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James Smith, British entrepreneur and software engineer based in San Francisco.

I'm the co-founder of Bugsnag (https://www.bugsnag.com), a popular real-time crash detection service for mobile and web applications, with Simon Maynard. I previously led the product team as CTO of Heyzap (YC W09), helping scale the company to over 8 million users.

I've also built a number of popular open-source projects which you can find on GitHub (https://github.com/loopj).

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loopj··on WavePhoenix – Open-source implementation of the Nintendo WaveBird protocol
I have two things going for me here, 1) this was completely clean room reverse engineered, and 2) the patents have all expired!
loopj··on LANCommander v0.9.0: New custom game launcher
Got a chance to play with this at Open Sauce, very slick!
loopj··on Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii
A design change which didn't quite make it into the final release only enables the 5V and 3V3 lines on the GameCube controller when the tip-switch on the TRRS jack is activated.

The short-proof approach/strategy would be to use small magnetic pogo connectors, but I really wanted to maintain compatibility with the GC Nano!

loopj··on Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii
Purely for aesthetics! It wouldn’t be the same without that iconic glowing disc slot.
loopj··on Short Stack: World’s smallest Nintendo Wii
Funny you should mention that! Some members of the BitBuilt community are working on this including the talented YveltalGriffin https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/nintendo-vegas...
loopj··on Not all bugs are worth fixing and that's okay
Heads up - I co-wrote this article with Kristine and this is based around the whole thesis of our company existing - I'm a software developer by trade with 15 years of experience. Having said that, dismissing the content based on the author I think comes across as an ad-hominem attack - after working with her for 4 years I count Kristine as an expert on this matter.

The overall point here isn't to use this as an excuse to not fix bugs, more that you should consider applying the same logic as devops/sre teams use for "uptime and availability" (5 nines, etc) to software stability to help you move faster as a company.

loopj··on React Native plus Code Push plus Bugsnag for pleasant bug fixing
Interestingly, Apple's move seems to squarely aim at Rollout.io and tools that modify the "native" parts of the app rather than React Native/Code Push.

Microsoft addresses this in their FAQ https://microsoft.github.io/code-push/faq/index.html

As far as we can tell, React Native apps using Code Push have not yet been rejected by Apple, but it will be interesting to see what happens next!

loopj··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)
Bugsnag (https://bugsnag.com) • Full Time • SF / Bath (UK)

Bugsnag is hiring for multiple roles, including for our Lead Operations Engineer!

We're a polyglot engineering company (https://github.com/bugsnag) helping software teams find and fix every bug.

- Lead Operations Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/bugsnag/96421958-f597-46e3-b12e-ae2184...

- Support Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/bugsnag/7e84fb89-516c-44a3-b272-a072ad...

- Front End Software Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/bugsnag/e075a4e4-5c19-4900-a762-5cda8a...

Feel free to fire me an email if you'd like to learn more (james+hn@bugsnag.com), or apply using the above links.

loopj··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)
Bugsnag - San Francisco, CA

https://bugsnag.com

We're helping software teams focus on building great software by building automated crash monitoring for web and mobile apps. Half of a typical developer’s time is currently spent finding and fixing bugs; we aim to bring that number as close to zero as possible, by automating the entire error monitoring process.

* Lead Operations Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/bugsnag/96421958-f597-46e3-b12e-ae2184...

* Lead Frontend Engineer - https://jobs.lever.co/bugsnag/72d44059-903c-4e7c-b064-6eb89c...

We already work with some of the world's fastest growing companies like Square, GitHub, Mashable, Goodreads, Buffer, Heroku (and thousands more). We’re currently doubling revenue every few months and we're now expanding our team.

Email me (james at bugsnag.com) to talk more!

loopj··on Was Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 hacked?
No
loopj··on hr for your terminal
I currently just mash <return> <return> <return> to create a visual break in my terminal output.
loopj··on Design Details: Secret for iOS
For such a simple app as this, the details really matter. They've done a great job
loopj··on Security Notice and LibraryThing Password Reset
I wonder how many companies have had similar breaches that went un-noticed or un-announced. Scary.