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mwkslon Meta's Hack (HHVM) language appears to be no longer maintained

I find it interesting that it’s still getting a few github stars monthly[1]. I wonder if that’s organic discovery or an appetite for an alternative PHP?

1.https://github.com/trending/hack?since=monthly

mwkslon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)

Just a heads-up: I tried applying for a frontend engineering position locally in Denver, but the job application form only allowed for the selection of New York or Boston as the location.

mwkslon Palantir Moves Headquarters to Denver from Silicon Valley

The reception of this move appears to be... mixed[0]. As a Denver resident, I'm interested in seeing if this moves some larger offices out of Boulder and into Denver. Boulder seems to be suffering under the weight of zoning laws[1], but Denver seems to be capable of expanding, or at least adapting[2].

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/iczx59/palantir_hq_... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/business/how-anti-growth-... [2] https://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/06/denveright-denver-plan...

mwkslon Show HN: Detoxify – Kicking out a bad habit? Track it with this

Did you base the habit-building in the app around any particular methodology or research? Or, is it just any replacement is good replacement?

I'm not sure if there's a golden rule to helping those with addiction; I'm just glad that developers are exploring this arena.

mwkslon Ask HN: Do you carry a backpack? Which one?

I carry a Tom Bihn Synapse 25. This bag seems like it never runs out of room, and I couldn't be happier.

mwkslon Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees

That's a logical pivot; I'm slightly surprised they didn't try beefing up their extended support or doing a soft rollout first. Did they lay any groundwork or expectations for migrating their platform?

mwkslon Setup Keybase.io, GPG and Git to sign commits on GitHub

To continue the chain of invites, I have 22 available. You can contact me at matthew at leaguer [dot] io

mwkslon One-third of SF Bay Area residents hope to leave soon, poll finds

It's also particularly interesting to compare this growth now with city desirability immediately post-recession: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2009/01/29/for-nearly-half-of... . I can't say with any certainty that the desirability has gone up or down for people living outside the Bay Area, but this may be another "cycle" that San Francisco goes through.