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Hi, I'm Martin. I'm based in Stockholm, Sweden. Generic email is my username on GMail.
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mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com

Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most.

We are looking for senior software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a team of twelve engineers today but we expect to grow into a household name in NYC tech over the next few years and want your help to get there!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

For engineering, we expect you to have at least a few years of professional experience including some experience with Node and/or React and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/ae00c78f-7a92-4902-b804-bd48...

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com

Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most.

We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a team of eleven engineers today but we expect to grow into a household name in NYC tech over the next few years and want your help to get there!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

For engineering, we expect you to have at least a couple of years of professional experience, some experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/ae00c78f-7a92-4902-b804-bd48...

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s), Data Scientist(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most. We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a team of ten engineers today but we expect to grow into a household name in NYC tech over the next few years and want your help to get there!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

For engineering, we expect you to have at least a couple of years of professional experience, some experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

For data science, we expect you to have an interest in building a data team from scratch and a desire to shape the world's biggest knowledge library and the future of knowledge work.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com

Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most. We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a small team of ten engineers today but we want to grow over the next couple of years into a household name in NYC engineering and want your help!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

We expect you to have experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/ae00c78f-7a92-4902-b804-bd48...

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com

Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most. We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a small team of eight engineers today but we want to grow over the next couple of years into a household name in NYC engineering and want your help!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

We expect you to have experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/996bdf8d-d544-4c38-ab90-73bb....

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most.

We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a small team of seven engineers today but we want to grow over the next couple of years into a household name in NYC engineering and want your help!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

We expect you to have experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please use this link to apply: https://jobs.lever.co/askwonder/996bdf8d-d544-4c38-ab90-73bb...

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018)
Wonder | Full-stack Software Engineer(s) | New York City (NYC) | ONSITE | https://askwonder.com

Wonder is a new kind of knowledge service that makes your brain scalable. We provide instant access to the intellect and fact-finding skills of a distributed network of analysts around the world. We enable anyone - from individuals up to Fortune 500s - to gain strategic knowledge when they need it most.

We are looking for software engineers to join us in our beautiful office in Manhattan to help make the product and the organization that goes along with it.

We're a small team of six engineers today but we want to grow over the next couple of years into a household name in NYC engineering and want your help!

You'll be an integral part of a startup with real traction, helping to scale both the product and your fellow colleagues. We care about building a diverse engineering organization and supporting each others' professional development.

We expect you to have experience with Node and an interest in working across the stack to build web applications.

Current stack: Node.js, Postgres, MongoDB, Heroku/AWS

Please email me directly if you are interested in having a conversation: martin+hn18@askwonder.com

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor new visas at this time.

mmelin··on Show HN: Automated blind control via an Amazon Echo Dot and Raspberry Pi
There is: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa
mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)
Tictail - https://tictail.com/ - NYC - ONSITE

We're building the world's best marketplace for independent brands. We help people build real businesses from their passion and quit their day jobs.

I'm looking for a few more software engineers to join us here in New York. We work on a React app talking to a Python backend hosted on AWS. As long as you're excited to learn that, I don't really care what language you write at the moment. If you enjoy building a great user experience and understand most parts of a web stack (no need to be an expert in all of it) we should talk!

Engineers at Tictail work as part of small autonomous teams that set their own roadmap and work on a broad problems important to the business (our two NYC teams are Shopper Acquisition and Shopper Retention).

Our interview process does not involve any whiteboard exercises. We have a work sample test that we then meet in person to discuss, trying to simulate a code review or pair programming. We also make a point of you meeting people from other disciplines in the company, because we believe every skillset is important and makes the company better.

If you'd like to know more, email me: martin+hnwh0816@tictail.com

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2014)
Tictail - Growth Engineer - New York, NY (Fulltime, on site)

If you are excited about the thought of helping hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the globe succeed through your product, engineering and data skills, we should talk. We're establishing the Tictail growth team in New York. We think growth is one of the most creative and exciting things you can work on as an engineer, but it can be used for both good and evil. We try to do good.

Read more here: http://tic.tl/1wXXnhm

Or email me: martin+hn (at) tictail.com

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2014)
Tictail - Growth Engineer - New York, NY (Fulltime, on site)

If you are excited about the thought of helping hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the globe succeed through your product, engineering and data skills, we should talk. We're establishing the Tictail growth team in New York. I think growth is one of the most creative and exciting things you can work on as an engineer, but it can be used for both good and evil. We try to do good.

Read more here: http://tic.tl/1wXXnhm

Or email me: martin+hn (at) tictail.com

mmelin··on [dead]
Tictail - Software Engineers - New York, NY (full time, no remote, no visas sorry)

We are in the early stages of establishing the Tictail growth team in New York. Growth is one of the most dynamic, creative and interesting areas to work on as an engineer if you are interested in product design and what makes startups succeed. Like everything, it can be used for good and evil. So if you are excited about the thought of helping hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the globe succeed through your product, engineering and data skills, we should talk.

Our stack is mostly Python and Javascript.

Read more and apply: http://tic.tl/1wXXnhm

or email me: martin+hn (a) tictail.com

mmelin··on Amazon leaks Kindle Unlimited
They already do this with something called Safari Online: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/
mmelin··on Startup School Europe Warmup
I'll be in the city around 7 PM Friday, up for anything after that. https://twitter.com/martinmelin
mmelin··on Show HN: Vex, a new way to run things in Python's virtualenvs
This looks great. Any way to have a system-wide .vexrc?
mmelin··on Show HN: Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations
http://news.layervault.com/

Not as big or active as Hacker News, but generally a more positive atmosphere IMHO :)

mmelin··on Show HN: Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations
How do you expect graceful degradation of an animation tool to work? Generate .gif images of the animations?
mmelin··on Building a Great Developer Experience
Beautiful way to showcase code & UI on Medium. Nice work!
mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)
Tictail - Stockholm, Sweden

Join the most exciting startup in Stockholm, building something real - something that helps people all over the world grow their own business from their passion.

Tictail is a crazy place. You’ll work with some of the best people you’ve ever met, making incredibly ambitious things, with a ridiculous amount of responsibility. If you’re like us, you’ve probably dreamed of what you could accomplish if you just weren’t held back by your current boss, job, school or whatever else is in your way. Well, Tictail is your chance to shine.

We’re hiring slowly but surely. Because Tictail is nothing without our colleagues and our culture, we might not match your expectations of a normal recruitment process. We will definitely want to figure out if you’re smart and get things done, but more importantly we want to figure out if we click.

Tictail is built primarily with Python and Javascript, but not exclusively. Most importantly we use the right tool for the job and are happy to learn new things.

Right now, we are especially interested if you consider yourself a full stack developer, aspiring devop, an Android specialist or frontend magician. But if you’re smart, get things done and can’t wait to join Tictail, get in touch no matter what!

Please take a moment to reflect on the above, and send us an email if you find yourself imagining what life at Tictail might be like. We’d love to hear from you.

Please email jobs+hn@tictail.com with:

- GitHub profile or equivalent. Please point out some code, project or open source contributions you are particularly proud of!

- Resume. A link to your LinkedIn is fine

- What interests you with Tictail?

mmelin··on Amazon ELBs are vulnerable to Heartbleed
Apparently there is a Security Bulletins page, but I wasn't aware of it until you posted this link. https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/

Just used Zapier to set up a RSS-to-email trigger to get notified about things like this in the future, although Amazon really should be sending them out automatically to customers.

mmelin··on Dead Man's Snitch – Monitoring for Scheduled Tasks
Looks pretty cool! You should really rework the Plans page. At first I didn't realize there was more content below the "Free" plan, because I'm on a 13" OS X machine so scroll bars aren't visible by default.
mmelin··on Pebble (YC W11) sells 400,000 smart watches in its first year
Which phone are you using? I haven't experienced any issues like that with my iPhone 5S. Charging is a pain, but I've given up trying to make it last multiple days and just started charging it every night when I plug in my phone.
mmelin··on Pebble (YC W11) sells 400,000 smart watches in its first year
Last week I received my second Pebble, one of the new Pebble Steel watches. I'm very happy with it, and it always generates some questions.

I usually describe it as the same feeling as using the Nokia N95 back in the day; it's obvious the category is the future, but someone else will probably make a smoother version of it in a couple of years (iPhone in Nokia's case, who knows in regards to Pebble).

But just getting push notifications from Google Maps on your wrist when walking around a new city is pretty amazing and feels like living in the future, without having to wear a dorky Google Glass.

mmelin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)
Tictail - Stockholm, Sweden

Join the most exciting startup in Stockholm, building something real - something that helps people all over the world grow their own business from their passion.

Tictail is a crazy place. You’ll work with some of the best people you’ve ever met, making incredibly ambitious things, with a ridiculous amount of responsibility. If you’re like us, you’ve probably dreamed of what you could accomplish if you just weren’t held back by your current boss, job, school or whatever else is in your way. Well, Tictail is your chance to shine.

We’re hiring slowly but surely. Because Tictail is nothing without our colleagues and our culture, we might not match your expectations of a normal recruitment process. We will definitely want to figure out if you’re smart and get things done, but more importantly we want to figure out if we click.

Tictail is built primarily with Python and Javascript, but not exclusively. Most importantly we use the right tool for the job and are happy to learn new things.

Right now, we are especially interested if you consider yourself a full stack developer, aspiring devop, an Android specialist or frontend magician. But if you’re smart, get things done and can’t wait to join Tictail, get in touch no matter what!

Please take a moment to reflect on the above, and send us an email if you find yourself imagining what life at Tictail might be like. We’d love to hear from you.

Please email jobs+hn@tictail.com with:

- GitHub profile or equivalent. Please point out some code, project or open source contributions you are particularly proud of!

- Resume. A link to your LinkedIn is fine

- What interests you with Tictail?

mmelin··on MimicDB: Speed boost for S3, 2000x faster
Yes, I think that's the gist of it. It looks like it assumes it has seen every call to the bucket it's working on though. So to start using it with an existing bucket, you'd have to warm up the Redis cache by downloading all metadata from the bucket?
mmelin··on MimicDB: Speed boost for S3, 2000x faster
This is pretty cool. How would you start using MimicDB with an existing S3 bucket?
mmelin··on Ask HN: who is going to MicroConf Europe?
I am attending. I have an in-progress product but am mostly looking forward to learn and meet everyone else.
mmelin··on VisualPing - Get notified on visual changes to a website or website area
This looks interesting! I would like to see an example of the notifications, and what Tiny/Medium/Major change levels mean, though.
mmelin··on Tictail Apps
Hi! Sorry about that. We're really excited about this launch, and I guess the Getting Started page is kind of self-absorbed. Techcrunch has a bit more background here: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/tictail-releases-api-and-in...

I'm happy to answer any questions you might have, too :-)

mmelin··on Elon Musk To Traverse The U.S. Using A Model S In 6 Day Trip
No, but using the Tesla Supercharger stations is free for Model S owners.
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