/or anonymize data.

We have very healthy growth.

We're currently looking to hire someone with 5+ years experience, and preferably a seasoned frontend engineer, or a backend engineer with experience on various backend systems.

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, rds, athena, etc) * ruby/rails, react, python, go * postgres, redis, s3

Experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Ask HN: How do you make sure your servers are up as a single founder?
I'd love to recommend pingdom, or a service like it. I'm in no way affiliated with them, just a very happy customer and one of those products where I'm jelly I didn't come up with the idea. It integrates very nicely with pagerduty and slack/sms, etc.

It's just extra redundancy in case something like cloudwatch (which you should use -- with ELBs) also goes down.

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $130k - $180k + equity | Onsite

Help us build a data privacy platform.

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer, but the reality is that many organizations are ill-prepared to give consumers more transparency and control over their personal data.

We're building a SaaS that integrates with other services, data lakes (s3 + json/parquet/orc/etc) and data warehouses (redshift, snowflake, etc) to easily access, delete and/or anonymize data.. and more.

We have paying customers and a very healthy sales pipeline.

Our stack (and growing): * aws (codepipeline, rds, kinesis, athena, etc)

* ruby/rails, react, python, go

* postgres, redis, s3

* experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

Join our stellar, diverse team including two engineers who found us here on HN -- email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $130k - $180k + equity | Onsite

Help us build a data privacy platform.

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer, but the reality is that many organizations are ill-prepared to comply with privacy laws, so we're helping to streamline the entire process. In doing so, we will help give users more control over their personal data.

We integrate with many saas solutions, data lakes (s3 + json/parquet/orc/etc) and data warehouses (redshift, snowflake, etc) to easily access, delete and/or anonymize data.

We have paying customers and have plenty of runway.

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, rds, athena, etc) * ruby/rails, react, python, go * postgres, redis, s3

Experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
This. Everyone's missing the point of a search engine.

We're talking about billions of pages and if not ranked (authority is a good hueristic), filtered (de-ranked), etc then good luck finding valuable information because everyone is gaming the systems to improve their ranking.

I think this is part of the reason you get a lot of fake news on social media. It's a constant stream of information (a new dimension of time has been added to the ranking, basically) that needs to be ranked and with humans in the loop, there's no way to do this very easily without filtering for noise and outright malicious content.

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $130k - $180k + 0.1% - %0.5 | ONSITE

Help us build a data privacy platform.

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer, but the reality is that many organizations are ill-prepared to comply with privacy laws, so we're helping to streamline the entire process. In doing so, we believe this will help give users more control over their personal data.

We integrate with many saas solutions, data lakes (s3 + json/parquet/orc/etc) and data warehouses (redshift, snowflake, etc) to easily access, delete and/or anonymize data.

We have paying customers and have raised over $4m (with plenty of runway).

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, rds, athena, etc)

* ruby/rails, react, go

* postgres, redis, s3

Experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Francisco | $120k - $170k + 0.25% - %1 | ONSITE

We're building integrations into dozens of SaaS/PaaS to make it easier for companies to fulfill data access, data deletions and opt outs as required by the GDPR and/or the new California privacy bill (CCPA).

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer. But the reality is many departments within organizations are not well-equipped to comply, so we're helping to make that a more seamless process. In doing so, we think this will help give users more control over their personal data.

We have paying customers and have recently raised $4.2m.

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, elasticbeanstalk, rds, lambda, kinesis, athena, etc)

* ruby/rails, go, react

* postgres, redis, s3

Looking for 3+ yrs exp for software engineer and 5+ yrs exp for a senior software engineer.

Experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on AT&T says it’ll stop selling location data amid calls for federal investigation
California recently passed legislation that will kick in Jan 1, 2020: https://www.caprivacy.org/

The CCPA explicitly prohibits the re-sale of personal data, so it will at least impact the demand from data resellers of the location data in question, for example -- in theory, anyway.

It also gives consumers the right to request their personal data be deleted. It's, however, unclear how this would impact location data telcos are selling.

As other states begin to consider their own legislation, many are pushing for federal legislation that supersedes state laws, for obvious reasons. That will be worth keeping an eye on.

izendejas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)
DataGrail | Senior / Software Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $120k - $160k + 0.25% - %1 | ONSITE

We're an early-stage startup building integrations into dozens of SaaS/PaaS to make it easier for companies to fulfill data access, data deletions and opt outs as required by the GDPR and the new California privacy bill (CCPA).

Data privacy and data protection should be a no-brainer. But the reality is many departments within organizations are not well-equipped to comply, so we're trying to help make that a more seamless process. In doing so, we think this will help give users more control over their personal data.

We have paying customers and have recently raised $4.2m.

Our stack (and growing):

* aws (codedeploy, elasticbeanstalk, rds, lambda, kinesis, athena, etc)

* ruby/rails, go

* postgres, redis, s3

Looking for 3+ yrs exp for software engineer and 5+ yrs exp for a senior software engineer.

Experience with data engineering or data science a plus.

If interested, email me (co-founder & cto): iz|at|datagrail.io

izendejas··on Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
I'm a naturalized American and I've always understood straw man fallacies are universal. Thanks for confirming that bias.
izendejas··on Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
Why not? Take 'em one at a time. And let's start with our backyard because why not, it's easier to see the damage.

Your rationale seems to be: Microsoft is not consistently moral, so they should not take any moral stances. Well, then, I hate to break it to you, but progress is suuuuuper slow. That doesn't mean we never seek it.

izendejas··on Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
Let's start with the allocation problem before we get into the scarcity issue.

We're perfectly ok spending millions to pay for bombs. And we were perfectly okay with funding dictators in Central America, for example, all of which led to crises in those countries which led to mass migration. And now here we are.

And btw, Nicaragua -- the same country where contras where illegally funded by the Reagan administration to combat the socialists there -- is now again close to civil war. Their socialist leader (Ortega) gets to use the US as a scapegoat (much like Chavez in Venezuela) and his loyal followers buy that stuff. Frankly, many people still remember what the US did in those countries, so I don't entirely blame them.

So now tell me why you're worried about social programs when our military takes the pie in spending and that clearly hasn't been put to good use?

izendejas··on Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
I appreciate that legal immigration (as if people doing so illegally didn't wish this was an option for them, also) is an important issue for you, but other people matter, also.

The kids aren't doing so well right now. You or anyone you care about are not being detained away from family, so let's at least be thankful for that. This to me isn't even a political issue, it's a human rights issue. And to top it off you have an administration that is flat-out lying every chance they get, contradicting themselves in pathetic ways.

izendejas··on Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
This. If you really want to stop illegal immigration you go after employers who hire them. But even our president is content with hiring them, just not treating them like humans with certain inalienable rights.
izendejas··on Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
i like to use a lime/lemon. figure the acidity may help kill off some bacteria with the acidity and the vapor once the grill is hot.
izendejas··on Mark Zuckerberg on the next 10 years of Facebook
I wish people understood you just can't go into a foreign country and do whatever the hell you want.

I think it comes down to how one measures progress. Sometimes you have to work with corrupt governments and monopolies because the alternative is really null. I'd much rather give a lot of people access to basic services than no access at all--in fact, one hypothesis is that people will eventually be able to afford standard internet service (censored or not).

Eventually, more informed citizens will demand better regulations and more accountability from said corrupt organizations. We can't do it for them, they need to do it but they must first be empowered. Hell, a lot of the people who will benefit could care less about net neutrality when they're starving and have very few opportunities!

It's the startup way--minus the complete disruption, isn't it? MVP, then iterate, iterate... A complete disruption is just laughably impractical.

Disclaimer: I used to work at Facebook, but these opinions are entirely my own.

izendejas··on Microsoft's Bing Isn't a Joke Anymore
Bing does not support literal searches. This is a dealbreaker for me, particularly since their language models aren't very precise if at all employed.

I believe this is why many developers will find Google is a lot better. A lot of our searches are very specific error messages, for example.

izendejas··on The Barbell Effect of Machine Learning
On the first statement, I think it's mostly right and he's merely just re-stating what Peter Norvig has stated all along albeit not as precisely.

On the second statement, I believe you both missed the point. Google was able to acquire click-through data which helped train it's rankin algorithms better by establishing the partnerships with Yahoo and AOL. It was the implicit feedback, not the crawled data that helped. But that obviously wasn't the only factor--having very smart engineers/scientists matters. But I think now that a lot more is open sourced, computing power is cheaper, etc the OPs thesis is that data is now the hardest thing to come by, and on this I fully agree.

izendejas··on Hyperlapse, Instagram's new video stabilization app
I was using Instagram Hyperlapse before the MSR paper was published. It came out of a Hackathon project at Facebook.

And yes, the concept existed well before both.

Note: FB employee.

izendejas··on HauteDay (YC S14), A Gamified Shopping Site
The copy could use a lot of help in general: http://hauteday.com/how/

- The item that receives the most “hearts” from the community wins the contest and the person who originally submitted the items get’s it bought and paid for by us, including shipping!

- Haute Day is open to anyone, both to submit an item and also to vote, or heart, as many products as you’d like each and every day. [to vote as many products doesn't work; it's also very ambiguous. just rephrase.]

izendejas··on Ask HN: I was hired and unhired in 2 weeks, for no reason
Yep, you'll be better off, but these people should have given you a severance package and if I were in their position, I would have offered to help you find a job.
izendejas··on How I'm using Twitter to acquire 100 uniques a day for my startup
Not sure what your budget is like, but here's one that does entity extraction and classification.

https://www.mashape.com/jetlore-dev/semantic-text-processing...

Demo:

http://dev.jetlore.com/tech-demo/text-processing-api/entity-...

Disclosure: I used to work for Jetlore.

izendejas··on YouTube Founders to Sell Delicious, a Social Bookmarking Site
Pinterest is as good an execution of bookmarking (even if not thought about this way) as I've seen. What sets it apart is that content is very visual, organized by content and boards (directories) and easily discoverable. I visited delicious again, and all I see are tags and page titles.
izendejas··on Putting the Chat into Snapchat
That's the first thing that came to mind and I couldn't have said it better. I want to use facetime/skype with family/close friends, but it's just so awkward and cumbersome to get on a call.
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