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kasrak··on Iran summons families of exiled journalists to halt their activities
Do you have a suggestion for a plausible alternative that can stop the IR government from continuing to murder thousands of its own people?
kasrak··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)
Have been working on Lightpage for the past ~18 months. It's a personal notes app that "writes back" using LLMs.

Before this, I dumped all my personal notes, ideas, journal entries, etc into Apple Notes -- I liked the simplicity. But as LLMs get smarter, I wanted to have them read my notes and proactively help move things forward.

Right now most of the early users use it as a journal. On a whim I shipped a feature a few months ago where the LLM writes you a "letter" every Sunday based on the past week's notes. That's ended up being a really popular feature.

https://lightpage.com

kasrak··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
I'm working on a personal AI notebook called Lightpage.

I've always found it useful to have scratch notes about whatever's on my mind -- a mix of journaling/reflection, planning, project ideas, notes on things I'm reading, etc. But I wanted to be able to chat with an LLM that has full context & memory from these notes.

It's been surprisingly helpful for me and some of my friends! Some ways I've used it:

- Talking through fuzzy ideas & ideas to clarify them

- Having it re-inforce the healthy habits I want to build

- Using it to reflect on feelings or whatever's been bothering me

https://lightpage.com

kasrak··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
Cool!

I've been hacking on a related side project -- in my case, I wanted something like this but for Twitter. Right now it's using gpt-3.5-turbo to cluster related Tweets & rank based on my interests.

Source is here: https://github.com/kasrak/feedpaper

kasrak··on California Covid-19 Vaccine Availability
Recipe-wise, this is a copy of the main database structure that we're using. Sharing in case it's helpful for other people spinning up similar things in other states: https://airtable.com/shrb5QLQ2DGSoau2l
kasrak··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Hi Peter,

- Are J1s being issued for software engineering interns for next summer? I thought these were paused, but not sure what the latest is.

- Would it cause problems if an H1B holder relocates to a different US state (one where the sponsor company doesn't have an office), but keeps working remotely for the same company?

Thank you.

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA or Mountain View, CA | Onsite | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

Here's a blog post about some of the technical decisions behind a recent project to add a lightweight scripting layer on top of the core product: https://airtable.news/creating-a-scripting-environment-for-a...

We're hiring software engineers for web (JavaScript + TypeScript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with diverse backgrounds. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA or Mountain View, CA | Onsite | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create their own software. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

Here's a blog post about some of the technical decisions behind a recent project to add a lightweight scripting layer on top of the core product: https://airtable.news/creating-a-scripting-environment-for-a...

We're hiring software engineers for web (JavaScript + TypeScript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA or Mountain View, CA | Onsite | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

Here's a blog post about some of the technical decisions behind a recent project to add a lightweight scripting layer on top of the core product: https://airtable.news/creating-a-scripting-environment-for-a...

We're hiring software engineers for web (JavaScript + TypeScript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA or Mountain View, CA | Onsite | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We recently launched a scripting block! You can read more about some of the technical decisions behind that project here: https://airtable.news/creating-a-scripting-environment-for-a...

We're hiring software engineers for web (JavaScript + TypeScript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?
Airtable | San Francisco, CA | Onsite or remote (USA only) | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We recently launched a scripting block! You can read more about some of the technical decisions behind that project here: https://airtable.news/creating-a-scripting-environment-for-a...

We're hiring software engineers for web (JavaScript + TypeScript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA | Onsite or remote (USA only) | Software Engineer, Product Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities. E.g. last week we launched a new scripting feature: https://blog.airtable.com/introducing-scripting-block/

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring software engineers for web (Javascript + Typescript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA | Onsite or remote (USA only) | Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring software engineers for web (Javascript + Typescript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a team with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA | Onsite or remote (USA only) | Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring software engineers for web (Javascript + Typescript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)
Airtable | San Francisco, CA | Onsite or remote (USA only) | Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, SRE

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring software engineers for web (Javascript + Typescript, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android, as well as data engineering, data science, SRE, and many other roles.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

Read about open positions and apply here: https://airtable.com/careers

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE (US only)

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)
All engineering roles are open to US-based remote candidates!
kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE (US only)

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE (US only)

Airtable's mission is to expand human productivity by letting everyone create tools to organize their world. Our current product includes a real-time collaborative database and a rich set of components for building tools using this database. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our roadmap is filled with enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE (US only)

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out https://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. Read more about our engineering culture and values here: https://www.keyvalues.com/airtable

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out http://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | REMOTE

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out http://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (Javascript + Flow, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | ONSITE

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities. To see some of the ways people are already using Airtable, check out http://airtable.com/universe

We're hiring engineers for web (JS, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)
Yep, please apply for frontend engineer and just note that you're applying as a contractor in the Additional information field at the bottom.
kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | Onsite, full-time, contractor, interns

https://airtable.com

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We're hiring for:

* Onsite full-time engineers and interns for frontend and backend (JS, Node, React)

* Remote contractors for some frontend web projects (JS, React)

People love using Airtable: https://twitter.com/airtable/timelines/566728799115440128

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. We’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | Onsite, full-time, contractor https://airtable.com

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We're hiring full-time engineers for frontend and backend (JS, Node, React). We're also looking to hire contractors for some frontend web projects (JS, React).

People love Airtable: https://twitter.com/airtable/timelines/566728799115440128

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. We’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
Airtable | Software Engineer | San Francisco | Onsite, full-time, https://airtable.com

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We're hiring engineers for web (JS, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

People love Airtable: https://twitter.com/airtable/timelines/566728799115440128

We're a small team, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. We’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)
Airtable — San Francisco, CA (ONSITE; FULL-TIME; INTERNS)

http://airtable.com

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We recently released a whole bunch of updates (gallery view, grouped records, desktop apps): https://airtable.news/a-whole-new-airtable-9acf49101956 We’re hiring engineers for web (JS, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

There are 18 of us right now, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. We’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)
Yep, we can help out with a J1.
kasrak··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)
Airtable — San Francisco, CA (ONSITE; FULL-TIME; INTERNS)

http://airtable.com

Airtable is a collaborative real-time database. Our mission is to expand human productivity by letting people create tools to organize their world. Unlike single-purpose apps, we think of Airtable as a toolkit of building blocks that people can repurpose to create their own applications. Our product roadmap is filled with interesting enhancements and additions to this toolkit that will push the boundaries of Airtable's capabilities.

We recently released a whole bunch of updates (gallery view, grouped records, desktop apps): https://airtable.news/a-whole-new-airtable-9acf49101956

We’re hiring engineers for web (JS, Node, React), iOS (Objective-C, Swift), and Android.

There are 17 of us right now, with backgrounds from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. We believe in the power of highly motivated and capable individuals to accomplish great things in small teams, with end-to-end ownership of projects and rapid iteration. We’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

You can apply here: https://airtable.com/jobs

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