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mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (December 2019)
SEEKING WORK Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: JavaScript (React, Native, Vue, NodeJS), GraphQL, python (Django, Flask, AppEngine)

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

We are product-minded engineers. Build full-stack sites or native-mobile apps and take them to market.

Marius & Paul are engineers turned freelancers who started Uplift to build amazing software and solve complex problems.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

We specialize in React, React Native, GraphQL and Django/python.

We’ve worked with companies like Credit Karma, ClearCare, NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019)
SEEKING FREELANCER | Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone

At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our working lives all while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We're looking for a well-rounded software engineer with mid-level to senior experience in at least 2 of these, preferably:

* TypeScript and Node.js

* GraphQL and Apollo

* TypeScript and / React or React Native /

* PHP 7 and Laravel

Bonus:

* Great CSS skills (layouts, animations, UX)

* Native mobile experience

* Understanding of databases, SQL

* Familiarity with Thrift, RAML or alike

* Experience in fintech or healthtech (compliance, PII)

Continuous learning, both within the industry & from each other is core to Uplift's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you're self-sufficient, passionate & a good communicator, apply now!

Begin part-time and go from there.

#### To apply, please include:

* Location and preferred working hours (US-based preferred)

* Your experience with React, RN, Node.js, GraphQL, Apollo, PHP or Typescript

* Current & next 3 months of availability, range is OK. At least 15 hours a week.

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)
Uplift Agency | Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone

At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our working lives all while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We're looking for a well-rounded software engineer with mid-level to senior experience in at least 2 of these:

* React experience

* Django (python)

* GraphQL, Apollo experience

Bonus:

* Freelance/project experience (most important)

* Familiar w/ Heroku or AWS

* Understanding of databases, SQL

Continuous learning, both within the industry & from each other is core to Uplift's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you're self-sufficient, passionate & a good communicator, apply now!

Begin part-time and go from there.

#### To apply, please include:

* Location and preferred working hours (US-based preferred)

* Details about your experience with React and/or Django

* Details about your experience with GraphQL, Apollo or Typescript

* Current & next 3 months of availability, range is OK. At least 15 hours a week.

Email work@uplift.agency | https://www.uplift.agency/careers/

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (September 2019)
SEEKING WORK Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: JavaScript (React, Native, Vue, NodeJS), GraphQL, python (Django, Flask, AppEngine)

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

We are product-minded engineers. Build full-stack sites or native-mobile apps and take them to market.

Marius & Paul are engineers turned freelancers who started Uplift to build amazing software and solve complex problems.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

We specialize in React, React Native, GraphQL and Django/python.

We’ve worked with companies like Credit Karma, ClearCare, NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (July 2019)
SEEKING FREELANCER | Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone

At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our working lives all while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We're looking for a well-rounded software engineer with mid-level to senior experience in at least 2 of these:

* React/React Native experience

* Django (python)

* GraphQL, Apollo experience

Bonus:

* Freelance/project experience (most important)

* Familiar w/ Heroku or AWS

* Strong CSS skills

* Native iOS or Android experience

* Understanding of databases, SQL

Continuous learning, both within the industry & from each other is core to Uplift's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you're self-sufficient, passionate & a good communicator, apply now!

Begin part-time and go from there.

#### To apply, please include:

* Location and preferred working hours (US-based preferred)

* Details about your experience with React & React Native and/or Django

* Details about your experience with GraphQL, Apollo or Typescript

* Current & next 3 months of availability, range is OK. At least 15 hours a week.

Email work@uplift.agency | https://www.uplift.agency/careers/

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (June 2019)
SEEKING FREELANCER | Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone

At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our working lives all while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We're looking for a well-rounded software engineer with mid-level to senior experience in at least 2 of these:

* React/React Native

* Django (python)

* GraphQL, Apollo

Bonus:

* Freelance/project experience (most important)

* Familiar w/ Heroku or AWS

* Strong CSS skills

* Native iOS or Android experience

* Understanding of databases, SQL

Continuous learning, both within the industry & from each other is core to Uplift's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you're self-sufficient, passionate & a good communicator, apply now!

Begin part-time and go from there.

#### To apply, please include:

* Location and preferred working hours (US-based preferred)

* Details about your experience with React & React Native and/or Django

* Details about your experience with GraphQL, Apollo or Typescript

* 1-2 references

* Current & next 3 months of availability, range is OK. At least 15 hours a week.

Email work@uplift.agency | https://www.uplift.agency/careers/

mariusc23··on Never Mix Promises and Callbacks in NodeJS
Good point! I thought of solving the callback getting called twice problem and didn't think of the bigger picture that mocha needs to catch the assertion error. I like the setTimeout/nextTick trick (well, ideally use Promises and async/await instead).
mariusc23··on Never Mix Promises and Callbacks in NodeJS
Wouldn't using the second parameter of .then() to catch exceptions work instead of .catch()?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/33278420

mariusc23··on A little-known iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
Does anyone know what the story of accessibility is like for React Native apps? Hope it's not as sad as it generally is on the web. I imagine it's about as good as native apps, but curious if anyone knows specifics.
mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2017)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), JavaScript (React, Vue, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward!

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers. Uplift Agency is family owned.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

We’ve worked with companies like ClearCare, NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: What's stopping you from using Firefox as your primary browser?
I use Firefox for everything except DevTools. Mostly because they are slow.

Also I'm not a fan of how objects/arrays are handled in the console. It feels unnatural to click on an object and move my eyes to the right side of the console to drill down into properties.

I love the being able to find any website

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (React, React Native, Angular, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Test Driven Development (TDD)

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward! Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

We’ve worked with companies like NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Am I wrong in hating React JS?
I wasn't a huge fan of JSX until I saw the template errors in Angular 2. Not trying to bash on the rest of Angular 2, but it really made me appreciate how JSX points out the exact syntax error at compile time. Pretty much all template based frameworks have the same problem.

It took a while for React to "click" for me, but that was mostly because of transitioning from MVC to Redux. I highly recommend learning pure React first. Build a project with that first, even if it seems like you're writing a lot of code.

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (React, Vue, Angular, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD), mobile web

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward!

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers. Uplift Agency is family owned and operated.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? We started Uplift Agency after 15+ years of combined experience to end those worries. We’ve worked with companies like NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

We work to understand your product and take initiative to help your projects do even better. If you're looking for code-monkeys you're visiting the wrong zoo. We'll speak up when we think a project is heading in the wrong direction.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses
I've had that happen with Comcast. I think they fixed it but it was pretty annoying. The signup password input had no max length but the login form did.
mariusc23··on 4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference?
The reasoning I've heard is that your differential will get worn out.
mariusc23··on Dropbox prompts password resets
I received an email from @dropboxmail.com about this. I figured it was a phishing attempt... I guess not.
mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Fort Collins/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (React, Angular, Knockout, Backbone, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD), mobile web

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency

Email: hn@uplift.agency

---------------

Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward!

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers. Uplift Agency is family owned.

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? We started Uplift Agency after 15+ years of combined experience to end those worries. We’ve worked with companies like NerdWallet, MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), Mozilla and more.

We work to understand your product and take initiative to help your projects do even better. If you're looking for code-monkeys you're visiting the wrong zoo. We'll speak up when we think a project is heading in the wrong direction.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on LessAccounting, the Startup That Challenged QuickBooks, Sold
For those wondering, they sold to American SMB Services.
mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Denver, Colorado, and San Francisco Bay Area, California

Remote: yes

Technologies: javascript (AngularJS, Knockout, React, Backbone, Node), python (Django, Flask, GAE), SQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, small business, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD), mobile web

Résumé/CV: https://www.uplift.agency/?s=FE

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

Do you feel like software makes you work harder to get your job done than you have to? Build quality software for yourself that anticipates your needs as your business grows.

Are you worried about paying freelancers only to receive low quality work?

We are so confident in our work that we offer a First Milestone Guarantee. If you’re not completely satisfied working with us, simply don’t pay us.

Ever had to chase freelancers to fix broken pages after the project was done?

We stick around. For 30 days after your project is done, you can count on us to fix any unexpected issues that arise.

Marius & Paul are former engineers turned freelancers. Uplift Agency is family owned! We work to understand your product and take initiative to help your projects do even better. If you're looking for code-monkeys you're visiting the wrong zoo. We'll speak up when we think a project is heading in the wrong direction.

For more details, previous work, testimonials, please visit: https://www.uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Boulder/Fort Collins/Denver, Colorado (CO), USA and San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA)

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (AngularJS, Knockout, React, Backbone, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD), mobile web, and more

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

Are you short on engineering staff? Get a proven team ready to move your project forward!

As experienced consultants and former founders, we understand tech companies. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Are you nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? We started Uplift Agency after 15+ of combined experience to end those worries. We’ve worked with companies like MIT, Humble Bundle (W11), FlightCar (W13), and more.

We work to understand your product and take initiative to help your projects do even better. If you're looking for code-monkeys you're visiting the wrong zoo. We'll speak up when we think a project is heading in the wrong direction.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3
If your editor supports editorconfig[1], you could set it to not strip newlines for .md files. :)

[1] http://editorconfig.org/

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2016)
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA), and Boulder, Colorado (CO), USA

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (Angular, Knockout, React, Backbone, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD)

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

As former founders, we understand you. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Looking for those rare engineers who understand your product and care for your business’ goals? Look no further!

Are you nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? Uplift Agency makes sure your ROI is a no-brainer. We work closely with you to package our services so you take on the least risk and allow us to do what we’re great at.

We aim to grow your business, examine your product, and share your passion. Our clients see the results they want and our technical chops please their engineering teams, too.

Looking for help tailored to your industry? We have experience with tech companies and startups in education, health, and ecommerce.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2015)
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA), and Boulder, Colorado (CO), USA

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (Angular, Knockout, Backbone, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD)

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

As former founders, we understand you. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Looking for those rare engineers who understand your product and care for your business’ goals? Look no further!

Are you nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? Uplift Agency makes sure your ROI is a no-brainer. We work closely with you to package our services so you take on the least risk and allow us to do what we’re great at.

We aim to grow your business, examine your product, and share your passion. Our clients see the results they want and our technical chops please their engineering teams, too.

Looking for help tailored to your industry? We have experience with tech companies and startups in education, health, and ecommerce.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on English has been my pain for 15 years (2013)
That's exactly how I learned English when I was young, although most of my classmates didn't. Maybe those suckers actually spent time studying instead of watching cartoons!
mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2015)
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA), and Boulder, Colorado (CO), USA

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), javascript (Angular, Knockout, Backbone, Node), MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting, microservices (SOA), Test Driven Development (TDD)

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

As former founders, we understand you. Running a business is hard. You have to wear many hats. Let us wear the ones we're great at!

Looking for those rare engineers who understand your product and care for your business’ goals? Look no further!

Are you nervous about hiring freelancers? Question the quality of their work? Uplift Agency makes sure your ROI is a no-brainer. We work closely with you to package our services so you take on the least risk and allow us to do what we’re great at.

We aim to grow your business, examine your product, and share your passion. Our clients see the results they want and our technical chops please their engineering teams, too.

Looking for help tailored to your industry? We have experience with tech companies and startups in education, health, and ecommerce.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2015)
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA), and Boulder, Colorado (CO), USA

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, GAE), JavaScript (Angular, Knockout, Backbone, jQuery, Require.js, Node, Grunt, Gulp,), SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL), AWS, full stack, UX design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting. Microservices, Test Driven Design (Test Driven Development, TDD).

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

We are a family owned team of two: one with front-end+UX skills and one with full stack skills. Think of us as temporary co-founders!

- We work to understand your business, sales and marketing. We are consultants, not engineers

- We help you launch new products or features on deadline and on budget, from design all the way to deployment

- We help you uplift existing parts of your business that aren’t performing as well as you think they should

- We care about our work and are motivated by improving your business

- We pride ourselves with following through after our work is done. We don’t just do the work and leave

Marius and Paul have previously founded a company together and collaborated on numerous projects. We are keen on providing tremendous value for our time and are passionate about doing good while building great products.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on Programming fonts
Use the srcset attribute to provide @2x sizes.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Im...

Example: <img src="img.jpg" srcset="img@2x.jpg 2x" alt="">

mariusc23··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2015)
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California (CA), and Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA

Remote: yes

Technologies: python (Django, Flask, Google App Engine), JavaScript (Angular, Knockout, Backbone, Marionette, jQuery, Require.js, Node, Express, Grunt, Gulp,), SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL), AWS (Amazon Web Services), UNIX, HTML5 and CSS3, full stack, ux design, front-end, back-end, product management, small business consulting, UX, UI. Microservices, Test Driven Design (Test Driven Development, TDD).

Résumé/CV: http://uplift.agency

Email: info@uplift.agency

---------------

We are a family owned and operated consulting business. We like to think of ourselves as temporary co-founders:

- We care about our work

- We care about your business

- We pride ourselves with staying in touch even after our work is done

We can help you build innovative products and think outside the box. Our focus is on building web applications, with expertise in JavaScript and Python. We are highly adept at adapting to your technologies and business needs. We pride ourselves in efficiency, quality and clear communication. Through our work, we have demonstrated technical leadership and excellence. Just ask our previous clients!

Marius and Paul have previously founded a company together and collaborated on numerous projects. We are keen on providing tremendous value for our time and are passionate about doing good while building great products.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

For more details and examples of previous work, including testimonials, please visit: http://uplift.agency

mariusc23··on One Year with Node.js
Looks like they support up to 0.12.4 now.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/conce...

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